David Journal

Category: Scripture Notes

  • The heaviest of cursings

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    Hearken and hear, O ye my people, saith the Lord and your God, ye whom I delight to bless with the greatest of all blessings, ye that hear me; and ye that hear me not will I curse, that have professed my name, with the heaviest of all cursings. Doctrine & Covenants 41:1 It seems…

  • Early expectations

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    I trust there remaineth an effectual struggle to be made. Mosiah 7:18 Limhi did not expect that his people would simply be able to walk away from the Lamanites but I’m confident that his expectation was that the people of arrangement would send a military force of some kind to liberate them.

  • We must stay vigilant

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    4 Behold, I, the Lord, have looked upon you, and have seen abominations in the church that profess my name.7 Behold, verily I say unto you, there are hypocrites among you, who have deceived some, which has given the adversary power; but behold such shall be reclaimed;8 But the hypocrites shall be detected and shall…

  • Under this head ye are made free

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    And under this head ye are made free, and there is no other head whereby ye can be made free. There is no other name given whereby salvation cometh; therefore, I would that ye should take upon you the name of Christ, all you that have entered into the covenant with God that ye should…

  • Historical nugget

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    I never realized before that Joseph Smith had a revelation directly about and got the Shakers and sent that revelation among them. I had been aware that Ann Lee predated Joseph Smith but did not realize that there had been a direct revelation addressing their claims.

  • Fruits of conversion

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    Here is a list of fruits that indicate someone’s conversion from Mosiah 4:12-16 (in the order they appear there):

  • I know thee

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    I have looked upon thy works and I know thee. Doctrine & Covenants 39:7 There is something powerful in being seen and known by the Lord.

  • Upon which there is no curse

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    I hold forth and deign to give unto you greater riches, even a land of promise, a land flowing with milk and honey, upon which there shall be no curse when the Lord cometh. Doctrine & Covenants 38:18 “A land of promise…flowing with milk and honey, upon which there shall be no curse when the…

  • The law availeth nothing

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    They hardened their hearts, and understood not that the law of Moses availeth nothing except it were through the atonement of his blood. Moriah 3:15 This is the gap between works-based salvation and grace-based salvation. Salvation comes through Christ—even for those who die without the law—and the works of the covenant being is closer to…

  • “I would rather not”

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    Sometimes we are called to do things that hold no interest for us. The key is to understand who is in charge. The call may because the Lord needs us there or because He needs someone else elsewhere. We learn to willingly do what needs to be done like John Whitmer.