The Blessing of Scripture
D. Todd Christofferson April 2010 Saturday Afternoon Session
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In a complete reversal from a century ago, many today would dispute with Alma about the seriousness of immorality.
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In a complete reversal from a century ago, many today would dispute with Alma about the seriousness of immorality.
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He sought the approval of church authorities to prepare a translation of the Bible in English so that all could read and apply the word of God.
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Not long before his death, the prophet Alma entrusted the sacred records of the people to his son Helaman.
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Not long before his death, the prophet Alma entrusted the sacred records of the people to his son Helaman.
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The scriptures also enlarge our memory by helping us not forget what we and earlier generations have learned.
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The scriptures also enlarge our memory by helping us not forget what we and earlier generations have learned.
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God uses scripture to unmask erroneous thinking, false traditions, and sin with its devastating effects.
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“Know ye not, my son, that these things are an abomination in the sight of the Lord; yea, most abominable above all sins save it be the shedding of innocent blood or denying the Holy Ghost?”
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In a complete reversal from a century ago, many today would dispute with Alma about the seriousness of immorality.
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In a complete reversal from a century ago, many today would dispute with Alma about the seriousness of immorality.
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In a complete reversal from a century ago, many today would dispute with Alma about the seriousness of immorality.
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In the end, the central purpose of all scripture is to fill our souls with faith in God the Father and in His Son, Jesus Christ—faith that They exist; faith in the Father’s plan for our immortality and eternal life; faith in the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, which animates this plan of happiness; faith to make the gospel of Jesus Christ our way of life; and faith to come to know “the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom [He has] sent” (John 17:3).
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The word of God, as Alma said, is like a seed planted in our hearts that produces faith as it begins to grow within us (see Alma 32:27–43; see also Romans 10:13–17).
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The word of God, as Alma said, is like a seed planted in our hearts that produces faith as it begins to grow within us (see Alma 32:27–43; see also Romans 10:13–17).
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“I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
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Because they expound the doctrine of Christ, the scriptures are accompanied by the Holy Spirit, whose role it is to bear witness of the Father and the Son (see 3 Nephi 11:32).
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Because they expound the doctrine of Christ, the scriptures are accompanied by the Holy Spirit, whose role it is to bear witness of the Father and the Son (see 3 Nephi 11:32).
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Because they expound the doctrine of Christ, the scriptures are accompanied by the Holy Spirit, whose role it is to bear witness of the Father and the Son (see 3 Nephi 11:32).
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Consider the magnitude of our blessing to have the Holy Bible and some 900 additional pages of scripture, including the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price.
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Consider the magnitude of our blessing to have the Holy Bible and some 900 additional pages of scripture, including the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 24: From Sunshine to Shadow
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Matthew 15:22)
- In Jesus the Christ:
- Open paragraph (Matthew 15:22)
Faith in Behalf of Others.—The supplication of the agonized father for the benefit of his sorely afflicted son—“Have compassion on us, and help us” (Mark 9:22)—shows that he made the boy’s case his own.
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Matthew 8:5)
- In Jesus the Christ:
- Open paragraph (Matthew 8:5)
Faith in Behalf of Others.—The supplication of the agonized father for the benefit of his sorely afflicted son—“Have compassion on us, and help us” (Mark 9:22)—shows that he made the boy’s case his own.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 17: The Sermon on the Mount
1 shared verse
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- Open paragraph (Matthew 7:6)
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- Open paragraph (f)
These disciples, some of whom were soon to minister in the authority of the Holy Apostleship, were cautioned against the indiscreet and indiscriminate scattering of the sacred truths and precepts committed to them.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 2: Preexistence and Foreordination of the Christ
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- Open paragraph (John 17:3)
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- Open paragraph (u)
When the hour of His betrayal was near, in the last interview with the apostles prior to His agonizing experience in Gethsemane, Jesus comforted them saying: “For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 20: “Peace, Be Still”
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- Open paragraph (Matthew 15:22)
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- Open paragraph (g)
Two other instances of miraculous healing are chronicled by Matthew as closely following the raising of the daughter of Jairus.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 22: A Period of Darkening Opposition
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- Open paragraph (Matthew 7:6)
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- Open paragraph (o)
The woman, with importunate desire came near, possibly entering the house; she fell at the Lord’s feet and worshiped Him, pleading pitifully, “Lord, help me.” To her Jesus said, “It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.” The words, harsh as they may sound to us, were understood by her in the spirit of the Lord’s intent.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 29: On to Jerusalem
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- Open paragraph (Matthew 15:22)
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- Open paragraph (h)
The man who is more particularly mentioned, Bartimeus, sat by the wayside, asking alms.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 37: The Resurrection and the Ascension
1 shared verse
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Job 19:25)
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- Open paragraph (Job 19:25)
The foregoing instances of false and untenable theories regarding the resurrection of our Lord are cited as examples of the numerous abortive attempts to explain away the greatest miracle and the most glorious fact of history.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 5: Earthly Advent of the Christ Predicted
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- Open paragraph (Job 19:25)
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- Open paragraph (l)
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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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 6: The Meridian of Time
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- Open paragraph (D&C 20:26)
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- Open paragraph (b)
Unto Moses, with whom the Lord spake “face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend,”a the course of the human race, both as then past and future, was made known; and the coming of the Redeemer was recognized by him as the event of greatest import in all the happenings to which the earth and its inhabitants would be witness.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 7: Gabriel’s Annunciation of John and of Jesus
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Matthew 15:22)
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- Open paragraph (b)
Two genealogical records purporting to give the lineage of Jesus are found in the New Testament, one in the first chapter of Matthew, the other in the third chapter of Luke.
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The Articles of Faith
Article 8
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (2 Nephi 32:3)
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- Open paragraph (2 Nephi 32:3)
Elder Gene R.
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The Articles of Faith
Article 1
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