3 Nephi
23-30
This week’s
reading was good…I was the lead student, which means, I get and keep a
discussion going. It went well and I'm grateful for my classmates and the friendships that have formed. Its been so neat to
discuss each week what we’ve read, I’ve learned from my fellow classmates and
I’m kind of sad to be finishing up the Book of Mormon. That being said, I’ve learned so much this
year. Anyone thinking of doing Pathway, I completely give it my stamp of approval!
Our reading
starts off with Isaiah. I still seem to
get a little lost when Isaiah’s teaching are being talked about. When I start reading Isaiah, especially in the
past, I usually skim over it, but Christ says at the beginning of 3 Nephi 23
how great the words of Isaiah are. That
really helped change my attitude for all the reading and really try to grasp
what is being taught here.
President
Boyd K Packer said “Isaiah is the most quoted prophet in the New
Testament. The Lord Himself quoted
Isaiah seven times, the Apostles forty times more. In addition, there are ninety partial quotes
or paraphrases of Isaiah’s words.
Isaiah is the most quoted prophet in the Doctrine and Covenants. Sixty-six quotations from thirty-one chapters
of Isaiah attest to the singular importance of this great prophet. All of this confirms that the Lord had a
purpose in preserving Isaiah’s words.”
Sounds like
I’m the one with the issue, because there is so much I can learn.
Christ
continues to tell us how we need to study the scriptures to prepare for the
second coming.
President
Hinckley said “I am grateful for the emphasis on reading the scriptures. I hope that for you this will become
something far more enjoyable than a duty; that , rather, it will become a love
affair with the word of God. I promise
you that as you read, your minds will be enlightened and your spirits will be
lifted. At First it may seem tedious,
but that will change into a wondrous experience with thought and words of
things divine.” This year, I can
honestly say reading the scriptures has gone from something I quickly fit in to
something I enjoy and spend time learning from.
If nothing else, I’m so grateful for Pathway for that.
Our study
skill this week was symbolism. I’m so
glad I chose symbolism because there is so much symbolism in these chapters!
3 Nephi 24:2
But who may abide the day of his coming, and who shall stand when he
appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s
fire, and like fuller’s soap.
The Savior
is the refiner, he will cleanse and purify our souls that we can return to live
with our Heavenly Father. The Atonement
is the fuller’s soap to help cleanse us of our sins and help us to be spotless
before God.
I loved this
Mormon Message about the Refiner’s Fire…so powerful!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DIIgm6xABQ
So much
doctrine is being taught in these chapters.
It testifies that on going scripture study is something that I need to
be constantly doing. There is so much
there that I did not catch it all the first several times of reading it.
President
Kimball said “I have had many people ask me through the years, When do you
think we will get the balance of the Book of Mormon records? And I have said, How many in the congregation
would like to read the sealed portion of the plates? And almost always there is a 100 percent
response. And then I ask the same
congregation, How many of you have read the part that as been opened to
us? And there are many who have not read
the Book of Mormon, the unsealed portion.
We are quite often looking for the spectacular, the unobtainable. I have found many people who want to live the
higher laws when they do not live the lower laws”
This gives new (ok, new for me) perspective. We need to do and obey all that we know and
have now before we go asking for more.
And I think this advice goes for more than just the scriptures. As we continue to learn we will be able to learn more and our knowledge will grow.
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