Friday, August 28, 2020

Alma 36:18. Remembering our sins is not a bad things. It will help us to avoid making the same mistakes again.

Elder Uchtdorf teaches us about remembering our sins.

“Satan will try to make us believe that our sins are not forgiven because we can remember them. Satan is a liar he tries to blur our vision and lead us away from the path of repentance and forgiveness. God did not promise that we would not remember our sins. Remembering will help us avoid making the same mistakes again. But if we stay true and faithful, the memory of our sins will be softened over time. This will be part of the needed healing and sanctification process. Alma testified that after he cried out to Jesus for mercy, he could still remember his sins, but the memory of his sins no longer distressed and tortured him, because he knew he had been forgiven (see Alma 36:17-19). It is our responsibility to avoid anything that would bring back old sinful memories. When we continue to have a ‘broken heart and a contrite spirit’ (3 Nephi 12:19), we may trust that God will ‘remember our sins no more’” (The Merciful Obtain Mercy”. By President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. GC April 2012)

Alma 36:16-17. Alma was racked with torment and harrowed up by the memory of his sins.

President Packer April 2001 Gen Conference. 

“Racked means ‘tortured.’ Anciently a rack was a framework on which the victim was laid with each ankle and wrist tied to a spindle which could then be turned to cause unbearable pain.

A harrow is a frame with spikes through it. When pulled across the ground, it rips and tears into the soil. The scriptures frequently speak of souls and minds being ‘harrowed up’ with guilt.

Torment means ‘to twist,’ a means of torture so painful that even the innocent would confess” (President Packer “The Touch of the Master’s Hand,” 22)

Monday, August 24, 2020

Moroni 7:33 Faith in Jesus Christ

Elder Holland taught “The size of your faith or the degree of your knowledge is not the issue, it is the integrity you demonstrate toward the faith you do have and the truth you already know.” ("Lord I Believe", Elder Holland 2016 GC)