Show Notes: D&C 6-9 Quotes and Notes
00:30 – Historical background of Section 6.
04:45 – Two types of doubts.
05:56 – How God speaks to our heart.
26:03 – How God speaks to our mind.
40:27 – How we can tell the difference between our own thoughts and revelation from heaven.
46:16 – President Russell M. Nelson’s revelation during surgery and a caution regarding presentism.
57:18 – Revelation has to be sought.
1:07:04 – Trifle not with sacred things.
1:15:00 – Oliver Cowdery may have participated in the translation of Section 7.
1:18:50 – Section 7 and Christian traditions of the Apostle John.
1:23:29 – Comparing our stories.
1:25:40 – As the Book of Mormon was abridged and edited by Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants has also been edited.
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This has been my favorite episode to date! Over and over throughout the entire episode, the Lord verified to me the truth of what you shared! I teach 11-13 yr olds and this year we are focusing on personal revelation and this will be so helpful for them.
I recently lost my husband. I have felt so consumed by grief but get up daily to press on. I have gone back to work but my confidence in hearing the Holy Ghost has wavered due to some of the circumstances of losing my husband. This podcast taught me that I misunderstood the peace I was feeling. I took notes after notes of hearing from the heart as well as the mind. I have an excitement to understand and apply what I have learned. Thank you for your insights, presentation, and your preparation so the spirit could enlighten me.
Incredible podcast. Thank you for all the work and effort you both put into this podcast. Definitely inspired work. My son who is 17 is not sure he wants to serve a mission. He is deciding on what college to attend. Lots of decisions coming up in the next few months. I have suggested making these decisions a matter of prayer and fasting and doing what is right.
He shared with me how he just doesn’t feel like he hears the Lord, how he prays and never gets an answer, how he read scriptures and its just words, and how seminary is just boring, etc…
I have been wrestling how to approach this without being too pushy with my desires for him.
Today while traveling home from a road trip I turned on this episode of your podcast and asked if he would listen with me. I’ve been trying to get him to listen to you guys for a bit because you guys make the scriptures come alive for me and have helped remove any doubts I have ever had about the source and authenticity of the work. So I was hoping to expose him to this thinking it could help the scriptures not be so boring as he tells me. Listening today was an answer to prayer. The great piece on personal revelation was what I needed and also hoping was something he could hear and apply for himself. He listened with me and I know this was a tender mercy from the Lord through your podcast.
Thank you, thank you.
Also, I wanted to share how I have received personal revelation for myself. I mostly have promptings. Before listening to this podcast, I would say, Ive only heard a voice in my head once, Ive had some dreams that were answering prayers and helping me know where to go next. These occurred very few and far between. I felt at times I was not being directed really. I was discouraged at times. I never associated the desire to do good, courage, confidence, comfort, strength, etc… with revelation, but now that I am changing my mindset to see this, I receive personal revelation all throughout the day. Thank you again.
This was a great review of these scriptures.
Thank you for performing such a great service.
I love the different ways we receive revelation.
I have a staff of 23 individuals (only one is a member). I plan to share these principles with the team in upcoming trainings.
Profoundly insightful and helpful. Thank you very much!
This was the best lesson on Revelation that I have ever heard! Thank you so much for teaching us each week.
I love all of your podcasts! They are amazing!!!!! Thank you for sharing your work and knowledge. One thing I would like to share is that when talking about section 7, I think it is important to notice in verse 5 the Lord says that John desires to do “more, or a greater work than HE HAS done before”. I don’t think the Lord was comparing the two people. Peter may have been comparing his answer with John’s answer but the Lord doesn’t seem to be…at least not to me! It’s hard to tell people not to compare themselves to others and then say that the Lord is comparing people to others. I am positive that Peter not only wanted salvation for himself but for others also. He was so faithful and diligent and willing to die for the gospel and in essence to die for others, to bring them the gospel. The lord clearly says John desires to do more than HE had done before. Then Peter is given the power and keys just the same as John is. What I think is being taught is that John desired to do more on earth than what he had previously done before so he will get that…and Peter desired to go to heaven and he will continue to do his work there because that is what he desired hence Peter, James and John all being given the keys and power to continue the work. When I read this scripture years ago and the revelation came to me that the Lord doesn’t compare two people he only compares us against ourselves I felt so much strength and peace to stop comparing myself to others. Just a thought on another way to interpret this section ? Again thank you so much for all you do…I LOVE these podcasts!!
This lesson was a revelation to me. I appreciate so much your sharing your knowledge with us common folks. I look forward each week to a new adventure into the scriptures.
This was my favorite podcast so far and I love them all. I so wish everyone in the world could listen and really understand what was talked about today. Brilliant, insightful, powerful and crucial to this life and the eternity’s. Thank you so very much!!
This was a beautiful podcast. As you asked the question how can /do you receive revelation and as I pondered this question the words were share your answer with them. I thought they aren’t going to read this or I was waiting for you to cover the thought I was given some point through the pod cast. Well you didn’t and I still thought about it. When I got home ( I was in the car when I listened) I got busy and distracted with the needful things of raising 5 kids and I forgot about it. This morning I felt to read D&C 10 again and I was reminded of the thought I received to share with you. ( I’m so grateful for second chances and patients). So here is what I learned and continue to learn over the years of hearing them.
Revelation comes when you remove the limitations.
I have caught my self many time and have heard others limit our parents and our brother on their capabilities of being (Gods / our Heavenly Father, Mother, & Savior)
Some things are for example
I will do the his office this this and that.
Or
How was this done like flooding the whole earth and then we put limitations of things God could not do making it impossible for us to see how it happened.
(Sorry of my explanation are poor) but as we limit our parents we limit the ability for our minds mr hearts to be open to the revelation they want to give us
Luke 1:37 ​For with God nothing shall be ​​​impossible​.
And I like to say it with them everything is possible. If I can think imaging the possibilities and options for problem solving they can come up with and share and fine to me. Don’t take anything of the table. And when I have done that and continue to work on it the revelation comes so much easier and fluid.
So my challenge to you (whom ever reads this) when you are seeking revelation or don’t fee like you are hearing or feeling That in your life ask yourself what limitations am I giving God I hat is stopping me from being open to it.