I Will Plant in Hearts of the Children

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I Will Plant in Hearts of the Children

• 3 Nephi 22-26

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Senator Boles Penrose

• "I don't see why we can't get along just as well
  with a polygamist who doesn't polyg
• as we do with a lot of monogamists who don't
  monog."

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The Saviors Gospel Doctrine Class

• Quotes Isaiah 54 entirely
• 3 Nephi 23 1
• Yea, a commandment I give unto you-
• that ye search these things diligently for great
  are the words of Isaiah
• Verse 14
• He expounded all the scriptures in one

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Joseph Smiths Gospel Doctrine Class

• Trivia question
• What scripture would Joseph have been most
  likely to quote?
• Malachi 4 5,6

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Different Layers of Meaning
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
before the coming of the great and dreadful day
of the LORD 6 And he shall turn the heart of the
fathers to the children, and the heart of the
children to their fathers, lest I come and smite
the earth with a curse.
3 Nephi 25 5,6
1 Behold, I will reveal unto you the Priesthood,
by the hand of Elijah the prophet, before the
coming of the great and dreadful day of the
Lord. 2 And he shall plant in the hearts of the
children the promises made to the fathers, and
the hearts of the children shall turn to their
fathers. 3 If it were not so, the whole earth
would be utterly wasted at his coming.
16 Therefore, renounce war and proclaim peace,
and seek diligently to turn the hearts of the
children to their fathers, and the hearts of the
fathers to the children 17 And again, the hearts
of the Jews unto the prophets, and the prophets
unto the Jews lest I come and smite the whole
earth with a curse, and all flesh be consumed
before me.
DC 2
DC 98 16,17
Now- why was this quoted to Joseph, by
Moroni, while revealing the location of the
plates?
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The Title Page of the Book of Mormon

• Which is to show unto the remnant of the House
  of Israel (the children) what great things the
  Lord hath done for their fathers
• and that they (the children) are not cast off
  forever.

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The Spirit of the Book of Mormon

• So, for the Children of Israel, what additional
  spirit attends the Book of Mormon and touches
  their hearts?
• The Spirit of Elijah

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Now we know why the Savior quoted Isaiah 54 to
the Nephites

• 7 For a small moment have I forsaken
  thee, but with great mercies will I gather
  thee.
• 10 For the mountains shall depart and the
  hills be removed, but my kindness shall not
  depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of
  my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath
  mercy on thee.
• 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the
  Lord and great shall be the peace of thy children

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President Ezra Taft Benson to the Jews

• In Jacob's blessing to Judah, he declared "Judah
  is . . . as an old lion who shall rouse him up?"
  
• We come as messengers bearing the legitimate
  authority to arouse Judah to her promises.
• We do not ask Judah to forsake her heritage We
  bring a message that Judah does not possess. That
  message constitutes "living water" from the
  Fountain of living water.

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Quorum of the TwelveProclamation to the World
(1845)

• The Lord will assemble the Natives, the
  remnants of Joseph in America and make of them a
  great, and strong, and powerful nation and he
  will civilize and enlighten them, and will
  establish a holy city, and temple, and seat of
  government among them, which shall be called
  Zion.
• "The despised and degraded son of the forest, who
  has wandered in dejection and sorrow, and
  suffered reproach, shall then drop his disguise,
  and stand forth in manly dignity, and exclaim to
  the Gentiles who have envied and sold him 'I am
  Joseph does my father yet live?' Or, in other
  words I am a descendant of that Joseph who was
  sold into Egypt.
• You have hated me, and sold me, and thought
  I was dead. But lo! I
  live, and am heir to the
  inheritance, titles, honors, priesthood,
  sceptre, crown, throne, and
  eternal life and dignity
  of my fathers, who live for
  evermore.

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Question for Next Week

• As we each struggle to make a living-
• What is so wrong with getting gain?