18. Believing Christ

This past month, I have had the opportunity to read the Book entitled, "Believing Christ" which was written by Stephen E. Robinson. Brother Robinson has been a bishop and other important figures in the church. Over time, he has come to realize that just about everyone who goes into the bishop's office with doubts or struggles all have one thing in common. They don't believe Christ.

Before you stop reading here thinking that he doesn't know what he's talking about, hear me out. OF course the person going into the office must believe in Christ, otherwise they wouldn't even bother going to talk to the bishop. I agree with that statement there but my point is still valid. One can believe in Christ, but not believe Christ. One can believe that He lived, died, then lived again. One can believe that Christ atoned for the sins of the world. What we often don't understand is how His atonement can cover our sins on a personal level.

Too many times we make mistakes. Too many times we feel that we fall lower than can be helped. I too have been guilty of this. I sometimes can't understand how someone so perfect can accept anything less than perfect from us. And that is exactly the case. Something imperfect can't be accepted by God. He declared that no unclean thing can enter into His presence. But if this is the case, then how can we believe it when we are told that we can be saved, being the wretched people that we are?

This is where the atonement kicks in. If you're wondering how you can be saved, then you're likely already humbled, meaning you have a broken heart and a contrite spirit, which is ripe for being saved. At this point, all you have to do is depend and believe Christ when he says that He can save you. He has descended below all things, even lower than any one of us has sunk ever before. Of course there have been times in my life in which I have not felt nearly important or righteous enough to be able to receive blessings from on high, but I always remember who I am. One thing that I discovered from this book is that God wants each one of us to be perfect, but knows that it will be Christ’s sacrifice of His perfection that will make up for all of our imperfections.

Our Father in Heaven is that; He is our Father. But He is also our God. We must see Him as both. A perfect God expects perfection out of His people and He really does demand it. We are commanded to be perfect. But He is also our Father, and has offered a way in which we might be able to become perfected. Often time there may seem like there is no way in which we can become perfect. But I testify along with so many others that Christ makes all the difference. His Grace saves. Through Christ, we can come unto the Father.