David Journal

Tag: Doctrine and Covenants

  • 21 April 2008

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    D&C 55It’s amazing to see the minute details being addressed by the Lord. We should remember that the inspiration in the church today is often just as detailed, but not as public.

  • 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.

  • 19 April 2008

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    D&C 53This revelation is very promising for Sydney Gilbert. I wonder what became of him

  • 18 April 2008

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    D&C 52Lots of missionaries were called (possibly the most ever up to that point). I wonder what was taken from Heman Basset. The instructions previously were that nothing which had been deeded to an individual could be reclaimed even if they left the church so I think that the Lord was referring to something spiritual,…

  • 17 April 2008

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    D&C 51I just realized what the Lord meant when He speaks of giving every man according to his wants and not just his needs. He’s talking about giving a man means to run a press if that is his bent as opposed to making everyone be farmers.

  • 16 April 2008

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    D&C 50“I say it that ye may chase darkness from among you” (verse 25 emphasis added).What motivation – all things are subject unto him that is ordained of God and to be ordained of God you must be cleansed from all sin. Then you can ask whatsoever you will in the name of Christ and…

  • 15 April 2008

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    D&C 49Plants and animals are ordained for the use of man “that he might have in abundance.” The Lord did not design the earth for subsistence and meager existence, but for joy and abundance. This does not meant hat conservation is wrong, we are supposed to be wise stewards of the earth, but it does…

  • 14 April 2008

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    D&C 47 – 48I had not realized that there was a church historian this early, but John Whitmer was called to replace Oliver Cowdery in this capacity as Oliver had been called to other tasks. It sounds just like the current calling, releasing and replacing in the church. The church is to save their money…

  • 13 April 2008

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    D&C 46Seek ye after the best gifts always remembering for what they are given.They are given for the benefit of those who love the Lord. He that asketh in the spirit shall receive in the spirit and he that asketh in the spirit asketh according to the will of God.It is important to align our…

  • 12 April 2008

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    D&C 45I notice that the opening of this section is very similar tot he opening in section 39. I believe that this is because this was given not long afterwards in a new location (Kirtland, Ohio rather than Harmony, Pennsylvania). The Lord wanted people in both places to have that doctrine before they had a…