Tag: Doctrine and Covenants
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1 April 2008
D&C 32Give heed to that which is written and pretend to no other revelation. (pretend meaning to claim or assert)
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31 March 2008
D&C 30 – 31The Whitmer brothers are each admonished as to their call. Surprisingly it is David who is chastened when I would have expected him to be the last to be chastened. Whom the Lord loveth the Lord chasteneth, I guess. I love the promises to Martin Harris that his family would join him…
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29 March 2008
D&C 29The first shall be last and the last shall be first. This is a well used phrase, but I just saw a new instance of it. First spiritual and then temporal at the beginning of His work, and first temporal and second spiritual at the end of His work. This could refer to the…
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28 March 2008
D&C 28This explains the Gift of Aaron mentioned in section 10. Oliver has the gift to expound to the church, but he is not to direct the church, only to articulate what has been received through Joseph. In other words, Oliver may receive revelations, but not commandments for the church. I love the way that…
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27 March 2008
D&C 27What an amazing list of gospel figures and their keys: Moroni – stick of Ephriam Elias – the restoration John the Baptist – spirit of Elias and Aaronic Priesthood Elijah – turning of hearts Abraham Isaac Jacob Joseph Adam – also known as Michael Peter James John I also liked the list of spiritual…
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26 March 2008
D&C 26How would it be to be commanded to focus on studying the scriptures until further instructions will be given. This is what Joseph and Oliver were told to do – working in the land as necessary – until they went west for the next conference. Then they would be told what to do.
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24 March 2008
D&C 24“Command them to be smitten in my name and I shall smite them according to your words, in mine own due time.”“And whosoever shall go to law with thee shall be cursed by the law.” (again in His own time)
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23 March 2008
D&C 22 – 23To accept the baptisms of other churches is to imply that there is no difference of authority and that different paths can all lead to Christ. There is only one path, and one authority, thus there can be only one baptism. Those how have not received that baptism must be baptized if…
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22 March 2008
D&C 21This was given the day the church was organized. In it I see some of the same counsel that the Lord would later repeat in the revelation that was designated to open the Doctrine and Covenants – such as the counsel to hear the words of the prophet as if the Lord Himself had…
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21 March 2008
D&C 20I knew that the ordinances of baptism and the sacrament were recorded here and that the duties of elders, priests, teachers, and deacons were listed, but I did not realize that so much was said about the keeping of records and the giving of certificates to maintain order in the church.