Brother Dunford

We turn now to Nephi's version of the tree of life. Instead of seeing the symbolic version, Nephi is told 3 stories and asked to find each element in that story. The first is the story of the New Testament. New Testament blindness is when we reject Christ because He is not the Messiah we wanted Him to be.

The Savior suffered the totality of the human experience. Every infinite pain, affliction, sickness. Every one of them, to an infinite level. He knows how to succor us, how to save us, and how to judge us.

When we seek a miracle of rescue or deliverance, we need to take a step into the river and trust the miracle will come as I move forward. But I should also remember that He often asks us to row as long as we have strength. But recue us He will.

There are 8 words used to describe the tree of life and its fruit. Each one is given with a superlative. As is: "most sweet, above all that I ever before tasted." Why so much emphasis? And what does Lehi's dream reveal is the protection that comes when we truly believe that the greatest joy in our life comes from the love of God.

After taking a look at why WE need this fallen, mortal world, we now look at what it cost Him to provide it. The Savior's atonement "answered the ends of the law."

Like the feeding of the 5,000, we often seek miracles of increase. Whether we seek to multiply OUR ability to do His work, or to increase what we receive from Him, the ask is often the same: "What have ye?"

Lehi saw four distinct groups of people in his dream of the tree of life. They reveal some vital lessons about getting to and staying at the tree.

We need this mortal life, but it comes at a tremendous cost. The Atonement of Christ is what it cost the Father to grant us this mortal life and probaionary state.

One of the prophesied signs of the latter-days in the belief "that miracles are done away." (Moroni 8:26). But "it is by faith that miracles are wrought." (Moroni 7:37). The miracles of Jesus stand as a testimony that He will do miracles in our lives if we allow Him to. This class is a deep dive into some of those miracles and how they "are wrought."

Councils are one of the most effective ways to accomplish our work, but some leaders and members do not fully understand how to efficiently contrubute to a council.