December 2104 Visiting Teaching Message
The Divine Mission of Jesus Christ
Prince of Peace
A Savior Is
Born, by Joseph Brickey
Prayerfully study this material and seek to
know what to share. How will understanding the life and roles of the Savior
increase your faith in Him and bless those you watch over through visiting
teaching? For more information, go to reliefsociety.lds.org.
“The Savior is the
source of true peace,” said Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles. “Even with the trials of life, because of the Savior’s Atonement and
His grace, righteous living will be rewarded with personal peace.”1 Understanding
that Jesus Christ is the Prince of Peace can help us find inner peace and
increase our faith in Him.
Jesus Christ said:
“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the
world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the
world” (John 16:33). Bearing testimony of that truth, Linda S. Reeves, second
counselor in the Relief Society general presidency, said: “The Lord has been
merciful to me and has helped make my burdens light. He has helped me to feel great
peace.”2
Elder Richard G.
Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught: “The ideal place for … peace
is within the walls of our own homes, where we have done all we can to make the
Lord Jesus Christ the centerpiece.”3
Additional
Scripture
Isaiah 9:6;
Luke 2:14; John 14:27; 1 Nephi 13:37; Doctrine and Covenants 59:23
Consider
This
In what
ways does the Savior
bring peace to your life?
Isaiah
prophesied of the birth of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace (see Isaiah 9:6).
In the Americas, Samuel the Lamanite told of signs that would accompany
Christ’s birth five years later (see Helaman 14:3, 5). As the prophesied day
approached, unbelievers threatened to execute all the Christians if these signs
did not occur. The prophet Nephi “cried mightily unto the Lord all that day;
and behold, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying: … On the morrow come I
into the world” (3 Nephi 1:12–13). The signs appeared, and with the birth of
Christ, “the people began again to have peace in the land” (verse 23).
In
Bethlehem, Mary “brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling
clothes, and laid him in a manger” (Luke 2:7).
