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Article · 25 Jun 2015 · 2 min read

Faith, Hope and Charity

Article 2 min read by msb

"And now I...write a few of the words...concerning faith, hope, and charity...Wherefore, I would speak unto you that are of the church, that are the peaceable followers of Christ, and that have obtained a sufficient hope by which ye can enter into the rest of the Lord, from this time henceforth until ye shall rest with him in heaven." (Moroni 7:1-3)

Hope is greater than belief, it is greater than strong faith by which it is said we behold angels. Hope, or a promise of a substance to come is when we "enter into the rest of the Lord" not only when we depart this mortal tabernacle, but "from this time" until we "shall rest with him in heaven". Only after tasting the blessings that come from hope obtained through promise can we have charity.

The deepest doctrines of the Gospel are contained in a work in which I'm finding we have barely scratched the surface.

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Jen · 7/6/2015 10:17 PM

It seems that to be "of the church" one needs to be both peaceable and a follower of Christ together. It is interesting to think of this, when there are many who would be un-peaceable followers.

Also interesting to consider that it implies that to be "of the church" we must first have gained that hope. Do you suppose that the "hope obtained through promise" might be promise with a Capital P? As in the Holy Spirit of Promise?