In 3 Nephi 20:8 Christ said "He that eateth this bread eateth of my body to his soul; and he that drinketh of this wine drinketh of my blood to his soul; and his soul shall never hunger nor thirst, but shall be filled."
A couple things I notice are the verbs eating and drinking, it's actively partaking of the sacrament. Probably actively taking upon us the name of Christ, and living to have his spirit to be always with us. I don't believe the scripture is meant to imply that if we partake of the sacrament once, that we can passively sit by, and let our spirit be filled without any action on our part. But only through constant feeding and drinking is our spirit nourished, and we should do so that it never hungers. Much like eating food every 2 hours. If we ate food every 2 hours, our bodies would never be hungry. Our bodies would ever be filled.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
A different level of praying
In 3 Nephi 19:24 Jesus taught the disciples a way to pray, that seem to yield a higher level of communion with the father. In 3 Nephi 19:25 it talks about how their countenance changed, and become more like that of the savior. There are a few factors in this prayer.
- They were given what to pray, so that their words were not multiplied.
- It seems that they prayed for a long time.
- While they were praying, the savior prayed for them asking, that he could be in them, as his Father in Heaven, was in him.
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