Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon we read that if a church is built upon the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Father will show forth His works in it.  But if it not built upon the gospel but on the works of men, they will be hewn down and cast into the fire. The gospel consists of the mission and atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. All men must stand before Christ to be judged of their works, whether they be good or evil.  Whoever repents and is baptized and endures to the end will be held guiltless at the last day. But those who don't endure to the end will be hewn down and cast into the fire.  3 Nephi 27:10-18 "And if it so be that the church is built upon my gospel then will the Father show forth his own works in it.  But if it be not built upon my gospel, and is built upon the works of men, or upon the works of the devil, verily I say unto you they have joy in their works for a season, and by and by the end cometh, and they are hewn down and cast into the fire, from whence there is no return.  For their works do follow them, for it is because of their works that they are hewn down; therefore remember the things that I have told you. Behold I have given unto you my gospel, and this is the gospel which I have given unto you—that I came into the world to do the will of my Father, because my Father sent me.  And my Father sent me that I might be lifted up upon the cross; and after that I had been lifted up upon the cross, that I might draw all men unto me, that as I have been lifted up by men even so should men be lifted up by the Father, to stand before me, to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil—  And for this cause have I been lifted up; therefore, according to the power of the Father I will draw all men unto me, that they may be judged according to their works. And it shall come to pass, that whoso repenteth and is baptized in my name shall be filled; and if he endureth to the end, behold, him will I hold guiltless before my Father at that day when I shall stand to judge the world.  And he that endureth not unto the end, the same is he that is also hewn down and cast into the fire, from whence they can no more return, because of the justice of the Father. And this is the word which he hath given unto the children of men. And for this cause he fulfilleth the words which he hath given, and he lieth not, but fulfilleth all his words."

In the Old Testament we read that the Lord found Israel in a wild land, a desert wasteland, and He protected them, watched over them and cared for them like an eagle protecting its nest. The Lord lead Israel, feeding and guiding them.  Deuteronomy 32:10-15 "He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:  So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.  He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;  Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation."

A verse with a thought booklet admonishes us to come and walk in the light of the Lord.  Isaiah 2:5 "O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord."