Christ is the Rock of our Lives

Jesus Christ is the rock of our salvation.  He is the one sure footing we can have to return and live with our Heavenly Father.  He is the rock because He should be the foundation of our testimonies.  He is the rock of Revelation.  He is the means by which the Father is revealed and known.  Christ is also the chief cornerstone of the church (Ephesians 2: 20).  He is also a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense for those who live in their sins and choose not to follow his teachings (Isaiah 8: 14).

                Today there are many sins and traps that we can fall into if we do not have our testimonies deeply imbedded in Christ.  Through Christ we can overcome all temptations.  God will never give us a temptation we cannot overcome through his help, “but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that [we] may be able to bear it” (1 Corinthians 10: 13).  Christ is our way of escape.  God sent his son Jesus Christ to the earth to provide an example and firm footing on which we can step to overcome the challenges of life.  We can be assured that if we if we place our faith in Christ we can trust him to help us overcome our challenges as we would trust a rock firmly planted in the earth.  However, if we do loose our footing, through repentance and the atonement of Christ we can regain it.  Alma taught that to fully utilize Christ in our lives, and to make him our one sure rock of faith, we need to pray unto the Father continually and that if we do so we will not be tempted above that which we are able but transversely we will become “meek, submissive, patient, full of love and all long-suffering” (see Alma 13: 28)