Thursday, November 1, 2012

3 Nephi 27

3 Nephi 27:1 it came to pass that the disciples were gathered together and were united in mighty prayer and fasting. I often think about this term, united. In Ukrainian, it is the same term used by the savior when he says that he and the father are one, and when he prays that the apostles will be one with him. In that context, it speaks of having aligned desires and will. So when the apostles come together and are united/one in mighty prayer, they clearly weren't 100% in agreement about their issue, because they were asking The Lord to resolve a dispute about the name of the church. I suppose they could have been aligned on the goal of "resolve this issue" or something else but the question stands: can you be united in mighty prayer with someone where the outcomes desired are different? For example, a family praying abut whether to move with one parent desiring to move and the other to stay. Or about having children, with similarly opposing opinions.