- General Conference
- 1984
- October 1984
- Learning Our Father’s Will
Learning Our Father’s Will
Hugh W. Pinnock October 1984 Sunday Afternoon Session
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A friend asked me several months ago why so many problems have been plaguing a number of the members of the Church recently.
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Would a person languish in self-pity and guilt if he understood the teachings of Jesus: “In my Father’s house are many mansions.
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Would a person languish in self-pity and guilt if he understood the teachings of Jesus: “In my Father’s house are many mansions.
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“But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.”
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How could anyone claim that we are not Christian people if they had even a minimal understanding of the original Church as described in the New Testament, with baptism for the dead (see 1 Cor.
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How could anyone claim that we are not Christian people if they had even a minimal understanding of the original Church as described in the New Testament, with baptism for the dead (see 1 Cor.
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How could anyone claim that we are not Christian people if they had even a minimal understanding of the original Church as described in the New Testament, with baptism for the dead (see 1 Cor.
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How could anyone claim that we are not Christian people if they had even a minimal understanding of the original Church as described in the New Testament, with baptism for the dead (see 1 Cor.
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“But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.”
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“Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man, or maketh flesh his arm, or shall hearken unto the precepts of men, save their precepts shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost.”
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“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”
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“Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.”
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Or would immorality be running rampant if people comprehended those precious words found in the first letter to the Corinthians where we learn that a person who commits fornication sins against his own body, which is the temple of the Holy Ghost, and that our bodies are not our own but have been bought through the sacrifice of Jesus.
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“And he that looketh upon a woman to lust after her shall deny the faith, and shall not have the Spirit; and if he repents not he shall be cast out.” (D&C 42:22–23.)
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 11: From Judea to Galilee
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (John 8:10)
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- Open paragraph (z)
It was customary to provide at wedding feasts a sufficiency of wine, the pure though weak product of the local vineyards, which was the ordinary table beverage of the time.
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- Open paragraph (Matt. 24:24)
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- Open paragraph (d)
The act of transmutation whereby water became wine was plainly a miracle, a phenomenon not susceptible of explanation, far less of demonstration, by what we consider the ordinary operation of natural law.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 17: The Sermon on the Mount
1 shared verse
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- Open paragraph (Matthew 5:48)
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- Open paragraph (Matthew 5:48)
Relative Perfection.—Our Lord’s admonition to men to become perfect, even as the Father is perfect (Matthew 5:48) cannot rationally be construed otherwise than as implying the possibility of such achievement.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 25: Jesus Again in Jerusalem
1 shared verse
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- Open paragraph (John 8:10)
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- Open paragraph (v)
Having spoken, Jesus again stooped and wrote upon the ground.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 3: The Need of a Redeemer
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Gen. 1:26)
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- Open paragraph (d)
In accordance with the plan adopted in the council of the Gods, man was created as an embodied spirit; his tabernacle of flesh was composed of the elements of earth.d He was given commandment and law, and was free to obey or disobey—with the just and inevitable condition that he should enjoy or suffer the natural results of his choice.e Adam, the first manf placed upon the earth in pursuance of the established plan, and Eve who was given unto him as companion and associate, indispensable to h...
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 31: The Close of Our Lord’s Public Ministry
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- Open paragraph (Heb. 5:6, 10)
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- Open paragraph (t)
Sadducees, Herodians, Pharisees, lawyers, and scribes, all had in turn met discomfiture and defeat in their efforts to entangle Jesus on questions of doctrine or practice, and had utterly failed to incite Him to any act or utterance on which they could lawfully charge Him with offense.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 36: In the Realm of Disembodied Spirits
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- Open paragraph (1 Cor. 15:29)
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From these and other scriptures it is evident that the ministry of Christ among the disembodied was foreseen, predicted, and accomplished.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 4: The Antemortal Godship of Christ
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- Open paragraph (Gen. 1:26)
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- Open paragraph (b)
The scriptures specify three personages in the Godhead; (1) God the Eternal Father, (2) His Son Jesus Christ, and (3) the Holy Ghost.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 5: Earthly Advent of the Christ Predicted
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- Open paragraph (Heb. 5:6, 10)
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Job in the day of dire affliction rejoiced in his testimony of the coming Messiah, and declared with prophetic conviction: “I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.”l The songs of David the psalmist abound in oft-recurring allusion to the earthly life of Christ, many circumstances of which are described in detail, and, as to these, corroboration of the utterances is found in New Testament scriptures.m
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