Comments on: Nephi’s Question and Moroni’s Answer http://www.drwally.org/book-of-mormon/nephi%e2%80%99s-question-and-moroni%e2%80%99s-answer/ Free Articles on LDS Marriage, Parenting. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:23:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Claudia http://www.drwally.org/book-of-mormon/nephi%e2%80%99s-question-and-moroni%e2%80%99s-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-808 Claudia Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:12:30 +0000 http://www.drwally.org/book-of-mormon/nephi%e2%80%99s-question-and-moroni%e2%80%99s-answer/#comment-808 Hi Wally -- thank you so much for this wonderful reminder. I faced a challenge just day before yesterday, and of course, the first thought that went through my brain was, "How can I fix this?" Which is not to say that restitution isn't an important part of repentance. But I sensed it had to be God's way to healing, not mine. So, in desperation, I finally remembered the Lord and said, "I don't know how to fix this. Saying sorry seems so inadequate. But you know what to do. So, please tell me." And He did. He told me to 'love anyway.' No matter what mistake I had made, or what the outcome, or what the other person was thinking or feeling, to love anyway, and let patience have her perfect work. It IS difficult to live with sin and mistakes, but it is easier knowing He has provided a way, and the only way, to healing. Hi Wally — thank you so much for this wonderful reminder. I faced a challenge just day before yesterday, and of course, the first thought that went through my brain was, “How can I fix this?” Which is not to say that restitution isn’t an important part of repentance. But I sensed it had to be God’s way to healing, not mine.

So, in desperation, I finally remembered the Lord and said, “I don’t know how to fix this. Saying sorry seems so inadequate. But you know what to do. So, please tell me.” And He did. He told me to ‘love anyway.’ No matter what mistake I had made, or what the outcome, or what the other person was thinking or feeling, to love anyway, and let patience have her perfect work.

It IS difficult to live with sin and mistakes, but it is easier knowing He has provided a way, and the only way, to healing.

]]> By: tk http://www.drwally.org/book-of-mormon/nephi%e2%80%99s-question-and-moroni%e2%80%99s-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-807 tk Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:52:02 +0000 http://www.drwally.org/book-of-mormon/nephi%e2%80%99s-question-and-moroni%e2%80%99s-answer/#comment-807 Lovely teaching, and so beautifully communicated. Thank you Dr. Wally! Jesus, through loving and inviting us without compulsion or coercion, sets the perfect example for us as parents, too. I need to remember this today along with His plan for enabling my own sanctification, which can lead to better effectiveness in reaching my little ones. Lovely teaching, and so beautifully communicated. Thank you Dr. Wally!

Jesus, through loving and inviting us without compulsion or coercion, sets the perfect example for us as parents, too. I need to remember this today along with His plan for enabling my own sanctification, which can lead to better effectiveness in reaching my little ones.

]]> By: Ivory http://www.drwally.org/book-of-mormon/nephi%e2%80%99s-question-and-moroni%e2%80%99s-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-806 Ivory Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:59:18 +0000 http://www.drwally.org/book-of-mormon/nephi%e2%80%99s-question-and-moroni%e2%80%99s-answer/#comment-806 I find this article very helpful and insightful. There are times lately that I need the Lord's help more than ever and all I can say is, "Help." There are so many circumstances that are out of my control and I do not have the wisdom or gifts to handle a situation right on the spot, so I just let the Lord know that help is needed any which way it can come and me not knowing what way it should come. But help does arrive and I am grateful and also know that patience is important and all things are done in the Lord's time, not mine. I am blessed with more strength and a calm reassurance that our Heavenly Father cares about my problems as well as others and that it is His work and glory that all things come to pass. I find this article very helpful and insightful. There are times lately that I need the Lord’s help more than ever and all I can say is, “Help.” There are so many circumstances that are out of my control and I do not have the wisdom or gifts to handle a situation right on the spot, so I just let the Lord know that help is needed any which way it can come and me not knowing what way it should come.

But help does arrive and I am grateful and also know that patience is important and all things are done in the Lord’s time, not mine. I am blessed with more strength and a calm reassurance that our Heavenly Father cares about my problems as well as others and that it is His work and glory that all things come to pass.

]]> By: Debby Bennett http://www.drwally.org/book-of-mormon/nephi%e2%80%99s-question-and-moroni%e2%80%99s-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-805 Debby Bennett Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:04:17 +0000 http://www.drwally.org/book-of-mormon/nephi%e2%80%99s-question-and-moroni%e2%80%99s-answer/#comment-805 Wonderful! Just what I needed... forafter all I can do...his grace rescues me. I know in whom I have trusted! Wonderful! Just what I needed… forafter all I can do…his grace rescues me. I know in whom I have trusted!

]]> By: Annette http://www.drwally.org/book-of-mormon/nephi%e2%80%99s-question-and-moroni%e2%80%99s-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Annette Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:21:29 +0000 http://www.drwally.org/book-of-mormon/nephi%e2%80%99s-question-and-moroni%e2%80%99s-answer/#comment-804 Beautifully said. Very helpful. Thank you for your insight. What an inspired answer. Beautifully said. Very helpful. Thank you for your insight. What an inspired answer.

]]> By: Sonia Francisco http://www.drwally.org/book-of-mormon/nephi%e2%80%99s-question-and-moroni%e2%80%99s-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-803 Sonia Francisco Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:24:15 +0000 http://www.drwally.org/book-of-mormon/nephi%e2%80%99s-question-and-moroni%e2%80%99s-answer/#comment-803 So often, as Latter-day Saints, we get caught up in the pride cycle of trying to be so spiritually self-reliant that we do forget the most important part of the grace vs works equation: The Savior's Atonement. This article was a good reminder that we do not reach perfection alone anymore than we can be exalted alone. What beautiful imagery the scriptures use to describe our dependent relationship with our Heavenly Father and his Son! Just as the man needs the woman and the woman needs the man to attain the Celestial Kingdom, we(the bride)need Christ(the bridegroom). Isaiah 62:5 "For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee". I have read stories of Saints who have actually left the church because they felt they could never be perfect enough, to find relief in the Grace only doctrine of orthodox Christianity, when in reality, Latter-day scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon, are very clear on the point that it is the balanced combination of giving our best efforts, but humbly acknowledging that although enough to merit Christ's mercy, it is ultimately not by our merits at all that we are saved. 2 Ne 10:24 "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the grace of God that ye are saved". Mor 10:32-33 Yea, 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. 2 Ne 25:23 "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". It is quite literally a marriage of our efforts and his forgiving grace that results in our salvation and if we will diligently study the scriptures lovingly provided for us in the restoration, we will find that relief from shame that we are not getting it right, in spite of all we know, and avoid the false pride that we are nearly perfect by sweeping out those pesky overlooked "sin mites" out from under our spiritual beds. So often, as Latter-day Saints, we get caught up in the pride cycle of trying to be so spiritually self-reliant that we do forget the most important part of the grace vs works equation: The Savior’s Atonement. This article was a good reminder that we do not reach perfection alone anymore than we can be exalted alone. What beautiful imagery the scriptures use to describe our dependent relationship with our Heavenly Father and his Son! Just as the man needs the woman and the woman needs the man to attain the Celestial Kingdom, we(the bride)need Christ(the bridegroom). Isaiah 62:5 “For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee”.

I have read stories of Saints who have actually left the church because they felt they could never be perfect enough, to find relief in the Grace only doctrine of orthodox Christianity, when in reality, Latter-day scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon, are very clear on the point that it is the balanced combination of giving our best efforts, but humbly acknowledging that although enough to merit Christ’s mercy, it is ultimately not by our merits at all that we are saved. 2 Ne 10:24 “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the grace of God that ye are saved”.

Mor 10:32-33 Yea, 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.

2 Ne 25:23 “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”.

It is quite literally a marriage of our efforts and his forgiving grace that results in our salvation and if we will diligently study the scriptures lovingly provided for us in the restoration, we will find that relief from shame that we are not getting it right, in spite of all we know, and avoid the false pride that we are nearly perfect by sweeping out those pesky overlooked “sin mites” out from under our spiritual beds.

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