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from the Book of Mormon Student Manual about the tree of life and the fruit thereof: The Tree of Life as a Symbol of Jesus Christ and His Atonement • Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught that the tree of life represents the the Savior and His Atonement: “The Spirit made explicit that the Tree of Life and its precious fruit are symbols of Christ’s redemption” (Christ and the New Covenant: The Messianic Message of the Book of Mormon [1997], 160). Elder Neal A. Maxwell (1926–2004) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles further emphasized that partaking of the love of God means partaking of the blessings of the Atonement. The tree of life is a symbol of God’s love and Christ’s Atonement: “The tree of life ... is the love of God (see 1 Nephi 11:25). The love of God for His children is most profoundly expressed in His gift of Jesus as our Redeemer: ‘God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son’ ( John 3:16). To partake of the love of God is to partake of Jesus’ Atonement and the emancipations and joys which it can bring” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1999, 6; or Ensign, Nov. 1999,

howdy all.... this has been playing on my mind for a bit. My son had recently turned 7 and coming up to the age of baptism. He's a great kid, and he and his sister go to church with me 2 out of ever 3 Sundays. (so they spend the majority of their Gospel experience with me in my ward although they live with their mother during the week) Seems pretty straight forward, however my son has a learning disability and is a bit slower to comprehend things. I've been reading to the kids when i have them, out of the Book of Mormon stories book and been trying to talk to my son about and encouraging him regarding baptism as often as possible. I asked his mother, when she picked them up today, what, if anything, she has been doing to encourage him. She was like " we will see, he's not as into it as much as his sister". She's remarried and i'm not entirely sure if she is active anymore. She has stopped wearing her temple garments. I'm just wondering how i can help my son make the right choices and want to be baptized given his disability and possibly some opposition from his mother. I don't want to be held accountable for not teaching him the truth and doing whats right but more so i want him to have the full blessings of the Gospel. So any advice would be greatly appreciated from anyone who has experienced something similar.

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i was under the assumption that a sealing cancellation could only come by by authority of the First Presidency. The Bishops may start the process but ultimately the First Presidency make the call on it. My advice, just be truthful and factual without malice or judgment.

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g'day mate, watch out for the susie character... she'll entice you into conversations around how SA are the best rugby nation in the world etc although they bombed out worse than us aussie @ the WC sharing the love susie he he he

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welcome to the site and the Church.

g'day and welcome and hope you enjoy the site.

can i digitally be there somehow?

welcome to the gospel and to the site. May they both be a place of comfort for you.

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