Come Follow Me with Sam

Welcome! the bulk of this week's reading is section 107, which talks of the priesthood and the organization of the priesthood. Section 106 As a thief in the night Of all the warnings we have received, the second coming will still overtake us as a theif in the night. I had the thought that we would be too preoccupied with the things of the world, or in other words, the new way of living will overtake our slower plans for changing to that new way.. God says "Therefore, gird up your loins, that you may be the children of light, and that day shall not overtake you as a thief. Section 107 Section 107 lays out a lot of priesthood stuff. There is some juicy stuff in here :D but I think I'm going to hold off on certain things. dm me if you want the after party :D S&S make the note that catholics look (or looked) at ministers as priests, very close to the hebrew levite model before Christs coming. They see the priests as a conduit 'because the people must draw near to God t...

 Welcome!! Section 102 Organization of the first high council Cool. No other notes at this time Section 103 more on chastening... This is going to be a bit of a theme for the next couple sections, and we got a flavor back in Section 95. This is speaking broadly to the church, or to a specific region of the church. keep this in mind for 105. Check out this verse a little later - > 7  And by  a hearkening  to observe all the words which I, the Lord their God, shall speak unto them, they shall never cease to prevail until the  b kingdoms  of the world are subdued under my feet, and the earth is  c given  unto the saints, to  d possess  it forever and ever. ...and maybe the reasons why God asked for 500 men. He got about 100 out of Kirtland and another 105 along the way for Zion's camp.  Then these people at sundry times complained quite a bit... This seems to me and indication of the general reason that God make the former declarati...

 Welcome! Section 98 All things shall be for your good read Abinadai to understand the constitution and leaders There are a few great keys of government that come from 98. First, the constitution is a world heritage. It is not just a western idea or an American idea, although the Americans certainly deserve the credit for being able to both articulate it and put it into practice. for all the variances in peoples and all the criticisms of the American system, this is the closest to God's law that any of us in the world have ever seen, and, using the same words He has used in the past for scripture, God says that anything more or less than this cometh evil ("as pertaining to law of man"). Note Gods words here "I the Lord God make you free, herefore ye are free indeed; and the law also maketh you free." This is a point that I think the founding generation at least understood intellectually, but that wasn't perpetuated generally or across time. The Americans hav...