Thursday, May 26, 2011

Moroni 10

So last night I was inspired to read Moroni chapter 10 as part of my scripture study. Here are some of the things that stuck out the most to me in that Chapter (20-22). "Wherefore, there must be faith; and if there must be faith there must also be hope; and if there must be hope there must be charity. And except ye have charity ye can in nowise be saved in the kingdom of God; neither can ye be saved in the kingdom of God if ye have not faith; neither can ye if ye have no hope. And if ye have no hope ye must needs be in despair; and despair cometh because of iniquity." Many of you probably don't know me, and for those of you who do, you don't know all of my past. But this scripture verse is very true. There was a point in my life I felt there was no hope, but as I have grown closer to God and Christ I have learned that there is always hope, if you are willing to but believe in Christ and allow his atonement to bless your life and save you from the iniquities that all man kind commits.
We could all learn from Christ's example to use Charity in our daily lives and that through Charity we grow ever more closer to God the Father and Jesus Christ. Also like the scripture says through Charity you can be saved and return to the kingdom of God. I believe Faith is also very important because in Faith all things can be done. I have learned a lot about having and employing faith in the last little while. It was amazing to me how directly having the Gospel in my life has made me much more happy (or should I say destroying my despair in all things?). Because I now have faith that Christ will be there for me, and each and everyone of us, in our daily lives. I also know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is the savior of all man kind that he made an atonement for our iniquities. And that through him all man kind, even those since the time of Adam may be saved and return to the kingdom of God.
Now on to Hope. I used to believe that hope was a silly principle that I had no time for. But now looking back at my life I realized that this scripture hits it spot on. When I felt there was no hope in life I was in a great deal of despair, I would not be able to place it at the time, but now looking back I know exactly what it was. Satan trying to push me down, while I was already on my knees. I didn't, at the time, rely on Christ. But now, Satan can no longer do that to me because I have faith in Christ and I will stand with him, and when I get knocked down I will pick myself back up again and look into the eyes of temptation and say "No. As long as I have Christ by my side, you have no place in my life."
I hope this is able to help some people to understand that Faith, Hope, Charity and Love are all very important in this life, as well as the next. They are all Christ like and should be striven for.

1 comment:

Kendall said...

I love the idea that if we are in despair it is our fault. When our lives aren't going as we should it is probably because something is wrong in our lives and we need to turn to the Lord to find out what that is and fix it ASAP!