3
Nephi 3:15
Cry
Unto The Lord, He will deliver you
What
15 Yea,
he said unto them: As the Lord liveth, except ye repent of all your
iniquities, and cry unto the Lord, ye will in nowise
be adelivered out
of the hands of those Gadianton robbers.
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Why
the
Lord does not bless the wicked or protect them.
It
is important to pray for the blessings we desire.
Pattern
TG Deliver
See
also Israel,
Deliverance of ; Jesus
Christ, Redeemer ; Jesus
Christ, Savior ; Protection,
Divine ; Redeem ; Redemption ; Salvation ; Save
Deliver,
Deliverance
- Deliver me … from the hand of my brother.
Deliver,
Deliverance
- Deliver me … from the hand of my brother.
- are delivered ere the midwives come.
- deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians.
- smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses.
- delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled.
Protection,
Divine
- I am thy shield.
- God sent me before you to preserve you.
Ps.
31:23
23
O love the Lord,
all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful,
and plentifully rewardeth the
proud doer.
D&;C
1:36
36
And also the Lord shall have power over
his saints,
and shall reign in
their midst,
and shall come down in judgment upon Idumea,
or the world.
Christ
Jesus
is our deliverer in our earthly battles and in our eternal salvation.
He has delivered the atonement for us.
Conference
As
we exercise our faith in the Savior, He will lift us up and carry us
through all of our trials and, ultimately, save us in the celestial
kingdom.
As
part of our Heavenly Father’s plan, He allowed sorrow to be woven
into our mortal experience.1 While
it seems that painful trials fall unevenly on us, we can be assured
that to one degree or another, we all suffer and struggle. It is my
prayer that the Holy Spirit will guide us to a greater understanding
why this must be so.
God
invites us to respond with faith to our own unique afflictions in
order that we may reap blessings and gain knowledge that can be
learned in no other way. We are instructed to keep the commandments
in every condition and circumstance, for “he that is faithful in
tribulation, the reward of the same is greater in the kingdom of
heaven.”6 And
as we read in scripture, “If thou art sorrowful, call on the Lord
thy God with supplication, that your souls may be joyful.”7
The
Apostle Paul, himself no stranger to affliction, drew from his own
experience to teach with depth and beauty the eternal perspective
that comes when we endure well and with patience. He said, “For our
light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far
more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”8 In
other words, we can know in the midst of our afflictions that God has
provided an eternal compensating reward.
Many
of us have pleaded with God to remove the cause of our suffering, and
when the relief we seek has not come, we have been tempted to think
He is not listening. I testify that, even in those moments, He hears
our prayers, has a reason for allowing our afflictions to
continue,10 and
will help us bear them.11
“… Part
of enduring well consists of being meek enough, amid our suffering,
to learn from our relevant experiences. Rather than simply passing
through these things, they must pass through us … in ways
which sanctify [us].”18
When
all is finished and we have endured all things with faith in Jesus
Christ, we have the promise that “God shall wipe away all [the]
tears from [our] eyes.”21
I
testify that God our Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, live and that
They are keepers of promises. I testify that the Savior invites all
of us to come and partake of His Atonement. As we exercise our faith
in Him, He will lift us up and carry us through all of our trials
and, ultimately, save us in the celestial kingdom. May I invite you
to come unto Christ, endure well in faith, become perfected through
Him, and have perfect joy in Him. In the sacred name of Jesus Christ,
amen.
APRIL
2012 | The
Power of Deliverance
By
Elder L. Tom Perry Of
the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
A
dominant theme of the Book of Mormon is expressed in the final verse
of the first chapter of 1 Nephi. Nephi writes, “But behold, I,
Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are
over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make
them mighty even unto the power of deliverance” (1 Nephi
1:20).
I
wish to speak about how the Book of Mormon, which is a tender mercy
of the Lord preserved for these latter days, delivers us by teaching
us in a pure and “most correct” way the doctrine of Christ.
Many
of the stories of the Book of Mormon are stories of deliverance.
Lehi’s departure into the wilderness with his family was about
deliverance from the destruction of Jerusalem. The story of the
Jaredites is a story of deliverance, as is the story of the
Mulekites. Alma the Younger was delivered from sin. Helaman’s
stripling warriors were delivered in battle. Nephi and Lehi were
delivered from prison. The theme of deliverance is evident throughout
the entire Book of Mormon.
The
second story is similar in many respects but also different. The
account is recorded in Mosiah
24.
Alma
and his people had settled in the land of Helam, when an army of the
Lamanites came into the borders of the land. They met and worked out
a peaceful solution. (See Mosiah
23:25–29.)
Soon the leaders of the Lamanites began to impose their will on the
people of Alma and placed heavy burdens on them to bear (see Mosiah
24:8).
In verse
13 we
read, “And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came to them
in their afflictions, saying: Lift up your heads and be of good
comfort, for I know of the covenant which ye have made unto me; and I
will covenant with my people and deliver them out of bondage.”
The
people of Alma were delivered from the hands of the Lamanites and
safely made their way back to be united with the people of Zarahemla.
Apply
From
Elder Perry
“We
can be delivered from the ways of evil and wickedness by turning to
the teachings of the holy scriptures. The Savior is the Great
Deliverer, for He delivers us from death and from sin (see Romans
11:26; 2 Nephi
9:12).
“
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