5/7/2017 - Section 23:1-7
May 7, 2017 Section 23:1-7 Pride, Patriarchal Blessings, Missionary Advice, Missionary Promise, Prayer Personal Family & Public, Take Up the Cross, When the Lord speaks to Oliver Cowdery in v 1, He lets him know that all is well in his spiritual life, BUT He gives Oliver a ‘heads-up’ to “ beware of pride, lest thou shouldst enter into temptation.” Oliver had this revelation given to him. Remembering this small sentence later during the difficult days in Kirtland, he would not have forfeited his membership in the church and his life, then and forever, would have been very different. We have our patriarchal blessings. There are small sentences in those blessings that we should pay more particular attention to, for by heeding those one sentence warnings, we can avoid our hardest problems before they ever develop. V 2 can be applied to all missionaries: “ Make known thy calling unto the church, and also before the world, and thy heart shall be opened to preach the truth fr...