Tag: 3 Nephi

Jesus tells the disciples that any “who do more or lest than these things” are built on a sandy foundation. The question is, what are “these things”? My reading of what He taught us that “these things” are remembering Him and keeping His commandments and signifying by covenant the commitments to always remember and follow…

When the people weren’t ready to receive more teaching the Lord still stayed with them and bolstered their faith with great miracles even without imparting more doctrine.

Jesus knew when the people had reached the limit if what they were ready to hear. When He proposed to leave and saw that they wanted Him to stay he choose that rather than teaching them more that they weren’t ready to receive He instead gave them the gift of healing those who had any…

In the latter days the gentiles shall be given the gift of having the gospel restored among them. Eventually they will either choose to embrace it and be numbered asking the house of Israel or reject it and be turn under foot by the remnant of Israel. Surely some will choose one and some the…

I wonder if there are people today who misinterpret the Doctrine that the law of Moses is fulfilled to justify wickedness. For example, arguing that the ten commandments are no longer in forces because the law of Moses is fulfilled. It seems preposterous but we shouldn’t ignore that possibility lest we be surprised when we…

Jesus taught the people not to judge one another. Instead they were to do good freely without trying to make judgements of their fellow men. That stands in stark contrast to the judges he appoints who are to make judgement calls on love with an eye to protecting the flock against ravenous wolves.

The counsel to “take no thought for the morrow” and “seek ye first the kingdom of God” was given to those who had been called to teach the people, not to the people at large. I think that is something I got wrong for much of my life. I focused on spiritual things and eternal…

I never before connected the command (or invitation) to be perfect with the new law that Christ introduced. Tonight it made perfect sense to me as “love your friends” becomes “love your enemies” and “don’t commit adultery” becomes “don’t look upon a woman to lust after her.”

“Blessed are ye when men revile you for my sake” losses some of its meaning in a society where people don’t revile each other. That’s a problem many people would be happy to have.

Once Christ had introduced himself to the people He immediately established the gate to the covenant path by publicly calling those who would have authority to baptize, declaring the method of baptism, and emphasizing that faith, repentance and baptism were the way to return to Him. His message could not have been more clear.