Wherefore, we would to God that we could persuade all men not to rebel against God, to provoke him to anger, but that all men would believe in Christ, and view his death, and suffer his cross and bear the shame of the world; wherefore, I, Jacob, take it upon me to fulfil the commandment of my brother Nephi.
To believe in Christ means to believe all he said. We believe he is who he said he is, does what he said he can do, overcomes what he said he has overcome, forgives whom he said he will forgive, saves whom he said he will save. To view his death means to observe his death, acknowledge it, and accept it as ransom for us. To suffer his cross means to accept the cross of Christ and be willing to bear the load with him if need be. To bear the shame of the world is to accept the mocking and derision that the wicked of the world will heap upon humble believers. It means to stay by the Tree of Life when the masses in the great and spacious building point their fingers and taunt us to cross over to their side. This is the Christian duty: to believe, to view, to accept, to suffer, to bear, and to endure.
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