Jesus Among Us

How to be saved -- Why does man need to be saved? How to be saved is the most important quest of any human life. This quest begins when a man or woman first realizes their true state before a holy God. The intimate and sweet fellowship that the Father longed for with man, the crown of His creation, was lost when Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s commandment in the Garden of Eden. When Adam and Eve sinned they lost their right to eat of the tree of life which would have enabled them to live forever. They were expelled from the garden and as such denied the loving relationship that God desired to have with them. Their sinful state made them unfit to linger in the presence of God. Far from being a minor event, this Fall and expulsion of man was the cataclysmic turning point of history and set humanity on a descent which continues to this day. Man without God makes his own plans, follows his own counsels and lives by his own rules. Nevertheless, because man was created for fellowshi...

The Jesus I know and believe in is Jesus the Christ, the Son of God. This witness has been revealed to me by the blessing and influence of the  Holy Ghost . I know that He is … the Creator of the world and all that is in it, that He is our Savior who loves each of us and who died on the cross for us, who teaches us compassion and  forgiveness , the friend of all, healer of the sick, the giver of peace to all who will listen and believe. Modern man must not be led astray from ancient and latter-day truths—truths and spiritual experiences that occurred when prophets walked and talked with Jesus. What did Jesus mean to the ancient apostles? What did He mean to Peter? Mark, writing of the events on the morning of the  Resurrection , states that Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James were directed by the [two angels] they encountered as they entered the sepulcher, “Go … tell his disciples and Peter” ( Mark 16:7 ). They were directed specifically to inform Peter. ...