I am brought to consider the verses from the later part of the Book of John that highlight the love of God, chapters 13 – 17. From the Topical Guide, Love of God: he loved them unto the end: John 13:1 . ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another: John …
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“Thy Will Is Done,” JST Matthew 27:54
JST Matthew 27:54 (click on footnote) “Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, saying, Father, it is finished, thy will is done, yielded up the ghost.” (emphasis added) It impresses me that it was the Father’s will to have an Atonement made by one who would do so in love. The temptation …
The Savior’s Discourse on the Signs of the Second Coming
Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 12:37–48; 17:20–37; 21:5–38, JST-Matthew 1, Doctrine & Coventants 45:16-59 I am brought to consider the role of the saints, those that would publish peace as part of the fulfillment of the last days. 1 Nephi 13:37 gives clarity to this particular point. For example, in Luke 21 there are great …
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“Plant This Word In Your Hearts,” Alma 33
I was drawn to this passage this morning in trying to comprehend the mercies of the Son of God upon me. So frequent are the powers of renewal that I have been able to access through faith on the Son of God, that it is amazing — truly amazing — that he would care enough …
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