Friday, October 17, 2014

Do We Really Want to Know?

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is true and everyone can have the opportunity to learn and grow and change because of the sacrifice that Christ made for us.
That is reality that I have come to know and understand for myself. Everyone can come to know these things for themselves! All they have to do is read, pray, and ponder. Something that can take 5 minutes every day.

Now, let's crunch some numbers here:
In one week, all we would need (at the bare minimum) is 35 minutes.
In one month, a little bit more than that: 140-175 minutes or 2.3-2.9 hours.
In one year - 52 weeks: 1820 minutes or 30.3 hours.
Out of 8736 hours, over 4368 of which are waking hours, we can't give 1/288th of our time to find out if God is real? If The Book of Mormon is true? If God really does speak to men today?

Now, if God is there then this is the most important thing that we could ever find out. No other endeavor is more essential for our well-being than that of coming to personally know our Heavenly Father and our Savior, Jesus Christ.

"[I am] inviting you to hear the restored truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ so you can study, ponder, pray, and come to know for yourself if the things we are sharing with you are true.
Some of you may respond, “But I already believe in Jesus and follow His teachings,” or “I am not sure if God really exists.” [My] invitations to you are not an attempt to diminish your religious tradition or life experience. Bring all that you know is true, good, and praiseworthy—and test [the] message. Just as Jesus beckoned two of His disciples to “come and see” (John 1:39), so [I] urge you to come and see if the restored gospel of Jesus Christ enlarges and enriches that which you already believe to be true...
"Absolute truth exists in a world that increasingly disdains and dismisses absolutes. In a future day, “every knee [shall] bow” and “every tongue [shall] confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:10–11). Jesus the Christ absolutely is the Only Begotten Son of the Eternal Father. As members of His Church, we witness He lives and His Church has been restored in its fulness in these latter days." ("Come and See," Elder David A. Bednar, October 2014 General Conference)

I know that Christ lives. He will come again and I am determined to be one who can look on Him and say, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith..." (2 Timothy 4:7) Then He will look on me and say, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord." (Matthew 25:23)
Those things which we will have been called to be faithful over may be small and simple but if we are faithful, the blessings and rewards will be beyond mortal comprehension.
Let us come and see! Let us work so that we may know for ourselves the peace that is to be gained by a consistent study and pondering of the scriptures.
Do we really want to know?

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