Come Follow Me for Individuals and Families
New Testament Lesson #7
John 2–4
Well, the last two days have certainly given us a lot to think about regarding how we implement Come Follow Me for Individuals and Families into our own study routines. Ice cream and Legos being at the forefront of what I remember. All kidding aside, I realized that writing this blog was not sufficient for what I need to be doing. I was encouraged by everyone’s shared experiences with it, in the various demographics in our Stake. We all have challenges, which are somewhat unique to our own situations, but the Lord can help each of us as we strive to obey His commandments, especially as regards the new home-centered learning with Come Follow Me.
D&C 7 gives us some information about John, and in the spirit of putting flesh and bones on the people we read about and hear from, I wonder how he feels now about the state of the world, walking upon it, as he presumably does. Was he the man on the white horse who saved Sister Cornish’s ancestor (I think it was Sister Cornish)?
John is very definite about the first and second public miracle performed by the Lord: changing water into wine and resurrecting the nobleman’s son. But why did Mary ask her Son to do something fairly pedestrian. My answer to that is that Jesus Christ has power over all earthly things, from making a fig tree wither to the power over life and death themselves—the power of the Priesthood. Because He would never use His power for anything other than in accordance with His Father’s will, and demonstration of that power is not categorizable. It is His power, pure and simple. And with that power, He can bless us beyond our ability to comprehend. Truly, with God nothing is impossible. But, as Elder Cornish told us—quoting President Nelson, we have to do those things that will increase our spiritual capacity to receive revelation.
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