On the Road to Repentance

Jesus has gone through all that we could ever go through. He suffered all so we could one day return to live with Him and our Eternal Father for the eternities. Christ has over come the world and loosed the bands of death. He did it all, and without Him we could not return to our home above.

In Acts 2:38 Peter says "Repent, and be baptized..." Christ in the 3 Nephi 27:16 in the Book of Mormon says, ""

God is a just and merciful God. However, Mercy cannot rob justice. In order for us to be saved by the mercy of Christ there had to be conditions upon which both justice and mercy could be carried out. Christ's suffering for out sins satisfies the demands of justice. We are now obligated to do all that he asks of us to accept the mercy He has shown.

Christ's love for us extends beyond all boundaries. There is no sin which we cannot repent of. His atonement covers it all.

Passport to Heaven

There are many places to see and different countries to visit. However, in all our travels outside of our country, we need one thing to be able to return to the country we call home. We need a passport.

It is the same for our travel we call life. We left the presence of God's to come down to earth and gain experiences we could not have at His side. We were to be tried and tested to see if we would still follow God's plan. However, in order to enter God's presence again we need to have a passport issued from home.

In John 3:5 Christ tells us exactly what that passport is. "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (emphasis added) Baptism is our passport back to Heaven. As Christ says in John, except we are born of water, are baptized, and the of the spirit, receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, we cannot enter into God's kingdom, or in other words, we cannot live with God. 

But like all passports, it must be issued, or done, by the proper authority to be valid. No country or government would accept a forged passport, and neither will God. He will only accept that which is done by His authority, and under His direction.

We are blessed to live in an age when God's authority is on the earth today. That authority is called the Priesthood. God has restored the Priesthood to the earth through his prophet Joseph Smith. I am so grateful to have that blessing in my life.

Be of Good Cheer

To those of us who think we have trials and challenges that we cannot bear, we do not need to fear. Christ has said "In the world you shall have tribulation: but Be of Good Cheer: I have overcome the world." (emphasis added, John 16:33)

Being of good cheer seems to be an increasingly difficult challenge in this day and age. There are many obstacles that are in our way of happiness, but as we turn to Christ and His atonement, there is nothing we cannot overcome. There is no challenge we cannot face, no trial we cannot overcome, no temptation or addiction that we cannot conquer when we have the power of Jesus Christ on our side.

We are promised that we can have joy and happiness in this life if we keep the commandments. We are promised in the book of Mosiah chapter 23 verse 22. That if we put our "trust in Him the same shall be lifted up at the last day."

Our way through trails is to put our trust and faith in God that He will keep His promises. We need to have patience with His time table. He knows all and knows what is best for us. He will be by our sides through this life as long as we let Him in our lives. Our part is to just be patient in doing what is right, and let His will be done "on earth as it is in heaven".