The Only Way

The people had become wicked. Because of this, Nephi gave up the judgement seat and went around with his brother Lehi preaching the Gospel.

One of the things that seemed to give them courage and strength as they went around teaching people is remembering what their father had told them. First he explained to them that he named them Nephi and Lehi, after the two great men who left Jerusalem and came to the promised land, in the hopes that they would think about them and try to be like them.

Then, their father reminded them of probably the most crucial point that any of us can remember.

"yea, remember that there is no other way nor means whereby man can be saved, only through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ, who shall come; yea, remember that he cometh to redeem the world." (Helaman 5:9)

It is so important for us to remember the Savior and the atonement. Without it, we are lost, because we are all sinners. We all distance ourselves from God by at least some of our actions, and the only way to become fully clean and sin-free again is through repentance.

Also, the famous words of Helaman to his sons:

"And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall." (Helaman 5:12)

I love this passage of scripture for a number of reasons. First off, life is hard. You always have challenges, and sometimes those challenges seem like mighty storms, and sometimes it feels like you're gonna be dragged down to the gulf of misery and endless wo. But if we build our foundation on Christ, the storm doesn't have power to drag us down. Will it beat on us? Yes. Will we make it through completely unscathed? Probably not. However, if Christ is our foundation, we CANNOT fall. There isn't any bit of uncertainty in that statement. The only way to be certain of our ability to weather the storm is to build our foundation on the rock of our Redeemer.

It's a life-long pursuit, but it is definitely worth it.