Renlund 21s 1 Doctrine of Christ Faith Repent Baptism Holy Ghost Endure Cyclical Car Ascend Hill

ELDER RENLUND: The doctrine of Christ;

faith in the Savior and His Atonement, repentance,

baptism, and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost is not intended as a one-time event.

We're invited to get on and stay on

the covenant path and to participate in the doctrine's specified elements.

We endure to the end by repeatedly and

iteratively relying wholly upon the doctrine and merits of Christ.

The best way to picture this process is to imagine a long road ascending a mountain peak.

If you view this road from a high altitude,

all you see is a flat spiral.

However, if you view it from the side,

you see an ascending spiral.

If you start at the bottom,

you'll trace a circle around the mountain.

As you continue, you spiral upward.

Each element in the doctrine of Christ builds on the preceding step.

Repentance builds on faith, baptism on repentance,

the gift of the Holy Ghost on baptism,

and then the sequence recurs.

Each cycle ends progressively higher.

The subsequent cycle is higher and different.

In this way, the doctrine of Christ is iterative.

Cycling iteratively through the elements of

the doctrine of Christ enables us to endure to the end.