Episode 113: Using the Beatitudes to Understand Christ’s Atonement and Grace (Brad Wilcox)

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🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In 3 Nephi 12:1—12 the resurrected Savior delivers an address to the Nephites similar to the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5; Luke 6) and presents the Beatitudes. Like the Matthew 5 account, the Book of Mormon record details how we might enter and build a covenantal relationship with God through the “interrelated and progressive” arrangement of the Beatitudes (Bible Dictionary). But what additional insight does the 3 Nephi account offer that isn’t preserved in the New Testament? In this episode Dr. Brad Wilcox, professor of ancient scripture, discusses his book Blessed Are Ye: Using the Beatitudes to Understand Christ’s Atonement and Grace, co-authored with his brother Roger Wilcox. He details varied interpretations of the Beatitudes, connects them to the first principles and ordinances of the gospel, and examines their relationship to latter-day temple covenants. As we study the Beatitudes, they become more than a code of conduct. Rather, they can be a holy invitation from Christ Himself to enter a covenant relationship with Him, receive His grace, and become like Him.

Publications:

Blessed Are Ye: Using the Beatitudes to Understand Christ’s Atonement and Grace (Covenant Communications, 2023)
“His Grace Is Sufficient” (BYU Speeches, 2011)
Changed through His Grace (Deseret Book, 2017)
The Continuous Atonement (Deseret Book, 2009)
Your Patriarchal Blessing (Deseret Book, 2021)
“Be Not Faithless, but Believing” (Religious Educator, 25.2, 2024)
“Applying the Atonement of Jesus Christ” (Religious Educator, 12.2, 2011)
“Names in the Book of Mormon” (Y Religion, episode 83, 2023)
“Answers About Patriarchal Blessings” (Y Religion, episode 46, 2021)

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0:00.0	Hello, why religion friends. John Hilton here.
0:03.0	Recently, when I haven't been listening to episodes of the why religion podcast,
0:08.0	I've been listening to different autobiographies.
0:11.0	It's been fascinating to learn about the lives of incredible individuals from their own descriptions of their lives.
0:18.0	Did you know that people have been writing autobiographies for thousands of years and I recently learned of one autobiography
0:26.2	that is more than 17,000 pages long.
0:30.3	I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it through that one.
0:33.0	As I've been thinking about autobiographies, I've wondered to myself,
0:37.0	wouldn't it be incredible if Jesus Christ wrote an autobiography?
0:42.0	I would absolutely love to hear his firsthand account of his life
0:46.8	and teachings. While we may have to wait a little longer for the full autobiography, some have suggested that we might already
0:54.8	have a small part of one from the Savior. A lot of people think that these are a description
1:02.3	of Christ, an autobiography, Harold B. Lee called it.
1:06.4	The Beatitudes are an autobiography of Jesus Christ.
1:11.7	It's describing how he is willing to engage with us in making those attributes
1:18.4	our own.
1:19.8	In today's episode, we'll be exploring the Savior's Beatitudes and what they can teach us about covenants, the temple,
1:26.0	and the character of Jesus Christ.
1:29.0	I'm your host, Professor John Hilton,
1:31.0	and this is why religion.
1:33.4	Each year religion professors at Brigham Young University produce hundreds of
1:41.1	publications on subjects related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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