Infuriating Unfairness

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1. Doctrine and Covenants 130:19

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   “If a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come.”

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2. Hebrews 4:15

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   Different types of unfairness can merge, creating a tsunami of overwhelming unfairness.

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3. 1 Nephi 21:15

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   Scripture records that ancient Israelites complained that God was treating them unfairly.

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4. Alma 7:11

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   Scripture records that ancient Israelites complained that God was treating them unfairly.

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5. Hebrews 4:16

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   In mortality, we can “come boldly” to the Savior and receive compassion, healing, and help.

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6. Isaiah 41:10

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   In mortality, we can “come boldly” to the Savior and receive compassion, healing, and help.

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7. Isaiah 43:2

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   In mortality, we can “come boldly” to the Savior and receive compassion, healing, and help.

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8. Isaiah 46:4

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   In mortality, we can “come boldly” to the Savior and receive compassion, healing, and help.

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9. Isaiah 61:1

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   In mortality, we can “come boldly” to the Savior and receive compassion, healing, and help.

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10. John 16:33

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    In unfair situations, one of our tasks is to trust that “all that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.” Jesus Christ overcame the world and “absorbed” all unfairness.

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11. 2 Nephi 2:2

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    In unfair situations, one of our tasks is to trust that “all that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.” Jesus Christ overcame the world and “absorbed” all unfairness.

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12. Job 42:10

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    In unfair situations, one of our tasks is to trust that “all that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.” Jesus Christ overcame the world and “absorbed” all unfairness.

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13. Job 42:12

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    In unfair situations, one of our tasks is to trust that “all that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.” Jesus Christ overcame the world and “absorbed” all unfairness.

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14. Jacob 3:1

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    In unfair situations, one of our tasks is to trust that “all that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.” Jesus Christ overcame the world and “absorbed” all unfairness.

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15. Alma 40:5

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    In unfair situations, one of our tasks is to trust that “all that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.” Jesus Christ overcame the world and “absorbed” all unfairness.

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16. Mosiah 4:9

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    We can try to hold our questions about how and when for later and focus on developing faith in Jesus Christ, that He has both the power to make everything right and yearns to do so.

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17. Alma 60:9

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    As we develop faith in Jesus Christ, we should also strive to become like Him.

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18. 2 Corinthians 1:3

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    As we develop faith in Jesus Christ, we should also strive to become like Him.

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19. Doctrine and Covenants 58:27

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    “should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of [our] own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness.”

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20. John 8:7

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    To focus the congregation on what really mattered, Mr.

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21. John 8:10

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    To focus the congregation on what really mattered, Mr.

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22. Matthew 25:31

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    How we deal with advantages and disadvantages is part of life’s test.

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23. Doctrine and Covenants 1:17

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    Without minimizing the suffering caused by the genocide, and after acknowledging our inability to comprehend such suffering, we replied that Jesus Christ has done something about infuriating unfairness.

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24. Doctrine and Covenants 1:22

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    Without minimizing the suffering caused by the genocide, and after acknowledging our inability to comprehend such suffering, we replied that Jesus Christ has done something about infuriating unfairness.

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25. Alma 62:41

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    When faced with unfairness, we can push ourselves away from God or we can be drawn toward Him for help and support.

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26. Alma 31:38

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    Do not let unfairness harden you or corrode your faith in God.

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27. Isaiah 61:3

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    I testify that the Savior lives.

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   Chapter 33: The Last Supper and the Betrayal

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   • Alma 7:11

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     In some manner, actual and terribly real though to man incomprehensible, the Savior took upon Himself the burden of the sins of mankind from Adam to the end of the world.

   • 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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   Chapter 10: In the Wilderness of Judea

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   • Hebrews 4:15

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     But why proceed with labored reasoning, which can lead to but one conclusion, when our Lord’s own words and other scriptures confirm the fact?

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   Chapter 11: From Judea to Galilee

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   • John 8:10

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     It was customary to provide at wedding feasts a sufficiency of wine, the pure though weak product of the local vineyards, which was the ordinary table beverage of the time.

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   Chapter 13: Honored by Strangers, Rejected by His Own

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   • Isaiah 61:1

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     Our Lord’s fame spread through all the region round about.

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   Chapter 25: Jesus Again in Jerusalem

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   • John 8:10

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     Having spoken, Jesus again stooped and wrote upon the ground.

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   Chapter 34: The Trial and Condemnation

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   • John 16:33

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     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).