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 Justice and Mercy are Reconciled What Gift from God, though among the greatest, do we appreciate the least? Hint: the answer is a message of love that may surprise you. . . . Are you ready for this? The answer is. . . . repentance.* Every prophet who has ever preached repentance*, and they all do, gives a message of love. Here’s why, in His own words. For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent. But if they would not repent they must suffer even as I; which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit — how sore you know not, yea, how hard to bear you know not. 1 For the wages of sin* is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through [the atonement of] Jesus Christ our Lord. 2 Behold, he sendeth an invitation unto all men, for the arms of mercy are extended towards them, and he saith: Repent, and I will receive you. 3 Dinner Talk: 1. How is the Atonement of Christ, which we celebrate at Easter, a reconciliation of justice and mercy? 2. Upon what condition can we access the mercy of God? 3. How is repentance a gift of love, and a blessing to us? Notes 1. Doctrine and Covenants 19:15-18 2. Romans 6:23 3. Alma |
