Watching with All Perseverance
David A. Bednar April 2010 Saturday Afternoon Session
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We also are blessed by spiritual early warning signals as a source of protection and direction in our lives.
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Lehi was warned to leave Jerusalem and take his family into the wilderness because the people to whom he had declared repentance sought to kill him (see 1 Nephi 2:1–2).
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“Behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him”
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consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation”
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Spiritual warnings should lead to increasingly vigilant watching.
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The Book of Mormon contains the fulness of the Savior’s gospel and is the only book the Lord Himself has testified to be true (see D&C 17:6; see also Russell M.
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The convincing and converting powers of the Book of Mormon come from both a central focus upon the Lord Jesus Christ and the inspired plainness and clarity of its teachings.
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The Book of Mormon is the most correct of any book on earth because it centers upon the Truth (see John 14:6; 1 Nephi 13:40), even Jesus Christ, and restores the plain and precious things that have been taken away from the true gospel (see 1 Nephi 13:26, 28–29, 32, 34–35, 40).
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The Book of Mormon is the most correct of any book on earth because it centers upon the Truth (see John 14:6; 1 Nephi 13:40), even Jesus Christ, and restores the plain and precious things that have been taken away from the true gospel (see 1 Nephi 13:26, 28–29, 32, 34–35, 40).
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The Book of Mormon is the most correct of any book on earth because it centers upon the Truth (see John 14:6; 1 Nephi 13:40), even Jesus Christ, and restores the plain and precious things that have been taken away from the true gospel (see 1 Nephi 13:26, 28–29, 32, 34–35, 40).
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The Book of Mormon is the most correct of any book on earth because it centers upon the Truth (see John 14:6; 1 Nephi 13:40), even Jesus Christ, and restores the plain and precious things that have been taken away from the true gospel (see 1 Nephi 13:26, 28–29, 32, 34–35, 40).
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Youth of all ages, even infants, can and do respond to the distinctive spirit of the Book of Mormon.
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Youth of all ages, even infants, can and do respond to the distinctive spirit of the Book of Mormon.
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Testimony is personal knowledge, based upon the witness of the Holy Ghost, that certain facts of eternal significance are true.
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Testimony is personal knowledge, based upon the witness of the Holy Ghost, that certain facts of eternal significance are true.
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The knowledge and spiritual conviction we receive from the Holy Ghost are the result of revelation.
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“Neither take ye thought beforehand what ye shall say; but treasure up in your minds continually the words of life, and it shall be given you in the very hour that portion that shall be meted unto every man”
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In the grand division of all of God’s creations, there are “things to act and things to be acted upon” (2 Nephi 2:14).
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In the grand division of all of God’s creations, there are “things to act and things to be acted upon” (2 Nephi 2:14).
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As gospel learners, we should be “doers of the word, and not hearers only” (James 1:22).
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doing. “If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God”
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Inviting children as gospel learners to act and not merely be acted upon builds on reading and talking about the Book of Mormon and bearing testimony spontaneously in the home.
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Are you and I helping our children become agents who act and seek learning by study and by faith, or have we trained our children to wait to be taught and acted upon?
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I bear witness that parents who consistently read and talk about the Book of Mormon with their children, who share testimony spontaneously with their children, and who invite children as gospel learners to act and not merely be acted upon will be blessed with eyes that can see afar off (see Moses 6:27) and with ears that can hear the sound of the trumpet (see Ezekiel 33:2–16).
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I bear witness that parents who consistently read and talk about the Book of Mormon with their children, who share testimony spontaneously with their children, and who invite children as gospel learners to act and not merely be acted upon will be blessed with eyes that can see afar off (see Moses 6:27) and with ears that can hear the sound of the trumpet (see Ezekiel 33:2–16).
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 37: The Resurrection and the Ascension
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- Open paragraph (John 14:26; 16:13)
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- Open paragraph (p)
Assuring the apostles anew that the promise of the Father would be realized in the coming of the Holy Ghost, the Lord instructed them to remain in Jerusalem, whither they had now returned from Galilee, until they would be “endued with power from on high”;o and He added: “For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.”p
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (John 14:26; 16:13)
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- Open paragraph (p)
Assuring the apostles anew that the promise of the Father would be realized in the coming of the Holy Ghost, the Lord instructed them to remain in Jerusalem, whither they had now returned from Galilee, until they would be “endued with power from on high”;o and He added: “For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.”p
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 10: In the Wilderness of Judea
1 shared verse
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (John 14:26; 16:13)
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- Open paragraph (x)
The incidents attending the emergence of Jesus from the baptismal grave demonstrate the distinct individuality of the three Personages of the Godhead.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 25: Jesus Again in Jerusalem
1 shared verse
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (John 7:17)
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- Open paragraph (John 7:17)
The Test of Our Lord’s Doctrine.—Any man may know for himself whether the doctrine of Christ is of God or not by simply doing the will of the Father (John 7:17).
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 26: Our Lord’s Ministry in Perea and Judea
1 shared verse
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Ephesians 6:18)
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- Open paragraph (m)
The judge was of wicked character; he denied justice to the widow, who could obtain redress from none other.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 33: The Last Supper and the Betrayal
1 shared verse
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (John 14:26; 16:13)
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- Open paragraph (r)
The assured descent of the Holy Ghost, through whom they should be made strong to meet every need and emergency, was the inspiring theme of this part of the Lord’s discourse.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 8: The Babe of Bethlehem
1 shared verse
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Matthew 2:13)
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Herod’s perfidy in directing the magi to return and report to him where the royal Infant was to be found, falsely professing that he wished to worship Him also, while in his heart he purposed taking the Child’s life, was thwarted by the divine warning given to the wise men as already noted.
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The Articles of Faith
Article 4
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (John 14:26; 16:13)
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- Open paragraph (John 14:26)
Elder James E.
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The Articles of Faith
Article 8
1 shared verse
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (1 Nephi 13:26, 28)
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- Open paragraph (1 Nephi 13:26)
“And all this have they done that they might pervert the right ways of the Lord, that they might blind the eyes and harden the hearts of the children of men” (1 Nephi 13:26–27; see also vv. 28–29).
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 12: Early Incidents in Our Lord’s Public Ministry
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 35: Death and Burial
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 5: Earthly Advent of the Christ Predicted
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