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Russell Arben Fox wrote a post on By Common Consent for Good Friday about the importance of the cross. Below is the link to that post, as well as my own comment there. (As a side note, it is instructive for this group that this topic [one in which someone challenges a common cultural aspect of the Church and what his daughter was taught in Primary] was posted on the largest Mormon group blog in existence – one where negativity is moderated actively. Further, Russell used to post regularly at Times & Seasons. Even at BCC and T&S, it’s not considered taboo to disagree with cultural aspects of the Church, disagree with what is heard at church, express a different opinion or play your own unique instrument.)Anyway, here are the link and comment:
“Reflections on Mormonism and the Cross”( http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/04/02/friday-reflections-on-mormonism-and-the-cross/ Quote:When I talk about the Atonement, I also reference the Sermon on the Mount – and I emphasize the command to be perfect. The wording in verse 48 says, “Be ye therefore perfect.” In the overall context of Chapter 5, I agree that this conclusion means that we become “perfect” by becoming the type of “blessed” person described in the previous verses. Finally, our footnotes for verse 48 define being perfect as being “complete, whole, fully developed” – and I re-word that as “finished”.
It only was at the end of his time on the cross that Jesus declared, “It is finished” – just before he “gave up the ghost”. Iow, it only was after the cross that the Atonement was complete – that Jesus fulfilled his own command to “be ye therefore perfect.”
I honor Gethsemane, but when we ignore Golgotha we worship an incomplete, paritally developed, imperfect Savior and Redeemer.
May you all have a blessed Good Friday and a glorious Easter weekend.
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