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(00:00) This section contains instructions for calling the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and building up the Church.
(03:33) The word apostle means one who is sent to carry the message.
(06:14) Use the scriptures, the word of God.
(21:14) See the worth of every soul.
(32:43) Know the name by which we are called.
(35:01) Desire to take the name of Christ upon us.
(38:34) The names of the original Twelve that are chosen in this dispensation and how some were later replaced.
(43:48) Section 18 as a temple liturgy.

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The post Ep 309 | D&C 18, Come Follow Me 2025 (February 24-March 2) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) The historical background of the Knight family.
(13:42) Philo Dibble’s experience with Newel Knight in Missouri.
(24:18) Being humble.
(34:40) Being full of love.
(36:23) The restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood. We are His hands.
(41:44) The Sons of Levi will offer an Offering unto the Lord in righteousness.
(53:12) The historical background of the Peter Whitmer Family.
(1:10:21) David Whitmer is told to endure to the end. He remains true to his testimony of Book of Mormon, but the Church did not meet his expectations.
(1:25:55) David Whitmer’s statements have inconsistencies.
(1:30:02) The provenance of the printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon.
(1:34:05) How will we respond when our expectations aren’t met?
(1:42:30) The Three Witnesses describe seeing 5 relics in the stone box: The Gold Plates, Breast Plate, Sword of Laban, Urim & Thummim, and Liahona. These Nephite relics represent an equivalent to the Israelite Ark of the Covenant.
(1:49:07) Relics of antiquity are evidence linking the ancient religious world with The Enlightenment and demonstrate the historicity of the text of the Book of Mormon.

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The post Ep 308 | D&C 12-17; Joseph Smith History 1:66-75, Come Follow Me 2025 (February 17-23) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) The historical background to the translation process and the roles of Lucy and Martin Harris.
(23:28) God’s wisdom is greater than the cunning of the devil.
(36:50) Satan is trying to destroy the work of the Restoration.
(41:59) The Book of Mormon adds to the truths contained in the Bible.
(46:34) Section 10 is written to Hyrum Smith. Seek first to obtain my word. Follow light.

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The post Ep 307 | D&C 10-11, Come Follow Me 2025 (February 10-16) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) The historical background of Section 6.
(04:11) Two types of doubts.
(05:38) How God speaks to our heart.
(24:20) How God speaks to our mind.
(38:53) How we can tell the difference between our own thoughts and revelation from heaven.
(43:48) President Russell M. Nelson’s revelation during surgery and a caution regarding presentism.
(54:00) What can we do to receive more revelation? Revelation has to be sought.
(1:03:41) Trifle not with sacred things.
(1:11:05) Oliver Cowdery may have participated in the translation of Section 7.
(1:14:54) Section 7 and Christian traditions of the Apostle John.
(1:19:21) Comparing our stories.
(1:21:30) Just as the Book of Mormon was abridged and edited by Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants has also been edited.

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The post Ep 306 | D&C 6-9, Come Follow Me 2025 (February 3-9) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) The background of Section 3.
(07:03) The size and contents of the lost manuscript.
(14:09) Joseph reluctantly allows Martin Harris to take the manuscript.
(16:53) God is merciful and gives us second chances.
(26:44) Pleasing someone else at the expense of doing what is right.
(37:41) Neal A. Maxwell said: “God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability”.
(44:04) The background of Section 5.
(48:26) To their death, the Three Witnesses remain true to their testimony of the Book of Mormon.
(58:37) This generation will receive the Lord’s word through Joseph Smith.

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The post Ep 305 | D&C 3-5, Come Follow Me 2025 (January 27-February 2) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) Joseph describes spiritual sight.
(04:59) The weakness of youth is explained as a lack of experience.
(20:06) A definition of a true friend.
(25:49) Interpretations of Malachi 4.
(42:42) The significance of temple ordinances.
(51:09) Joseph Smith’s name is had for good and evil among all nations.
(55:18) Joseph is forbidden to get the plates until four years later. He and Emma get them together.

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The post Ep 304 | D&C 2; JSH 1:27-65, Come Follow Me 2025 (January 20-26) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) The First Vision ends the apostasy.
(09:28) A brief historical overview of Joseph’s family.
(20:18) The First Vision teaches a pattern of prayer and revelation.
(38:55) The reformation was a precursor to the restoration.
(41:21) Persecution may be part of choosing to be a member of the church.
(46:55) Multiple accounts of the First Vision are discussed.
(1:00:09) The First Vision as an esoteric endowment.

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The post Ep 303 | Joseph Smith-History 1:1-26, Come Follow Me 2025 (January 13-19) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) A brief overview of the Doctrine and Covenants.
(06:48) The D&C contains the words of Christ in our day.
(08:30) Anyone in similar circumstances can apply these instructions.
(15:51) The setting and background of Section 1.
(23:54) Defending our beliefs with courtesy and compassion.
(28:14) The Lord’s preface is a voice of warning.
(34:35) Why the language of The King James Bible?
(40:07) Idumea represents the world.
(42:59) The cosmic covenant in Isaiah 24 and 34.
(53:44) Search these commandments for they shall all be fulfilled.

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The post Ep 302 | D&C 1, Come Follow Me 2025 (January 6-12) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) A brief overview of this lesson.
(07:12) The significance of the timetable of the restoration.
(21:29) The understanding of an embodied God was lost in the Apostasy.
(42:20) Our divine inheritance as children of God the Father was also lost in the Apostasy.

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The post Ep 301 | The Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Come Follow Me 2025 (Dec 30-Jan 5) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) Applying Moroni’s promise.
(10:06) Why does Moroni say we should ask if these things are not true?
(11:53) Moroni teaches about the gifts of the Spirit.
(21:37) Is it the pleasing or pleading bar of of the Great Jehovah? A discussion about what judgement might be like.
(27:28) We will get to see Moroni at the bar of God and will know his words are true.
(29:57) Let go of the terrestrial and telestial things that take us away from Christ.
(34:18) Zion will awake, arise from the dust, and shake off the chains. Babylon will sit on the ground and lie in the dust.
(46:20) What if the provenance of the Book of Mormon had been different?

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