1–3, Fear of persecution and cares of the world cause rejection of the gospel.
2 And he received the word with gladness, but straightway Satan tempted him; and the fear of persecution and the cares of the world caused him to reject the word.
What else does the fear of persecution cause? Causes you to conform to a certain style of dress or hairstyle, at least it did for me as a youth. It causes conformity instead of individuality. It can cause you to be afraid to speak your mind. It can cause you to leave the church in the case of the man in this chapter.
It's about feeling safe being who you are, and being secure in knowing who you are. And also just not caring about the judgments of other people. One way to force it to happen faster is to start dressing differently or wearing dreads :) When you do something that is counter-culture it's really easy to not allow the judgments of other people dictate what you say or do.
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4 comments:
you touched on a couple of deep ones for me.
fear of persecution helped me to turn on my friend in the fourth grade... karma pays back
most through high school, and some afterwards, I didn't want to look like I was alone. I'd even group around people I really didn't want to be with rather than look like I was alone. It wasn't till after I joined the navy that I got over that ridiculous feeling.
I remember when I first got to DLI I would go without food rather than go to the chow hall alone. I didn't starve because people would usually ask me to come along. Probably needless to say I got over that pretty fast. Now it doesn't bother me as much what others think about me.
But it still hangs over me a lot... that fear of persecution, or even that fear of being the guy to crash on everyone's parade.
Joseph Smith had some big training in this department when he first got the plates, and through the first few years of the church.
You have that blog of trust. Trust in God is hard for us. How to trust in something we don't see? You've been seeing more and more lately. I think that's a good measure of how much you've grown your trust in God.
How has this scripture study helped you?
I also turned my back on a friend in 6th grade for the same reason.
My faith has grown a lot. Faith in that I can receive revelation, faith in my abilities to do things on my own. Faith that God will take care of my needs and that he always listens. Since I have been doing this blog God has been placing people in my life right when I need them. I've been invited to dinners, I've had people ask to watch my kids so I can be alone for a few hours. There have also been others. And all since I started doing this.
I also have inspiration to do things for others that I never had before. The whole blog I did about getting the extra diapers and not knowing why, I know that is because I am doing this. Otherwise I may not have bought them and I wouldn't have them for that woman in need.
I'm also working on the being ok alone thing. That's a tricky one. I've been forced into it with Chris gone, but I have learned that I can do it alone. I can accomplish things I never do because I lean on Chris for everything. I CAN DO IT.
I also learned that I can have worthwhile things to say about scriptures I read. Usually in sunday school the teacher will have people read and say what they think about a verse and I never felt like I could say anything worthwhile since I knew so little.
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