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This post lists all 31 LDS scripture references for the phrase, "come unto Christ" and some of its derivations. I've bolded the phrase within each verse, and then marked the associated blessing(s) or promise(s) in red text.
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"Come Unto Christ"
Jacob 1:7
Wherefore we labored diligently among our people, that we
might persuade them to come unto Christ,
and partake of the goodness of God, that they might enter into
his rest, lest by any means he should swear in
his wrath they should not enter in, as in the provocation in the days of
temptation while the children of Israel were in the wilderness.
Omni 1:26
And now, my beloved brethren, I would that ye
should come unto Christ, who is the
Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation,
and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him,
and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and
praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be saved.
Moroni 10:30
And again I would exhort you that ye would come unto Christ, and lay hold upon every good gift, and touch not the evil gift, nor the unclean thing.
Moroni 10:32
Yea, come
unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall
deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and
strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye
can in nowise deny the power of God.
"Come Unto me"
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your
soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure
mercies of David.
Matthew 11:28
Come
unto me, all ye that labour and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
John 7:37
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried,
saying, If any man thirst, let him come
unto me, and drink.
2 Nephi 26:25
Behold, doth he cry unto any, saying:
Depart from me? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; but he saith: come unto me all ye ends of the earth, buy milk and honey, without money and without price.
2 Nephi 28:32
Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord God
of Hosts! For notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day
to day, they will deny me; nevertheless, I will
be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God,
if they will repent and come unto me;
for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
Enos 1:27
And I soon go to the place of my rest, which is
with my Redeemer; for I know that in him I shall rest. And I rejoice in the day
when my mortal shall put on immortality, and shall stand before him; then shall
I see his face with pleasure, and he will say unto me: come unto me, ye blessed, there
is a place prepared for you in the mansions of my Father. Amen.
Alma 5:34-35
Yea, he saith: come unto me and ye shall partake
of the fruit of the tree of life; yea, ye shall eat and drink of the bread and
the waters of life freely; 35 Yea, come unto me and bring forth works of
righteousness, and ye shall not be hewn down
and cast into the fire—
3 Nephi 9:14
Yea, verily I say unto you, if ye will come unto me ye shall have eternal life. Behold, mine arm of mercy is extended towards you, and whosoever will come, him will I receive; and blessed are those who come
unto me.
3 Nephi 9:22
Therefore, whoso repenteth and cometh unto me as a little child, him will I receive,
for of such is the kingdom of God. Behold, for such I have laid down my life,
and have taken it up again; therefore repent, and come unto me ye ends of the earth, and be saved.
3 Nephi 12:3
Yea, blessed are the poor in spirit who come unto me, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
3 Nephi 12:19-20
And behold, I have given you the law and
the commandments of my Father, that ye shall believe in me, and that ye shall
repent of your sins, and come unto me
with a broken heart and a contrite spirit. Behold, ye have the commandments
before you, and the law is fulfilled. 20 Therefore come unto me and be ye saved; for verily I say unto you, that except ye shall keep my
commandments, which I have commanded you at this time, ye shall in no case
enter into the kingdom of heaven.
3 Nephi 12:23-24
Therefore, if ye shall come unto me, or shall desire to come unto me, and rememberest that thy
brother hath aught against thee—24 Go thy way unto thy brother, and first be
reconciled to thy brother, and then come
unto me with full purpose of heart, and I will
receive you.
3 Nephi 18:25
And ye see that I have commanded that none
of you should go away, but rather have commanded that ye should come unto me, that ye might feel and see;
even so shall ye do unto the world; and whosoever breaketh this commandment
suffereth himself to be led into temptation.
3 Nephi 18:32
Nevertheless, ye shall not cast him out of
your synagogues, or your places of worship, for unto such shall ye continue to
minister; for ye know not but what they will return and repent, and come unto me with full purpose of
heart, and I shall heal them; and ye shall be the means of bringing salvation unto
them.
3 Nephi 21:6
For thus it behooveth the Father that it
should come forth from the Gentiles, that he may show forth his power unto the
Gentiles, for this cause that the Gentiles, if they will not harden their
hearts, that they may repent and come
unto me and be baptized in my name and know
of the true points of my doctrine,
that they may be numbered among my people, O house of Israel;
3 Nephi 27:20
Now this is the commandment: Repent, all ye
ends of the earth, and come unto me
and be baptized in my name, that ye may be
sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost, that ye may stand spotless
before me at the last day.
3 Nephi 28:3
And he said unto them: Blessed are ye
because ye desired this thing of me; therefore, after that ye are seventy and
two years old ye shall come unto me
in my kingdom; and with me ye shall find
rest.
3 Nephi 30:2
Turn, all ye Gentiles, from your wicked
ways; and repent of your evil doings, of your lyings and deceivings, and of
your whoredoms, and of your secret abominations, and your idolatries, and of
your murders, and your priestcrafts, and your envyings, and your strifes, and
from all your wickedness and abominations, and come unto me, and be baptized in my name, that ye may receive a remission of your sins, and be filled with the
Holy Ghost, that ye may be numbered with my people who are of the house of
Israel.
Mormon 3:2
And it came to pass that the Lord did say unto
me: Cry unto this people—Repent ye, and come
unto me, and be ye baptized, and build up again my church, and ye shall be spared.
Ether 4:13-14
Come
unto me, O ye Gentiles, and I will
show unto you the greater things,
the knowledge which is hid up because of unbelief. Come unto me, O ye house of Israel, and it shall be made manifest unto you how great things the
Father hath laid up for you, from the foundation
of the world; and it hath not come unto you, because of unbelief.
Ether 4:18
Therefore, repent all ye ends of the earth,
and come unto me, and believe in my
gospel, and be baptized in my name; for he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;
but he that believeth not shall be damned; and signs shall follow them that
believe in my name.
Ether 12:27
And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men
weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that
humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have
faith in me, then will I make weak things become
strong unto them.
Moroni 7:34
And he hath said: Repent all ye ends of the
earth, and come unto me, and be
baptized in my name, and have faith in me, that ye may be saved.
Doctrine and Covenants 45:5
Wherefore, Father, spare
these my brethren that believe on my name, that they may come unto me and have everlasting life.
"Cometh Unto me"
3 Nephi 9:20
And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a
broken heart and a contrite spirit. And whoso cometh unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, him will I baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost, even as the Lamanites, because of their faith in me at
the time of their conversion, were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost,
and they knew it not.
Doctrine and Covenants 10:67
Behold, this is my
doctrine—whosoever repenteth and cometh
unto me, the same is my church.
Doctrine and Covenants 93:1
Verily, thus saith the Lord:
It shall come to pass that every soul who forsaketh his sins and cometh unto me, and calleth on my
name, and obeyeth my voice, and keepeth my commandments, shall see my face and know that I am;
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Thank you Bryan, this was extremely helpful!
ReplyDeletehow wonderful - exactly what I was looking for as I prepare an Easter Sunday address for our ward on the topic of "Come Unto Christ". THANKS!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you!!!! This was very helpful!
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