"And then said his disciples unto him, They will say unto us, We ourselves are righteous, and need not that any man should teach us. God, we know, heard Moses and some of the prophets; but us he will not hear.
And they will say, We have the law for our salvation, and that is sufficient for us.
Then Jesus answered, and said unto his disciples, Thus shall ye say unto them,
What man among you, having a son, and he shall be standing out, and shall say, Father, open thy house that I may come in and sup with thee, will not say, Come in, my son; for mine is thine, and thine is mine?"
JST Matthew 7:14-17
This is part of the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), and it could be compared to Matthew 7:9-11, which makes a similar point. What struck me about it today is that in this translation it seems more like a message from God that we are his family, and in the King James version (KJV) that part of the message seems a little more shuttered, and the idea is focusing on how we treat others. Both good lessons, but I love the refutation of the idea that God will listen to prophets and not to us.
God will hear us, and he really means to share everything he has with us, because we *are* his family. He is our family. ... I think that is a super important thing to understand, so let's stop there, and today, let's think about what that means. If we're God's family, and he cares for us as a father, and we are truly his children, does that change the way that we've been thinking about him? I think if we can get that concept down, a lot more of the gospel will fall into place for us. :)
And they will say, We have the law for our salvation, and that is sufficient for us.
Then Jesus answered, and said unto his disciples, Thus shall ye say unto them,
What man among you, having a son, and he shall be standing out, and shall say, Father, open thy house that I may come in and sup with thee, will not say, Come in, my son; for mine is thine, and thine is mine?"
JST Matthew 7:14-17
This is part of the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), and it could be compared to Matthew 7:9-11, which makes a similar point. What struck me about it today is that in this translation it seems more like a message from God that we are his family, and in the King James version (KJV) that part of the message seems a little more shuttered, and the idea is focusing on how we treat others. Both good lessons, but I love the refutation of the idea that God will listen to prophets and not to us.
God will hear us, and he really means to share everything he has with us, because we *are* his family. He is our family. ... I think that is a super important thing to understand, so let's stop there, and today, let's think about what that means. If we're God's family, and he cares for us as a father, and we are truly his children, does that change the way that we've been thinking about him? I think if we can get that concept down, a lot more of the gospel will fall into place for us. :)
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