The Faith of a Sparrow: Faith and Trust in the Lord Jesus Christ
H. Bruce Stucki October 1999 Priesthood Session
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“And Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient
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“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost”
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There is a great need for many more missionaries, including couples, as President Hinckley in his February 21, 1998, satellite broadcast said: “With concerted effort, with recognition of the duty that falls upon each of us as members of the Church, and with sincere prayer to the Lord for help, we could double the number” of convert baptisms.
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“For behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul”
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“And now, behold, I say unto you, that the thing which will be of the most worth unto you will be to declare repentance unto this people, that you may bring souls unto me, that you may rest with them in the kingdom of my Father. Amen”
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Brethren, I believe our Heavenly Father and I trust Him, and when He reveals to us, speaking through our living prophet today, that we need to do more, and more of us need to become involved in the work of bringing souls unto Christ, then we need to step forward and say, “Here am I; send me” (Isa.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 21: The Apostolic Mission, and Events Related Thereto
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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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Many have queried as to why Jesus delayed the blessing.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 26: Our Lord’s Ministry in Perea and Judea
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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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Jesus the Christ
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 4: The Antemortal Godship of Christ
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Jesus, when once assailed with question and criticism from certain Jews who regarded their Abrahamic lineage as an assurance of divine preferment, met their abusive words with the declaration: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.”w The true significance of this saying would be more plainly expressed were the sentence punctuated and pointed as follows: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham, was I Am”; which means the same as had He said—Before Abraham, was I, Je...
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