1
Nephi 20:17
Follow
His Chosen Leaders
What
17 And
thus saith the Lord, thy aRedeemer,
the Holy One of Israel; I have sent him, the Lord thy God who
teacheth thee to profit, who bleadeth thee
by the way thou shouldst go, hath done it.
[I , the Lord,
have sent him (Israel or Isaiah or both)thy Lord who teaches you to
benefit and to lead you the way that you should go. and he has done
it.]
Why
because people need
righteous leaders and teachers who are guided by the Lord to show
them the way
Pattern
Redeemer
TG Jesus
Christ, Jehovah
Jesus
Christ, Jehovah
- Lord God made the earth and the heavens
3 Ne.
11:14
14
Arise and come forth unto me, that ye may thrust your
hands into my side, and also that ye may feel the
prints of the nails in my hands and in my feet, that ye may know that
I am the God of
Israel, and the God of the whole earth,
and have been slain for the sins of the world.
Leadeth
TG Guidance,
Divine
See
also God,
Spirit of ; God,
Wisdom of ; Holy
Ghost, Mission of; Inspiration ; Revelation ; Spirit ;Walking
with God
Guidance,
Divine
Ps.
25:9
Isa.
58:11
11
And the Lord shall guide thee
continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought,
and make
fat thy
bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of
water, whose waters fail not.
Prov.
3:6
Christ
.James
1:5
5 If any
of you lack wisdom,
let him ask of God, that giveth to
all men liberally,
and upbraideth not;
and it shall be given him.
Matt.
28:20
20 Teaching them
to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am
with you alway, even unto
the end of
the world. Amen.
Conference
10/16 W. Mark
Bassett 70
For Our Spiritual
Development and learning
“For
my soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them,
and writeth them for the learning and the profit of my children.
“Behold,
my soul delighteth in the things of the Lord; and my heart pondereth
continually upon the things which I have seen and heard.”2
In
addition, during past dispensations and in this last dispensation of
the fulness of times, worthy members of the Lord’s Church have been
blessed with the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost, who aids
in 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.
...Nephi’s
example of seeking knowledge included (1) a sincere desire,
(2) humility, (3) prayer, (4) trust in the prophet,
and an exercise of (5) faith, (6) diligence, and
(7) obedience. This method of seeking is in great contrast to my
“prying at the plates,” or trying to force an understanding of
things meant to be revealed according to the Lord’s timetable and
through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Apply
We
learn as we are taught by the Spirit. Without it we cannot
understand the things God would reveal to us. He has sent us
prophets and leaders who are under His direction to help us learn the
things that will benefit us. We would be wise to study all the
scriptures and especially our modern day prophets who have been sent
to us in our time to teach us according to the Lord's will and who
are accompanied by the Spirit. We would do well to recognize the
Spirit and to be humble and obedient.
Hymns
2-The
Spirit of God Like a Fire is Burning
Children
160
The Still Small Voice
177-Teach
Me To Walk In the Light
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