I remember hearing once that God is about forgiving; we are about repenting. In other words, forgiving someone else is really repenting of the hard heart I have against them for what they did. Understanding this has changed my “forgiveness” experience … it’s all abt changing my heart, regardless of whether or not the other person is repentant or changes, or anything else. It’s all abt me & my heart being in a right relationship w the Savior. The other people are on their personal spiritual journeys & that’s btwn them & God.
The best way I have learned how to spiritually survive injustices (likely in preparation for the many more that will come), is to stop living my life from the lens of trying to be justified. Seeking justice for myself from others is the very thing that damns me. As Todd McLaughlin taught on your podcast, and as I've learned from Adam Miller, several Prophets, and ultimately from the Lord Himself, it is only by abiding in the covenants I make in the Temple that I am able to rend the veil of unbelief and break the bands of justice. In the Temple I have literally learned how to not let any form of injustice hold me back from my true potential as a joint heir with Jesus Christ. The Savior atoned for such injustices; both the injustices that I have inflicted and the ones that are inflicted upon me. The ones I have caused hold me back equally as much, and probably even more so, than the ones that are inflicted on me. Either way, trying to live by the law of justice, I'm totally cut off spiritually. The baptismal covenant is what taught me to learn about leaving the selfish telestial plane and to enter the gate that leads me towards a higher spiritual plane. Baptism is essential, and it's how I may renew my spiritual progress through the ordinance of the sacrament from week to week, but it will not sufficiently instruct or fully help sanctify me without furthering my covenantal relationship with the Lord. I learn very quickly each week how often it is that I am cut off and not justified by the law, and that I never was nor ever can live up to the law perfectly on my own merits. I have learned that beyond my baptismal covenants and the sacred sweet ordinance of the sacrament, the five Temple covenants I've made in the endowment ceremony have extended the invitation for how to receive personal revelation and how to actually leave a terrestrial plane of spirituality (merely looking for justifications), and to move into a place where I can unveil precisely what the Lord is instructing me individually to do to let go of the laws of justice altogether! How beautiful is that?!?! How kind! How merciful! Justice will absolutely DESTROY me if I hold onto it and I refuse to accept the higher celestial laws of God's covenantal love by grace and through the process of sanctification in conversing with the Lord through the veil. The love of God in a celestial abode is a much higher station of spiritual progress and is mine to claim because I have learned to overcome the law of justice through Christ in such a way that I can truly grow up and attain unto "the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ". Perfect love is a law that I eventually learn to abide in and not simply a reward that I can earn by my own merit. Only Christ did that! On the other hand, Christ's covenant with me is that He broke the bands of justice for me, and if I will cover myself with Him or "put on Christ" as Paul says it, I may affect mercy upon my soul here and now, and forever, so that I can continue to grow up in God. I have learned that to live that celestial law of perfect love increasingly as I consecrate myself more and more fully over to His will, is how I actually allow the Savior to overcome the demands of justice on my behalf. It is by that same token that I learn to not expect justice (in either direction), or by any level and degree of righteousness that I may have gotten to; that only by trusting Christ and having faith in His righteousness, I am truly able to have Christ answer the ends of the law of justice for me, and that mercy, is upon me. I have learned to call upon God through the name of Christ for it! I have learned that I must learn to love God first, above all, and then to love others as I begin to see myself through His lens of love and mercy. It is only then, despite every deep injustice this life brings, that I can confidently see myself kneeling before the Saviors feet with eternal gratitude and joy in my heart! He can change my very nature! He does change my very nature! What an AWESOME plan! DIVINE, NO DOUBT!!!
Randy, really enjoyed this one. I think, like everything else in the gospel and in our growth, we must remember. Remember to forgive, but also, remember the trials and injustices are for our good.
@@spirtualsurvival we just put our senior missionary papers in, and one of the many questions asked by the Stake President will be about what the Atonement means to us. So this gave a lot of food for thought.
This is such timely subject. Sister Kristen Yee spoke of her father who abused her verbally. Conference. It was in the Saturday Session when she first was called. She shares the story of Nabal and David. You will enjoy it! It took five years to apply the atonement to this part of my life after 5 years of pure hell being the mother of a victim of attempted murder of his life. Look up her talk. Until you are willing to put those shoes on…….give people time to forgive. Keep up the good work. Just don’t judge anyone’s suffering.
Thank you Brother Randy! I look forward to your messages each week. I am strengthened by what you share. Your mission matters!! :) God bless you for your efforts.
You are very right about that. I am learning that HIs perfect love can and does cast out all fears we have. The way you share your testimony is clearly reflective of your love of Him and us, your brothers and sisters. Again, THANK YOU for all that you're doing to share His light at this pivotal time.
This is good. I went through much tribulation in doing all the genealogy work and that helped prepare me to have the spiritual acension experience to be able to endure the Celestial Glory....What I learnt is that you cannot become a Celestial Being to be fit for living in the Celestial world without enduring the tribulation in Zion. That is why it says many are the afflictions of the righteous....But there are those who try to run away from tribulation in Zion instead of enduring through it and leave Zion to get away from the afflictions because they don't believe they should have to endure tribulation just to obtain the promised blessings because they want everything to be all easy and its not all easy and those who do run away from their covenants cannot become what God wants them to become and will not be able to dwell with him in celestial glory.... For after much tribulation come the blessings.
@@spirtualsurvival You cannot develop God's attributes without going through tribulation. You must be consistent in enduring. And many members are not very good at enduring and that is why they crash out of the covenant path after a few years of walking it
I’ve been thinking about how each generation alive during the period known as the Day of the Lord may be asked to perform different acts of sacrifice. For example us in the older generation could be more likely asked to be the Abigail for the family because injustices are harder to endure when we are young and more hot headed. But the younger generation could be asked to help us with our exodus because that could be scary to the older generation. Idk. It’s just thoughts brought up by your podcast episode
I remember hearing once that God is about forgiving; we are about repenting. In other words, forgiving someone else is really repenting of the hard heart I have against them for what they did. Understanding this has changed my “forgiveness” experience … it’s all abt changing my heart, regardless of whether or not the other person is repentant or changes, or anything else. It’s all abt me & my heart being in a right relationship w the Savior. The other people are on their personal spiritual journeys & that’s btwn them & God.
I love that! Our relationship with Christ is all about the condition of our hearts! ❤️💯
Thank you I needed to hear that.
The best way I have learned how to spiritually survive injustices (likely in preparation for the many more that will come), is to stop living my life from the lens of trying to be justified. Seeking justice for myself from others is the very thing that damns me. As Todd McLaughlin taught on your podcast, and as I've learned from Adam Miller, several Prophets, and ultimately from the Lord Himself, it is only by abiding in the covenants I make in the Temple that I am able to rend the veil of unbelief and break the bands of justice. In the Temple I have literally learned how to not let any form of injustice hold me back from my true potential as a joint heir with Jesus Christ. The Savior atoned for such injustices; both the injustices that I have inflicted and the ones that are inflicted upon me. The ones I have caused hold me back equally as much, and probably even more so, than the ones that are inflicted on me. Either way, trying to live by the law of justice, I'm totally cut off spiritually. The baptismal covenant is what taught me to learn about leaving the selfish telestial plane and to enter the gate that leads me towards a higher spiritual plane. Baptism is essential, and it's how I may renew my spiritual progress through the ordinance of the sacrament from week to week, but it will not sufficiently instruct or fully help sanctify me without furthering my covenantal relationship with the Lord. I learn very quickly each week how often it is that I am cut off and not justified by the law, and that I never was nor ever can live up to the law perfectly on my own merits. I have learned that beyond my baptismal covenants and the sacred sweet ordinance of the sacrament, the five Temple covenants I've made in the endowment ceremony have extended the invitation for how to receive personal revelation and how to actually leave a terrestrial plane of spirituality (merely looking for justifications), and to move into a place where I can unveil precisely what the Lord is instructing me individually to do to let go of the laws of justice altogether! How beautiful is that?!?! How kind! How merciful! Justice will absolutely DESTROY me if I hold onto it and I refuse to accept the higher celestial laws of God's covenantal love by grace and through the process of sanctification in conversing with the Lord through the veil. The love of God in a celestial abode is a much higher station of spiritual progress and is mine to claim because I have learned to overcome the law of justice through Christ in such a way that I can truly grow up and attain unto "the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ". Perfect love is a law that I eventually learn to abide in and not simply a reward that I can earn by my own merit. Only Christ did that! On the other hand, Christ's covenant with me is that He broke the bands of justice for me, and if I will cover myself with Him or "put on Christ" as Paul says it, I may affect mercy upon my soul here and now, and forever, so that I can continue to grow up in God. I have learned that to live that celestial law of perfect love increasingly as I consecrate myself more and more fully over to His will, is how I actually allow the Savior to overcome the demands of justice on my behalf. It is by that same token that I learn to not expect justice (in either direction), or by any level and degree of righteousness that I may have gotten to; that only by trusting Christ and having faith in His righteousness, I am truly able to have Christ answer the ends of the law of justice for me, and that mercy, is upon me. I have learned to call upon God through the name of Christ for it! I have learned that I must learn to love God first, above all, and then to love others as I begin to see myself through His lens of love and mercy. It is only then, despite every deep injustice this life brings, that I can confidently see myself kneeling before the Saviors feet with eternal gratitude and joy in my heart! He can change my very nature! He does change my very nature! What an AWESOME plan! DIVINE, NO DOUBT!!!
Wow! Such an amazing summary of this topic! Thank you for sharing your experience,!🙏❤️
@@spirtualsurvival Thank you for sharing so much insightful content that matters! ❤️
Excellent testimony brother
@@DoctrineofChrist248 Thank you. I always appreciate your comments 🙏
Randy, really enjoyed this one. I think, like everything else in the gospel and in our growth, we must remember. Remember to forgive, but also, remember the trials and injustices are for our good.
I think this aspect of the atonement is the hardest one for many people to embrace fully. Thanks for watching!👍
This was beautiful. I didn’t know I needed it, but I did. Thank you for presenting this.
Thanks for listening. I'm grateful that it was meaningful to you! 🙏❤️
@@spirtualsurvival we just put our senior missionary papers in, and one of the many questions asked by the Stake President will be about what the Atonement means to us. So this gave a lot of food for thought.
This is such timely subject. Sister Kristen Yee spoke of her father who abused her verbally. Conference. It was in the Saturday Session when she first was called. She shares the story of Nabal and David. You will enjoy it! It took five years to apply the atonement to this part of my life after 5 years of pure hell being the mother of a victim of attempted murder of his life. Look up her talk. Until you are willing to put those shoes on…….give people time to forgive. Keep up the good work. Just don’t judge anyone’s suffering.
Thank you! The atonement is so deep!
Thank you Brother Randy! I look forward to your messages each week. I am strengthened by what you share. Your mission matters!! :) God bless you for your efforts.
Thank you so much for your encouragement. It's easy to get discouraged and feel inadequate. Thanks for your kind comment! ❤️👍
You are very right about that. I am learning that HIs perfect love can and does cast out all fears we have. The way you share your testimony is clearly reflective of your love of Him and us, your brothers and sisters. Again, THANK YOU for all that you're doing to share His light at this pivotal time.
@@Godfearing7620 Thank you for sharing in this with me. Your comment is greatly appreciated ❤️
Thank you. Your channel is one of my favorites.
Thanks for watching?🙏
Thanks for this. It really made me look at the Saviour's atonement in a new way.
Thank you. The Atonement is so marvelous!
I appreciate you so very much - your authenticity, your righteous desires, your sharing of the faith that is in you. This was a beautiful message.
Thank you. I appreciate your kindness 🙏😊
This is good. I went through much tribulation in doing all the genealogy work and that helped prepare me to have the spiritual acension experience to be able to endure the Celestial Glory....What I learnt is that you cannot become a Celestial Being to be fit for living in the Celestial world without enduring the tribulation in Zion. That is why it says many are the afflictions of the righteous....But there are those who try to run away from tribulation in Zion instead of enduring through it and leave Zion to get away from the afflictions because they don't believe they should have to endure tribulation just to obtain the promised blessings because they want everything to be all easy and its not all easy and those who do run away from their covenants cannot become what God wants them to become and will not be able to dwell with him in celestial glory.... For after much tribulation come the blessings.
Amen brother!😊
@@spirtualsurvival You cannot develop God's attributes without going through tribulation. You must be consistent in enduring. And many members are not very good at enduring and that is why they crash out of the covenant path after a few years of walking it
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I’ve been thinking about how each generation alive during the period known as the Day of the Lord may be asked to perform different acts of sacrifice. For example us in the older generation could be more likely asked to be the Abigail for the family because injustices are harder to endure when we are young and more hot headed. But the younger generation could be asked to help us with our exodus because that could be scary to the older generation. Idk. It’s just thoughts brought up by your podcast episode
Excellent thoughts. I believe we will be asked to perform different sacrifices. 😊❤️
I enjoy your podcasts. I just think you should leave politics out of it.❤