Encircled in the Arms of His Love
Neal A. Maxwell October 2002 Saturday Morning Session
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In the churn of crises and the sinister swirl of global events, true disciples will maintain faith in a revealing, loving God and in His plan for redeeming His children, which plan is the why of all that God does!
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In the churn of crises and the sinister swirl of global events, true disciples will maintain faith in a revealing, loving God and in His plan for redeeming His children, which plan is the why of all that God does!
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In the churn of crises and the sinister swirl of global events, true disciples will maintain faith in a revealing, loving God and in His plan for redeeming His children, which plan is the why of all that God does!
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True disciples will also maintain faith in His atoning Son, Jesus Christ, and, by being “converted unto the Lord” (3 Nephi 1:22), will be steadily undergoing a happy and “mighty change” (Mosiah 5:2; Alma 5:12–14).
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True disciples will also maintain faith in His atoning Son, Jesus Christ, and, by being “converted unto the Lord” (3 Nephi 1:22), will be steadily undergoing a happy and “mighty change” (Mosiah 5:2; Alma 5:12–14).
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True disciples will also maintain faith in His atoning Son, Jesus Christ, and, by being “converted unto the Lord” (3 Nephi 1:22), will be steadily undergoing a happy and “mighty change” (Mosiah 5:2; Alma 5:12–14).
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Actually, brothers and sisters, Jesus is already victorious in the greatest battle anyway: “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33; emphasis added).
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Likewise, “true believers” (4 Nephi 1:36) will maintain faith in the latter-day Restoration with its empowering visitations, its prophets and apostles, and its “plain and precious” scriptures (1 Nephi 13:29).
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Likewise, “true believers” (4 Nephi 1:36) will maintain faith in the latter-day Restoration with its empowering visitations, its prophets and apostles, and its “plain and precious” scriptures (1 Nephi 13:29).
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Ironically, as the restored Church comes “out of obscurity,” what seem to be stern challenges will actually disclose further the distinctiveness of the Church (D&C 1:30).
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With scriptures to anchor and reassure us, we too can “look unto God … and he will console [us] in [our] afflictions” (Jacob 3:1; emphasis added).
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We too can be “supported under trials and troubles of every kind, yea, … he will still deliver [us]” (Alma 36:27; emphasis added; see also v.
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For the Lord has said, “I will be in your midst” (D&C 49:27).
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For the Lord has said, “I will be in your midst” (D&C 49:27).
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Furthermore, God will give us priceless, personal assurances through the Holy Ghost (see John 14:26; D&C 36:2).
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Furthermore, God will give us priceless, personal assurances through the Holy Ghost (see John 14:26; D&C 36:2).
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Enoch wept over the wickedness in his time and at first “[refused] to be comforted” (see Moses 7:44; see also v.
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Enoch wept over the wickedness in his time and at first “[refused] to be comforted” (see Moses 7:44; see also v.
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Enoch wept over the wickedness in his time and at first “[refused] to be comforted” (see Moses 7:44; see also v.
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Enoch wept over the wickedness in his time and at first “[refused] to be comforted” (see Moses 7:44; see also v.
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Enoch wept over the wickedness in his time and at first “[refused] to be comforted” (see Moses 7:44; see also v.
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Enoch wept over the wickedness in his time and at first “[refused] to be comforted” (see Moses 7:44; see also v.
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Enoch wept over the wickedness in his time and at first “[refused] to be comforted” (see Moses 7:44; see also v.
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Enoch wept over the wickedness in his time and at first “[refused] to be comforted” (see Moses 7:44; see also v.
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Our discipleship need not be dried out by discouragement or the heat of the day, nor should dismaying, societal symptoms “weigh [us] down” (Moroni 9:25), including “in-your-face” carnal confrontiveness (see Alma 32:38).
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Our discipleship need not be dried out by discouragement or the heat of the day, nor should dismaying, societal symptoms “weigh [us] down” (Moroni 9:25), including “in-your-face” carnal confrontiveness (see Alma 32:38).
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We may shrink from some things in the current human scene, but Jesus did not shrink in Gethsemane nor on Calvary.
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Regarding trials, including of our faith and patience, there are no exemptions—only variations (see Mosiah 23:21).
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Regarding trials, including of our faith and patience, there are no exemptions—only variations (see Mosiah 23:21).
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Regarding trials, including of our faith and patience, there are no exemptions—only variations (see Mosiah 23:21).
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Therefore, we can be troubled on every side, but nothing can really separate us from the love of Christ (see 2 Corinthians 4:8; Romans 8:35–39); worldly anxieties are not part of being “anxiously engaged” (D&C 58:27).
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Therefore, we can be troubled on every side, but nothing can really separate us from the love of Christ (see 2 Corinthians 4:8; Romans 8:35–39); worldly anxieties are not part of being “anxiously engaged” (D&C 58:27).
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Therefore, we can be troubled on every side, but nothing can really separate us from the love of Christ (see 2 Corinthians 4:8; Romans 8:35–39); worldly anxieties are not part of being “anxiously engaged” (D&C 58:27).
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Therefore, we can be troubled on every side, but nothing can really separate us from the love of Christ (see 2 Corinthians 4:8; Romans 8:35–39); worldly anxieties are not part of being “anxiously engaged” (D&C 58:27).
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There may need to be plain-speaking Jethros in our lives to stretch us (see Exodus 18:14–24) or moments of stark realization, as with the original Twelve, who rightly concluded: “Lord, to whom shall we go?
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There may need to be plain-speaking Jethros in our lives to stretch us (see Exodus 18:14–24) or moments of stark realization, as with the original Twelve, who rightly concluded: “Lord, to whom shall we go?
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Brothers and sisters, by divine appointment, “these are [our] days” (Helaman 7:9), since “all things must come to pass in their time” (D&C 64:32).
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The raising up of that constellation of “wise” Founding Fathers to produce America’s remarkable Constitution, whose rights and protection belong to “every man,” was not a random thing either (see D&C 101:77–78, 80).
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Yet some still settle for an inconsistent or incapable god.
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Consider His tender salutations to Moses—“I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight” (Exodus 33:12)—and to Joseph: “This is My Beloved Son.
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No wonder King Benjamin pleads with us to believe that we do not comprehend all that God comprehends (see Mosiah 4:9).
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Father Abraham “staggered not” at the divine promise of posterity, because he was “fully persuaded that, what [God] had promised, he was able also to perform” (Romans 4:20–21).
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Brothers and sisters, though living in a time of commotion, we can stand in holy places and not be moved (see D&C 45:32; 87:8).
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Brothers and sisters, though living in a time of commotion, we can stand in holy places and not be moved (see D&C 45:32; 87:8).
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Brothers and sisters, though living in a time of commotion, we can stand in holy places and not be moved (see D&C 45:32; 87:8).
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The “mighty change” required by discipleship may seem roller-coaster-like, as soaring revelations bring the gravity of humbling perspective.
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“Mighty” changing, however, is mighty hard work, a labor made more difficult by heeding the unflattering urges of the natural man.
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“Mighty” changing, however, is mighty hard work, a labor made more difficult by heeding the unflattering urges of the natural man.
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Part of God’s “ample provision” consists of imperfect people like you and me, committed to shining and serving in our appointed orbits, knowing all the while that we are encircled “in the arms of [His] love” (D&C 6:20).
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Chapter 10: In the Wilderness of Judea
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The incidents attending the emergence of Jesus from the baptismal grave demonstrate the distinct individuality of the three Personages of the Godhead.
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Chapter 17: The Sermon on the Mount
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 21: The Apostolic Mission, and Events Related Thereto
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- Open paragraph (John 6:68)
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It appears that even the Twelve were unable to comprehend the deeper meaning of these latest teachings; they were puzzled, though none actually deserted.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 27: Continuation of the Perean and Judean Ministry
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Moses 1:39)
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The three parables, which appear in the scriptural record as parts of a continuous discourse, are as one in portraying the joy that abounds in heaven over the recovery of a soul once numbered among the lost, whether that soul be best symbolized by a sheep that had wandered afar, a coin that had dropped out of sight through the custodian’s neglect, or a son who would deliberately sever himself from home and heaven.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 3: The Need of a Redeemer
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- Open paragraph (Moses 1:39)
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So, for the advancement of man from his present fallen and relatively degenerate state to the higher condition of spiritual life, a power above his own must cooperate.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 33: The Last Supper and the Betrayal
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (John 16:33)
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In conclusion of this last and most solemn of the discourses delivered by Christ in the flesh, the Lord said: “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 34: The Trial and Condemnation
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (John 16:33)
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- Open paragraph (John 16:33)
Christ’s Forbearance When Smitten.—That Jesus maintained His equanimity and submissiveness even under the provocation of a blow dealt by a brutish underling in the presence of the high priest, is confirmatory of our Lord’s affirmation that He had “overcome the world” (John 16:33).
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 37: The Resurrection and the Ascension
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- Open paragraph (John 14:26)
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The Articles of Faith
Article 4
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Elder James E.
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