David Journal

Tag: 2 Nephi

  • The independent witnesses

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    Nephi knows that the Lord will provide smoke witnesses to the truth – because he knows that Heavenly Father is a God of truth who had both the capacity and the intent to make His plan known among men – but he carefully ensures that his own record will provide the different witnesses to the…

  • Covenant infighting

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    It is interesting to think that there are those who are tied to covenants of the Lord who are also guilty of fighting against Zion. While the Lord will continue to feel after those who are tied to covenants He will not spare them as he clears the people of those who are seeking to…

  • Come buy and eat

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    I love the invitation to partake freely of the nourishing word of the gospel and the covenants of salvation.

  • Perfect knowledge

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    Is it disconcerting to read of the wicked having a perfect knowledge of their sins or is it instead comforting to hear that the righteous will have a perfect knowledge of their righteousness? I suspect that we often underestimate how much the righteous are prone on their own to forget some of their righteousness while…

  • Redeemed

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    At some point, those that served the Lord even while afflicted will be redeemed so that they need no longer bow down before those who were their oppressors. Then shall they put on their beautiful garments. I look forward to that day for me.

  • To whom have I sold you?

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    While we may feel abandoned by the Lord, He does not abandon anyone. We may feel that He has sold us to a creditor but if we have been sold out is only because we sold ourselves for our iniquity. If we feel we have been sold we either did it to ourselves our we…

  • Endless meaning

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    Why is it that the words of Isaiah always have more to teach – especially to the covenant people of the Lord?

  • Walk away

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    There comes a point after all the admonition and encouragement when the correct course of action is to walk away. For Nephi it was after his father had died and his brother were again threatening to kill him. I think in some ways we are at that point with Isaac. We need to spend minimal…

  • Clear my way before me

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    Nephi asks the Lord to clear his way sorority before him and not give him stumbling blocks. One if my stumbling blocks of financial security. Can I ask for that way to be cleared before me?

  • Writings of Joseph and Judah

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    We are told that the writings of Joseph would establish the truth of the writings of Judah. “They shall grow together unto the confounding of false doctrines.” The implication is that false doctrine can arise based on the words of either of those sets of writing. We must be sure to understand both in order…