Plan of Salvation Part 1

Alright so today I want to blog about something that I have been teaching for the past 10 months or so, the Plan of Salvation. This plan is something that has got me through a lot in my life. It helps me understand why I am here on earth, what my relationship with God is, and what is going to happen after I die. These things troubled me a lot through my teenage years. I was always wondering what the point was to obey God's commandments and death always scared me a little bit.

So this what it is all about.....We lived with God before this life as his spirit children. He created a plan for us to come down to earth and get a physical body. Basically we needed a place to go out of God's presence to be tried and tested in mortality. So ofcourse he created the earth for us to live on. He then created Adam and Eve as the first people on earth. They lived in the Garden of Eden in a state of innocence. Eve was beguiled by the serpent as it says in Genisis 3:13 and ate the forbidden fruit. Adam also partook of the fruit and this is called the Fall. As a result of them eating the fruit they were cast out of the Garden and into world to experience things in mortality out of God's presence. Now they could have children and bring Heavely Father's spirit children to earth. Also, because of this fall all of us are mortal, so we all sin and will eventually die. To overcome this Heavenly Father sent his son. In John 3:16-17 it reads "For ^aGod so ^bloved the ^cworld, that he ^dgave his ^eonly begotten ^fSon, that whosoever ^gbelieveth in him should not perish, but have ^heverlasting ⁱlife. For God ^asent not his Son into the world to ^bcondemn the world; but that the world through him might be ^csaved." So through the Atonement of Jesus Christ we can be saved. He overcame physical death for us by his resurrection and suffered in the Garden of Gethsemane and died on the cross for our sins. Jesus Christ suffered for our sins and pains and our purpose in this life is to except that. Then we must have faith in him and excercise that faith. We need to be obedient to his commandments. We also need to get baptized by someone holding the priesthood authority of God. If we do these things we can live with our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ for eternity in our families. I know that Jesus Christ performed the Atonement out of love for us. Tune in to my next blog to find out what happens after this life if we accept Jesus Christ or if we don't!