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Feb. 25

Jacob 1

7 Wherefore we labored diligently among our people, that we might persuade them to come unto Christ, and partake of the goodness of God, that they might enter into his rest, lest by any means he should swear in his wrath they should not center in, as in the provocation in the days of temptation while the children of Israel were in the wilderness.

A: Stop trying to look in other places for rest. 

P: Christ is the only true source of rest. 

D: Only through his Atonement can we receive peace form our trials, sins, weaknesses, and sufferings. 

 19 And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their blood might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day.

A: Teach as if their mistakes are your own. 

P: The responsibility of a teacher goes past the classroom. 

D: We must be willing to walk as Christ walked. 

"The gospel of Jesus Christ encompasses much more than avoiding, overcoming, and being cleansed from sin and the bad influences in our lives; it also entails doing good, being good, and becoming better." David A. Bednar

• You can't have one without the other. You can try to give much of yourself and serve others but if you are allowing evil into your life you will be damned in your service. Likewise you can try to become as personally pure as possible, but without the experiences of serving others you are damned in your personal growth. The Atonement fixes both, as long as we focus on them both.

The ultimate purpose of the gospel is to "have our hearts changed by the Holy Spirit such that 'we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually' (Mosiah 5:2)" David A. Bednar

• Why do you have the unrighteous desires that you have now?
• Why don't you have some righteous desires that you should have?

"The infinite Atonement is for both the sinner and the saint in each of us." -Bednar

• As we repent we gain a forgiveness of sins, as we then act in faith we see a transformation of our natures. 
• "We become who we want to be by being who we want to become every day." Elder Richard G. Scott