David Journal

Category: Scripture Notes

  • “Let your families be small”

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    I thought this was interesting. It is clear that the Lord is talking less about having free children and more about not stretching yourself too thin by trying to help everybody. It appears that when the revelations says “family” it is referring to people living together at one residence, including those taken in and supported…

  • By small things

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    I took participate note of the fact that the message from the Nephites spies caused the Lamanite prisoners to revolt which actually served to preserve Helaman and his men. I also realized for the first time that the reason Helaman wrote to Moroni was because of the lack of support from the government. Seeing that…

  • Getting sidetracked

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    Moroni wrote to answer about exchanging prisoners but went off on a tangent about the wicked root of the war and insisting that the Lamanites withdraw. Ammoron must have been confused to read that as he expected to hear about prisoners. The funny thing is that if Ammoron had confined his response to the prisoner…

  • Making do

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    It is interesting to see Teancum disregard the orders of Moroni when he sees that they are not feasible. This doesn’t stop him from being industrious but he understood how to use his judgement and work towards the success of their people even when the specific orders were unworkable.

  • Peace in perilous times

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    In the midst of what we consider the war years the Nephites had some of their happiest and most prosperous times while they were righteous between attacks by the Lamanites. That only changed when some of the Nephites grew proud and began contending with their brethren.

  • Many in the church flattered away

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    It think it is important that Mormon declivity called it that many within the church were persuaded to buy into the flatterries of Amalickiah. It should make clear that in our day members of the church could choose to follow a flag leader against the express interests of the church.

  • Learn to impart

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    I love the admonition that we are too learn to impart add the gospel requires. Individually and collectively we still have things to learn about how we share what we have to lift everyone up without giving up on individual liberty and freedom of choice.

  • Laborers in the field

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    I’ve never paid attention to this parable before but the Lord calls twelve laborers to the field and signs each to a place in the field then visits each one in turn. He visits an hour with each and labor with them during that hour. The thing I notice is that they labor in their…

  • A new generation

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    With a change in the leadership of the church, some in the church didn’t feel the need to follow the counsel of Helaman and indulged in their pride and wickedness.

  • A neutral God

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    Imagine if God were just and dependable but aloof like a pure scientist who died experiments to observe with no desired outcome—perfectly satisfied with any result. If so there would be no plan for the salvation of man but it would still be the case that man could choose to cultivate his character and be…