WE TALK OF CHRIST
  

MeditationsInLight.blogspot.com by Larry Doyle Crenshaw

In this week’s meditative verse “We Talk of Christ.” In doing so, I reaffirm my testimony of His divinity:

CHRIST IS MY ADVOCATE

 John tells us “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father,” who is, “Jesus Christ the righteous.” (1 John 2:1)

CHRIST IS MY RECONCILER

18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;  19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:18-19)

CHRIST IS MY SAVIOR

10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.  … 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.  (Acts 4: 10-12)

CHRIST IS MY RIGHTEOUS JUDGE.

The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgement unto the Son, that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father…. as I hear, I judge; and my judgement is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.” (John 5:22-23, 30)

CHRIST IS THE MESSENGER OF MY TEMPLE COVENANTS.

 “...and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to this temple, even the messenger of the covenant...” (Malachi 3:1)

CHRIST IS THE GOD OF MY FATHERS.

“For this intent have we written these things, that they (the children) may know that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his glory many hundred years before his coming; and not only we ourselves had a hope of his glory, but also all the holy prophets which were before us.  Behold, they believed in Christ and worshiped the Father in his name...” (Jacob 4:4)

CHRIST, IN A SAVING, SPIRITUAL SENSE IS MY FATHER.

Under the direction of the Father -Elohim, Christ is the Creator of this earth, and of worlds without number.  He is “the Father of the heavens and of the earth, and all things that in them are. (Ether 4:7)  He is the Father of all those who believe and obey His law. (Mosiah 5:7-8)  You and I have the right to “become [his] sons and daughters.”    Thus we become “the children of Christ, his sons and daughters”... “spiritually begotten” by Him as we “take upon us His name.” (Doctrine & Covenants 39:4)

We Talk of Christ

And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins.

 Book of Mormon  2 Nephi 25:26-27

We talk of Christ and know

He is the remitter of sins

And if to His alter we go

Freedom from sin begins

Freed from sin’s tribulations

Freed from sin’s blinding

Freed from sin’s privations

Freed from sin’s binding

In Christ Jesus, Our Lord

Is Moses’ Law fulfilled

Where grace is our reward

And love of God instilled

Of Christ we prophesy and preach

According to prophecies we write

Of salvation within our reach

As we strive with all our might

Teaching our children to know

To what source they may turn

When they, their sins forego

And the Spirit begins to burn

In Christ Jesus we rejoice

We praise His holy name

And with pen and voice

His Atonement we exclaim

Saved, anointed and esteemed

When Christ’s Atonement is applied

Sanctified, purchased and redeemed

By Jesus, who for us on Calvary died

                                                                                

Larry Doyle Crenshaw