(November 27, 2014)
For
some reason, we in the Church tend to downplay certain things that are held in
very high esteem by the rest of Christianity. I assume that is either because we look at the
continuing revelation we have been blessed with as making reliance on past
doctrines less of a necessity, or perhaps because the ‘favorite’ sermons of Christendom
have been displaced by other sermons that we hold dear to us now.
But I
don’t think we are necessarily justified in that. Look at what happens in this chapter. Christ, the Risen Lord, comes to visit the
Nephites and what is one of the first things He teaches? He gives the Sermon on the Mount. Out of the Church, I think, this sermon is viewed
as far more important than we consider it inside the Church. Yes, we have the understanding of the Plan of
Salvation, but we should have a certain holy envy for those who regard the
Sermon on the Mount with its proper respect. For myself, this is something that I intend to
correct in my own approach.
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