And they could bear children and fulfill the measure of their creation. After the Fall, they could learn and grow and experience joy as they knew good from evil. HOWEVER, two negatives of the garden became positives after the Fall: in garden, they were innocent, knowing no good and evil and therefore could not receive joy. After the Fall, they experience physical and spiritual death.became mortal and left presence of God. *Two positives of the Garden of Eden became negatives after the Fall: in the garden they were in the presence of God and they were immortal. *There was something in the Savior's descent that made possible man's ascent. We don't just live with God, we become like God. *One ness with God is not just a matter of geography but of identity. The "at-one-ment" happens when we get there. *Hugh Nibley said that the law leads us back home. To provide the power necessary to exalt us to the status of a god. To provide for the possibility of repentance. *There are at least 3 principal purposes of the atonement: First, to restore ALL that was lost by the Fall of Adam. The best mathematician with a slide rule can never compete against the best mathematician with a computer at his fingertips. The best Galileo with a handheld telescope can never discover the secrets of the universe like a Galileo with the telescopes now available. The best farmer with a plow and horse can never keep up with the best farmer with a tractor at his disposal. *The Lord expects much more of us in our gospel study than previous dispensations because we have more tools available to us. *"We become like those things that we habitually study and admire." *"With increased vision can come increased motivation." *Satan's every move is to divert our attention and dilute our focus from the primary object of Christ's atoning sacrifice in hopes we will turn exclusively to doctrines of secondary and far less import. Robert Millett in the introduction said, "Everything we do and everything we teach should somehow be anchored back to the atonement." I loved it so much and it had several ideas that I'd never considered. Wow! This is one of my new favorite books. "This is the first time I have finshed a book and wanted to immediately start it again." "Īnd last of all what reviewer Emily says: You will never be the same after you finish it. Anyone that wants to draw near to the Savior should read this book. It is a book I will continue to read over and over again because there is so very much to learn and understand. "This has enlarged my understanding, deepened my appreciation, left me humbled and eternally grateful to my beloved Savior for his infinite love, compassion and supreme sacrifice. I recommend reading this book when you have time to savor it and contemplate it. I am very thankful for my bishop's recommendation to read this book and wish everyone could read it. There is no way we can fully comprehend the Atonement with the limits of mortal understanding, but this book can definitely broaden and deepen our understanding of the Atonement. This is a must read for any Christian, and even though it may be tailored to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, it would bless anyone who wants to know and love Jesus better. If you love Jesus and want to learn more about the most important event in all time, the Atonement, then read this book. Callister does, however, know a lot about the atonement and there are some very insightful parts if you can dig through to get to them. He repeats himself in various chapters, the organization is awful, and the book is constantly losing focus. Also, the other thing is that he writes 200+ pages on the atonement, when he could have got the point across in 80 pages. Really? You had to use ALL those adjectives to describe it? "He did it out of his unconditional, endless, immutable, unchangeable, irreversible love for us." And so on and so on. Example: "It was a sacrifice that was so grand, so glorious, so grandiose, so big, so important and so vital to us." Wow. Callister uses SO MANY adjectives it is ridiculously distracting to the point where you can't even focus on what he is saying. Is it allowed for a devout mormon to give a mormon book a low score? My bihsop recommended that I read this, and if it hadn't been for his recommendation, I wouldn't have been able to finish it.
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