10-10-11 “A Practical Approach to the Atonement: Believing in Christ” by Stephen E Robinson


10-10-11

I just listened to “A Practical Approach to the Atonement: Believing in Christ” by Stephen E Robinson.  I knew he had, and have read a long time ago, his book on this topic but I was unaware of this talk.  It is a great nutshell of his book.  I liked hearing his voice with the BYU Speeches website.  Here’s the link incase you need it:  http://speeches.byu.edu/index.php?act=viewitem&id=489

I think my favorite part was the analogy about the lifeguard.  He said that having a Savoir who we believe is the Savior of the world but that cannot save us is like having a lifeguard that cannot get out of his chair!  He just sits there and says, “Swim harder; try the backstroke.  Oh, he didn’t make it.  Too bad.”   The Parable of the Bicycle is also a classic. 

I also liked his perspective on the beatitude “Blessed are those that hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled.”  He brought out the point that it’s those who do NOT have that hunger.  Our stomachs hunger when they are empty.  We thirst when we don’t have water.  This means then that those who hunger and thirst after righteousness are those who are NOT righteous!  I had never thought of it that way before, but I see now that it’s true. 

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