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"In the Beginning was the WORD"
-- John 1:1
Core Scriptures:
 | "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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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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| "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.)
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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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what we do to receive the
word and come to a fullness,
or how we refuse the
light and hold ourselves in condemnation instead.
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