Tag: the Fall
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Agency and consecration
In the temple this morning I caught on to the significance of the words “for your sake” as Heavenly Father placed a curse on the earth so that it would bring forth thorns, thistles, briars, and noxious weeds after Adam and Eve choose to take the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and…
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Understanding the Fall
It’s been a while since I’ve had as profound a doctrinal insight during scripture study as I had this morning. It really helped me understand the nature of the fall that is a precursor to activating or growth in mortality.
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What changed in the Fall?
…they had become carnal, sensual, and devilish, by nature… Alma 42:10 Perhaps I am reading too much into this but it sounds like the result of the fall was that human nature changed to become carnal, sensual, and devilish—as is before that, in their state of innocence, they were motivated by something other than base…
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A timely temple lesson
Considering the events of last Saturday it’s no surprise that I didn’t record my experience from the temple that morning but as I was talking to Bill yesterday I realized that my insights in the temple that morning provided helpful context for me in processing Isaac’s drama that evening. As I was doing more processing…
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25 October 2007
Alma 12Alma really knew how to speak to Zeezrom because he had once been such an ardent and effective opponent of the church. I love how he tells Zeezrom that “this subtle plan” was “a plan of thine adversary.” Despite how hard Zeezrom has been fighting him, Alma does not suggest that Satan is a…