Monday, October 8, 2012

Come and follow Him.

"And he said unto the children of men: Follow thou me."
                                                                       "Can we follow Jesus save we shall be willing to keep the commandments of the Father?" 

                 "Unless a man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Son of the living God, he cannot be saved."

"Wherefore we labored diligently among our people, that we might persuade them to come unto Christ." 

                                                                                                     "Come up hither to hear the pleasing word of God." 

                    "For the fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade men to come unto the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and be saved."


These words all come from either chapters in 1 Nephi, 2 Nephi, or Jacob. This is an obvious pattern. Nephi, Jacob, and Joseph were all intent on convincing people to follow and come unto Christ. They knew how important these things were. Another thing to point out about these words is that they are ACTION words. They are not passive--they require work from the individual. We have to make the effort, we have to knock, we have to come, we have to follow. Christ is always there with an outstretched hand. It is up to us to take it.

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