Seek The Lord Often

Today we had our final New Testament class of the semester. It was an awesome experience to learn about the life of the Savior in depth. As we came to the final verses in the four gospels, I found some interesting occurrences that coordinated with foreshadowing verses in the beginning of Christ's ministry. It seems as if the gospel writers are showing how Christ came full circle. How he, like one of his disciples, "fought a good fight and finished his course." Only his fight was one against death and the very jaws of hell. He came, he experienced it all, and he conquered. He did it for us. Here are some about Christ's birth and death: Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. Mark 15:46 And he bought fine linen and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto...

Last week in my New Testament we talked about Christ's suffering for our sins, sorrows and sicknesses in Gethsemane. The subject seemed especially relevant since final projects and tests are starting to pile up. Last week was a very hectic one for me and I was under some pressure. It was comforting to know that Jesus Christ felt perfectly every stressful situation I have gone through, am going through, or will ever go through. Jesus Christ was perfect, but that's not to see he didn't feel at least somewhat apprehensive when he was nearing the time of his ultimate suffering and sacrifice. Brother Griffin made an interesting point when we read Mark 14:32-36 . He pointed out that since Christ was perfect he had never felt the intense guilt and sorrow for sin. He had never even committed a little  sin, let alone feel the collective remorse and bitterness of conscience of the vilest sins of the entire human race. Jesus feels sobered by the immense task of the Atonement that ...