Sermon on the Mount

I love the higher law. When Christ teaches the people that they need to away with their old traditions, I'm sure they were not expecting that. Christ came in with some radical ideas that were new the ears of those people at that time. I admire him for his confidence while preaching those things. He knew this is what would make people happy. I'm sure it was a hard adjustment to get used to though. I thought it was interesting that in the Bible Dictionary, it talked about how it didn't seem as hard for the Nephite people to live the higher law, as opposed to the people at the time of Jesus. It mentioned that that could have been because they didn't have as many changes to the original law. It is so interesting that Christ got to teach the Sermon on the Mount twice, once in the Book of Mormon and once in the Bible. He taught it very similarly. This shows me that he truly knew the doctrine and taught it from his heart. Some variance is expected, but it is very little. I love learning about the higher law because it helps me stretch to be a better me. On my mission, I learned a lot about trying to live the higher law. Another example of this for our modern day is that we need to be converted, not just have a testimony. Conversion will lead us to do amazing things. It leads us to exaltation. Testimony is a lesser form, although testimony is needed for conversion.