Daily Scripture

1 Nephi 13:40–41

40 … the Lamb of God is the Son of the Eternal Father, and the Savior of the world; and that all men must come unto him, or they cannot be saved.

41 And they must come according to the words which shall be established by the mouth of the Lamb; and the words of the Lamb shall be made known in the records of thy seed, as well as in the records of the twelve apostles of the Lamb; wherefore they both shall be established in one; for there is one God and one Shepherd over all the earth.

This is an important truth that sometimes gets lost in its entirety. 

What is more commonly accepted (at least among believing Christians) is that Jesus is the Son of God and the Savior of the world. Also, that we have to come unto Jesus and be saved. 

But the next verse is critical. It describes HOW we come and are saved. The Savior is the one who establishes the way. It’s not an “anything goes” type of salvation. It’s living in strict accordance to the words set forth in the Bible and the Book of Mormon (both described in great detail in the chapter). 

He makes it clear that there is only one way to salvation—His way. 

I’m so grateful for the scriptures that help us learn about and understand His way so we can choose it—choose Him. It’s the only way to claim all He has promised. 

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