Believing Christ

While reading this morning, I came across the following verses:

2 Nephi 25:23-26

23 For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do.
24 And, notwithstanding we believe in Christ, we keep the law of Moses, and look forward with steadfastness unto Christ, until the law shall be fulfilled.
25 For, for this end was the law given; wherefore the law hath become dead unto us, and we are made alive in Christ because of our faith; yet we keep the law because of the commandments.
26 And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins.

This reminded me of a book I read recently by the title of Believing Christ. This book explains clearly the role of Christ and our absolute need for his atonement. It makes things so clear and more than anything gives a person hope. While discussing this book a with a woman I know, she said this was the book that brought her back in to the church. Before reading it, she didn’t feel she had the strength to come back.

If you’ve ever felt that you’ve done something so terribly wrong that you cannot be forgiven, you don’t believe Christ when He says He can heal you. You may believe in Him. You may believe that He can forgive others, because certainly other people have not done things as terrible as you feel you have done. Well, this thinking is wrong. He can forgive you. He said He will forgive you. You must believe Him when He says this.

No matter how good or righteous you may feel anther person may be, they need the atonement just as much as you do – daily even. As verse 23 states, it is by grace we are saved, after all we can do. Ultimately, if not for the Savior’s grace, we are lost and fallen and no amount of righteousness can restore us until we accept the atonement of Christ and ask for forgiveness.

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September 27, 2005 · Dustin · 4 Comments
Posted in: Books, LDS

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    Praise God brother, absolutely wonderful. I like the parable of the wedding feast and the man was cast out of it because he had the wrong attire on. I believe he was wearing a robe of self-righteousness and not the robe of righteousness only the King can give us through repenting. Even Jesus said, Do not call me good, only my father in heaven is good.

  • Anonymous

    Even in other thing you must beleive Christs Words. He will succor you in your times of need but to take advantage of it you must put aside your own will and beleive in Christ.

    I am struggling with my own salvation. i keep trying to save myself. Its not that I don’t beleive Christ, its just that I never feel like I have done my best until i am beating myself over the head with trying to be perfect. We do not have to be perfect. Our best does not hurt us. It gives us peace of knowing that we are enough through the atonement of Jesus Christ.

  • http://picture-of-jesus.com Joyce@Jesus Pictures

    A beautiful passage. The book sounds very interesting, too. A pair of books that changed my life were “The Road Less Traveled” and the follow-up “Further along the road less traveled” by Scott Peck. I would really recommend those books to Christians who have lost their way – and others too of course. Thanks for a nice post.

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