In the Book of Mormon I read about how Alma and Amulek went forth preaching repentance to the people, showing no respect of persons but treating everyone equally. They were able to establish the church throughout the land. Alma 16:13-17 "And Alma and Amulek went forth preaching repentance to the people in their temples, and in their sanctuaries, and also in their synagogues, which were built after the manner of the Jews. And as many as would hear their words, unto them they did impart the word of God, without any respect of persons, continually. And thus did Alma and Amulek go forth, and also many more who had been chosen for the work, to preach the word throughout all the land. And the establishment of the church became general throughout the land, in all the region round about, among all the people of the Nephites. And there was no inequality among them; the Lord did pour out his Spirit on all the face of the land to prepare the minds of the children of men, or to prepare their hearts to receive the word which should be taught among them at the time of his coming— That they might not be hardened against the word, that they might not be unbelieving, and go on to destruction, but that they might receive the word with joy, and as a branch be grafted into the true vine, that they might enter into the rest of the Lord their God."
In the Old Testament we read that if we're to live safely in the land, we should keep the statutes and judgments of the Lord. There is safety in keeping the commandments. Leviticus 25:18 "Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety."
Some verses with a thought booklet give us a needed reminder that NOTHING shall be able to separate us from the love of God. The thought that went with this, written by Margie Harding from Greensboro, Maryland says: I am always awed when I read this scripture. Consider the limitless height of the sky and the depth of the oceans. Isn't that exactly the image Paul is trying to create? No boundaries. Everything else in life has boundaries; everything can stop. Even air can be taken, and ruined, via pollution. Daytime stops and turns into night. Our childhoods have boundaries, as we grow into adults and time continues its changes. Weather changes, moods change. Everything changes with time--except God. God doesn't change. Neither does his love. God promised that in scripture. God is the one constant in our lives. He is there even though we may not be. God loves us, though our hearts falter. His love knows no boundaries. Nothing can separate us from God unless we allow it. God doesn't change; we do. Romans 8:35, 38-39 "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
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