Mosiah 3:19 For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child,submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.
http://mormonmatters.org/2008/09/10/common-scriptures-in-review-mosiah-319/
--> Natural Man- referring to “in a state of nature; uncultivated” and “having undergone little or no processing”. It appears that “natural” in this usage applies to those who have not been cultivated by the Spirit – who have not been involved in the repentance process. Chiasms (inverted parallalelism)
A. they humble themselves
B. and become as little children,
C. and believe that salvation was, and is, and is to come, in and through the atoning blood of Christ,
the Lord Omnipotent:
D. for the natural man
E. is an enemy to God
F. and has been, from the fall of Adam,
F' and will be, for ever and ever;
E' but if he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit,
D' and putteth off the natural man,
C' and becometh a saint, through the atonement of Christ, the Lord,
B' and becometh as a child,
A' submissive, meek and humble . . ."
McConkie and Millet make note that the word saint is tied to the Hebrew root kadosh, which means to separate, to be apart from, and to become sacred and holy
According to John Welch, since the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles fell at or around the same time in ancient Israel,90 it is possible to see influences from both of these holy days upon Benjamin's speech. . . . The hypothesis that Benjamin's speech embraces the themes of the Day of Atonement is initially suggested by the fact that Benjamin refers so often to the Atonement; he does so seven times (Mosiah 3:11,15,16,18,19; 4:6,7). The number may be purely accidental, but doing something "seven times" is saliently characteristic of rituals performed on the Day of Atonement and other purification ceremonies prescribed in the book of Leviticus.91 The priest's finger is dipped in the blood seven times; the blood is sprinkled seven times on the house, on the altar, and on the mercy seat (see Leviticus 4:6,17; 8:11; 14:7,16,27,51; 16:14,19). Milgrom asks, "Is it an accident that the sevenfold sprinkling is the seventh rite [in Leviticus 4:3-12] as well as in the purification of the scale-diseased person [Leviticus 14:24-25]?" Given "the frequency of the number seven" in the rituals of the law of Moses, Milgrom doubts that its occurrence is inadvertent or insignificant in the Bible.92 The same assumption applies in Benjamin's case. [John W. Welch, "The Temple in the Book of Mormon," in Temples of the Ancient World, pp. 352-353]
Purity creates a state where we can closely walk with the Lord.
The Lord loves purity. I should love purity. When I pursue the carnal and sensual I am warring with a kind and loving God.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoASvTdioTQ
-->consume in chaos if not controlled.
The Lord cares how people come to the world.
The spirit and body are the soul. Only combined we may achieve a fullness of joy.
abuses the soul, abuses another, mocks god,
Never say who does it hurt.
You are not your own, you have been bought with a price. So glorify God.
-Marriage is the ultimate symbol of unity. A complete merger.
Sharing the physical symbols in a conterfit union. Must give everything. Give that which is not yours ( you are not your own).
The pursuit of physical satisfaction that you may undermind your ability to give a whole hearted devotion.
Give your spouse your best self.
Godliness is creation. The only control we are given is self control. Guard this sacramental power.
Divinley appointed.
Unless the commandments are kept and passions controlled your life may go up in flames.
The Savior is willing to walk the path no matter how dark with you.
****Russell
"I met this girl named Ciara who was the most beautiful woman in the world, the most kind person, the most engaging person, everything that I could ever want. She was on tour and I was looking at her in the mirror, and she was sitting there. And God spoke to me and said, ‘I need you to lead her.’ And I was like, ‘Really? Right now?’ And he goes, ‘No, I want you and need you to lead her.’ And I asked her, ‘What would you do if we took all that extra stuff off the table? And just did it Jesus’ way?'"
Wilson went on to clarify that, yes, the “extra stuff” meant sex:
“Yeah, we’re talking about sex … Can we love each other without that? If you can really love someone without that then you can really love somebody … I ain’t gonna lie to y’all now. I need y’all to pray for us. Because I know y’all have seen her on the screen now. If there’s a 10, she’s a 15. Pray for me, keep my mind clear, keep my heart clear.
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