Boshoprice Christmas.message 2023

Christ s words that led up to why we celebrate Chirstmas.

Here am I.  Send me.

(God s creation mourned. )

Not my will but thine be done 

It is finished. 

Angel s words why we celebrate Christmas

He is risen.

Mosiah 3

blessings of the Priesthood

Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven. 46 The Holy Ghost shall be thy constant companion, and thy scepter an unchanging scepter of righteousness and truth; and thy dominion shall be an everlasting dominion, and without compulsory means it shall flow unto thee forever D&C 131:45-46

are we straddling the fence?

Satan owns the fence. He already has you if you are straddling it.  "May we choose the harder right than the easier

wrong."

Where are my miracles?

Where are my miracles? 

Miracles- work of God. Manifestation of God s power. It is a miracle when people change for the good, or find peace, or find direction, 

faith--> assurance

But needs action which leads to evidence.

testament (n.)

Late Latin testamentum in this case was a confusion of the two meanings of Greek diatheke, which meant both "covenant, dispensation" and "will, testament," and was used in the former sense in the account of the Last Supper (see testimony) but subsequently was interpreted as Christ's "last will."

What is the original Roman meaning of the word sacrament?

a soldier's oath of allegiance

In Ancient Rome, the term meant a soldier's oath of allegiance. Tertullian, a 3rd-century Christian writer, suggested that just as the soldier's oath was a sign of the beginning of a new life, so too was initiation into the Christian community through baptism and Eucharist.

infirmation and boldness

Inspiration is fueled by information- Pres Nelson

boldness=authority in Greek 

God invites us to have table fellowship w Him

Sacrament. Table fellowship is between people that are at peace w each other. God accepts us w all our faults 

God can manipulate time

All the lamanites touched Him one by one.

Christ experienced all our sufferings.  Each and every one of us individually. In our understanding of time, that would be impossibly long time.