Elder Scott´s Talk: The Power Of Scripture

Allison Walke

Frederick

7 December 2016 At the beginning of this semester we were asked to choose three principles of scripture from Elder Scott’s talk “The Power of Scripture”. The first principle I chose was comfort. Elder Scott says scripture “is like discovering a new individual who can help in time of need” and “give inspiration and comfort”. The second principle I chose was strength because “scriptures provide the strength of authority to our declarations”. My third and final chosen principal was motivational because the scriptures can “be a source of motivation for needed change”. Throughout the semester I tried to see these three principles in the scriptures I was assigned to read each week. Some books of scriptures contained more

There are many places in scripture that convey the principle of comfort to me, but the book of the assigned reading that seemed to stand out to me the most was 2 Corinthians. In 2 Corinthians 1 the Saints are given comfort during their tribulations. Paul writes that Heavenly Father is the God of all comfort, and then goes on to say that we will be comforted “in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves our comforted of God.” (2 Corinthians 1:4). This verse was especially striking to me because it highlights that when we our comforted during our trials it is then our responsibility to go out of our way to share that comfort with others who may be dealing with trials of their own. In 2 Corinthians 7, Paul talks about repentance from sin and the comfort that can come from God during trials. 2 Corinthians 7:5-6 says “our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down comforted us…”. Paul even speaks of taking comfort in the comfort of others in 2 Corinthians 7:13, “Therefore we were comforted in your comfort”. These two chapters in 2 Corinthians play nicely off of each other. The first tells of our responsibility to comfort others when we have received comfort, and 2 Corinthians 7 advises us to take comfort in the comfort of others. These chapters

It simply says that through Christ we are strong enough to handle all things. There are no exceptions, no qualifiers, and no limits. Through Christ we can deal with any trial. Chapter 4 of Philippians counsels members to stand fast in Christ and to take peace in the