Tag: Doctrine and Covenants

Ye call upon my name for revelations, and I give them unto you; and inasmuch as ye keep not my sayings, which I give unto you, ye become transgressors; and justice and judgment are the penalty which is affixed unto my law. Doctrine & Covenants 82:4 When people seek revelation they become accountable for what…

Wherefore, be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto you; succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees. Doctrine & Covenants 81:5 No matter what office has been appointed to us we always have opportunities to succor the weak, lift up hands hanging down, and…

The Lord hath brought again Zion;The Lord hath redeemed his people, Israel,According to the election of grace,Which was brought to pass by the faithAnd covenant of their fathers.The Lord hath redeemed his people;And Satan is bound and time is no longer.The Lord hath gathered all things in one.The Lord hath brought down Zion from above.The…

Those who obtain both priesthood become sons of Moses and Aaron. Faithful holders of the Melchisedec priesthood are sons of Moses while faithful holders of the atomic priesthood are sons of Aaron.

Wherefore, go ye and preach my gospel, whether to the north or to the south, to the east or to the west, it mattereth not, for ye cannot go amiss. Doctrine & Covenants 80:3 “Ye cannot go amiss” isn’t universally true. When we have been called to do a specific thing (go to a specific…

After delineating the line if authority of the high priesthood between Adam and Moses we are told that Aaron was given a separate priesthood for his lineage. That lower priesthood was given with the lower law, a law that was intended to be temporary even though the priesthood continues to be useful for the Lord’s…

Verily I say unto you, and this is wisdom, make unto yourselves friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, and they will not destroy you. Doctrine & Covenants 82:22 It is too the benefit of the saints individually and the church collectively to be friendly with those outside the church even if they are unrighteous or…

How are names recorded in the Book of Life? If it is more than just a list of names I could imagine: If names are listed with a designation beyond the name they are probably not all unique and I would like this which I would imagine to be a fairly common option: Priest of…

I have always expected that there are very few sons of perdition throughout history—for example, as terrible as Hitler was it seems unlikely that he had sufficient knowledge of God to become a son of perdition. That being said, I had the feeling while reading today that while the number will still be a small…