“Hold Up Your Light”

Scripture citations

1. Abraham 1:18

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   [And] through thy ministry my name shall be known in the earth forever, for I am thy God.” (Abr.

   Alludes to High confidence

2. Abraham 2:9

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   This blessing was extended to Abraham’s posterity, who would “bear this ministry and Priesthood unto all nations.” (See Abr.

   Alludes to High confidence

3. Mosiah 18:8

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   In the Book of Mormon we are told that “to be called His people” we must be willing “to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places, … even until death.” (Mosiah 18:8–9.) As individual members of the Church it is in the everyday context of our lives that this witness we exemplify comes under constant scrutiny.

   Alludes to High confidence

4. Revelation 20:12

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   I thought of the scripture in Revelation in which John saw the books opened, “and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.” (Rev.

   Alludes to High confidence

5. 3 Nephi 18:24

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   To the Nephites Jesus said, “Hold up your light that it may shine unto the world.

   Alludes to High confidence

6. 1 Peter 2:9

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   “Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that … they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.” (1 Pet.

   Alludes to High confidence

7. 1 Peter 2:11

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   “Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that … they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.” (1 Pet.

   Alludes to High confidence

8. Exodus 20:16

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   To the Israelites and again to the Nephites the Lord commanded: “Thou shalt not bear false witness.” (See Ex.

   Alludes to High confidence

9. Mosiah 13:23

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   To the Israelites and again to the Nephites the Lord commanded: “Thou shalt not bear false witness.” (See Ex.

   Alludes to High confidence

10. Psalms 14

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    “One by one they turned silently away.

    Alludes to High confidence

11. 1 Timothy 4:12

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    When I heard this tribute, I thought of Paul’s counsel to Timothy: “Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” (1 Tim.

    Alludes to High confidence

12. Isaiah 43:10

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    “Ye are my witnesses,” said the Lord through Isaiah.

    Alludes to High confidence

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1. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 26: Our Lord’s Ministry in Perea and Judea

   1 shared verse

   • Revelation 20:12

     In this talk:

     Open paragraph (Rev. 20:12)

     In Jesus the Christ:

     Open paragraph (x)

     Considerable time may have elapsed, weeks or possibly months, between the departure of the Seventy and their return.

2. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 3: The Need of a Redeemer

   1 shared verse

   • Revelation 20:12

     In this talk:

     Open paragraph (Rev. 20:12)

     In Jesus the Christ:

     Open paragraph (z)

     Those who thus early came forth are spoken of as “the saints”; and other scriptures confirm the fact that only the righteous shall be brought forth in the earlier stages of the resurrection yet to be consummated; but that all the dead shall in turn resume bodies of flesh and bones is placed beyond doubt by the revealed word.

3. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 6: The Meridian of Time

   1 shared verse

   • 1 Peter 2:9

     In this talk:

     Open paragraph (1 Pet. 2:9, 11)

     In Jesus the Christ:

     Open paragraph (s)

     In their relations with other peoples the Jews generally endeavored to maintain a haughty exclusiveness, which brought upon them Gentile ridicule.