What Constitutes the True Church
Delbert L. Stapley April 1977 Saturday Afternoon Session
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“Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” (Matt.
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“I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
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When Jesus walked this earth among men, He proclaimed to His disciples: “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6.) He proclaimed that the doctrines He taught were given to Him by his Father.
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“And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are
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Jesus recognized that the various sects did not have a fulness of truth and did not possess the authority to administer the ordinances of salvation.
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“And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.” (John 10:1–5.)
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“But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth.” (John 10:7, 9, 11–12.)
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“But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth.” (John 10:7, 9, 11–12.)
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“But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth.” (John 10:7, 9, 11–12.)
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The testimony that Jesus is the Good Shepherd was a figure of speech familiar to those accustomed to the pastoral conditions of Palestine.
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After Jesus put his apostles in charge of the Church anciently, they preached the same unity of doctrine and practiced the same ordinances which Jesus had given them.
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Because of the universality of these requirements for salvation, the apostle Paul wrote: “There is … one Lord, one faith, one baptism.” (Eph.
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“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.”
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“For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.”
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It was only after the death of Christ’s apostles that revelation ceased.
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“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given
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“And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.” (Moro.
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all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”
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“whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in
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“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.”
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“The rewards are priceless for those honest in heart who seek the truth.” (Ensign, May 1976, p.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 25: Jesus Again in Jerusalem
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- Open paragraph (Isa. 40:11)
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“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
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As part of this profound discourse, Jesus said: “And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.”s The “other sheep” here referred to constituted the separated flock or remnant of the house of Joseph, who, six centuries prior to the birth of Christ, had been miraculously detached from the Jewish fold in Palestine, and had been taken beyond the great deep to the American continent.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 26: Our Lord’s Ministry in Perea and Judea
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- Open paragraph (Matt. 28:19)
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They were not restrained, as the Twelve had been, from entering Samaritan towns or the lands of the Gentiles.
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- Open paragraph (Matt. 7:13)
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Continuing His journey toward Jerusalem, Jesus taught in many of the cities and towns of Perea.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 11: From Judea to Galilee
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- Open paragraph (John 15:16)
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On the following day Jesus set out for Galilee, possibly accompanied by some or all of his newly-made disciples; and on the way He found a man named Philip, in whom He recognized another choice son of Israel.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 16: The Chosen Twelve
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A survey of the general characteristics and qualifications of this body of twelve men reveals some interesting facts.
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Chapter 21: The Apostolic Mission, and Events Related Thereto
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- Open paragraph (Matt. 28:19)
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They were directed to confine their ministrations for the time being “to the lost sheep of the house of Israel,” and not to open a propaganda among the Gentiles,i nor even in Samaritan cities.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 22: A Period of Darkening Opposition
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- Open paragraph (Matt. 28:19)
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Many have queried as to why Jesus delayed the blessing.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 24: From Sunshine to Shadow
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The authority of the Twelve to administer the affairs of Church government was attested by the Lord’s confirming to them as a body the promise before addressed to Peter: “Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”f Through unity of purpose and unreserved sincerity they would have power with God, as witness the Master’s further assurance: “Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall ag...
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 28: The Last Winter
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- Open paragraph (John 10:7, 9, 11)
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The Lord’s reply was indirect in form, though in substance and effect incisive and unmistakable.
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Chapter 37: The Resurrection and the Ascension
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In that last solemn interview, probably as the risen Savior led the mortal Eleven away from the city toward the old familiar resort on the Mount of Olives, the brethren, still imbued with their conception of the kingdom of God as an earthly establishment of power and dominion, asked of Him, “Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” Jesus answered, “It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
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Chapter 39: Ministry of the Resurrected Christ on the Western Hemisphere
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- Open paragraph (John 10:16)
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By considering the apostolic ministry in immediate sequence to our study of the Lord’s ascension from the Mount of Olives, we have departed from the chronological order of the several personal manifestations of the risen Savior to mortals; for very soon after His final farewell to the apostles in Judea He visited His “other sheep,” not of the eastern fold, whose existence He had affirmed in that impressive sermon concerning the Good Shepherd and His sheep.a Those other sheep who were to hear ...
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Chapter 42: Jesus the Christ to Return
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The apostles had been so impressed with the Master’s assurance that He would return to earth in power and glory, that they eagerly questioned as to the time and signs of His coming.i He stated explicitly, though at the time they failed to comprehend Him, that many great events would intervene between His departure and return, including the long era of darkness associated with the apostasy.j But as to the certainty of His advent in glory, as Judge, and Lord, and King, Jesus left no excuse for ...
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Chapter 5: Earthly Advent of the Christ Predicted
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- Open paragraph (John 10:7, 9, 11)
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Immediately prior to its fulfillment, the blessed promise was repeated by Gabriel, sent from the presence of God to the chosen Virgin of Nazareth.p As made known to the prophet and by him proclaimed, the coming Lord was the living Branch that should spring from the undying root typified in the family of Jesse;q the foundation Stone insuring the stability of Zion;r the Shepherd of the house of Israel;s the Light of the world,t to Gentile as well as Jew; the Leader and Commander of His people.u...
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