Timestamps:
01:14 – God has realistic expectations of us. We don’t have to be perfect to be saved.
07:18 – An interpretation of D&C 106.6, bowing to God’s scepter. When we choose to follow the Lord, He gives us all that He has in return.
14:47 – Section 107 is a revelation on the priesthood.
16:33 – Why Melchizedek is the model and designation for which the priesthood is named.
30:45 – The purpose of the priesthood and hierarchy is to bring God’s children home.
34:01 – The patriarchal priesthood is practiced in the home and is not hierarchal. The priesthood offices function as scaffolding to bless and build the family.
35:53 – Calling and election is discussed in these revelations, but the journey matters as much as the destination.
40:15 – Elder McConkie, “if you’re on that path when death comes…you’ll never fall off from it, and, for all practical purposes, your calling and election is made sure”.
42:47 – How Boyd K. Packer’s understanding of Section 107 influenced change in the organization of the Seventy.
54:08 – The Lord allows humans to run the church. The president of the church has the power to decide (D&C 107.79-80).
55:31 – The ascendancy of the Quorum of the Twelve in 1841.
57:42 – The restoration is ongoing. We are part of a living Church that grows and adjusts.
1:00:10 – The meeting at Adam-ondi-Ahman.
1:02:57 – The Pseudepigraphal Testament of Adam as it relates to the Lord’s comments in D&C 107.53-54. Joseph Smith sits in the tradition of early Christianity and their understanding of Adam’s role among the ancients.
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In either this week or last week’s podcast you spoke about not focusing on our calling election be made sure. Why should we not focus on our goal to see the face of the Savior? As I have studied the Doctrine and Covenants this year I have gotten the idea that most everything the Lord reveals is pointing us to the Temple. I used to think the temple was a preparation to bring us into God’s presence in the next life. However, I am seeing that if I want to know the Savior I am going to need to do the things he did in this life and I have a real chance to see his face in this life. I know think the temple is a preparation to see the face of the Savior in this life. Even if we don’t get there in this life shouldn’t we be trying to get there in this life? None of the prophets who saw the Savior in this life were perfect. This idea of preparing to meet Christ in this life is inspiring me to be better.
Thanks Dee. Go with that thought!