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Category Archives: Atonement
Matthew 27:25 His blood be upon us and our children
This is a very difficult passage in the New Testament. My contention is that the earliest Christians were Jews, otherwise Christianity would not have evolved in the synagogues for the first decades of its existence. Christianity came out of the … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy, Atonement, Jesus Christ, New Testament
Tagged Farrar, Jews, Nephi
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Make Your Calling and Election Sure
Make Your Calling and Election Sure Elder Bruce R. McConkie Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, volume 3:323-355 Among those who have received the gospel, and who are seeking diligently to live its laws and gain eternal life, there is an instinctive … Continue reading
Posted in Atonement, blessings, deification, Endurance, Faith, Fatherhood of God, Gifts, Glory, God, God the Father, Grace, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, Mercy, New Testament, Perfection
Tagged Bruce R. McConkie, Calling and Election, John 14
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Why is Abraham is cutting up all these animals in Genesis 15?
Cutting Covenants This article is posted here on the BYU Religious Education website. Jared T. Parker is a product specialist coordinator in the medical division of W. L. Gore & Associates in Flagstaff, Arizona. Covenants have always been a critical … Continue reading
Jesus Bridged the Gulf Between Paradise and Prison
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf (χάσμα – Chasma, gaping opening, or impassable interval) fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham, Atonement, Death, Gospels, Grace, Hell, New Testament, sin, Spirit World
Tagged Hell, Jesus Christ, Luke 16, Redemption, Spirit World
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The Probationary Test of Mortality
THE PROBATIONARY TEST OF MORTALITY Elder Bruce R. McConkie Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Address given at the University of Utah Institute of Religion January 10, 1982 I’m very pleased and honored to have this opportunity to meet … Continue reading
Posted in Agency, Atonement, Creation, Death, Endurance, Faith, Fall of Adam and Eve, God, Heavenly Father, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, Perfection, Purpose of Life
Tagged Bruce R. McConkie, Exaltation, Faith in Christ, mortality, Probation, salvation, The Atonement of Jesus Christ, The Plan of Salvation
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Always remember him
We really do not have much that we can offer the Savior in appreciation of what he has done for us. We truly are unprofitable servants. But we can always remember him. I have really thought about this today as … Continue reading
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Tagged Always remember Him, Jesus Christ, rock climbing, Sacrament
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Jesus was astonished at the degree of suffering
Imagine, Jehovah, the Creator of this and other worlds, “astonished”! Jesus knew cognitively what He must do, but not experientially. He had never personally known the exquisite and exacting process of an atonement before. Thus, when the agony came in … Continue reading
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Tagged astonished, Atonement, Jesus Christ, Suffering
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Dating the death of Jesus Christ
In December 2010, BYU Studies published a study by Jeffrey R. Chadwick entitled “Dating the Birth of Jesus Christ.” It presented historical and scriptural evidence showing that Jesus was not born in April of 1 BC, as popular Latter-day Saint … Continue reading
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Tagged dating the death of Christ
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How did the Atonement work for people who lived before it actually happened?
How could the gospel be in effect before the Savior actually performed the Atonement? In Mosiah, we read the following from King Benjamin: And the Lord God hath sent his holy prophets among all the children of men, to declare … Continue reading
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Tagged Atonement, Jesus Christ, Lamb of God, student questions
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The Unpardonable Sin – Joseph Smith
The Unpardonable Sin – Joseph Smith I have a declaration to make in relation to the provisions which God made for every creature from before the foundation of the world to suit the conditions of man. What has Jesus said? … Continue reading
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