8 Nevertheless, the Lord God sheweth us our weakness, that we may know that it is by his grace, and his great condescensions unto the children of men, that we have power to do these things.
9 Behold, great and marvelous are the works of the Lord.
10 How unsearchable are the depths of the mysteries of him; and it is impossible that man should find out all his ways.
11 And no man knoweth of his ways, save it be revealed unto him; wherefore, brethren, despise not the revelations of God.
12 For behold, by the power of his word, man came upon the face of the earth; which earth was created by the power of his word.
13 Wherefore, if God, being able to speak, and the world was; and to speak, and man was created, O then, why not able to command the earth, or the workmanship of his hands upon the face of it, according to his will and pleasure.
14 Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand.
15 For behold, ye yourselves know, that he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works;
16 Wherefore, beloved brethren, be reconciled unto him, through the atonement of Christ, his only begotten Son.
17 That ye may obtain a resurrection, according to the power of the resurrection which is in Christ, and be presented as the first fruits of Christ, unto God, having faith, and obtained a good hope of glory in him, before he manifesteth himself in the flesh.
18 And now, beloved, marvel not that I tell you these things; for why not speak of the atonement of Christ, and attain to a perfect knowledge of him, as to attain to the knowledge of a resurrection and the world to come?
