{"id":1425,"date":"2014-03-17T08:34:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T14:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2014-03-17T08:36:49","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T14:36:49","slug":"the-baptism-of-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1425","title":{"rendered":"Jesus is Baptized by John"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Charles Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge vowed \u201cI will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.\u201d I am going to keep Christmas all the year by remembering my Savior and studying His life each week. Scrooge isn\u2019t the only one who can\u00a0<a title=\"Vision Climb\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=55\" target=\"_blank\">make a change for the better<\/a>. I can and you can. Elder Richard G. Scott promised, \u201cThe best way to make a permanent change for good is to make Jesus Christ your model and His teachings your guide for life\u201d (<a title=\"A Personal Study Plan\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=238\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHe Lives! All Glory to His Name!\u201d<\/a>). Please join me and invite your family and friends to join us in keeping Christmas all the year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9_dr9njVzKM?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer\u00a0it to be so\u00a0now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/nt\/matt\/3.13-17?lang=eng#12\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 3:13-17<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Points to Ponder:<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Why did Jesus Christ need to be baptized?<\/li>\n<li>Why is it important to make and keep covenants?<\/li>\n<li>How does your baptismal covenant to serve God affect your life?<\/li>\n<li>How can you prepare your children to make and keep covenants?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/general-conference\/2013\/10\/the-power-joy-and-love-of-covenant-keeping\">The Power, Joy, and Love of Covenant Keeping<\/a>\u201d by Linda S. Burton, Relief Society General President, offers some wonderful insights into making and keeping covenants.<\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a title=\"New Testament\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=673\">here<\/a>\u00a0for additional New Testament posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Charles Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge vowed \u201cI will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.\u201d I am going to keep Christmas all the year by remembering my Savior and studying His &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1425\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,11,25,19,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happiness","category-jesus-christ","category-new-testament","category-obedience","category-power"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1425"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1429,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425\/revisions\/1429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}