Faith in Jesus Christ

PMG= Preach My Gospel

'We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.'

ARTICLES OF FAITH

My lesson Today out of the Preparing for Exaltation handbook was caled Faith in Jesus Christ.  Here are some tid bits about the lesson that I loved:

Question and answer from the book: What two things does this Article of Faith teach us about faith?

That faith is the first principle of the gospel and that it must be centered in Jesus Christ.

'..this article of faith teaches us that "faith in the Lord Jesus Christ," rather than faith in general, is the first principle of the gospel.  We can have faith in other things.. but faith faith in Jesus Christ isn the only faith that will lead us to exaltation'

-Without Jesus Christ and his Atonement we could not be saved, or live with our families again one day.  We have to have faith first in Jesus Christ to know that Plan of Salvation is true, and that our families can be eternal.   

  

"The need to exercise faith in Jesus Christ is absolutely essential.  It is the foundation of the plan of salvation"

~Richard G Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles 

From the manual: 'faith in Jesus Christ is the first principle of the gospel because it is the basis for understanding and accepting other principles and ordinances of the gospel'.  -Everything else that we believe in stems from first having faith in Jesus Christ.
"We can develop faith in a particular principle.. by first believing in Jesus Christ strongly enough to obey His commandments"  PMG

'When we have faith in Christ, we accept and apply his Atonement and teachings'

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