Teach
In D&C chapter 19, Jesus asked Martin Harris to mortgage a large piece of his farm to pay for the first 5,000 copies of The Book of Mormon to be published. Martin had one of the biggest farms in the area and worked really hard to get it. If the Book of Mormon didn’t sell well, Martin would lose the farm that he mortgaged. It was a hard decision for him to make. Jesus told Martin that he understood how hard it was, but His Atonement was a far more difficult sacrifice.
Read D&C 19:16-19
16 For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent;
17 But if they would not repent they must suffer even as I;
18 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—and would that I might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink—
19 Nevertheless, glory be to the Father, and I partook and finished my preparations unto the children of men.
Discuss
In these scriptures Jesus said that He suffered “these things for all.” What did he mean by “these things?”
In Mosiah 3:7, we learn that He suffered for all of our temptations, all the pain our bodies have felt, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, and for our sins.
In Alma 7:11-12 it says that Christ also suffered for our pain, afflictions, sicknesses, and temptations.
Suffering for our sins was very difficult, but Jesus Christ was willing to do it to obey His Father and to show His love for Him and for us.
What difficult things does God ask you to do?
How can we find courage to obey Him?
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