🌟 THE LIFE OF CHRIST — AND THE LIFE HE AWAKENS IN US A Personal Story, a Sacred Record, and Why Christ Still Calls Us to Hear Him
🌟 THE LIFE OF CHRIST — AND THE LIFE HE AWAKENS IN US
A Personal Story, a Sacred Record, and Why Christ Still Calls Us to Hear Him
(Source: “The Life of Christ,” PureRevelations.org, PDF linked below)
📄 Read the full PDF here:
https://purerevelations.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/the-life-of-christ1-09-01-2018.pdf
🕊️ A Story That Changed Me Forever
Many years ago, someone close to my family lived a journey that still sits in my heart.
My nephew’s wife suffered from Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS).
Seven long years.
Seven years of the body failing… but the spirit soaring.
While she lay in that bed — unable to run, unable to lift her children, unable to do all the things she once loved — the scriptures opened to her in a way most of us never experience.
Not through leaders.
Not through manuals.
Not through commentary.
But through the Spirit.
Just her, the word, and the whisper of God.
During those years she became close friends with the wife of the man who wrote The Life of Christ. Through that friendship, she introduced this beautiful record into our family.
When I first read it… brother… it did something to me.
It brought the Savior to life — not as a distant divine abstraction, but as a living, breathing Brother who walked as we walk.
And today I want to share that gift with you.
👶 Jesus — A Child Like Us
One of the most powerful things in The Life of Christ is its emphasis that Jesus grew from grace to grace (John 1 / Luke 2 / D&C 93).
He wasn’t born walking on water.
He wasn’t born preaching on hillsides.
He was born in:
a manger — a feeding trough
in a stable, not a temple
among animals, not among chandeliers
Mary held Him.
Mary nursed Him.
Mary changed His diapers.
He grew.
He learned.
He worked.
He listened to Joseph.
He played with His brothers and sisters.
He skinned His knees.
He asked questions.
He made wooden toys.
He fetched water and firewood.
He felt hunger, fatigue, cold, heat, joy, laughter, and sorrow.
The Nemenhah Records add this truth over and over:
“He took upon Him the weakness of all flesh, that He might know how to succor all who cry unto Him.”
— Tsihohnayah Ahkehkthihm 14
He became like us so that we could learn to become like Him.
📚 The Moment That Hit Me — Jesus Asking Permission
One of the scenes in The Life of Christ that stopped me cold was this:
When the Savior was a young man, He began to perceive His mission — but He didn’t run ahead of His Father.
He asked.
He sought permission to bless.
He sought permission to heal.
He sought permission to speak.
Even when the Father bestowed the sealing power upon Him, the Savior asked how, when, and in what manner He should use it.
Think of that.
If the Son of God didn’t take authority lightly…
…how much more should we walk humbly with the little authority we are given?
The priesthood — true priesthood — is never about domain, hierarchy, or title.
It is about:
love
gentleness
persuasion
sacrifice
and a broken heart before Heaven
Exactly as Christ lived it.
🌿 Jesus’ Personality — Gentle, Strong, and Full of Light
The PDF captures something the scriptures hint at but we often miss:
Jesus’ humor.
Jesus’ warmth.
Jesus’ kind eyes.
Jesus’ patience with children.
Jesus’ quiet strength.
Jesus’ ability to be at peace even in poverty.
He wasn’t a marble statue of perfection.
He was a living man of joy.
A man who:
hugged lepers
laughed with fishermen
knelt beside the lonely
listened
wept
protected
forgave
and loved with the full fire of the Father in Him
Like the Book of Mormon teaches:
“He shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind… that He may know how to succor His people.”
— Alma 7:11–12
He suffered everything so He could understand us.
And the Nemenhah Records echo:
“He is the Lamb who walks with His people. He is no stranger, but the Elder Brother.”
— Mahnti 8
He is our Brother.
And when we receive Him — truly receive Him — He becomes our Father in the covenant.
🌿 “I Am the Vine, Ye Are the Branches” — Why We Must Hear Him
Christ Himself said:
“I am the vine, ye are the branches… without Me ye can do nothing.”
— John 15:5
Without Him:
our branches bear no fruit
our prayers have no power
our lives lose their purpose
our souls lose their peace
This is why The Life of Christ mattered so deeply to me.
It reminded me — clearly — that I cannot live on borrowed faith.
Not a prophet’s faith.
Not a leader’s faith.
Not a church’s faith.
Not a manual’s faith.
Only His voice.
Only His words.
Only His Spirit.
As the Nemenhah Records declare:
“Do not follow the robe — follow the Voice.”
— Tsihohnayah Ahkehkthihm 14 (paraphrased)
Every true path leads back to Him.
Every false path leads away.
🔥 What This Book Awakened in Me
When I finished reading The Life of Christ, something deep inside stirred.
It was hope.
It was joy.
It was remembrance.
I realized that:
He truly is like us
We truly are children of God
He really did grow into His mission step by step
We must do the same
Revelation must come from God — not man
The Spirit is the true interpreter of scripture
Christ desires to personally teach each one of us
And like my nephew’s wife, facing her suffering with courage, humility, and love — we too can be taught by the Spirit in our darkest hours.
📣 INVITATION
If you read anything this week, read this:
📄 “The Life of Christ” PDF
https://purerevelations.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/the-life-of-christ1-09-01-2018.pdf
Read it with your heart open.
Read it with the hope that He will speak to you.
Read it remembering He grew, and so can we.
Because we are His children.
And when we hear His voice — truly hear it — He becomes our Father, our Healer, and our Way back home.
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