“And now, I would
commend you to seek this Jesus of
who the prophets and apostles of written…”[1]
“Draw near unto me and
I will draw near unto you; seek me
diligently and ye shall find me…”[2]
“…even do shall ye come unto me and your souls shall live,
and your redemption shall be perfected…”[3]
“…repent of your sins,
and come unto me with a broken heart
and a contrite spirit…”[4]
All of these scriptures have a common theme, coming or
seeking Christ. As seen from these
scriptures we are commanded over and over again to come unto him, but how
exactly do we do that? This is what I
wanted to discover and discuss with today.
I found an article from the March 2008 Ensign from President
Henry B Eyring entitled “Come unto
Christ” that I will refer to often.
It was a great resource!
It gives us three steps each person must undergo to come to
Christ.
It states “First, they
come to feel that the only way they can have the happiness they want most in
this life and in the world to come is through Jesus Christ.”[5] This is not easy is a world of many voices
and mixed messages. Satan wants to
confuse us and let us think that there is no sin, or no God, or even that
happiness is found in pleasure or entertainment, not in Christ. We all have to work hard to understand and
gain a testimony of the happiness Christ and the gospel can bring us.
“Second, those I know who have truly come unto Him make
covenants to obey and to follow Him. It may begin by keeping simple
commitments, such as reading the Book of Mormon or going to a sacrament
meeting. It must come out of their faith that Jesus is the Christ and the
Savior. When they keep the commitment out of that faith, they feel something.
They may not be able to identify the feeling in words, but they feel better.”[6] Making these simple commitments lead to the
larger covenant of baptism. When some
feels they are ready, they can continue on and make other covenants in the
temple. This we are ready to obey and
follow him.
“That leads to the third thing I have seen in the lives of
those who have truly come unto Him. They strive to become like Him. They begin
to try to do unto others as they know He would do.”[7] This is a natural extension on coming to Christ. We want to be more like him and do what he would
do, or has asked us to do. This is where
following the other commandments become easier because we are ready inside to
follow the savior on the outside. Be
what he wants us to be.
I know reading about this has helped me to see what it truly
means to come onto Christ. Now that I
have a better understanding it will be easier to help others on their own personally
journeys of discovering what it means to bring Christ into their lives and feel
what its like to truly seek Christ.
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