Episode Details

In this study session of Streaking the Scriptures, Jeffery shares a few tender moments from the Christmas season, including attending the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square Christmas Concert and walking as part of his daily streaks. Then we dive deep into Articles of Faith 3 and 4.

Together we explore what it really means to be saved through the atonement of Jesus Christ, how justice and mercy are perfectly reconciled in Him, and why obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel matters for eternal life. Jeffery walks through powerful passages in Mosiah, Alma, Doctrine and Covenants, Psalms, and Isaiah that expand our understanding of salvation, being born again, and becoming true sons and daughters of Christ.

We then turn to the first principles and ordinances of the gospel in Article of Faith 4: faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism by immersion, and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. Along the way, Jeffery ties these doctrines into daily life with real examples, including how to show more charity in traffic and in crowded places during the holidays.

Grab your scriptures and let's study how the atonement of Christ and obedience to His gospel can change who we are at the deepest level.

00:00 – Christmas concert, family streaks, and setting up the study Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square Christmas Concert, kindness of a ward member sharing tickets, walking streaks, Christmas plans, and overview of studying the Articles of Faith over several weeks.

02:18 – Article of Faith 3: Saved through the atonement of Christ Reading Article of Faith 3 and emphasizing that the atonement of Christ is central, not abstract, and performed personally by the Savior.

03:15 – Isaiah's witness of the atonement in the Book of Mormon Looking for Isaiah's writings about Christ, reading 2 Nephi 19 (Isaiah 9) as a classic Christmas prophecy, then turning to Mosiah 14 and its powerful description of the suffering Servant.

**05:40 – "With his stripes we are healed" Reading Mosiah 14 in depth, verse by verse, and reflecting on how Isaiah's language shows what the Savior actually did for us through His suffering, death, and intercession.

10:02 – Alma 7 and how Christ knows how to succor His people Turning to Alma 7, reading about Christ taking upon Him our pains, sicknesses, infirmities, and temptations so He can perfectly succor us and judge us with complete mercy and justice.

12:26 – Justice and mercy meet in Christ Connecting Alma 42 to the atonement, showing how the fall, the resurrection, justice, and mercy all converge in Christ, and how mercy claims the penitent without robbing justice.

14:28 – Saved in two senses: resurrection and eternal life Explaining the difference between being saved in the sense of universal resurrection and being saved in the sense of eternal life, and how obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel fits in.

16:54 – Redeemed by God, born again, and becoming His sons and daughters Reading Psalms 49:15, then Mosiah 27:24–26 about Alma the Younger being born of God, the need for all to be born again, and becoming new creatures in Christ.

19:59 – Redeemed from the fall and raised innocent again Studying Doctrine and Covenants 93:38–39, how Christ redeems us from the fall so infants are innocent before God, and how disobedience and false traditions remove light and truth.

22:39 – Obedience, commandments, and blessings from above Reading Doct