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When we choose to root our lives in God's great story, we experience the fulfillment of all his wonderful intentions for our lives.

Mormonism and traditional, biblical Christianity represent two dramatically different stories, with two very different roles for God the Father and Jesus Christ, and two opposite roles for human beings. These two stories present a choice. We can choose a new story – one that is not only true, but that unlocks God’s best for our lives.

Why Choose God’s Story?

Think about the results of fully living in God’s great story:

  • Your motives can be true, right, and good.
  • You can become who you truly want to be.
  • You can die to your ego and find yourself remade in the image of Christ.
  • You will be part of the work Jesus id doing to the glory of God the Father.

This is the story we want to live in and to tell the nations!

The Promise of a New You

The resurrection of our bodies happens when Jesus returns. The body we live in now, in this mortal life, is like living in a tent (2 Corinthians 5:1-5). But we know that we have an eternal building from God that will be our ultimate abode. Thus we will become more real in the resurrection than now. Our bodies will have amazing capacities, no longer limited by our current fallen nature or the fallen world we live in.

These are two very different narrative worlds. We have a choice about which one we want to live in. A really good, true story is transformational. Those who have come from one story can learn to live in the new, better, truer story. As you transition out of the LDS story, learning God’s story will  help you find your way, and share your journey with others.

[Related: God’s Great Story – Bible vs. LDS]

[Related: God’s Great Story – Christ, Community, Consummation]

[Related: God’s Great Story – Creation, Catastrophe, Covenants]

[Related: Losing Your Old Story]

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Key Points:

  • Why Choose God’s Story?
  • The Promise of a New You.

See Also:  Plan of Salvation

Talk About It
  1. Review from previous segment: what are the differences between God’s story and the story of Mormonism?
  2. What are the benefits of aligning your life with God’s story? 
  3. Read 2 Corinthians 5:1-5. In what ways is life in this world like living in a tent? By contrast, how will our resurrection bodies be like a building?
  4. What does it mean to say “more real”?
  5. What will our capacities be like in resurrection?
  6. How is the power of a really good, true story transformational?

This is part of the 2018 Faith After Mormonism Conference series.