2.96 That They May Know That We Knew of Christ

In Matthew 5:13, Jesus calls us the salt of the earth, a bold reminder that our lives are meant to carry his flavor, his truth, and his love to the world. Join me each day to explore one verse of scripture and one thought, striving to stay full of savor and truly live as savory salt. Hello, my friends, great to have you with me.

Today let's be anxiously engaged in a good cause and bring to pass much righteousness. I've got a question for you to start this episode. Who knows that you know?

Let's dive into what that means and what I mean by asking that question today. We're finishing up this week reading Doctrine and Covenants Section 29 as well as 2 Nephi chapter 33. We finished 2 Nephi and we dive into the Book of Jacob chapter 1 through 4 before we come into the Book of Jacob 5 next week.

There's going to be a lot of reading next week, but don't get into that yet. Let's just first focus on the end of Jacob here, or at least the end of our reading for the week in Jacob chapter 4. That's where our verse is going to be today.

And I asked you, "Who knows that you know?" Let's see what Jacob has to say around that question and then see what we have to share a thought on this one. Chapters 2 and 3, he'd done some preaching, and then in chapter 4, he says, "I've tried to write down some of the things that I did in the preaching, but it's hard to write. And so I'm doing the best I can, but this is why we write." Verse 4 says: For this intent have we written these things, that they may know that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his glory many hundred years before his coming; and not only we ourselves had a hope of his glory, but also all the holy prophets which were before us.

Now I love this because we find out Jacob is very clear that he wants to make sure that we're writing these things that they may know that we knew of Christ. And that's where my question stems. My friends, "Who knows that you know?" Is it limited to family members?

We'll be right back. That you know, and where do you put the things that you know about Jesus Christ? Maybe you write them in a journal.

Perhaps you speak them. Maybe you've got a podcast too, right? Like that's one of the ways that I try and record and share what I know about Jesus Christ.

Where is it, and what's the record? It's worth diving into for you and your life. I love that Jacob says we're writing these things so that they know that we knew.

And it got me thinking about other experiences, others that have done the same thing. One of them that came to mind, I came across this a number of years ago and I loved it. And we actually have read it with our family during Christmas time.

Maybe even worth reading during Easter now that I think about it. But it's "The Life of Our Lord" by Charles Dickens. And an interesting thing about that is it wasn't even one of Charles Dickens' books that he meant to publish.

It was his reflections on Jesus Christ. The reason I bring that up is I love that there are those willing to record that they know of Jesus Christ. We get it in General Conference, prophets and apostles and leaders of the church stand and testify of a living Jesus Christ.

We get it in the scriptures through Jacob and Nephi. My friends, there is a model here that you and I can follow. And that model is, "Who knows that you know?" I'd love for you to think into that.

And if you don't have any record, so to speak, maybe it's time to dive in and see what that means for you and what record you can create in your life going forward about your testimony of Jesus Christ. That's all for today, my friends. Lift up your hearts and rejoice. Cleave to the covenants you have made and together we will be savory salt.