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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.56,0:00:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,STEPHEN ROBINSON: When I was coming home from school one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.08,0:00:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was sitting in the chair and reading the newspaper,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.26,0:00:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my daughter, Sarah,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.40,0:00:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then seven years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.04,0:00:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came in and said, "Dad, can I have a bike?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.66,0:00:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the only kid on the block who doesn't have a bike."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.54,0:00:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have enough money to buy her a bike, so I stalled her.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.68,0:00:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Sure, Sarah." She said, "How?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.28,0:00:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When?" I said, "You save all your pennies,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.56,0:00:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pretty soon you'll have enough for a bike." She went away.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.52,0:00:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of weeks later, as I was sitting in the same chair,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.98,0:00:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was aware of Sarah doing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.54,0:00:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something for her mother and getting paid. She went in the other room.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.54,0:00:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard clink, clink.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.48,0:00:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Sarah, what are you doing?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.58,0:00:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She came out, she had a little jar,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.38,0:00:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all cleaned up, with a slit cut in the lid,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.08,0:00:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a bunch of pennies in the bottom.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.34,0:00:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She looked at me and she said, "You promised me that if I saved all my pennies,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.14,0:00:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty soon, I'd have enough for a bike and,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.70,0:01:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daddy, I've saved every single one."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.15,0:01:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My heart melted. Because I love her,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.38,0:01:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Well, let's go downtown and look at bikes."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.41,0:01:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did. We went down.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.62,0:01:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went to every store in Williamsport,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.98,0:01:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pennsylvania, and finally,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.12,0:01:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found it, the perfect bicycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.94,0:01:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She got up on that bike,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.52,0:01:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was just thrilled, and she saw
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.24,0:01:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the price tag, and she reached down and she turned it over and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.96,0:01:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she saw how much it cost, and her face fell.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.70,0:01:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She started to cry, and she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.82,0:01:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Dad, I'll never have enough for a bicycle."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.92,0:01:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How much do you have?" She said, "61 cents."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.14,0:01:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHTER] "I tell you what?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.64,0:01:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You give me everything you've got—
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.04,0:01:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole 61 cents and a hug and kiss, and that bike is yours."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.32,0:01:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gave me a hug and a kiss.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.43,0:01:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gave me 61 cents,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.09,0:01:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I had to drive home very slowly because she wouldn't get off the bike.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.66,0:02:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHTER] She rode home, and as I drove along slowly beside her,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.99,0:02:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it occurred to me that that was a parable for the Atonement of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.60,0:02:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all want something desperately.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.80,0:02:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It isn't a bicycle, we want the celestial kingdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.17,0:02:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to be with our Father in Heaven, and no matter how hard we try,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.17,0:02:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we come up short. It's that point.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.86,0:02:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sweetness of the gospel covenant comes to our taste,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.48,0:02:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Savior proposes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.20,0:02:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you what. You're not perfect. How much do you have?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.52,0:02:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give me all there is,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.72,0:02:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll pay the rest.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.30,0:02:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enter into a personal relationship with me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.98,0:02:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will do what remains undone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.82,0:02:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of us are trying to save
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.96,0:03:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ourselves and holding the Atonement of Christ at arm's distance and saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.91,0:03:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When I've done it, when I've perfected myself, when I've made myself more worthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.38,0:03:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I'll be worthy of the Atonement.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.61,0:03:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I will allow Him in." And we cannot do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.12,0:03:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must do all that we can.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.70,0:03:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But having done all, then we must trust in
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.64,0:03:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His redeeming blood and in His ability to do for us what we cannot yet accomplish.