The Gospel of Jesus Christ

A lot of people here in Western New York area I've found are really devoted and faithful! That's great! I love how people worship Christ. I also realized that there are a lot of different beliefs of ways to be saved or, what Christ commanded us! Christ, when He was crucified, fulfilled the Law of Moses. He was the last and great sacrifice! While He was walking the paths of ancient Pakistan, He gave us His Gospel. He told us how to return back to our Father in Heaven and to have true happiness in this life! However, a lot of people have different views on how to be saved! Some say that we just have to accept Him as our personal Savior (a guy sitting across from me has a hat that say "Jesus Saves") We know that we can only be saved by Christ, He is the only one that CAN save us! In fact, the first thing that Christ taught us was to have faith in Him and that He can do what He says He can do! This is easier said than done, because when the chips fall, that's when you show your faith. Will you pay tithing when your funds are low and the bills are coming? What about that last cigarette? What about giving up your favorite "sins"? One of many acts of faith is repenting and giving up our old selves and shaping our lives around the Lords will. The Book of Mormon and the Bible make it clear that we all must repent and come to Christ! We cannot follow Him if we hear what He says, but don't do it. I am reading the 4 Gospels and the book of Acts before Easter, and I have found multiple times that when the Savior himself warns those who don't obey his commandments. Another commandment is to be baptized. People say that baptism is not required to gain salvation, but John 3:5 says otherwise. "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." People will still argue that baptism doesn't save, and well, I say if Christ needed to be baptized, then I do to as well (2 Nephi 31) Receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost is also required! we believe that it is received by the laying on of hands, and that it completes baptism. (Acts 19:2-6) And last of all, the hardest one to do (the hardest is always last isn't it?). Endure to the End. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not a one time thing, rather it's a lifestyle. You are to change your life to IT! Not accept certain parts that sound good. It means everything that encompasses Faith, Repentance, Baptism and receiving the Holy Ghost (renewing covenants via sacrament) and obey ALL commandments. We have to do it all the time, forever, for the rest of our earthly lives. It is HOW the Gospel blesses us and our families! It is not a magic thing that magically makes our lives better, it is a process. It's how we are to be happy! We can take anything the world throws at us. It's because we are founded on the rock that will not fall. We did what he asked us and we will be supported when we need it. This is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He wants us to be happy, so he provided his gospel. He called Joseph Smith to be a prophet that restored the Gospel on the earth after centuries of being lost in its fulness. The Book of Mormon was a key factor in the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I testify of these things in the name if Jesus Christ, Amen.