The example of the Savior at Cana seems to teach us something else. What kind of responsibilities do youth and adults have for their parents? Why did the Lord not place time limits on the command given in Exodus 20:12 to honor our fathers and our mothers? Many of us think that this is a duty we escape with marriage and the onset of age.

Tell me and I will do it for as long as I am alive. In John 2:4, JST, we read a different version of his response: вЂњ Woman, what wilt thou have me to do for thee? That will I do for mine hour is not yet come.вЂќД®ach time the Savior refers to his вЂњhourвЂќ or his вЂњtime,вЂќ in the Gospel of John, he is referring to the hour of his atonement (see John 7:6,8,30 John 8:20 John 12:23,27 John 13:1 16:32 17:1) What Jesus is saying is, Mother, what do you want me to do. Note JesusвЂ™ response to his mother: вЂњWoman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet comeвЂќ (John 2:4) That response seems rather cold. In John 2:3,what is the problem? Who is concerned about it? You remember the account of the marriage in Cana in John 2:1-11. 4:3,6) What value is there in knowing we are children of God when we face temptations? (See also Moses 1:13) Satan begins his temptations with the phrase, 'If thou be the Son of God.How can the study of the scriptures give us additional strength to overcome or resist? 4:4,7,10) Similar preparation in our own lives will give us similar strength to resist temptations. The Savior responds to each temptation by quoting from the scriptures.The MTC is also an experience in which they fast from friends and movies and television and Big Macs and music and all the things that might distract them as they prepare spiritually for their missions. It might be worth your time to consider the experiences of missionaries at the Missionary Training Centers of the Church as a вЂњwildernessвЂќ experience in which elders and sisters, at the beginning of their ministries, learn to commune with God.вЂќ he was hungry and was вЂњ left to be tempted of the devilвЂќ Matt. The JST further explains that вЂњwhen he had fasted forty days and forty nights and had communed with God. into the wildernessвЂќ? The JST replaces the statement вЂњto be tempted of the devilвЂќ with the phrase вЂњto be with GodвЂќ (Matt. Luke 4:1-We must be 'full of the Holy Ghost' and 'led by the Spirit' before the temptations come.

Maxwell, вЂњApply the Atoning Blood of Christ,вЂќ Ensign, Nov. Rather, it is a deep yielding in which oneвЂ™s momentary uncertainty gives way to the certainty of FatherвЂ™s rescuing love and mercy, attributes which drench His plan of salvation (Neal A. When heartfelt, this expression of obedience constitutes real petition followed by real submission. We can also further develop our submissiveness to GodвЂ™s will, so that amid our lesser but genuinely vexing moments we too can say, вЂњNevertheless not my will, but thine, be doneвЂќ (Luke 22:42). (See Luke 22:42)Д«y sharing as best we can in the sufferings and sicknesses of others, we too can develop our empathy-that everlasting and vital virtue. How significant was the SaviorвЂ™s covenant of obedience вЂњaccording to the fleshвЂќ when the Savior knelt and prayed to the father in the Garden of Gethsemane and asked for the cup he was about to drink to be removed? Somehow, because of our covenants in the waters of baptism, the word вЂњneverthelessвЂќ must become a part of our vocabulary of obedience as it was a part of his.

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