King Benjamin’s Temple Address
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VardellApril 14, 2020
Brother Frogley, I am so glad that you said this: “faith in the atonement of Christ begins with an awakening to our own fallen state. A sense of inadequacy is a given…it is normal.” Yes! In fact, King Benjamin said it even more forcefully, he said learning of the goodness of God awakens us to our “worthless and fallen state.” 4:5. What? Faith in Christ will make me feel worthless and fallen? That is earth shaking news to most LDS who hear much about the “plan of happiness”, but never hear about the “plan of feeling worthless and fallen.” And yet this too is a blessing. This is the broken heart that the scriptures talk about. The solution to this heart-breaking awareness is not to conclude we must perfect ourselves. The solution is to do exactly what these people did, plead for the mercy and atoning blood of Christ. When was the last time you prayed, “O have mercy, and apply the atoning blood of Christ that we may receive forgiveness of our sins, and our hearts may be purified”? That simple prayer gained them a remission of sins! That simple prayer changed them from feeling worthless and fallen to feeling joy and peace. I say that prayer every day, every day, every day. And it works, every day, every day, every day.
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