Colossians 1:21-29
And you, that were sometime alienated and
enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled in
the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and
unreproveable in His sight: if ye continue in the faith grounded
and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of
the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every
creature which is under heaven; whereof I, Paul, am made a minister; who now
rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of
Christ in my flesh for His body’s sake, which is the church: whereof I am made
a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me
for you, to fulfill the word of God; even the mystery which hath
been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His
saints: to whom God would make known what is the riches of
the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope
of glory: whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every
man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Whereunto I also labor, striving according to His working,
which worketh in me mightily.
Mosiah 5:15
Therefore, I would that ye should be steadfast and
immovable, always abounding in good works, that Christ, the Lord God
Omnipotent, may seal you his, that you may be brought to heaven, that
ye may have everlasting salvation and eternal life, through the wisdom, and
power, and justice, and mercy of him who created all things, in
heaven and in earth, who is God above all.
Although Mosiah said it in far fewer words than Paul, both
of these prophets expressed the same thought for their people; that they would
continue faithful, grounded and settled, steadfast and immoveable, in their
faithfulness in living the Gospel. A
sentiment for their people shared by all the prophets that ever were, I imagine.
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