What Is Truth?
Lynn A. Mickelsen October 1990 Saturday Afternoon Session
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“And whatsoever is more or less than this is the spirit of that wicked one who was a liar from the beginning” (D&C 93:24–25).
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“If it be some other way it is not of God” (D&C 50:19–20).
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“… And they love darkness rather than light, … therefore they will not ask of me” (D&C 10:20–21).
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notwithstanding they being led, the Lord their God, their Redeemer, going before them, leading them by day and giving light unto them by night, and doing all things for them which were expedient for man to receive, they hardened their hearts and blinded their minds, and reviled against Moses and against the true and living
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explicit: “If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God”
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“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me”
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The same conditions exist today: we must ask the right questions; we must seek in the right places and knock on the right doors.
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“But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you, even until ye believe in a manner that ye can give place for a portion
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brethren, all ye that have assembled yourselves together, you that can hear my words which I shall speak unto you this day; for I have not commanded you to come up hither to trifle with the words which I shall speak, but that you should hearken unto me, and open your ears that ye may hear, and your hearts that ye may understand, and your minds that the mysteries of God may be unfolded to your view”
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On the day of Pentecost, when Peter and John obviously were speaking with great power and by the Spirit, the men were pricked in their hearts and asked the question, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?” (Acts 2:37).
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As we seek for the truth, we should always bear in mind the counsel of Mormon when he explained, “Wherefore, all things which are good cometh of God; and that which is evil cometh of the devil” (Moro.
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“For behold, the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge; for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of God” (Moro.
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“That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God” (D&C 76:22–24).
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 10: In the Wilderness of Judea
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- Open paragraph (Acts 2:37)
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The people were astonished; and many, seeing themselves in their actual condition of dereliction and sin, as John, with burning words laid bare their faults, cried out: “What shall we do then?”l His reply was directed against ceremonialism, which had caused spirituality to wither almost to death in the hearts of the people.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 2: Preexistence and Foreordination of the Christ
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- Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:30)
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Book of Mormon scriptures are likewise explicit in proof of the preexistence of the Christ and of His foreappointed mission.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 25: Jesus Again in Jerusalem
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (John 7:17)
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The Test of Our Lord’s Doctrine.—Any man may know for himself whether the doctrine of Christ is of God or not by simply doing the will of the Father (John 7:17).
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 35: Death and Burial
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- Open paragraph (John 3:1)
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The body was removed from the cross; and in preparing it for the tomb Joseph was assisted by Nicodemus, another member of the Sanhedrin, the same who had come to Jesus by night three years before, and who at one of the conspiracy meetings of the council had protested against the unlawful condemnation of Jesus without a hearing.i Nicodemus brought a large quantity of myrrh and aloes, about a hundredweight.
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Chapter 5: Earthly Advent of the Christ Predicted
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- Open paragraph (John 18:37)
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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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