David Journal

Category: Scripture Notes

  • Seek not to be cumbered

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    In Doctrine & Covenants 66:10 the Lord counsels William E. McClellan to “Seek not to be cumbered.” In my mind I couldn’t imagine anyone seeking to be cumbered so I decided to investigate that word. I asked AI about the meaning and implications of the word cumbered as it was used to describe Martha in…

  • Forgiveness and judgement

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    …of you it is required to forgive all men.11 And ye ought to say in your hearts—let God judge between me and thee, and reward thee according to thy deeds.12 And him that repenteth not of his sins, and confesseth them not, ye shall bring before the church, and do with him as the scripture…

  • Incentive structures

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    Now, it was for the sole purpose to get gain, because they received their wages according to their employ, therefore, they did stir up the people to riotings, and all manner of disturbances and wickedness, that they might have more employ, that they might get money according to the suits which were brought before them.…

  • A house of order

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    I am once again impressed at the lengths people needed to go to in order to validate it verify their standing in the church when going from one place of gathering to another while they were living in a time where central, transferrable records were not possible.

  • Naming your own destruction

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    I wonder if the Lord purposely uses the words of the wicked against them at times. The people of Ammonihah made what they thought was an outrageous claim (destroying their city in one day) as if Alma was being outrageous. He didn’t prophesy that they would be destroyed in a day but they said it…

  • Abundant provision for full time service

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    Inasmuch as they receive more than is needful for their necessities and their wants, it shall be given into my storehouse; He who is appointed to administer spiritual things, the same is worthy of his hire, even as those who are appointed to a stewardship to administer in temporal things; In your temporal things you…

  • More important than they all

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    For behold, I say unto you there be many things to come; and behold, there is one thing which is of more importance than they all—for behold, the time is not far distant that the Redeemer liveth and cometh among his people. Alma 7:7 We could have a full knowledge of every detail of what…

  • Seek ye first the kingdom of heaven

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    I, the Lord, am not pleased with those among you who have sought after signs and wonders for faith, and not for the good of men unto my glory. Doctrine & Coverage 63:12 When we seek signs and wonders it should be seeking them for the benefit of men and for the glory of the…

  • Lessons learned

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    Thou shalt not idle away thy time, neither shalt thou bury thy talent that it may not be known. Doctrine & Covenants 60:13 Laura buried her talent so deep that even she could no longer see it but hopefully that starts changing as she has caught a glimpse of her value again. Be of good…

  • The pattern of sifting

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    What Alma did at Zerahemla seems like a consistent pattern. He warned that those who followed the devil would be cut off from the church (speaking of church members who were being wicked) and he invited the righteous to come away from them. At the same time as he spoke of those who would be…