Seven of Everything

In October 2014 General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Elder Holland said, "the Lord’s way of assisting our own is easier [than the world's way]: all who are physically able are to observe the law of the fast." You will notice the distinct wording, he did not say 'all who are physically able are to fast.' To observe the law of the fast includes much more than just fasting. Some people are not physically able to fast but only a completely paralyzed or mentally ill person cannot observe the law of the fast. The Lord said through Isaiah: "Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens,... to let the oppressed go free,... [to] break every yoke?... to deal thy bread to the hungry,... [to] bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him;... [to] hide not thyself from thine own flesh?... [to] take away from the midst of th

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy . Obadiah talks about a future day when he says "saviours shall come up on mount Zion . " In the scriptures when it talks about saviors in the plural it is referring to God's people as saviors both spiritually and temporally. We are to become saviors both spiritually and temporally. Christ saves His people, both individuals, families, and His church, and seeks to save all mankind, both the living and the dead, by teaching them to become His people through obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel ,  which brings them into His church. As we obey the laws and ordinances we become saviors, first to ourselves, then to our families and last to the church; we likewise seek to save all mankind in the same way that the Lord does, through His grace and power. Christ delegates many parts of His mission as the Savior to His church and gives power to carry on this mission through the authority He gave to His Apostles