Tag: Doctrine and Covenants

It is interesting to read this revelation which acknowledges that the Quakers wanted to hear the truth but only part of it. Some of their specific doctrines are refuted and when they heard the revelation they rejected it. It find it interesting to read news in recent years that the last living Quakers are very…

God gives gifts is the spirit for the purpose of blessing all those who keep the commandments and all those who seek to keep the commandments. If any gifts are being used in a way that excludes some from benefiting (meaning refusing to use them for the benefit of some who are seeking to keep…

The time will come when the people of the Lord will build Zion and the wicked will not date to go there. Among the wicked they will have the choice to fight for themselves or go to Zion for peace. There will be no peace outside Zion at that day.

It appears that when Christ returns openly to the earth it shall be first to the Jews who will see Him and the wounds in His hands and ask Him about those wounds..

It occurs to me that those who were transfigured and changed to an immortal state—people sick as Moses, Alma the younger, John the beloved, and the three Nephites—may have seen it been taken to the city of Enoch where the people are addressing a return to earth and righteous enough to be taken to the…

Return the Lord tells His elders that they are sent to teach the world and not to be taught I realized tonight that if people are appropriately humble they are naturally more teachable. Such people might be susceptible to listening even when they should be teaching. Satan would certainly encourage such a corrupt use of…

I love the simplicity of the principle that when someone offends, their rebuke should not be more public than their offense. For those who break the law of the land they are explicitly to be delivered up to the law of the land. Their repentance would require that they fulfill the terms set in the…

The Lord tells the people that “if ye receive not the Spirit ye shall not teach.” I’m that case, what should they do when they receive not the Spirit? My guess would be either to move on our to do something (other than teach) in the hills of receiving the Spirit. The Lord says that…

I just thought for the first time that when Edward Partridge was called as bishop the people would have voted it more akin to a Catholic bishop than to what we view as a Bishop on the church today. It is no wonder that he was called to give up his business to fulfill the…