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Preface By Revelation Doctrine and Covenants 1

Preface By Revelation Doctrine and Covenants 1. Doctrine And Covenants. Name that Book Famous first lines. I am Sam. Sam I am… It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… One fish, two fish. Red fish…. The Wimmicks were small wooden people….

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Preface By Revelation Doctrine and Covenants 1

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  1. Preface By Revelation Doctrine and Covenants 1 Doctrine And Covenants

  2. Name that BookFamous first lines • I am Sam. Sam I am… • It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… • One fish, two fish. Red fish…. • The Wimmicks were small wooden people…. • Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. • Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy... • C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe • Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump… • A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh • Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive… • J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter • Wherefore it is an abridgement of the record of the people of Nephi… • Hearken O ye people of my church

  3. Book of Commandments—Preface by Revelation By November 1831, Joseph Smith had received more than 60 revelations. The Prophet convened a conference in Hiram, Ohio, to discuss publishing them as a book that would be called The Book of Commandments. A committee of elders drafted a preface to the book. Unsatisfied with this draft, those who attended the conference requested that Joseph Smith ask the Lord for a preface. After petitioning the Lord in prayer, Joseph received a preface by revelation. The Lord’s preface to the Book of Commandments became Section 1 of the Doctrine and Covenants.

  4. The Doctrine and Covenants MARK: Section 1 begins with "Harken". Used 64 times, 21 begin with harken. What does ‘harken’ mean? • When has someone sought to get your attention and warn you about something? How did you respond? • How do you feel about that person’s efforts to warn you? Why do you feel this way?

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  13. Read Doctrine and Covenants 1:1-4 and note the words hearken and warning. Story of watching the movie of your life after you die.

  14. D&C 1:4-7 How did the Lord say he would He would deliver His warnings to all people?

  15. Seek the lord (10:05)

  16. There are those who criticize when we issue a statement of counsel or warning. Please know that our pleadings are not motivated by any selfish desire. Please know that • our warnings are not without substance and reason. Please know that the decisions to speak out on various matters are not reached without deliberation, discussion, and prayer. Please know that our only ambition is to help each of you with your problems, your struggles, your families, your lives. • Gordon B. Hinckley, Oct. 1992 Gen. Conf.

  17. Warnings • ReadDoctrine and Covenants 1:11–14 - identify further warnings. • According to footnote 12b, what event was the Lord referring to in Doctrine and Covenants 1:12? • Doctrine and Covenants 1:14, what do you think the Lord meant?

  18. D&C 1:30--True and living • Refresh your understanding of the apostasy by reading the explanation in your Scripture Study Journal (Basic Doctrine 4). “On Your Mission” ROLE PLAY • Use your knowledge of the Great Apostasy to explain to your investigator how this is “the only true and living church” upon the earth.

  19. Read Doctrine and Covenants 1:37-38 Read Doctrine and Covenants 1:37-38 Elder M. Russell Ballard taught: “It is no small thing, my brothers and sisters, to have a prophet of God in our midst. Great and wonderful are the blessings that come into our lives as we listen to the word of the Lord given to us through him. At the same time, knowing that [the President of the Church] is God’s prophet also endows us with responsibility. When we hear the counsel of the Lord expressed through the words of the President of the Church, our response should be positive and prompt. History has shown that there is safety, peace, prosperity, and happiness in responding to prophetic counsel as did Nephi of old: ‘I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded’ (1 Ne. 3:7)” (“His Word Ye Shall Receive,” Ensign, May 2001, 65).

  20. The story is told of Ali Hafed, a wealthy ancient Persian who owned much land and many productive fields, orchards, and gardens and had money out at interest. He had a lovely family and at first was contented because he was wealthy, and wealthy because he was contented. An old priest came to Ali Hafed and told him that if he had a diamond the size of his thumb, he could purchase a dozen farms like his. Ali Hafed said, “Will you tell me where I can find diamonds?” The priest told him, “If you will find a river that runs over white sands, between high mountains, in those white sands you will always find diamonds.” “Well,” said Ali Hafed, “I will go.” So he sold his farm, collected his money that was at interest, and left his family in charge of a neighbor, and away he went in search of diamonds, traveling through many lands in Asia and Europe. After years of searching his money was all spent, and he passed away in rags and wretchedness.

  21. Meanwhile, the man who purchased Ali Hafed’s farm one day led his camel out into the garden to drink, and as the animal put his nose into the shallow waters, the farmer noticed a curious flash of light in the white sands of the stream. Reaching in, he pulled out a black stone containing a strange eye of light. Not long after, the same old priest came to visit Ali Hafed’s successor and found that in the black stone was a diamond. As they rushed out into the garden and stirred up the white sands with their fingers, they came up with many more beautiful, valuable gems. According to the story, this marked the discovery of the diamond mines of Golconda, the most valuable diamond mines in the history of the ancient world. Had Ali Hafed remained at home and dug in his own cellar, or anywhere in his own fields, rather than traveling in strange lands where he eventually faced starvation and ruin, he would have had “acres of diamonds.”

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