3/25/2017 - Section 6:1-15
March 25, 2017 Section 6: 1-15 Quick, Mysteries, Missionary Blessings, Seek the Lord’s Training, Revelation Personal, Holy Ghost, V 2 “quick and powerful, shaper than a two-edged sword”. The Bible Dictionary defines ‘quick’ as ‘living, alive’. And says to be quickened by the Spirit means to be given spiritual life. The word of the Lord is quick and powerful because it is a source of life, energy and power. Another interesting definition—this one on the mysteries of God: “ A mystery is a truth that cannot be known except through divine revelation-a sacred secret ” (Smith & Sjodahl commentary) President Joseph Fielding Smith defined ‘mysteries’ in a similar way: “ The Lord has promised to reveal his mysteries to those who serve him in faithfulness….There are no mysteries pertaining to the Gospel, only as we, in our weakness, fail to comprehend the Gospel truth….The ‘simple’ principles of the Gospel, such as baptism, the atonement, are mysteries to those who do not ...