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"In the Beginning was the WORD"
-- John 1:1 |
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Core Scriptures:
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Colors
are used to show link between consistent themes:
what we do to receive the
word and come
to a fullness, or how
we refuse the light
and hold ourselves in condemnation instead. |
 | "Whosoever cometh to me,
and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I
will show you to whom he is like: he is like a man which built an house, and
digged deep,
and laid the foundation
on a rock." (Luke
6:47,48)
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| "The
words and the way they are used in the Book
of Mormon by the Lord should
become our source
of understanding and should be used by us in
teaching gospel principles." (Ezra
Taft Benson, Gen. Conf., Apr. 1987)
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of statement by President Benson
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| "And when they shall have received
this, which is expedient that they should have first, to try
their faith, and if it shall so be that they shall believe these
things then shall the greater things
be made manifest
unto them. And if it so be that they will not
believe these things, then shall the greater
things be withheld from them, unto their condemnation."
(3 Ne. 26:9,10.)
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| "And your minds in times past have been darkened because
of unbelief, and because you have treated
lightly the things you have received - - which vanity
and unbelief have brought the whole church under condemnation.
And this condemnation resteth upon the children of Zion, even all. And they
shall remain under this condemnation until they repent
and remember the new covenant, even the
Book of Mormon and the former commandments [Bible]
which I have given
them, not only to say, but to do
according to that which I have written - - that they may bring
forth fruit meet for their
Father's kingdom; otherwise there remaineth a
scourge and judgment to be poured out upon the
children of Zion." (D&C 84:54-62.)
| See D&C 84 = Ether 4 parallel (also in script):
The Oath and the Covenant of the Priesthood parallel.
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| "I will give unto the children of men line
upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and
there a little; and blessed are those who hearken
unto my precepts, and lend an
ear unto my
counsel, for they shall learn wisdom;
for unto him that receiveth
I will give more;
and from them that shall say, We have
enough, from them shall be taken
away even that which they have. ...Wo be unto
the Gentiles, saith the Lord God of Hosts! For notwithstanding I
shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day to day, they
will deny me." (2 Nephi 28:30,32.)
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| "For all tables
are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. Whom
shall he teach knowledge?
and whom shall he make to understand
doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the
breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line
upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a
little." (Isaiah 28:8-11.)
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| "For if you keep my
commandments you shall receive
of his fulness,
and be glorified in me as I am in the
Father; therefore, I say unto you, you shall receive grace
for grace." (D&C 93:20.)
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| "At that day when the Gentiles shall sin
against my
gospel, and shall reject
the fulness of my
gospel..., I will bring the fulness of my
gospel from among them. And then will I remember my
covenant which I have made unto my people, O house of Israel, and I will
bring my gospel unto them. ...But if the Gentiles will repent
and return unto me, saith
the Father, behold
they shall be numbered among my
people, O house of Israel. ...But if they will not turn
unto me, and
hearken unto my
voice, I will suffer them, yea, I will suffer my
people, O house of Israel, that they shall go through among them, and shall
tread them down, and they
shall be as salt that hath lost its savor,
which is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out, and to be trodden
under foot of my people, O house of Israel." (3 Nephi
16:10-15.)
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| "And when the times of the Gentiles is come in, a
light shall break forth among them that sit in
darkness, and it shall be the fulness
of my gospel; but they receive
it not; for they perceive
not the light, and they turn
their hearts from me because of the precepts of men.
And in that generation shall the times of
the Gentiles be fulfilled." (D&C
45:28-30)
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| "For if thou [Gentiles] wert cut out of
the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature
into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural
branches [Israel], be grafted into their own olive tree?
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest
ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness
in part is happened to Israel, until the
fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel
shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the
Deliverer, and shall turn
away ungodliness from Jacob: for this
is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their
sins." (Romans 11:24-27.)
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| "For I will send my servant
unto you who are blind;
yea, a messenger to open the eyes
of the
blind, and
unstop the ears of
the deaf; and they
shall be made perfect notwithstanding their blindness,
if they will hearken unto the
messenger, the Lord's servant.
Thou art a people, seeing many things, but thou observest
not; opening the ears to hear, but thou hearest
not. The Lord is not well pleased with such a people,
but for his righteousness' sake he will magnify the law and make it
honorable." (JST-Isaiah 42:19-23.)
| JST-Isaiah 42:19-23 is found in the appendix of the LDS
Bible, on page 801
[Wasatch Front area code].
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| "In that day when I came unto mine own, no
man among you received me,
and you were driven out.
When I called again there was none
of you to answer." (D&C 133:66,67.)
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| "Therefore it shall come to pass that whosoever will not
believe in my
words, who am Jesus
Christ, which the
Father shall cause him
to bring forth unto the Gentiles, and shall
give unto him
power that he
shall bring them forth unto the Gentiles, (it shall be done even as Moses
said) they shall be cut off
from among my people who are of the covenant." (3 Nephi
21:11.)
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| "Unto him
will I give power to bring forth my
word unto the seed of thy loins--and not to the
bringing forth my word only, saith the Lord, but to the convincing
them of my word,
which shall have already gone forth among them.
Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write; and the fruit of the loins of
Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy
loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of
Judah, shall grow together,
unto the confounding of false doctrines
and laying down of contentions, and establishing
peace among the fruit of thy loins, and bringing them to the knowledge
of their fathers in the latter days, and also to the knowledge
of my covenants, saith the Lord." (2 Nephi
3:11,12.)
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| "Ho, every one that thirsteth,
come ye to the waters,
and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and
milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that
which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken
diligently unto me,
and eat ye that
which is good, and
let your soul delight
itself in fatness. Incline
your ear, and come unto me:
hear, and your soul shall live;
and I will make an everlasting
covenant with you, even the sure
mercies of David. Behold,
I have given
him for a witness
to the people, a leader and commander to the people."
(Isaiah 55:1-4.)
| See Isaiah 54 = 55 parallel (download WP.zip
file)
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| "Wherefore seeing we are compassed about with so great
a cloud of witnesses, let us lay
aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset
us, and let us run with patience
the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus
the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before
him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set
down at the right
hand of the throne of God."
(Heb. 12:1,2.)
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| "For whosoever hath,
to him shall be given,
and he shall have more abundance:
but whosoever hath not,
from him shall be taken away
even that he hath. Therefore speak I
to them in parables: because they seeing see
not; and hearing they hear
not, neither do they understand. And in them is
fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and
shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: for
this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and
their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their
eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and
should be converted, and I should heal them. But
blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear."
(Matt. 13:12-16.)
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| "Verily, verily, I say unto you
who now hear my words,
which are my
voice, blessed are ye inasmuch as you receive
these things; for I
will forgive you of your sins with this
commandment--that you remain steadfast in your minds in solemnity and the
spirit of prayer, in bearing testimony to all the world of those things
which are communicated unto you. Therefore, go ye
into all the world; and unto whatsoever place ye cannot go ye shall send,
that the testimony may go from you into all the world unto every
creature." (D&C 84:54-62.)
| See D&C 84 = Ether 4 parallel (also in script):
The Oath and the Covenant of the Priesthood parallel. |
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Compilation
by Sterling D. Allan; February 26, 1998
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