David Journal

Author: David

  • Noticing nuances

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    Somehow I had always read the words of Jacob warning his people against their pride and thought that their pride was a result of seeking for riches. I realized today that he never suggested that seeking for riches caused their pride, he said that their pride came because some of them received more assistance than…

  • Defining peaceable things

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    If thou shalt ask, thou shalt receive revelation upon revelation, knowledge upon knowledge, that thou mayest know the mysteries and peaceable things—that which bringeth joy, that which bringeth life eternal. Doctrine & Covenants 42:61 The reason that the Lord promises revelation and knowledge is to teach “the mysteries and peaceable things” but I like how…

  • Dual records

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    Regardless of how much or little Nephi and Jacob knew of what would happen with these records they understood that there would be efforts to destroy the records and so they worked to ensure that the two sets of records would be separated. One would follow political lines of authority and the other would follow…

  • The Endowment narrative

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    I had never noticed this concise description of the narrative which underscores the temple endowment ceremony. The doctrine isn’t new but I don’t think there is any single place in scripture which declares the spiritual historic foundation that is used to give context to the covenants made in the temple endowment. It is here in…

  • No doubt about God

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    One key feature of the millennium will be the death of atheism—only toward the end of the thousand years will men again begin to deny God. That doesn’t mean that everyone will have exactly the same knowledge of God for those thousand years but there will be no dispute regarding His existence and His benevolence…

  • Easter Joy

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    Last night Laura and I watched the first part of Season 5 of The Chosen. Asking the first scenes was the triumphal entry into Jerusalem and I really noticed the exuberance of both the apostles and the people as Jesus rode into the city. I thought that was the kind of joy that we should…

  • Reconciled to Christ

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    I have charity for my people, and great faith in Christ that I shall meet many souls spotless at his judgment-seat. I have charity for the Jew—I say Jew, because I mean them from whence I came. I also have charity for the Gentiles. But behold, for none of these can I hope except they…

  • The kingdom of heaven is at hand

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    Declaring to the world that “the kingdom of heaven is at hand” would have had special meaning in the earliest days of the church when the temporary kingdom was first available on earth again after having been absent for centuries. I think that is still true every time someone is first exposed to the restored…

  • Acting no hypocrisy

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    Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy and no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting of your sins, witnessing unto the Father that ye are willing to take upon you the name of Christ, by baptism … then cometh…

  • The story of James Covel

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    I suspect there are many like James Covel who get in the right place to say “Lord, I would follow thee” and then fear the consequences of making a massive change in their lives like the rich young man who went away sorrowing. It looks different for each individual. For James Covel he was a…