Study:
Lately
we are reading the Book of Mormon together as a Mission, and focusing
on the Atonement. As I was reading thorough I hit the vision of Nephi
(Nephi 11-14?) and was very impressed by something. Almost every time
that the Spirit of God in the vision referred to Christ, he said The
Lamb of God. I checked and realized that there are only a small handful
of other times in the Book of Mormon that Prophets refer to Christ by
this title. But in those few chapters, the Spirit of God says is quite a
lot. It made me wonder if that's just the title The Spirit normally
uses or something... Was interesting. I was also impressed by the title
itself. A title that really described the Atonement in a powerful way in
just a couple words. 'The Lamb of God' The imagery we have when we
think about his title is also supported quite nicely by the imagery and
types and shadows that God showed to us in the Law of Moses. Christ is
the offering of God. What God is giving up in order to save us. Giving
His Son. Powerful concept. I liked it a lot. :)
Random other cool things:
We went to a baby amusement park last week called Teichland http://www.
Anna is getting baptised! We set a date for October 12th.
We are super excited and so is she and so is Elder Thorkelson (who is
now in Minden). We had a very powerful lesson where we got to ask her a
lot. We talked about what she thinks of the Church and the Book of
Mormon, what feelings she has been having, and how it has been changing
her. She expressed how good it all felt, the good it was doing for her,
how her faith was growing, and how she has been changing for good,
becoming more aligned with God. We then were able to challenge her to
Baptism, and she accepted. X)
I
know that God is in this work. He is a God of Miracles, and He loves
us. :) I testify of that in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
