A Broken Heart and a Contrite Spirit
Bruce D. Porter October 2007 Saturday Afternoon Session
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The sacrifices mandated during the Mosaic dispensation pointed symbolically to the atoning sacrifice of the Messiah, who alone could reconcile sinful man with God.
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“And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit.
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“For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me”
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As in all things, the Savior’s life offers us the perfect example: though Jesus of Nazareth was utterly without sin, He walked through life with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, as manifested by His submission to the will of the Father.
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“Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered” (2 Nephi 2:6–7).
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When we sin and desire forgiveness, a broken heart and a contrite spirit mean to experience “godly sorrow [that] worketh repentance” (2 Corinthians 7:10).
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When we have received a forgiveness of sins, a broken heart serves as a divine shield against temptation.
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When we have received a forgiveness of sins, a broken heart serves as a divine shield against temptation.
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There is yet another dimension of a broken heart—namely, our deep gratitude for Christ’s suffering on our behalf.
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There is yet another dimension of a broken heart—namely, our deep gratitude for Christ’s suffering on our behalf.
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As we make the sacrifice to Him of all that we have and all that we are, the Lord will fill our hearts with peace.
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As we make the sacrifice to Him of all that we have and all that we are, the Lord will fill our hearts with peace.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 13: Honored by Strangers, Rejected by His Own
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- Open paragraph (Isaiah 61:1)
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Our Lord’s fame spread through all the region round about.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 2: Preexistence and Foreordination of the Christ
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- Open paragraph (John 6:38)
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Even more impressive and yet more truly conclusive are the personal testimonies of the Savior as to His own preexistent life and the mission among men to which He had been appointed.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 25: Jesus Again in Jerusalem
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- Open paragraph (D&C 88:6)
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Sitting within the temple enclosure in the division known as the Treasury, which was connected with the Court of the Women,y our Lord continued His teaching, saying: “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”z The great lamps set up in the court as a feature of the joyful celebration just ended gave point to our Lord’s avowal of Himself as the Light of the World.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 3: The Need of a Redeemer
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (John 6:38)
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What other man has come to earth with such appointment, clothed with the authority of such foreordination?
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 33: The Last Supper and the Betrayal
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- Open paragraph (Isaiah 53:12)
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The apostles had to be prepared to meet a new order of things, new conditions and new exigencies; persecution awaited them, and they were soon to be bereft of the Master’s sustaining presence.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 35: Death and Burial
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- Open paragraph (Isaiah 53:12)
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Then they crucified Him, on the central cross of three, and placed one of the condemned malefactors on His right hand, the other on His left.
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