“I heard the voice of my Lord saying, Who shall I send? Who will go for us? And I replied, Here am I; send me! And he said, Go, and say to these people, Go on hearing, but not understanding; Go on seeing, but not perceiving. Make the heart of these people grow fat; dull […]
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Question: I hear Dr Gileadi say the knowledge in the book Isaiah is part of the covenant blessing. So far I have not found a scriptural basis for that. Can you please kindly show where I can find it in the Bible? Isaiah 53:11 says “He shall see the toil of his soul and be
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Question: The prophets and apostles are not teaching false teachings now, nor are they going to. The church is not going to fall away. The church does not and will not need to be set in order (other than as directed by Christ through President Nelson and the next prophet if there is another before
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Question: Does Isaiah prophesy about a latter-day division in the church or people of God? Answer: Because Isaiah “spake as touching all things” concerning God’s people (3 Nephi 23:2)—more particularly about the end of the world and Jehovah/Jesus’ coming to reign on the earth—he prophesies an irrevocable division that occurs among God’s people. Indeed, that
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By bidding persons to follow him, Jesus didn’t simply mean they should heed his counsel. Nor did he put limits on how far they should follow him. Said he, “If any [man] would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever will save his life shall lose
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God’s promise that we can “know” him, and that knowing him constitutes “eternal life” (John 17:3), means that not knowing him is to fall short of eternal life. Not knowing God characterizes the five foolish virgins and many others who did “many wonderful works” in the name of Jesus but to whom he is compelled
“Turn to me and save yourselves, all you ends of the earth; I am God, there is none other. By myself I swear it—righteousness has issued from my mouth, by a decree that cannot be revoked: To me every knee shall bow and every tongue swear [allegiance]. It shall be said of me, By Jehovah
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The growing dissonance between the pulpit narrative and the scriptures narrative can become disconcerting when you hear ecclesiastical leaders, even at the highest levels, repeat precepts of men and teach things that in reality have no scriptural basis. Things such as “dead prophets” not being as important as living ones; ordination to the Melchizedek priesthood
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Many who read in the scriptures of people “fighting against Zion” may assume they refer only to non-members of the church. A search, however, may disabuse our minds on that subject. First, “He that fighteth against Zion, both Jew and Gentile, both bond and free, both male and female, shall perish; for they are they
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The earth lies polluted under its inhabitants: they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinances, set at naught the everlasting covenant. (Isaiah 24:5) Give ear and come unto me; pay heed, that your souls may live! And I will make with you an everlasting covenant: [my] loving fidelity toward David. See, I have appointed him
“The waters of the lakes shall ebb away as stream beds become desolate and dry. The rivers shall turn foul, and Egypt’s waterways recede and dry up. Reeds and rushes shall wither; vegetation adjoining canals and estuaries, and all things sown along irrigation channels, shall shrivel and blow away and be no more.” (Isaiah 19:5–7)
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Analysis of the terms “great,” “marvelous,” and “work” in the Book of Mormon and other scriptures reveals that the Lord’s work comes forth in a day when he manifests his power to an extraordinary degree. This manifestation of power happens in part because the righteous among the Lord’s people are being threatened by the wicked
