David Journal

Tag: Doctrine and Covenants

  • Simple but not easy

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    And ye must practice virtue and holiness before me continually. Doctrine & Covenants 46:33

  • Making extra trouble

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    And there shall be earthquakes also in divers places, and many desolations; yet men will harden their hearts against me, and they will take up the sword, one against another, and they will kill one another. Doctrine & Covenants 45:33 It sounds like there will be plenty of challenges to focus on due to natural…

  • Another call to organize

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    What does it mean for the church to “organize yourselves according to the laws of man”? This was after the church had been formally organized according to the law in the state of New York. Did they have to incorporate in each state back then or is this about something other than a formal religious…

  • All are called

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    I can’t decide if it only seems like all the early converts were called to preach it if that really was basically true. If it only feels like it it would because we tell stories and have scriptures for those who were called. On the other hand, with so few people to begin with every…

  • Blazing a trail

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    I am once again struck by the fact that the early saints were blazing a new trail with no pattern to follow. They had reason to question any step they might take even when the Lord told them as possibly as possible what he wanted them to do because they were learning new concepts so…

  • A house of order

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    There is none other appointed unto you to receive commandments and revelations until he be taken, if he abide in me. But verily, verily, I say unto you, that none else shall be appointed unto this gift except it be through him; for if it be taken from him he shall not have power except…

  • Defining peaceable things

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    If thou shalt ask, thou shalt receive revelation upon revelation, knowledge upon knowledge, that thou mayest know the mysteries and peaceable things—that which bringeth joy, that which bringeth life eternal. Doctrine & Covenants 42:61 The reason that the Lord promises revelation and knowledge is to teach “the mysteries and peaceable things” but I like how…

  • The Endowment narrative

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    I had never noticed this concise description of the narrative which underscores the temple endowment ceremony. The doctrine isn’t new but I don’t think there is any single place in scripture which declares the spiritual historic foundation that is used to give context to the covenants made in the temple endowment. It is here in…

  • No doubt about God

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    One key feature of the millennium will be the death of atheism—only toward the end of the thousand years will men again begin to deny God. That doesn’t mean that everyone will have exactly the same knowledge of God for those thousand years but there will be no dispute regarding His existence and His benevolence…

  • The kingdom of heaven is at hand

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    Declaring to the world that “the kingdom of heaven is at hand” would have had special meaning in the earliest days of the church when the temporary kingdom was first available on earth again after having been absent for centuries. I think that is still true every time someone is first exposed to the restored…