Book of Mormon; Mosiah 3: 19

Reads: “For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth sumit to his father.”

Let us ponder this verses as I had to for a class assignment this week. We were asked to answer the following questions as it related to this verse.

Question 1. How does the Atonement allow you to overcome the natural man?

Question 2. Why is it only through the Atonement of Christ that you can become a Saint?

Is the answer as simple as just naming off the list in the scripture? Could be, but what would we learn from that. Might I suggest another idea? I’d like to find the meaning of these words as they are being used in the verse. These are my definitions so I may be wrong. This is why I’d like your thoughts on this verse.

1.     Yields to the enticing of the Holy Spirit. = Listens for and then do as The spirits directs.

2.     Putteth off the natural man. = Not letting the physical body determine my actions.

3.     Becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord. = Believing in Christ and his role as my redeemer.

4.     Becometh as a child, = teachable

5.     submissive = will to listen

6.     meek = know that there is a higher power

7.     humble = Not being prideful and think I can do it all by myself

8.     patient = Waiting for the Lords timeline

9.     full of love = Loving all as he has loved us.

10.  will to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him = Being thankful for all my blessings and trails and know they are all for my benefit to grow.

11.  even as a child submits to his father = a way of showing respect to the one who gave me this mortal body to be tested.

Well I hope I am on the right track here. Please feel free to engage in creative responses to learning as we all move toward our heavenly goals. Please respectful to all who post on this blog.

Thank you,
Kevin