1 Nephi 20 :8
Do Good
What
8 Yea,
and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time
thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldst deal very
treacherously, and wast called a atransgressor from
the womb.
You ignored the
prophecies, you refused to listen, I have had trouble with you
Israelites from the very beginning.
Why
the
Lord is speaking to the 12 tribes of Israel through Isaiah the
prophet. We a humans have the weakness of the flesh and make
mistakes. The 12 tribes or the sons of Jacob were very prone to the
weakness of following Satan more than God. They also liked to
worship idols.
Pattern
Ps.
58:3
Mosiah
3:16, 18
16
And even if it were possible that little children could
sin they could not be saved; but I say unto you they are blessed;
for behold, as in Adam, or by nature, they fall, even so the blood of
Christ atoneth for
their sins.
18 For behold he judgeth, and his judgment is just; and the infant perisheth not that dieth in his infancy; but men drink damnation to their own souls except they humble themselves and become as little children, and believe that salvation was, and is, and is to come, in and through the atoning blood of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent.
18 For behold he judgeth, and his judgment is just; and the infant perisheth not that dieth in his infancy; but men drink damnation to their own souls except they humble themselves and become as little children, and believe that salvation was, and is, and is to come, in and through the atoning blood of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent.
Moro.
8:8, 22
8 Listen to
the words of Christ, your Redeemer, your Lord and your God. Behold, I
came into the world not to call the righteous but sinners to
repentance; the whole need
no physician, but they that are sick; wherefore, little children are
whole,
for they are not capable of committing sin;
wherefore the curse of Adam is
taken from them in me, that it hath no power over them; and the law
of circumcision is
done away in me.
22 For behold that all little children are alive in Christ, and also all they that are without the law. For the power of redemption cometh on all them that have no law; wherefore, he that is not condemned, or he that is under no condemnation, cannot repent; and unto such baptism availeth nothing—
22 For behold that all little children are alive in Christ, and also all they that are without the law. For the power of redemption cometh on all them that have no law; wherefore, he that is not condemned, or he that is under no condemnation, cannot repent; and unto such baptism availeth nothing—
DD&C
2&C 29:46
D&C
29:46
But
behold, I say unto you, that little children are redeemed from
the foundation of the world through mine Only Begotten;
D&C
74:1, 7
1
For the unbelieving husbandis sanctified by
the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; else
were your children unclean, but now are they holy.
Christ
Jesus
Christ is speaking and He knows all people from the beginning. He
speaks through Isaiah and all of His Prophets.
Conference
10/16
Gary E. Stevenson 12
Look
to the Book, Look to the Lord
There
is a personal lesson for you in Mary’s story. Each of you young
men, young women, and children can have the same feelings she had.
When you read the Book of Mormon and pray with a desire to know it is
true, you too can receive the same impression in your heart that Mary
received. You may also find that as you stand and bear witness of the
Book of Mormon, you will feel the same spirit of confirmation. The
Holy Ghost will speak to your heart. You can also feel this same
spirit of confirmation when you hear others share their testimonies
of the Book of Mormon. Each of these spiritual witnesses can lead to
the Book of Mormon becoming the keystone of your testimony.
Let
me explain. The Prophet Joseph Smith, who translated the Book of
Mormon through “the gift and power of God,” described the Book of
Mormon as “the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone
of our religion.”2
Since
the Book of Mormon’s first printing in 1830, more than 174 million
copies have been published in 110 different languages, demonstrating
that the Book of Mormon is still the keystone of our religion. But
what does this mean for each of you?
In
gospel terms it is a gift and blessing from the Lord that the
keystone of our religion is something as tangible and graspable as
the Book of Mormon and that you can hold it and read it. Can you see
the Book of Mormon as your keystone, your spiritual center of
strength?
President
Ezra Taft Benson expanded on those teachings of Joseph Smith. He
said: “There are three ways in which the Book of Mormon is the
keystone of our religion. It is the keystone in our witness of
Christ. It is the keystone of our doctrine. It is the keystone of
testimony.”
President
Benson further taught: “The Book of Mormon teaches us truth [and]
bears testimony of Christ. … But there is something more.
There is a power in the book which will begin to flow into your lives
the moment you begin a serious study of the book. You will find
greater power to resist temptation. … You will find the power
to stay on the strait and narrow path.”3
10/16
-W. Mark Bassett 70
For
Our Spiritual Development and Learning
...Ancient
prophets taught this same principle, demonstrating that over time
human nature has not changed and that the Lord’s pattern for
learning is timeless. Consider this Old Testament proverb: “Trust
in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding.”11
Isaiah
explained, speaking for the Lord, “For as the heavens are higher
than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts
than your thoughts.”12
Nephi
added another witness when he proclaimed, “O Lord, I have trusted
in thee, and I will trust in thee forever.”13
Faith
and trust in the Lord require us to acknowledge that His wisdom is
superior to our own. We must also acknowledge that His plan provides
the greatest potential for spiritual development and learning.
We
were never expected “to have a perfect knowledge of things”
during this mortal existence. Instead, we are expected to “hope for
things which are not seen, which are true.”14
,,,“… The
scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is
a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of
it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in
their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator.”17
As
we acknowledge that we are the workmanship of a wise and devoted
Father in Heaven, “O then,” why not allow Him to guide our
spiritual development and learning “according to his will and
pleasure” rather than our own?18
He
lives. Jesus Christ is His Only Begotten Son and the Redeemer of
mankind. Because of Christ’s infinite Atonement, He has the wisdom
and foresight to guide us in these latter days. Joseph Smith is His
prophet, chosen to restore His kingdom on earth to its fulness.
Thomas S. Monson is His living prophet and spokesman today. Of
this I bear my sincere witness in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Apply
Do
not be like the Israelites who followed Moses into the wilderness and
then were not faithful. Do not ignore His word.
Put
your trust in God, learn of Him by studying the scriptures. Keep the
commandments and strive to do good.
Hymns
223
-Have I Done Any Good In the World Today?
237-
Do What Is Right
Children
159-
Stand For The Right
158-Dare
to Do Right
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