David Journal

Tag: 2 Nephi

  • Hard truths

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    I wonder when Jacob implies his listeners not to say that he is speaking hard things of there has grown a cultural reference on that phrase to the time when Laman and Lemuel had said that to Nephi in the wilderness.

  • The Atonement satisfieth justice

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    How glorious is it that or Savior knows all or weaknesses and pains and has suffered for all of them so that we have the opportunity to return despite our history of imperfection.

  • A joyful message

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    All those who have a testimony of Christ must have joy to accompany their hope in Christ. The message of Christ is inherantly joyful even when the messenger must deliver hard messages. The message is a joyful one even if some messengers, like Jacob, have a personal tendency towards melancholy.

  • Rings of detail

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    Lehi gives the plan of salvation distinctly and completely in several rings of detail between verses 3 and 29 of 2 Nephi 2. Starting at verse 3 it is compete within verse 3 and again complete with more detail in verse 4. The next ring closes with verse 7. After that there next rings end…

  • Face to face with Jesus

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    We see that men have been privileged at times throughout history to see Jesus face to face. It isn’t common but it isn’t without ample precedent either.

  • Our great advocate

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    Jesus is able to save “to the uttermost” any who seek to come to God through Him because he knows perfectly how to succor those who experience temptation. Those who are tempted and respond by turning to Him for aid so that they might be worthy to return to heaven will receive the perfect succor…

  • The veil in reading the old testament

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    2 Corinthians soaks of the minds of the Jew being blinded in their reading of the Old Testament. It says that this cell that blinded them was taken away in Christ. It seems to me that it is taken away for those who accept Christ, but that for those who read the Old Testament without…

  • Take the name of Christ

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    The first covenant that we make is to take the name of Christ upon us. While the act of baptism formalizes it, those who truly seek to take his name will be accepted even if they were not properly baptized in mortality for they will gratefully accept the proxy baptisms which will be performed for…

  • He shall save His people

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    Besides the Savior being openly proclaimed, He promises to openly defend His covenant people.

  • A solid place

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    Christ is the solid place upon which men can build safely. He alone is the destination upon which they can land in the seat of spiritual storm and not be sweet away if they will cling to Him. Any other foundation will crumble in the storm sooner or later.