David Journal

Tag: John

  • Types of Christ

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    It seems that the preeminent type of Christ is the sacrament bread.

  • The veil in reading the old testament

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    2 Corinthians soaks of the minds of the Jew being blinded in their reading of the Old Testament. It says that this cell that blinded them was taken away in Christ. It seems to me that it is taken away for those who accept Christ, but that for those who read the Old Testament without…

  • Below all things

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    It was necessary for Christ to be mocked and mistreated in order for Him to descend below all things.

  • Take the name of Christ

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    The first covenant that we make is to take the name of Christ upon us. While the act of baptism formalizes it, those who truly seek to take his name will be accepted even if they were not properly baptized in mortality for they will gratefully accept the proxy baptisms which will be performed for…

  • Son of man

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    It appears that “Son of man” is the title Christ most often used for himself and that He used it more than anyone else.

  • Purify the sons of Levi

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    I wonder about the Lord purifying the sons of Levi. Part of me thinks He has begun that process and another part feels like that is something he will do openly after he comes. As I think about it, and considering what I know of devout modern Jews, I believe the process has started but…

  • No hidden truth

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    There is nothing about the plan of salvation which was done in the dark. While no man may know the hour of His coming, yet He was openly declared before, during, and after his mortal mission.

  • A testimony of the resurrection

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    A testimony of Christ is incomplete at best of it does not include a testimony of his resurrection from the dead. When the apostles sought to replace Judas they made a testimony of the resurrection of Christ one of the defining characteristics of who they would choose. A testimony today cannot be that He lived,…

  • Christ always pleased His Father

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    Jesus testifies that he always did that which was pleasing to Heavenly Father. That fits with the testimony of Heavenly Father that He was well pleased with Christ.

  • He came to serve and not to be served

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    While it is appropriate that people should sell to serve the Savior – that is about us and our recognition of our place relative to Him, not about what His purpose and expectation were. The same hold true for our current leaders. They sell not to be served even though we should sell to serve…