DAY 65 of #100daysofJesus
The Nephite people lived in the Americas more than 1500 years ago. A man named Moroni was the last of that civilization, and it was he who put the finishing touches on a book compiled and abridged by his father, The Book of Mormon.
Moroni had a difficult life. He witnessed the slaughter of the remainder of his people, lived alone for 20 years in hiding from those who sought his destruction. Through his trials his faith in and relationship with Jesus Christ became so strong that he saw Him.
Moroni also saw our day in vision, and his final writings, and really the entire Book of Mormon, was prepared for us now. I think it's safe to say he saw us in 2020 and wrote some words of encouragement and advice geared towards you and me - we are his intended audience. Let me share some of it:
"I would exhort you that ye would come unto Christ, and lay hold upon every good gift...
"Yeah, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.
"And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in Christ, and deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot."
Isn't that a beautiful message of encouragement to us?
Where you read the word "perfect" think whole, complete, and clean, not "never making mistakes."
Jesus' grace is sufficient for each one of us. Moroni came to know that personally, and his dying words are a pleading for us to learn the same.
Moroni teaches us to come unto Jesus, to get rid of ungodliness in our lives, and to love God. If we can do these things, Jesus' grace can take care of the rest.
His grace is not dependent on our action; rather, it enables us to act. His grace helps us come unto Him. His grace helps us cleanse our lives from ungodliness. His grace helps us more fully love God. And his grace cleanses and completes us.
I #givethanks for Jesus Christ's grace in my life. I'm grateful for the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ, that contains so many clear teachings about Jesus' grace, complimenting the Bible.
Let us rely on Jesus' grace and come unto Him. Trust Jesus!
(Reference: Moroni 10)
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