About a week ago, my Book of Mormon professor introduced us to a tool to help us further understand and appreciate the scriptures. On scriptures.byu.edu, you can select a scripture and it will link you to all talks from general authorities on their database that used that scripture as a source. I’ve loved being able to use this tool. For example, in Mosiah 7, King Limhi tells Ammon of their bondage to the Lamanites. If you go onto the citation source, verse 33 has the most citations. Almost all of these sources cite this scripture in reference to repentance:
33 But if ye will turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart, and put your trust in him, and serve him with all diligence of mind, if ye do this, he will, according to his own will and pleasure, deliver you out of bondage.
“Second, repentance means striving to change. It would mock the Savior’s suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross for us to expect that He should transform us into angelic beings with no real effort on our part. Rather, we seek His grace to complement and reward our most diligent efforts.” – D. Todd Christofferson (October, 2011)
Cool, right?
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