Lynne's Scripture Journal D&C

January 28, 2019 Section 135:1-7 Martyrdom of Joseph Smith, Charity, Lord Can Direct Our Lives if We Let Him, Prayers What to Include,   This section, by John Taylor, is written “ to seal the testimony of this book and the Book of Mormon”. John Taylor and Willard Richards, both apostles, were in the room with Joseph and Hyrum when the mob attacked. V 2 speaks of Elder Richards saying “ through the providence of God escaped, without even a hole in his robe.” I never knew the following:   “ Dr Richards’ escape was miraculous; he being a very large man, and in the midst of a shower of balls, yet he stood unscathed, with the exception of a ball witch grazed the tip end of the lower part of his left ear. His escape fulfilled literally a prophecy which Joseph made over a year previously, that the time would come that the balls would fly around him like hail, and he should see his fiends fall on the right and on the left but that there should not ...

July 26, 2018 Section 105:26-41 Law of Consecration, United Order, Charity, Draw Near Unto Me, Seeing Others as the Lord Sees Them, Spiritual Growth, Patience, Endurance, Keeping Our Goal In Sight, As I read v 28 & 29, it suddenly struck me at the economy of the Lord’s language, of his ability to say so much in so few words. He is speaking of how to proceed with the growth and settlement of Jackson County, and this is given AFTER many of the saints have been forced from their home, and after the Lord has explained where and how they failed to live up to the law of consecration “ And to have sent wise men, to fulfil that which I have commanded concerning the purchasing of all the lands in Jackson county that can be purchased, and in the adjoining counties round about.    For it is my will that these lands should be purchased; and after they are purchased that my saints should possess them according to the laws of consecration which I have given.” ...

July 19, 2018 Section 104:1-10 United Orders, Covenant Keeping, Charity, Holy Ghost, Spiritual Progression, Progress Spiritual, This section is given at a time when the Church, and its members, were in great financial distress. The Lord begins by explaining the reason for the United Order, and the attitudes that must be adopted by the people who are brought into this order. It was organized to be a “ benefit of my church, and for the salvation of men until I come—With promise immutable and unchangeable that inasmuch as those whom I commanded were faithful they should be blessed with a multiplicity of blessing.” ( v 1-2) But, just as in all of the Lord’s commandments, there is an “if then” clause. He let’s us know what will happen if we follow his commandments, and he informs us what will happen if we do not follow his commandments. In v 5 he reminds us “ For I, the Lord, have decreed, in my heart, that inasmuch as any man belonging to the order shall be found...