David Journal

Tag: Priesthood Men

  • Nephi ben Lehi

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    I can’t decode if it would be easier to be righteous while living in the midst of great wickedness or while living in the must of great wilderness. In the one car you would have ample opportunity to benefit and collaborate with others in meeting the material needs of your family but you would be…

  • Lehi

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    At times I wonder how religious Lehi was earlier in his life before he received his call to preach in Jerusalem and later removed his family from that wickedness. We really have no way or need to know the answer to that. The important thing for us to know is that once lehi answered the…

  • Timothy

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    Timothy did a hard thing in choosing to be circumcised in order to be more effective as a missionary among Jews even though circumcision isn’t required under the new covenant. He did it not because it was necessary but so that it wouldn’t be a stumbling block for those he was working with. I’ve noticed…

  • Barnabas

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    Barnabas did what Jesus asked the rich young man to do, he sold all that he had and have it to the apostles and spent his life in gospel service. According to the Bible Dictionary he was regarded like an apostle even though he wasn’t numbered among the twelve. Barnabas reminds me that priesthood manliness…

  • Cornelius

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    Part of me wonders if Cornelius is the same centurion who has Jesus hall his servant without even coming to his house. Obviously we don’t know anything like that but it is certain that a man who would have that much faith would also have the capacity to break the barrier that Cornelius broke by…

  • Paul

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    The lesson from Paul isn’t his conversion, miraculous as that was, but rather his earnest devotion to what he thought was right both before and after his conversion. Paul threw himself 100% into whatever he felt was right. When he thought the Christians were perverting the law of Moses he persecuted then with gusto. When…

  • Ananias

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    What kind of faith was required for Ananias to voluntarily go to Saul who he knew to be very antagonistic to the saints? I’m sure he worried about whether he would be caught and persecuted by going to Saul. He choose to exercise faith and follow the instructions he had been given. The result was…

  • Philip

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    Philip was another of the seven and while we know less of him than we do of Stephen we do know that he was still around to give Paul a place to stay during one of his journeys and Paul testifies to the way he raised his children by the fact that his daughters had…

  • Stephen

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    I believe that Stephen was the first martyr for Christianity. He was apparently very well versed in the gospel as he was the first to proclaim to the Jews that the law of Moses was fulfilled in Christ. This must have incensed Saul at that time although later it was a central message in the…

  • The seven assistants

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    There was apparently some breakdown in the distribution of goods among the Christians such that some of their widows were being neglected. The apostles told the people to select seven righteous men to oversee the distribution of God so that the apostles could stay focused on their task of witnessing to the world of Christ.…