An asymptote is a line a curve approaches infinitely close but never quite touches — and it is the most hopeful math the gospel offers. In Part 1 of this two-part study, we walk the mechanics: how a disciple actually moves from plodding obedience to hyperdrive.

The curve is the disciple, finite and in motion. The line is Christ, fixed and personal. The gap shrinks by covenant. We trace the whole sequence:

• Line upon line, precept upon precept — linear progress is real progress. Don't despise the manna season.
• The infant learning to walk: crawl, stand, step, fall, step again. Every stage is a gift, every stage prepares the next.
• Rudimentary endowment — receiving the Spirit before you know how to walk in Him. Most disciples spend decades here.
• The bridling sequence — tongue, then body, then thoughts. The order is the doctrine (James 3:2). Each bridling unlocks the next velocity.
• Horizontal to vertical — honorable progress becomes a direct line to the Father (John 10:30).
• Counsel from the Man of Counsel (Moses 7:35) replacing the wisdom of men (2 Nephi 28:31).
• Compounding, not addition — grace begets grace, brighter and brighter until the perfect day (D&C 50:24). A penny doubled daily for 30 days exceeds five million dollars. That's the math of grace upon grace.

Take it to the Lord today: ask Him what He is asking you to bridle next — the tongue, the body, or the thought.

Part 2 brings the meaning: what the physicist saw without being able to name the source, the Atonement that breaks the asymptote, and the danger most disciples are never warned about when the leap comes.

The spark is to live the teachings of Christ. The fire is to be perfected in Him. Come, do greater works than these.

— Kent

The Spark and The Fire · thesparkandthefire.com

• (00:00:00) - The Value of Mature Disciple
• (00:00:51) - Asymptote: The Math of Discipleship
• (00:04:49) - 13 The Law of Compounding