by rogerjsimpson | Nov 2, 2017 | Meditation
How is “remembrance” different than “remember” in the Sacrament Prayers? The theme of the word “remember” is always the future action of the memory of what Christ taught us, who Christ is, the miracles He wrought and what He did for us in his atonement, death and...
by rogerjsimpson | Aug 1, 2017 | Meditation
Like all scripture, each word in each scripture reaches across the eternity of time and place and refers to each and every other scripture with similar words. When read as a whole, a new picture is seen, more complete, less likely to be misunderstood and more likely...
by rogerjsimpson | Apr 13, 2017 | Meditation
The word “remember” occurs four times in the Sacrament prayers. It is as if the Lord is trying hard to teach a child to remember what he has promised. Like every good parent, who is only emulating him, God is using repetition to help his children remember. Here even...
by rogerjsimpson | Apr 1, 2017 | Meditation
The name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, brings us to the next words in the sacrament prayer. This name is no accident or man-made name. There is a message in each Biblical or Book of Mormon name. We may not know the message or understand the meaning of the name in the...
by rogerjsimpson | Dec 31, 2016 | Meditation
“Willing to take upon them the name of thy Son” The word “willing” here like all the words of the sacrament prayers carries an immense breadth of meaning when viewed in the context of all the scriptures that use it or similar words. In Isaiah 1:18-19 that the Lord...
by rogerjsimpson | Nov 16, 2016 | Meditation
In the Sacrament prayer, we find the name of the Savior, Jesus Christ. Christ is a Biblical Greek word transliterated into English. Originally in Hebrew, the word was Messiah. The Hebrew meaning of the word Messiah means the anointed man. The root verb from...
