Category: Scripture Notes
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Taking away the hedge
I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof. 2 Nephi 15:5Isaiah 5:5 This tracks. It seems obvious how the Lord protected us for years economically with good health and minimal issues with vehicles etc. but as we have been producing too many wild grapes it…
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Release thyself from bondage
The Lord knew how much of an emotional burden Martin was carrying because of the mortgage on his farm. I feel that burden.
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How exquisite you know not
I realized that the things we suffer in life that aren’t a direct result of our own sins are not a shadow of the suffering that awaits if we will not repent. I feel there is a quantitative difference between the suffering that arises from the vicissitudes of life and the suffering that comes to…
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A place of refuge
Isaiah describes the kind of refuge that the Lord will provide His people: The place of Mormon provided water, game, cover to hide from the searches of the king. I still want to provide a refuge for my family from the storms of life. We are working on one gathering each August which will hopefully…
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Pick Me!!
5 …The hour cometh that I will drink of the fruit of the vine with you on the earth, and with Moroni, whom I have sent unto you to reveal the Book of Mormon, …6 And also with Elias, to whom I have committed the keys of bringing to pass the restoration of all things…
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In that day
The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 2 Nephi 12:17Isaiah 2:17 Any true disciple of Christ would look forward to the day when none but Christ will be exalted—even if other parts of that day are uncomfortable for them. Isaiah warns that the Lord will take away the wise man, the prudent man,…
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When in doubt
Cleave unto the covenants which thou hast made. Doctrine & Covenants 25:13 Sometimes the way forward isn’t clear to us but we can always have clarity that cleaving unto the covenants we have already made will be the correct course.
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A king will lead to destruction
He that raiseth up a king against me shall perish. 2 Nephi 10:14 I wouldn’t take this to mean that all who support a monarchial form of government in this promised land will physically die but rather that any movement which supports placing a man above the law to rule (monarchial form—regardless of what name…
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Foreordained
I knew that the three witnesses were tasked with identifying the twelve apostles but I never previously put together the timeline that Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer were told they would have this task even before they had become the witnesses and years before they or Joseph Smith had met any of the Twelve besides…
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If you know that they are true
2 Behold, I have manifested unto you, by my Spirit in many instances, that the things which you have written are true; wherefore you know that they are true.3 And if you know that they are true, behold, I give unto you a commandment, that you rely upon the things which are written; Doctrine &…