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What is the price of perspective<\/strong>? Webster’s Online dictionary gives the following meanings:<\/em>

1
a: <\/strong>a mental view or prospect<\/em>
b: <\/strong>a visible scene<\/em>

2 <\/strong>
a: <\/strong>the interrelation in which a subject or its parts are mentally viewed<\/em>
b: <\/strong>the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people spend a lot of money and send their children off to college in hopes that they will gain the perspectives of a learned mind so they can think logically, creatively, morally, and in a way that empowers them to make contributions to the greater good of society. In thus doing, the hopeful parent expects their child to grow in their autonomy, carve out a life of self-reliance, and successfully attain their goals in the pursuit of happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ways and Means of Enlightenment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But some perspectives come not from books or lectures. Many come from life experience and through the enlightenment of the power of the Holy Ghost. In the case of the former, this often comes through the trial and tribulation of painful experiences, while the latter often comes through reading and hearing the word of God, prayer, and making and keeping covenants with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, such as baptism and receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“…this often comes through the trial and tribulation of painful life experiences, while the latter often comes through reading and hearing the word of God, prayer and making and keeping covenants with God.”<\/em><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Hebrews Chapter 5, vss 8-9<\/strong>, we read: Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;<\/em>….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, learned things through the things He suffered. He gained<\/em> perspective<\/strong> through things He suffered in mortality. While He came to atone for human kind, He willingly chose to suffer the things that we suffered in mortality when He entered into the Garden of Gethemane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus completed the spiritual portion of the atonement in the Garden of Gethsemane, wherein He took all the pains, mental and emotional anguish, spiritual trauma, physical pain, in addition to all our sins, upon Him to pay the price and swallow all the stains and scars upon our souls so that we would not have to carry them into eternity with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of Jesus Christ’s atonement, we can leave our sins at the altar of God and be freed of them contingent upon repentance of our sins, being baptized by one who holds the proper priesthood authority, and receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Jesus emerged from the Garden of Gethsemane, having completed the spiritual portion of His atonement, He allowed Himself to be arrested, mocked, spit upon, scourged, then finally–crucified. It was upon the cross at Golgatha (place of the skull) that Jesus endured the brutality of a slow, agonizing death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crucifixion commenced with the Roman soldiers hammering spikes through His hands and feet, and–because He was a relatively large man–the Roman soldiers also hammered spikes through His wrists to hold His body in place on the cross once set in the vertical position. From that point, He stuggled for air, as the pressure from His fixed arms lifting up on His rib cage compromised His ability to take in air properly. He would have to push down with His feet to lift His body up slightly to catch His breath. After nine hours, physically spent, He commended His Spirit into the God the Father’s hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The events that took place, from Jesus’ arrest through His “yield[ing] up the ghost” on the cross) completed the first half of the physical portion of the atonement. During the three days while Jesus physical body lay in the tomb, Jesus went to the spirit world where He set up His ministry to preach the gospel unto the disobedient spirits who rebelled against the prophet Noah, who built an ark wherein eight souls were saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the third day, Jesus took up His physical body once again, upon which the second half of the physical portion of the His atonement was complete, thereby bringing His atonement to fruition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of Jesus Christ’s atonement, all<\/em> people shall be resurrected. However, where an individual ends up for eternity (final resting place) depends the decisions, conduct and intents of their heart in mortality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The simple truth of the gospel is this: A person’s returning to live with God the Father and Jesus Christ is contingent upon their accepting Jesus Christ as their Savior, taking His name upon them at baptism, recieving the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and intentionally striving to learn and live (including daily repentance) the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the remainder of their life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As they do these things, the person’s soul will be sanctified through the power of the Holy Spirit to, which prepares them to return to live with God the Father and Jesus Christ in Celestial realms (Heaven). For the scripture teach that “no unclean thing can dwell in the presence of God. Therefore, we must be intentionally faithful (though we walk imperfectly) to keeping our covenants with God and do the best we could. As we do these things, the Jesus Christ will extend His grace to us and compensate for our shortcomings and cleanse us of our sins and and heal our imperfections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the most important things in this life are for a person to receive a physical body and to accept Jesus Christ and His gospel, life lessons and eternal truths learned here help guide and nurture us so that we might learn and grow in light and truth to prepare to live with God again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As noted above, this sanctification process occurs in two ways: Through enlightenment of light and truth, and through the things we suffer. Often wisdom comes via the road of spiritual hard knocks. Emotional Intelligence come by living our lives, with the emotional brain keep track of things in our subconscious. He sees patterns, which over time, show us intuitively when something doesn’t make sense of sound right, though to our intellect, it may sometimes still make perfect sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A clever salesperson may communicate a well-rehearsed script of reasons a prospect should buy the product or service he\/she is trying to sell. However, a quick gut check by the prospect may communicate to them, “It sounds good, but it just doesn’t feel right. Something is off. Something is just not right with that.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we go through painful experiences, we gain the perspective of suffering. We understand what it feels like to experience physical trauma, mental anguish, emotional pain. In mortality, we may come to understand what it’s like to be lonely, isolated, left behind, unvalidated, unappreciated, forgotten, misunderstood, slandered, stigmatized; treated with hostility, contempt, prejudice and discrimination because we don’t fall into categories that meet the approval of certain others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus Christ, though sinless, chose to suffer all that human kind suffers. He chose to take upon Himself all the pains of the human race so that He might succor <\/em>those who need to be succored.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To succor<\/em> is to give aid, assistance, support during times of hardship and distress.<\/em> Because Jesus Christ experienced all pain that every humans that had lived, do live now, and will yet live in this world, He received the ultimate in spiritual education in what it is like to live in this human condition, called mortality. <\/em>On a deep spiritual level, He gained the advanced lessons of the ultimate extreme of human suffering, experiencing–to the fullest degree–every whit of human pain among the human race!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of this, He understands our suffering and knows how to succor us according to our needs. He knows how to bless us; comfort us; lift, us; strengthen us mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically. He’s been there and done that on a spiritual plane that we could only barely scratch the surface of comprehending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Irony of Suffering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we suffer, we have the sacred privilege to become a little bit more acquainted with our Savior Jesus Christ. Because He has been down that road of painful trial and tribulation, we can understand comparatively a little bit of what He experienced: We can feel the pain and anguish He experienced for us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every bump, jarring, trauma, disappointment, emotional hurt, mental strain, pang of guilt due to sins committed, and sins of omission (not having done good things we should have done), and every pain that runs the gamut of our human experience in mortality, He experienced it because He took these things upon Himself so that we would not have to suffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of Jesus Christ’s atonement, we can leave our sins at His altar and move forward in mortality with peace and joy and then onto Eternal Life in the world to come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the eye of faith, our sufferings in this life can therefore serve as teaching tools to help us catch a micro-glimpse into what Jesus experienced in the Garden of Gethsemane for us.<\/em> He paid the price! What joy this brings to my soul that I could be free of such spiritual bondage through Jesus Christ, by virtue of His atonement and redeeming love!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Won’t you come and lay your sins at the altar of Jesus Christ? Talk with a Missionary from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/em> today by going to ComeUntoChrist.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God’s choicest blessings await you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yours in Christ!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Tom Ligi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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