Category: Scripture Notes
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Righteous men in wicked times
For the first time ever as I read Mormons demon on charity i realized that there surely were many righteous men gathered to hear him speak even during a time of as much wickedness as he lived through. There were many not unlike Mormon who mourned the wickedness of their society and sought personally to…
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Inside Moroni’s head
Moroni makes it clear that he had not expected to write more but when he realized that he would have the opportunity, what was going through his head in writing the ordinances and rituals of the church when he knew the church was extinct among his people? Was he thinking to provide a record for…
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Relatively righteous
It seems to me that the Lord offered repentance to Coriantumr because relative to others of the Jaredites in his day he was righteous. As the story is written it is not entirely clear but I believe Coriantumr did not participate in secret combinations. On the other hand, he was not a righteous king, just…
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Advancing technology
It is easy for us to compare it days to the days of wickedness that we read about in scripture but today I identified with the days of righteousness and prosperity. Not that our time is less wicked than it was before but I recognized the similarities of a people who had great material wealth…
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Who gets spared?
I notice the story of Jared rebelling against his father and when his brothers conquered him to redeem the kingdom for their father Jared begged for his life and they spared him. As I read that I thought of how often the very person who caused the trouble is spared while others who followed suffer…
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Unto the Gentiles first and also unto the Jews
This phrase struck me as never before. It is clear that the gospel will go out in two tiers (the last shall be first etc.) and based I the fact that the church does not actively proselyte in Israel (by agreement with their government) not perform baptisms for the dead for deceased Jews (except with…
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Surely this thing leadeth into captivity
I wonder if the brother of Jared was so sure about kind leading to captivity because of what he had seen in vision from the Lord. Did he know that his people would begin to be ruled by kings and it would lead to their destruction like neigh knew that his people would turn to…
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Choice enough
How often do we, like the brother of Jared, self for blessings from the Lord that we find to be choice and stop seeking for further direction and insight when the Lord is willing to give us more than we have already received? This reminds me of the message from Elder Richard G. Scott in…
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Know ye that ye must come to the knowledge of your fathers, and repent of all your sins and iniquities, and believe in Jesus Christ, that he is the Son of God, and that he was slain by the Jews, and by the power of the Father he hath risen again, whereby he hath gained…
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Why did Mormon return?
Mormon knew that he had been commanded to observe. He knew that the Nephites had passed the point of repentance and would be destroyed. Why then did he chose to return to lead the people? Did he fell the Lord has authorized it? Did he fell that he couldn’t just stand aside? Did he think…