Lynne's Scripture Journal D&C

October 30, 2018 Section 122:1-9 Trials and Tribulations, Endure to the End, Atonement, Lord’s Closeness to Us, This is the second revelation that was received over a 5 day period when Joseph was in Liberty Jail. This is how one description that went right to my heart: “ The five months of imprisonment, abuse, malnutrition, and separation that the Prophet Joseph Smith and his friends suffered in Liberty Jail in Missouri contrast starkly with the sublime communication sent by the Prophet to the suffering Saints.” V 1 speaks of the harsh experiences that Joseph Smith will receive from men and from hell. President Kimball said, besides fulfilling prophecy, this negative attention is in one way a good sign: “We can…tell that we are making progress by the attention we get from the adversary….This has been the lot of the Lord’s people from the beginning, and it will be no different in our time.” April 1980 Gen Conf In verses 4-7 the Lord details various, an...

October 29, 2018 Section 121:26-46 Testimony, Loss of Faith, Revelation Still Guides the Church, Callings in the Church, Promises of Performing Pure Service, Service Rewards, Growth and Development, Eternal Growth, I re-read a quote from the student manual when I sat down today. It is from George Q Cannon and he is speaking about how people who once believed fall away: “ The Saints should not imagine that because they know the truth and the Work of God at the present time, that they will alsways know these things and therefore be able to stand. If they lose the Holy Spirit throught their transgressions, from that moment theier knowledge respecting he Work of God ceases to increase and becomes dead: a short time only elapses before such persons deny the faith. ” I don’t know if we can steriotype how people decided to leave the church. But I do know that this life is to help us progress, and that a spiritual truth is that we are either progressing or regressing. If we...

October 28, 2018 Section 121:1-25 Trials, Tribulations, Endure to the End, Liberty Jail, Peace from the Lord, Blessings of Trials Tribulations and Hardships, Joseph Smith wrote this revelation, as well as Section 122 and 123 when he was in-prisoned in Liberty Jail for some months, in terrible conditions, and under terrible treatment. President Joseph Fielding Smith wrote of these as “one of the greatest letters that was ever penned by the hand of man. In fact it was the result of humble inspiration . It is a prayer and a prophecy and an answer by revelation from theLord. None other but a noble soul filled with the spirit of love of Christ could have written such a letter. Considering [their sufferings], it is no wonder that the Prophet cried out in the anguish of his soul for relief. Yet, in his earnest pleading, there breathed a spirit of tolerance and love for his fellow man.” (Church Hisotry and Modern Revelations, 2-176.) So Joseph is living...

October 25, 2018 Section 120:1 Tithing and Its Disbursement, Christ Guides This Church,  In the 1943 Oct Gen Conf, President J Rebven Clark Jr spoke about tithing and how it was handled by the church: “ Under the direction of the First Presidency a budget is drawn up, as nearly as may be at the first of the year, which includes all of the proposed expenditures of the tithing. This budget is the result of the careful consideration of the departments which are responsible for the expenditure of the funds.     This budget is then taken before the Council on the Expenditure of the Tithing, composed, as the revelation provides, of the First Presidency, the Council of the Twelve, and the Presiding Bishopric. This council considers and discusses the budget so submitted, approving or disapproving, as the case may be, individual items, but finally passing the budget.     The approved budget as it comes from that meeting is then turned...