On the cross, in His last moments, Jesus says, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (For a wonderful explanation of the significance and hope in this phrase, read this article.) In the height of His agony, while all the world’s sin was upon Him, God the Father had ...
For many years, I believed that the scriptures taught that God had never completely fulfilled the land promise that He made to Abraham. This is what I was taught to believe and what, I in turn taught others. Now we all know that God will not go back on His promises. So, assuming thi...
13 Go and learn what the Scriptures mean when they say, ‘Instead of offering sacrifices to me, I want you to be merciful to others (See also Isaiah 1:9-17: Yahweh called Israel Sodom, because it spreads evil and is unjust).' I didn't come to invite good people to be my ...
Luke 24 44, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me. And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures”Luke ...
–read the scriptures – the Holy Bible, the Holy Book of Mormon which is a second witness, a second Bible from peoples who lived in the western hemisphere, a second witness that Jesus is the Resurrected Living Christ, and other scriptures; –attend Church, be baptized by immersion, be con...
It behooves us to carefully study what the Scripture actually says, not what people say it says. The Bereans, we read, were of noble character because they "examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true" (Acts 17:11)....
May we embrace Your scriptures and faithfully follow Your Son. You are the only source of genuine truth; and so we trust everything that You have revealed to us. Increase our faith and help us to proclaim these truths to all those we meet. We love You Father, we praise You, and we ...
Another saying is, “Do not say, ‘I will study (the Scriptures) when I have more time.’ You may not have more time!” (Hillel, Avot 1:13) When you are studying something like the Bible, you need to start accumulating knowledge as soon as possible. Don’t wait until later — sta...
said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.” And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures. ...
He says that it would be easier for Heaven and Earth to pass away than for one tiny dot of the Holy Scriptures to not be fulfilled... Jesus says that (indeed) Heaven and Earth will one day pass away... but that His words will NEVER pass away! There are more things in Heaven and...