David Journal

Tag: covenants

  • Abrahamic Covenant

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    I just have to note that I’m very pleased with the study tools in the gospel library app such as the Topical Guide. They make it very easy to pursue a direction of study while following interesting leads and impressions. Abraham 2 indicates that all those who have the true gospel will claim Abraham as…

  • Is Faith in the Atonement of Jesus Christ Written in Our Hearts?

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    Like you, I love the scriptures! In the book of Jeremiah we find a scripture that is very dear to my heart. Jeremiah lived in a difficult time and place, but the Lord allowed him to foresee “a time of hope during the latter-day gathering of Israel”—our day. Jeremiah prophesied: “After those days, saith the…

  • 8 September 2010

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    John 3I never had the context before in which Christ said that God so loved the world that He gave His Only Begotten Son. It is more powerful in context. Men are condemned if they choose darkness when given the opportunity to choose light. Somehow I also missed that Christ established baptism for His followers…

  • 3 September 2008

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    2 Nephi 30There are two interpretations of being a covenant people, an expansive one that includes any direct descendants of a people with whom the Lord has made covenants, and a precision one which includes those who have made and continue to keep covenants with the Lord. The precision interpretation is individual and only those…

  • 29 May 2008

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    D&C 92The United Order that the Lord is referencing here is the group of men who were listed in Section 82 who were to bind themselves together with an unbreakable covenant. To that list we can now add Frederick G. Williams.

  • 18 May 2008

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    D&C 82The covenant that is required of Edward Partridge, Newel K. Whitney (both bishops), A. Sidney Gilbert, Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, John Whitmer, Oliver Cowdery, W. W. Phelps, and Martin Harris is a covenant of consecration. With such an unbreakable covenant they would trust each other to work in all diligence to advance the work…

  • 20 April 2008

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    D&C 54Stand fast in your calling and know that those who break the covenants they have made will answer for the broken covenant while those who have kept their part of the covenant will obtain mercy. This is the same principle concerning the breakup of an eternal marriage.

  • 23 December 2007

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    Helaman 10Nephi told the people “If God could give such great power to [Moses] then why not give power to me to prophesy?” How gratifying to have the Lord come and tell him afterwards that anything he says will come to pass. This power that your words will all be fulfilled and sealed because you…

  • Priesthood Benefits

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    Giving of priesthood blessings is not one of the benefits of the priesthood. The benefits are that we may receive blessings, that we may act and speak for the Lord, that we may know that he will support us in our actions and that we may receive and know His will. The benefits are that…