David Journal

Category: Scripture Notes

  • Whosoever putteth away

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    I’ve never noticed the wording in Mark about divorce. “Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery”—that’s consistent—”against her” (that’s new in Mark 10:11). And “if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery”—that’s an important variation on the idea that she who was put…

  • Modeled by the householder

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    We remember that the household paid an the laborers the same whether they had labored one hour or all day but do we remember why he kept hiring more laborers? It was because they were still available. He was not simply trying to get a job done but also making a concerted effort to keep…

  • A movement among the people

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    It should have been no surprise that Noah would discover a movement among his people. With the way they looked after each other and watched it for the needs of others it would have been apparent that something was going on. I realized that having one protest for every 50 of their number would have…

  • Sealing his testimony

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    It is notable that not only did Abinadi not recall his words, and not only did he seal his testimony with his death but he reiterated the testimony as he was being killed. It would be one thing to refuse to recant but it is another to repeat the testimony while enduring the pains of…

  • Our carnal nature

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    By nature all men are carnal and sinful. Look at any untrained child to know the truth of this. The work of this life is to train ourselves to be more than our basic nature would incline us toward. Those who persist in their carnal nature—rejecting any training that would lift them higher—live in opposition…

  • They who have published peace

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    I expect that Abinadi found consolation for himself as he talked about those who have published peace—or in other words have prophesied of Christ—because he knew himself to be among that group who would be blessed for so doing.

  • Wounded for our transgressions

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    We must always keep in mind that Christ was wounded for us—sometimes with us but often in place of us—and it is with His stripes that we can be healed. Our stripes at best can lead to scars. His stripes can lead to perfection.

  • If thou hadst been here

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    I marvel at the faith of Martha and Mary. I had always thought their statements that “if thou hadst been here my brother has not died” were despairing. In reading the entire interchange they each had with Jesus I realized that they were expressing faith in Him. It was not despair that their brother was…

  • Unfortunately servants

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    One of the keys to discipleship is that we should always recognize that no matter how much we give back to the Lord it will never put Him in our debt. We give because we love, not because we can clear our balance.

  • Taking His name in vain

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    We have come to associate course language with taking the name of God in vain and certainly sometimes that is exactly what it is but it seems so clear as I read tonight that another, more damning form of breaking that commandment is doing what the priests of Noah did in taking the role of…