Misreading: There are TWO (2) things that save us:
- grace
- all we can do
After all I can do - after all of my efforts and works and obedience and contrition - I hope to generate enough faith in Jesus Christ to believe that he will save me. Believing that he can and will is the only prerequisite. But if I don't try - if I don't sacrifice and work and strive - I find it harder to believe. I doubt everything. And as my belief slips away, so does my salvation. So I work. Not to save myself. But so the Spirit will remind me that Christ is the way, the truth, and the life.
Rereading: "I am obedient so that my mortal mind and body can either receive or generate faith in Christ. So that he can save me. I work so that I believe."
3 comments:
This is the most important lesson I've learned from you. From anyone really. Mercy used to be a foreign concept to me. A foreign concept in a foreign language. Now I know I don't have to work so hard.
Thanks, Garred. This made me miss your Sunday school lessons...and you.
Hi. I was at your father's funeral. He conducted an orchestra I played in. He really helped shape my youth. Your remarks were so well-expressed, that I googled your name and found your blog. Much more insightful thought expressed here. Thanks.
I hope the Mormon church will redact the final phrase of its Hymn #5: "...and save ourselves and all our dead." It doesn't express the sentiment that most of us have about Who provides salvation.
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