Lynne's Scripture Journal D&C

January 27, 2018 Section 78:10, 17-22 United Order, Satan’s Tactics, Law of Consecration, Spiritual Growth, Line upon Line, God’s Love, God’s Name, Christ’s Name, Adam-ondi-Ahman, I don’t know how I missed v 10 yesterday! Here the Lord is giving the saints a higher law—one that will bring more joy and blessings to all, but at the same time, will be a growth challenge for the saints. The Lord gives a broad explanation of the law, He tells them why he is instituting the law, He tells them the blessing that will come from following this law [13 behold, this is the preparation wherewith I prepare you, and the foundation, and the ensample which I give unto you, whereby you may accomplish the commandments which are given you….15. That you may come up unto the crown prepared for you, and be made rulers over many kingdoms…” , and He also warns us of Satan’s tactics…I would think because He’s hoping that knowing the enemy’s offense would be enough of a head’s-up warning to us: v10: “O...

January 26, 2018 Section 78: 9-16 Councils, Unity of the Saints, Satan’s Tactics, Spiritual Growth, United Order,     In v 8 the Lord instructs Newell Whitney, Joseph Smith & Sidney Rigdon to sit in council with the saints, and then in v 10 He tells them why: “ Otherwise Satan seeketh to turn their hearts away from the truth, that they become blinded and understand not the things which are prepared for them.” This is pertinent to us at all time, and I find it especially here as we are working with both senior and junior missionaries from vastly different backgrounds and different viewpoints—but that really isn’t that different from every ward we’ve ever been in—it just seems to more evident here because we go to church with them, as well as working with them every day and into the evening, as well as living in the same high rise apartment building—and until we get our car—we spend hours crammed together in the Philippine traffic as we go to and from the Miss...

January 27, 2018 Section 78:10, 17-21 United Order, Satan’s Tactics, Law of Consecration, Spiritual Growth, Line upon Line, God’s Love, God’s Name, Christ’s Name, Adam-ondi-Ahman, I don’t know how I missed v 10 yesterday! Here the Lord is giving the saints a higher law—one that will bring more joy and blessings to all, but at the same time, will be a growth challenge for the saints. The Lord gives a broad explanation of the law, He tells them why he is instituting the law, He tells them the blessing that will come from following this law [13 behold, this is the preparation wherewith I prepare you, and the foundation, and the ensample which I give unto you, whereby you may accomplish the commandments which are given you….15. That you may come up unto the crown prepared for you, and be made rulers over many kingdoms…” , and He also warns us of Satan’s tactics…I would think because He’s hoping that knowing the enemy’s offense would be enough of a head’s-up warning to us: v10: “O...

July 14, 2017 Section 50:1-20 False Spirits, Satan’s Tactics, Hypocrites Exist, Power of Faithfulness and Endurance, The historical background on this is quite interesting. P 107: “ During all dispensations when the gospel has been on earth, Satan has devised ways to counterfeit revelation. The Prophet Joseph Smith observed: ‘Soon after the Gospel was established in Kirtland and during the absence of the authorities of the Church, many false spirits were introduced, many strange visions were seen, and wild, enthusiastic notions were entertained: men ran out of doors under the influence of this spirit, and some of them got upon the stumps of trees and shouted, and all kinds of extravagances were entered into by them; one man pursued a ball that he said he saw flying in the air, until he came to a precipice, when he jumped into the top of a tree, which saved his life and many ridiculous things were entered into, calculated to bring disgrace upon the Church of God, to cause the S...