Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Family: We Are One

There's something absolutely marvelous about the structure of the Gospel...it is one...giant...beautiful...FAMILY.

The Church is Mom.

Can you guess who Dad is?

It's our Savior, Jesus Christ.

When they got married, the Church took her husband's name upon herself, making her the Church of Jesus Christ.

Then the children of God are baptized, taking Christ's name upon them, making him the Father of their souls.

And they get to be born again every week as they partake of the sacrament.

Everyone has a role in the family. The Church nurtures, teaches, counsels, motivates, encourages, feeds, comforts, and blesses her children. Jesus Christ presides, provides, and protects. His role and our role as his children in the gospel are outlined in 3 Nephi 27:13-21.

Sometimes there's confusion with the difference between the Church and the Gospel. I can't take credit for this comparison, but someone in my Book of Mormon class said that the Church is like a lantern and the Gospel is like the light. What a beautiful analogy demonstrating the purity and good new of the Gospel held, protected, and proclaimed by the structure of the Church.

That is the wonderful thing about this giant family. The Gospel is beautiful, and it contains important ordinances and principles that will be forever true. But the Church makes it possible for the Gospel to bless us on earth. It's somewhere for us to go. It nurtures us and counsels us. It helps us become all that we can and should be.

What a blessing it is to be able to be a part of this family.

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