Jesus, Lord, the Very Thought of Thee: 2011

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Jesus, the very thought of Thee

3 Nephi 11 - 15, 16. Book of Mormon

     "Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into the world. And behold I am the light and the life of the world; and I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father in taking upon me the sins of the world, in the which I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning. And it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words the whole multitude fell to the earth; for they remembered that it had been prophesied among them that Christ should show himself unto them after his ascension into heaven.
     "And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto them saying: 'Arise and come forth unto me, that ye may thrust your hands into my side, and also that ye may feel the prints of the nails in my hands and in my feet, that ye may know that I am the God of Israel, and the God of the whole earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world'. And it came to pass that the multitude went forth, and thrust their hands into his side, and did feel the prints of the nails in his hands and in his feet; and this they did do, going forth one by one until they had all gone forth, and did see with their eyes and did feel with their hands, and did know of a surety and did bear record, that it was he, of whom it was written by the prophets, that should come. And when they had all gone forth and had witnessed for themselves, they did cry out with one accord, saying: 'Hosanna ! Blessed be the name of the Most High God !'...And they did fall down at the feet of Jesus, and did worship him. (speaking to Nephi): 'Verily, verily, I say unto you, that the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost are one; and I am in the Father, and the Father in me, and the Father and I are one. And according as I have commanded you thus shall ye baptize: Having authority given me of Jesus Christ, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. And then shall ye immerse them in the water, and come forth again out of the water. And after this manner shall ye baptize in my name....And there shall be no disputations among you concerning my points of my doctrine, as there have hitherto been. For verily I say unto you, he that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another.... Behold, this is not my doctrine, to stir up the hearts of men (or women) with anger, one against another; but this is my doctrine, that such things should be done away.
       Jesus's doctrine: And this is my doctrine, and it is the doctrine which the Father hath given unto me; and I bear record of the Father, and the Father beareth record of me, and the Holy Ghost beareth record of the Father and me; and I bear record that the Father commandeth all men (women), everywhere, to repent and believe in me. And whoso believeth in me, and is baptized, the same shall be saved; and they are they who shall inherit the kingdom of God. And whoso believeth not in me, and is not baptized, shall be damned. Verily I say unto you, that this is my doctrine, and I bear record of it from the Father; and whoso believeth in me believeth in the Father also; and unto him will the Father bear record of me, for he will visit him with fire ad with the Holy Ghost...And again I say unto you, ye must repent, and become as a little child, and be baptized in my name or ye can in nowise receive these things. And again I say unto you, ye must repent, and be baptized in my name, and become as a little child or ye can in nowise inherit the Kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you that this is my doctrine, and whoso buildeth upon this buildeth upon my rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against them....
     And behold, he stretched forth his hand unto the multitude, and cried unto them, saying: Blessed are ye if ye shall give heed unto the words of these twelve whom I have chosen to minister among you, and to be your servants; Therefore, blessed are ye if ye shall believe in me and be baptized; And again, more blessed are they who shall believe in your words because that ye shall testify that ye have seen me, and that ye know that I am. Yea, blessed are they who shall believe in our words, and come down into the depths of humility and be baptized, for they shall be visited with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and shall receive a remission of their sins. Yea, blessed are the poor in spirit who come unto me, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. And again, blessed are all they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. And blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. And blessed are all they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled with the Holy Ghost. And blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. And blessed are all the pure in heart, for they shall see God. And blessed are all the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. And blessed are all they who are persecuted for my name's sake, for theirs is the kingdome of heaven. And blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake; For ye shall have great joy and be exceedingly glad, for great shall be your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you. Verily I say unto you, I give unto you to be the salt of the earth; but if the salt shall lose its savor wherewith shall the earth be salted? The salt shall be thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men. I say unto you, I give unto you to be the light of this people. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Behold, do men light a candle and put it under a bushel? Nay, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light to all that are in the house; Therefore let your light so shine before this people that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in Heaven....Old things are done away, and all things have become new. Therefore I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or our Father who is in heaven is perfect.
         *(Some of my favorite scriptures to remind me and help others come into the light of the true Gospel of which Jesus the Son of God and God hath put before men (or women) on this earth. That we may be like children, and be like children of our Heavenly Father who is in Heaven. I invite those who are not of this Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to become exceptable and learn and appriciate the knowledge of the true Gospel which Jesus and God and the holy prophets have established on this troubled earth so that light and the love of God may shine down upon us and others to be happy and excepting God's love. For those who are not part of our church I'd like you to ponder the scriptures I've written which came from the scriptures of Jesus Christ, whom thought Joseph worthy to translate the Book of Mormon. I do not want to or wish to force you to have you want to repent of your sins for that is up to you. If you want to, I advise you to let the missionaries of our church teach you these things which I have written and the more things which are not written here. But I want you is for you to think of when the time for you will be right to know the right time of you being taught these teachings and learnings of our Gospel. I myself was baptized at age of 9 into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Children are baptized in our church at age 8, but I wasn't, because I wanted to make sure and so did my parents that I was ready to except being part of the true church and it's teachings. Their are still things I learn in my church to things I didn't know, and I let myself except those teachings and have faith in them and to be true to them. And I know that others too can do those things when they are assured and ready to know the true Gospel. I hope you will, and when you do, it may be hard at first, but you'll feel happier, and to know better of what God wants you to be and what to expect in this life, if you listen to his words and to not be discouraged of what he says. For he does not want us to be hard on ourselves or to be discourage, or sorrowful, or have fear, but wants us to eat the fruit from the tree of life. To eat the goodness of His gospel and love and to love those who've lost their way from the beginning. There is always a new beginning for us, for God's care for us is always essential. But I want you to know that it will be your choice, but God will give you courage when you are ready to join or to learn of Him. 1) To learn of Him is the First step, 2) To listen to His words 3) Walk in the meekness of His light...learn of Him. You may have trials, but God and Jesus gives you the courage and light to go through your times of darkness or troubles. Pray to God, "Dear Heavenly Father..." say what you want to say to Heavenly Father, then close the prayer with, "In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." This is how LDS members pray. You must pray sincerely, and I know you will feel the love of Christ and the Lord. If you want to understand what I'm telling you about prayer more fully, ask the Missionary's. They are trustworthy to teach you the Gospel. Go to them...listen to them. But it would be best to let yourself to know when or if you are ready. If you are ready to learn the Gospel this way. Remember, Jesus, and the Holy Father and the Holy Ghost are one. They are a triangle. They share the same string to give the one note, and as you listen or feel fire around your heart or within, that is Jesus, God, the Holy Ghost playing the full music of spiritual sound and feel to your heart. He gives you love and excepts who you are even if you have hardships that come to you. He knows when you are ready for a challenge and will give you encouragement and streangth to outdo them. For what he loves is what he sees inside you, and as you nourish inside of you and let Him who is above help you, He will bring blessings unto you. For He wants us to know who are inside, not just the outside of our beings. For he concerns Himself to our inner worthyness of insight of truthfulness of knowing right and wrong. Learning to except His knowledge. Knowing His guidance and courage will help you on the way. To discern the knowledge of the world, compared to the knowledge of Him who has created you from the beginning. Worthy blessings will come. Blessings of your Heavenly Father that he wrapped and placed on a table in front of you, for you to open when you were ready before you came here. And the ones you've opened in Heaven he let bring them with you to earth. One of them was to except the Fall of Adam, and the plan of the Eternal Father. But there are more presents that you opened before you came, He wanted you to take them and to grow with them to build up to higher standers of progressiveness in His light. For as you exceed and grow in this life of truth and without iniquity; but as you repent from iniquity and sins of the world, He will take away your sins and smile down upon you and help you at your side as you learn to ride a bike as a child would when starting and to not be discouraged as you follow His and Jesus's path before you, God will help you steer and give encouragement for you to to contenue peddling if you fall or stumble towards the destination He created for you and to see or feel the wonderful things of the true Gospel coming towards you as you contenue to move forward with Him contennually watching you go as you succeed in pushing yourself forward His love in your heart for being thankful of Him who helped you from the beginning of your destination on that bike. But you must watch out for Pride of vein things of the world and not be so consumed in them and forget your God who helped you at the beginning; as they are rocks in your pathway, you must be wise in Jesus's care to avoid them words others may challenge you with that are not of the Lord your God and the Holy Prophets of the Church. )*
        Jesus said : "love your enemies... (I say unto you, That ye may be the children of our Father who is in heaven; for he maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good....Old things are done away, and all things have become new. That ye bless them that curse you, good to them that hate you, and pray for them who despitefully use you and persecute you." And as Jesus says, " And when thou prayest thou shalt not do as the hypocrites, for they love to pray, standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that the may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen, for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them, for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. For, if ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you; But if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trespasses....Lay not up for yourselves traesures in heaven, where neither moth nor trust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The light of the body is the eye; if, therefore, he light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness ! No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. (to the Twelve) : Therefore take no thought, saying, what shall we eat? or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? For our heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you....Verily I say unto you, Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother : Let me pull the mote out of thine eye-ad behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother's eye. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, niether cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, who, if his son ask bread, will give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto our children, how much more shall your Father who is heaven give good things to them that ask him? Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them, for this is the law and the prophets. Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leadeth to destruction, and many there be who go in thereat; Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Beware of false prophets, who come onto you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them....Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven Many will say to me in the day: Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, and i thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them: I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore, whoso heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, i will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon a rock- And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock. And everyone that heareth these saying of mine and doeth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand-And the rain desdcended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell, and great was the fall of it....Behold, ye have heard the things which I taught before I ascended to my Father; therefore, whoso remembereth these sayings of mine and doeth them, him will I raise up at the last day...Behold, I am he who gave the law, and I am he who covenanted with my people Israel; therefore, the law in me is fulfilled, for I have come to fulfill the law; therefore it hath an end. Behold I do not destroy the prophets, for as many as have not been fulfilled in me, verily I say unto you, shall all be fulfilled...And because I said unto you that old things have passed away, I do not destroy that which hath been spoken concerning things which are to come... and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
    *(We are Jesus and God's sheep, and He is our shepherd. We may not be perfect, but we can be perfected like unto God who is in Heaven who is perfect)* - Allie :)

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