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(00:00) An overview of D&C 76.
(17:34) Jesus Christ, redeemer of all worlds. Only those who reject Him will not receive a kingdom of glory.
(21:51) The Greek text of John 5 reveals a different reading, suggesting distinctions within the Resurrection.
(24:18) Those who reject Christ are seen in vision, including Lucifer and the sons of perdition. The Saints are encouraged to not be overcome by the Adversary.
(42:24) The Order of Melchizedek. Those who overcome by faith inherit all things. The early Christians discussed how Christ’s victory enabled man to become like God, or theosis.
(46:34) The terrestrial world is seen in vision.
(56:57) The telestial world is a glory that is beyond description.
(59:42) In the celestial world the saints see as we are seen and are known as we are known.
(1:02:39) The telestial world is seen again. We are invited to lay down the animal within us upon the altar of sacrifice.

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The post Ep 328 | D&C 76, Come Follow Me 2025 (July 7-13) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) The background and an overview of these sections.
(01:59) Fight darkness by spreading light. Truth will prevail.
(09:18) “No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper” found in D&C 71.9 and Isaiah 54.17. This promise of invulnerability is associated with the temple and eternal blessings.
(19:04) David O. McKay reveals the priority of the stewardships we will need to account for with the Savior.
(27:59) The Joseph Smith Translation teaches us how to read The Bible. Joseph never felt it was completed. The translation process opened the door to revelation.
(35:13) Infant baptism in modern revelation, the Book of Mormon, and in ancient Christianity. Paul’s counsel to Saints who are married to unbelievers.
(44:14) Traditions are good, but can be very challenging if they are contrary to truth.
(53:54) Several missionaries are called in D&C 75 and given special promises. How this section applies in the lives of modern missionaries.
(57:21) Luke Johnson’s life experiences.
(59:09) Samuel Smith, Joseph Smith’s brother, one of the eight witnesses to the Book of Mormon.
(1:03:15) Simeon Carter and his experience meeting John Tanner.
(1:07:28) D&C 75:28 provides comfort for those who desire to serve a mission, but are are not able to serve.

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The post Ep 327 | D&C 71-75, Come Follow Me 2025 (June 30-July 6) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) These sections were revealed at a special conference in November 1831. William E. McLellin endeavors to write a revelation of his own and fails.
(10:51) What are our expectations of revelatory experiences? Sometimes they are a still, small voice.
(15:00) Accepting and seeking to understand the scriptures invites more revelation in our lives. Absalom’s tomb and its inscription as a metaphor for coming to understand more from the scriptural text.
(22:31) The veil shall be rent and ye shall see me and know that I am.
(27:46) In the historical record, Joseph Smith explains how things happened in his visionary experiences. He describes seeing with spiritual eyes.
(33:39) David B. Haight’s account of revelation while pleading for help.
(38:42) A brief sketch of Orson Hyde and his mission to Israel.
(47:37) Descendants of Aaron have rights to the Bishopric. The Old Testament contains clues that there were debates regarding who had authority to be priests.
(51:27) Revelation to John Taylor about how God will reveal everything necessary for the rolling forth of His kingdom.
(53:02) We have a mighty stewardship to teach our children to have faith.
(58:32) Beware of temptation and take the extra precaution.
(1:02:53) The first scripture committee of the church, the Literary Firm. A general distrust of paid clergy was prevalent at the time, yet the “same is worthy of his hire.”
(1:08:41) The Lord’s storehouse as compared to the Bishop’s storehouse.

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The post Ep 326 | D&C 67-70, Come Follow Me 2025 (June 23-29) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) Ezra Booth sees Joseph Smith’s humanity and falls away from the Church.
(02:15) We must build Zion spiritually.
(05:29) The command to forgive others. By holding onto grudges we are hurting ourselves.
(12:55) The venom of the rattlesnake: An analogy.
(15:58) How an unforgiving heart is the greater sin. The parable of the unmerciful servant.
(20:55) The scapegoat is a reference to the Messiah. He will carry away the burden of pain others have caused us.
(26:41) Give our whole heart to God.
(32:40) Don’t procrastinate, but be ready with an attitude of success and act today.
(36:04) William E. McLellin’s views regarding Joseph Smith. The Lord makes it clear that Joseph has the keys.
(45:05) The Church is a kingdom, and tithing is a means to make the kingdom operational.
(49:06) Section 66 addresses William E. McLellin’s 5 questions to the Lord.
(55:11) William E. McLellin’s letter to James Cobb about the Spalding Manuscript.
(1:01:22) A prayer pleading for the going forth of the kingdom.

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The post Ep 325 | D&C 64-66, Come Follow Me 2025 (June 16-22) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) As you seek the Lord’s help in your life, recognize that there can be contraries regarding revelation and getting answers to prayer.
(06:59) Sometimes you leave the 99 to save the one and sometimes you leave the one to save the 99.
(13:58) The missionaries struggle on the Missouri River and Ezra Booth has trouble enduring adversity well.
(18:38) Another way to read “the congregations of the wicked.”
(20:10) Jesus is able to make each and every one of us holy and celestial. We can become the people He is expecting us to be.
(26:48) W.W. Phelps sees a daylight vision of the destroyer upon the face of the waters. Ancient cosmology provides layered meanings of the waters surrounding Zion as an ancient symbol of passage.
(43:06) Blue and white marble in the temple complex as a representation of the Sea of Chaos surrounding ordered space.
(46:44) Why don’t missionaries swim?
(50:02) The road to Zion is filled with challenges. The historical connection to sign seekers and Ezra Booth’s experience.
(53:15) Philo Dibble’s account of Elsa Johnson’s miracle and Ezra Booth’s response.
(1:00:31) Unrepentant adulterers cannot exist in Zion.
(1:04:53) Liars must repent.
(1:07:39) The tabernacle as a type for leaving telestial and terrestrial ground and entering into the celestial. We must be guided by the the Holy Ghost, as were the wise virgins.
(1:09:59) To dress and to keep the garden as it relates to our quest to follow Jesus.
(1:15:18) We should strive to see the big picture of God’s purposes in an eternal perspective.
(1:18:28) Interpretations of taking the Lord’s name in vain.
(1:27:09) Transfiguration of the earth and the Cosmic Covenant.
(1:30:00) Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.
(1:33:16) Our faith in Christ does not take away our challenges, but He is with us. Christians were warned to leave to Pella.

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The post Ep 324 | D&C 60-63, Come Follow Me 2025 (June 9-15) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) The Lord lays out the attributes of celestial people who will build Zion.
(03:03) Be faithful in tribulation instead of feeling wronged and wroth.
(13:12) Francis Webster and the price he paid in the Martin Handcart Company to be acquainted with God.
(18:09) In our quest to build Zion, we need to be obedient and bear testimony.
(20:21) We are to prepare a feast. The feast has layered meanings.
(23:54) What we can learn from those who were reprimanded by the Lord.
(28:04) Description of the land in Jackson County, Missouri, the center place of Zion.
(31:48) The scriptures teach about two different parts of the New Jerusalem. One coming down from heaven and one being built upon the land.
(34:09) Be the kind of people who are anxiously engaged and not waiting to be told what to do.
(41:07) Seeking the praise of the world instead of the praise of God interferes with the building of Zion.
(42:49) If we have repented then we are forgiven and God remembers our sins no more.
(45:31) Let all things be done in wisdom and order.
(50:04) Thank God in all things and take the sacrament on the sabbath day.
(55:04) The fulness of the earth is yours. The feast represents the joy of being brought into God’s presence and anointed by Him.

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The post Ep 323 | D&C 58-59, Come Follow Me 2025 (June 2-8) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) The building of Zion, the New Jerusalem.
(26:45) The parable of the nobleman and the olive trees.
(30:00) The Lord calls the Saints to reclaim the land in Missouri in “Zions Camp.”
(38:52) Edward Partridge’s duties as Bishop pertaining to consecration.
(44:41) The Saints are counseled to “Act upon this land as for years.” The Lord may guide us in a direction that we don’t see.
(47:28) The call to Missouri and the first ordination of High Priests. The Father and the Son’s appearance at the Morley Farm.
(51:39) Joseph Smith’s prediction, “You know no more of the destiny of the church than a babe.”
(54:13) Scripture comes in cultural packaging, it is a God-breathed text. Symonds Ryder as an example.
(59:58) Seek to build the kingdom. Sidney Gilbert’s desire to serve.
(1:07:24) Isaac and Lucy Morley.
(1:09:55) Daniel Webster Jones, his contact with Isaac Morley, and his work on the Spanish Book of Mormon translation.

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The post Ep 322 | D&C 51-57, Come Follow Me 2025 (May 26-June 1) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) Beware of false teachings and false revelation. Even those with good intentions can be led astray.
(02:44) The historical background: Leman Copley and the Shaking Quakers.
(07:32) Essential truths will be taught by every prophet, seer, and revelator.
(16:55) Be open to the Lord’s correction when something we believe is proven incorrect.
(19:17) Clarifying who Jesus is and what He expects of us.
(20:51) The layered meaning of the word prosper.
(25:25) The doctrine of marriage.
(26:59) Avoid doubtful disputations about eating meat.
(30:58) Holy men that you know not of.
(35:21) Three great historical events will transpire before the Second Coming: Jacob will flourish in wilderness, the Lamanites will blossom as the rose, and Zion will flourish upon the hills and mountains. Hugh Nibley’s interpretation of these verses.
(40:17) False forms of revelation and emotional experiences can be mistaken for the Holy Ghost.

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The post Ep 321 | D&C 49-50, Come Follow Me 2025 (May 19-25) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) The gifts of the Spirit are scattered among each of us.
(22:39) Unto some it may be given all the gifts.
(26:08) Professional clergy versus a participatory church structure.
(29:19) Charity is more important than any other gift, to love like God loves.
(35:27) The ways of knowing truth.
(43:26) To believe on others who do know.
(44:01) God suits his mercies according to the conditions of the children of men.
(46:27) Section 47 – John Whitmer.
(50:33) Section 48 – The Colesville branch moves to Ohio and accepts the Law of Consecration.
(58:41) Lydia Knight embodies the spirit of the Colesville Branch.

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The post Ep 320 | D&C 46-48, Come Follow Me 2025 (May 12-18) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) Jesus is our Advocate with the Father.
(07:10) The building of the city of Enoch.
(10:38) A closer look at Alpha and Omega.
(16:27) Joseph Smith Matthew on the Second Coming.
(26:57) The Lord warns His people to flee from danger. The faithful need not worry.
(29:25) Parables that teach us how to be prepared for the Second Coming.
(37:03) What C.S. Lewis said about living in an atomic age.
(41:53) The Abomination of Desolation.
(44:59) Jesus will gather and welcome home the Jews who are scattered.
(47:55) The challenges preceding the Second Coming include wars, earthquakes, deception, and wickedness.
(55:09) Jesus will be victorious and we will witness the miracle of the resurrection.
(1:00:45) Those that knew no law shall be redeemed.
(1:05:37) John Taylor’s vision of how we will build Zion. Hugh Nibley’s comments on Zion.
(1:12:34) In the last days, Zion shall be the only people that shall not be at war.

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