Faith leads to conversion
- 2 Nephi 31:19-20 - Someone once taught in a lesson that faith cannot be stagnent. Your faith is never just sitting still. Your faith in Christ and his gospel is either gradually growing, or gradually decresing, but never sitting still. This scripture relates to that in a big way. Just because we are on the straight and narrow path, and have been. It doenst mean that we cant stray from it. We need to stay steadfast and close to Christ to continue on that straight and narrow. Then when we follow his guidance and commandments, we will stay on that path until the end, reaching the end and gaining eternal salvation.
- Alma 32:41 - Once again going back to staying close to christ not just for a small amount of time, but always. We can always plant that original seed in our heart, but in order to get the real fruit, we need to nourish that seed every day, at any time we can. We need to nurture the seed, let it grow, then partake of the everlasting fruit of life.
Conversion includes repentance, baptism, and the reception of the gift of the Holy Ghost.
- John 3:5 - Baptism is a huge part of conversion. When you are baptised is when you are actually made a legitimate member of the church. So technically you are converted to the word of christ, you believe in his teachings and have felt the spirit. Then you need to take it a step further, be baptized and make thos covenants with the lord. Recieve the holy ghost to be with you so you can recieve his guidance. This is such an important step in life, and critical to becoming converted to the church and gospel.
- 2 Nephi 31:13,17 - We need to follow after the savior in every way possible. One of the big things he did was be baptized. He had no need at all in the world to be baptized, for he had no sins to cleans. But he was doing it to be an example to us, an example to his children. Christ gave the ultimate sacrifice and is the ultimate example. In order to be close to him, we need to lead by that example.
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