“The Atonement: The Worth of Souls!” GET TO THE POINT™ Come Follow Me: D&C 18

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Intro
i. You're looking good today and it feels good to be with you.
II. Theme: "The Atonement: The Worth of Souls!"
i. Heading change
ii. Three sub revelations
1. 1-8 OC
2. 9-30 OC DW
3. 31-47 12
a. 1829
b. Twelve called in 1835
c. Why delay? Lord does this. Isaiah 1 Nephi 20, obstinate
d. Need for records
III. Point I OC
i. Rely upon things written
ii. 30, Preform it according to the words that are written
iii. D&C 20 draft:
1. Appendix 3: “Articles of the Church of Christ,” June 1829
2. D&C 20
iv. Are we relying upon written word, or tradition and hearsay
IV. Point II OC & DW
i. Apostles
1. JFieS, DS 3, Ch 8
2. D&C 84:63
ii. Worth of Souls
1. Most quoted. leave out the atonement. Must Begin with Atonement-
2. One soul, vs many souls
a. JFiS didn’t baptize anyone on his mission
3. Contend against no church, save church of devil
a. First Vision, all wrong
b. 1 Nephi 14:10 Angel says two churches
c. True church not organized yet
d. D&C 10, this is my church: repent and come unto Him-open armed ecumenism, universalism. But context dropping, and other messages
i. 18:23, no other name give man may be saved.
e. 1 N 13-14 Mother Church
i. "Deep State church" vs. Lesser ones
ii. Tied to secret combinations
iii. JC name
1. JFM In His Holy Name
2. DHO His Holy Name
3. Me: Name is identity, attributes, authority
4. Synecdoche
iv. Heard voice via scriptures
V. Point III 12
i. Three Witnesses called the 12:BOM and Apostleship; D&C testimony and 12
1. PH lineage
ii. Age of accountability
iii. And now, after that you have received this, you must keep my commandments in all things
1. Any understand of grace that eliminates obedience is from hell
iv. And by your hands I will work a marvelous work among the children of men, unto the convincing of many of their sins, that they may come unto repentance, and that they may come unto the kingdom of my Father. Wherefore, the blessings which I give unto you are above all things.
1. We are part of this "marvelous work" "blessing ... above all things"
VI. Christ Quotient
i. Atonement Quotient
1. Need to call repentance for "blessings above all things"
a. Autonomy, individualism, control issues
b. Physical sensations of sin
2. Your worth is tied to the atonement
ii. Rely upon things written
1. Quad and JST
2. Vs. CS Lewis, Broadway, Hollywood, Bartlett's
3. Why important
a. Doctrinal Purity https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/search?facet=all&lang=eng&query=%22doctrinal+purity%22&page=1
b. Doctrine of Christ a specific thing
c. Not "mutual ignorance" or "a cloud crowdsourced conjecture"
d. Realize people haven't been precise wit this in the past, so seems odd
4. Only Name
a. We do not all believe the same things, we do not all teach the same things
b. inordinate egalitarianism
c. Christ is not Rorschach test, not an ink blot, specific thing
d. Why we do temple work.
iii. End "blessings above all things" Talk about transactional relationship, mercenary worship, quid pro quo, but HF does want to bless us, which He has in Christ. That’s the point
 
 
 

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