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The love and compassion of Jesus Christ

The Love and Compassion of Jesus Christ The Love and Compassion of Jesus Christ Introduction I was asked to speak on the love and compassion of Jesus Christ. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak and study this topic. I think the first question that we need to ask is why is it even important to understand or elaborate on this? It's obvious to us that Jesus had love and was compassionate. And it's obvious to us that he is someone worthy of emulation. Even atheists have used Jesus as a perfect example of what human love and compassion can look like. That is to say that his love is so deep and profound that even those who say they do not believe in God realize that if you attempt to emulate his love, even if only in action, You will love others in a way that is so far above any other categorization, the only thing we know how to call it is “christlike”. It's also obvious that Christ's compassion knew no limits. So then ...
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Take the living water with you

Nourish the Roots, and the Branches Will Grow A subtle metaphor Elder Uchtdorf begins his talk by telling us about an old chapel in Zwickau. It was here shortly after his baptism, where he planted the seed of his testimony. recounting to us stories of helping the organist and the ward. he says that 74 years later he had an opportunity to return to this old chapel and discovered that it had been torn down to make room for an apartment building and he says “I admit that it’s sad to know that this beloved building from my childhood is now just a memory. It was a sacred building to me. But it was just a building.”  If you're not paying attention you could miss it but Elder uchtdorf is giving to us a powerful metaphor with which to understand the rest of his talk. a similar metaphor can be found in Alma 32 . here Alma is preaching to people who have been kicked out of their synagogues. they are crying to Alma ...
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