Category: Scripture Notes
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A Renaissance of peace
I feel confident that it is still possible for us to have a Renaissance of peace and prosperity similar to the first half of 4th Nephi. I didn’t think we need a single Christian religion (that seems beyond the possibility for our time) but we can celebrate a layout of religious and cultural traditions that…
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Preparation
It struck me today that the brother of Jared did a lot of praying and preparing himself before he took the stones to the Lord and asked that they be lighted. I’m sure he was praying and pondering before he styled in the idea of lit stones and I’m sure that he was praying and…
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Seekers of righteousness
There is a pattern regarding those who come to this nation—they are seeking things of righteousness. They may not think in those terms but the Jaredites came trying to follow the Lord, Lehi came following the Lord, the people of Mulek came seeking a place of security, the pilgrims came seeking a place of religious…
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The message for today
I love this message for today from Mormon: Turn, all ye Gentiles, from your wicked ways; and repent of your evil doings, … and come unto me, and be baptized in my name, … that ye may be numbered with my people who are of the house of Israel. 3 Nephi 30:2
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Hiss, spurn, and make game
The Lord wants against what gentiles have long done in hissing, spending, and making game of the Jews as if He will not fulfill His covenant with them. It strikes me that hissing, spurning, and making game of anyone—even Nazis, Marxists, or contemporarily Trumpists—is universally contrary to how followers of Christ would respond to any…
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They just wanted to keep working
The desire of the three neighbors wasn’t to avoid death, they simply wanted to participate in bringing people to Christ and moving the work forward forever. It is perhaps somewhat like “O that I were an angel” from Alma. It is consecration dialed up to eleven. It is, “I will give everything I have to…
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What’s in a name?
As I read the words of Christ regarding the name of His church it made me think of how we have referred to the church in these latter days and I realized how getting people to use a different name for the church is a subtle attack by the devil to undermine the church. It…
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The sacrament is central
It appears that the most coming things that happened whenever Jesus visited was that the people would partake of the sacrament. I can imagine that pairing becoming tied together such that they would always think of Him whenever they received the sacrament.
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A God of miracles
I see the hand of God taking things that run against His purposes and turning them to advance the interests of His children. I’m hoping that the hypocritical desire to force all people to be subject to a misguided understanding of God’s preference for life mixes with the hedonistic desire to live life free from…
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Lay down your weapons of war
I wonder when the native Americans last took weapons of war either offensively or defensively? Certainly it has been a long time. They have laid down their weapons of war and I wonder when or if they will ever be commanded to take them again. (Certainly it is possible considering the various prophecies of what…