Mosiah Ch15

This past week in institute we were actually learning about the topic mentioned in this chapter, so I hope I can do it justice remember what is important to share. The topic is of Christ and how He is the son of God but also referred to as the Father. It speaks of the bearing of transgression of His people, and His bringing to pass the resurrection.

Abinadi is stressing the importance to know that God will come to earth to redeem His people and will have a physical body and be called the Son of God (v1-2). Christ is the Father of our physical body because He created the earth and the inhabitants. He is also our Father because he redeems our souls and has a divine investiture of authority to judge us. He is the Son because He is a spirit child of the Eternal Father. They are one in purpose which makes the wording of scriptures that address this topic confusing (v3-4).

Christ came to earth to yield to the suffering, to work mighty miracles, lead His people, be crucified according to the will of the Father, and gain victory over death (v5-8). Doing all this gave him power to be our judge and show mercy towards us by redeeming us from the demands of justice (v8-9). Abinadi asks who is listening this, but I ask you the same question, who will accept the offering Christ has given to be redeemed and called His (v10)?

Any who have already accepted The Lord by accepting the words of His prophets, look forward to the day they will be redeemed because they are His people (v11-12). The prophets, who testify of Christ and praised His creations and published peace for Him, have exclaimed and followed His teachings (v13-17). Many prophets have said the news of Christ is good except because He has redeemed us and broken the bands of death (v18-20).

There will be a first resurrection for the prophets, all who believed them, the people who died in ignorance without the chance to learn of Christ, and little children (v21-25). The only ones who will not be redeemed are those who knowingly rebelled against God and dies in sin (v26). They are the ones who should fear the resurrection because justice will claim them because they willfully chose not to accept Christ's gift (v27).

There will soon be a time when everyone will have a chance to accept the salvation of The Lord (v28). Many servants will declare the word and many will sing in joy because they are comforted by the message of the redemption (v29-30). The Lord wants everyone to have that chance to accept the gospel because He loves us. He will show the world His love by reaching out to everyone with salvation (v31).