Holding on to Christ

How are we to lay hold upon every good thing?

According to Mormon, all of the good available in this fallen world, comes from Jesus Christ.  Therefore, In order to lay hold upon every good thing, we must put our faith in Jesus Christ.  Mormon explains that our faith in Jesus, allows us to become His sons and daughters.  We must lay hold upon every good thing, by holding on to Christ.

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According to Mormon's son, Moroni, Faith, together with Hope, and Charity, become the fountain of all righteousness.  "And I will shew unto them (the Gentiles) that faith, hope, and charity bringeth unto me, the fountain of all righteousness."

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Moroni also shares an epistle from his father, Mormon and reviews the importance of the fountain of all righteousness in the Book of Moroni:

Our Faith is to be centered in Jesus Christ.  We are to Hope in the Eternal Life, offered by Him.  We must have Charity, if we desire to be purified by Him.  In other words, we must become like Him.  Charity is the pure love of Christ and the greatest of all:

https://scriptures.info/scriptures/bofm/moroni/7

And if a man be meek and lowly in heart, and confesses by the power of the holy ghost that Jesus is the Christ, he must needs have charity. For if he have not charity, he is nothing; wherefore, he must needs have charity. 

And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye are nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all. For all things must fail, but charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth for ever. And whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with them. 

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified, even as he is pure.  Amen.

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