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(00:00) The historical background of these sections.
(03:17) The process may be more important than the product.
(13:02) The mission to the Lamanites.
(30:25) Don’t fear man more than you fear God. Remember God is great.
(42:39) The promises to Thomas B. Marsh in Section 31.
(53:47) The blessings the Lord pours out on missionaries.

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The post Ep 315 | D&C 30-36, Come Follow Me 2025 (April 7-13) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) An overview – Christ will prevail.
(07:25) The background to this section is the Joseph Smith Translation.
(12:28) The name of Christ: I Am that I Am.
(21:08) God promises to gather His people as a hen gathereth her chicks.
(29:06) The earth will be changed and wickedness shall not be upon the earth.
(33:07) Ezekiel lived in Babylon during the captivity.
(45:15) Satan will be cast out at the end of the Millennium.
(50:44) A spiritual creation and a temporal creation.
(58:54) God honors our agency.

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The post Ep 314 | D&C 29, Come Follow Me 2025 (March 31-April 6) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) The symbolism of the Feast in the First Israelite Temple.
(22:32) The Sacrament in other Christian traditions.
(26:58) How to get to the feast. We can cover our vulnerabilities with the Armor of God.
(53:56) Hyrum Page has a seer stone. Official instruction can only be declared through proper authority.
(1:05:37) If someone offends you, speak to them personally.

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The post Ep 313 | D&C 27-28, Come Follow Me 2025 (March 24-30) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) An overview of the three interpretive layers to Section 25.
(06:26) Second layer: the Lord speaking to and about women.
(27:25) Third layer: the bride as a symbol for the Church.
(33:07) The Lord counsels us to not murmur about things we don’t have.
(54:08) First layer: a historical view of Emma’s life.
(1:33:41) Sections 23 & 24 encourage us to work on our weaknesses.
(1:48:10) Counsel to Joseph Knight. Newell Knight’s experience with Satan.
(1:51:16) An analysis of the command to cast the dust off the feet.
(1:58:17) The Law of Common Consent.

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The post Ep 312 | D&C 23-26, Come Follow Me 2025 (March 17-23) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) The Constitution of the Church. People before programs.
(07:00) The order of important truths.
(15:33) Early Christianity developed creeds to combat views that were deemed heretical.
(21:41) Section 20 as a case study in the production of scripture.
(25:20) Oliver contends with Joseph over having standards to enter the Kingdom.
(28:39) Duties of the priesthood and all members.
(38:54) The Sacrament is a willingness to covenant with the Lord and take His name upon us.
(45:15) Joseph Smith is called to be a seer. His word will guide the cause of Zion.
(55:46) Jacob Haun and the importance of taking counsel.

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The post Ep 311 | D&C 20-22, Come Follow Me 2025 (March 10-16) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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(00:00) The historical background of this section.
(02:03) This revelation given to Martin Harris helps unlock the Bible.
(05:46) God’s punishment ends as soon as His objectives are met. There is an entrance and an exit to Hell.
(29:55) The Savior opens a window into his painful Gethsemane experience.
(33:43) Historical approaches to the Afterlife.
(40:42) Joseph Smith said the Saints should study the purpose of life and death more than any other subject.
(47:41) Enoch’s vision of the underworld. The Book of Mormon is in the same genre as prophets that were edited out of the Bible.
(50:25) What Christian texts say about the Afterlife. Hades and Tartarus, the prison of the Spirit World. Origen and Augustine’s opposite views.
(54:21) God is not an umpire trying to call you out, but a coach trying to wave you home.
(56:10) Learn, listen, and walk.
(56:55) Seeing all the good Martin Harris did adds perspective.

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The post Ep 310 | D&C 19, Come Follow Me 2025 (March 3-9) appeared first on LDS Scripture Teachings.

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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.