Tag: Doctrine and Covenants
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10 March 2008
D&C 9Oliver had the gift to translate but he did not realize how hard the exercise of that gift would be. He chose to fall back to being a scribe for Joseph and the window closed. The Lord declared that at this time it was expedient for Oliver to only serve as scribe and not…
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9 March 2008
D&C 8What is the gift of Aaron? I’ve never heard of it but Oliver Cowdery was told that he had that gift by which he could learn things as well as the spirit of revelation. There are no cross-references to the term “gift of Aaron” only a link to a previous mention of Olivers gift…
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8 March 2008
D&C 7I love the last verse here – “ye shall both have according to your desires, for ye both joy in that which ye have desired.” There is no hint that one desire is better than the other, only that they shall both have what they desire and shall both receive joy in what they…
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7 March 2008
D&C 6I knew the Oliver Cowdery had been given the gift to translate – and later will be admonished on how to operate that gift, but I had not taken note of the fact that the promise to him was that he would have the gift to bring for those things that had been kept…
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6 March 2008
D&C 5I had never realized that Martin Harris was pushing for a further witness after losing the 116 pages and before knowing of the prophecy concerning 3 witnesses. Here Joseph is warned not to heed his continuing requests, but to promise him that he will receive a greater witness than he is asking if he…
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5 March 2008
D&C 4This section is widely used among the missionaries and I fear that it had become boxed in to the missionary section of my brain. As I read/recited it this morning I realized that it is totally general and not limited to missionary work at all. It applies to any who would “embark in the…
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4 March 2008
D&C 3When the Lord talks of men who set at naught the counsels of God and boasts in his won strength he was talking more about Martin Harris than about Joseph although both of them succumbed to the persuasions of men (Martin to his wife and Joseph to Martin). Thankfully the Lord is merciful and…
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3 March 2008
D&C 2“plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers” The fathers could refer directly to Abraham, not just immediate fathers, and not necessarily literal progenitors – the children are those whose hearts are fertile for those promises. With the promises planted in their hearts, the children would turn to the…
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2 March 2008
D&C 1Who the Lord considers as “His people” is not limited to the bounds of the membership of this church. This was especially true in the early days when He knew of so many who were earnestly striving to find Him who had not yet been introduced to the gospel. “That every man might speak…