Tag: Jacob

The time when there was no good fruit in all the vineyard was when the gospel was restored. At that time there were many who claimed to be the Lord’s people but all taught the precepts of men. As the Lord nourishes His vineyard the last time He will draw forth good fruit from those…

It is instructive that the Lord was able to take a vineyard where all the trees had become chirped and by wise pruning and grafting he was able to bring forth take fruit again in the vineyard. I wonder if in our day – after the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ – we…

I never thought about the fact that grafting in the branches of the wild olive tree is missionary work. The effect of that is too bring forth take fruit from formerly wild branches but also to inject life, vitality, and some uncertainty into the tame trunk. Keeping the balance right requires the hand of a…

The righteous Nephites were beginning to labor in sin while the wicked Lamanites were keeping the commandments to love their families. The thought struck me that in our day if those who enter homosexual marriages love their partners more than those who get married in temples for eternity then they will be more blessed despite…

Jacob knew from the start that he would need to talk about the desire for polygamy and associated sins but he couldn’t bring himself to broach that topic first. Pride was probably more widespread and one that more of his assistance would be willing to admit to seeing among the people.

Did Jacob ever get discouraged – feeling that no matter how much effort he invested the people would continue in wickedness such that his labors were vain?

The message that Sharem declared was that no man could know the future but that he knew that there should be no Christ. The only way an anti-Christ message along those lines could be consistent with itself would be to declare that no man could know the future but that he did not believe there…

Recognizing that the Lord of the vineyard represents Christ we assume he knows everything but we might learn more by setting his process as one where he tries an approach, measures the results, and then plans his next steps.

As Jacob describes how the Jews rejected words of plainness in favor of things that they couldn’t understand I realize that many people today do the same thing. They don’t like plain doctrine because it can’t be rationalize away and they decide it is to hard so they seek for teachers who will give them…