Be Thou an Example of the Believers

Russell M. Nelson October 2010 Priesthood Session

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  1. Matthew 28:19

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    “Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.”

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  2. Acts 9:3

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    This commandment is one of many that have been renewed because the gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored in its fulness.

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  3. Acts 9:1

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    This commandment is one of many that have been renewed because the gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored in its fulness.

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  4. 1 Timothy 4:12

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    “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”
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  5. Doctrine and Covenants 14:7

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    Like Timothy, most full-time missionaries are young men.

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  6. Moses 1:39

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    Like Timothy, most full-time missionaries are young men.

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  7. Luke 10:2

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    harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his
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  8. Doctrine and Covenants 4:2

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    To President Monson’s wise counsel, I add my witness.

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  9. Alma 5:19

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    Each member can be an example of the believers.

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  10. Matthew 5:16

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    Each member can be an example of the believers.

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  11. Alma 7:24

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    Each member can be an example of the believers.

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  12. Doctrine and Covenants 88:11

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    Each member can be an example of the believers.

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  13. 1 Peter 3:15

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    Each member can be an example of the believers.

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  14. 2 Nephi 31:2

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    Let your response be warm and joyful.

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  15. 2 Nephi 31:21

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    Let your response be warm and joyful.

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  16. John 1:39

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    After your initial response, be ready to take the next step.

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  17. Revelation 6:1

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    After your initial response, be ready to take the next step.

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  18. Revelation 6:3

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    After your initial response, be ready to take the next step.

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  19. Revelation 6:5

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    After your initial response, be ready to take the next step.

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  20. Revelation 6:7

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    After your initial response, be ready to take the next step.

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  21. 3 Nephi 21:1

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    The Prophet Joseph Smith said “that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” The Book of Mormon teaches of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and is the instrument by which God will fulfill His ancient promise to gather scattered Israel in these latter days.

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  22. Doctrine and Covenants 29:7

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    “Ye are called to bring to pass the gathering of mine elect; for mine elect hear my voice and harden not their hearts.”
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  23. Doctrine and Covenants 123:12

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    Scripture tells us that “there are many yet on the earth … who are only kept from the truth because they know not where to find it.” Isn’t that your opportunity?

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  24. Malachi 4:5

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    Each exemplary follower of Jesus Christ can become an effective member missionary.

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  25. Malachi 3

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    Each exemplary follower of Jesus Christ can become an effective member missionary.

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  26. Doctrine and Covenants 2:1

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    Each exemplary follower of Jesus Christ can become an effective member missionary.

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  27. Doctrine and Covenants 110:14

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    Each exemplary follower of Jesus Christ can become an effective member missionary.

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  28. Doctrine and Covenants 128:17

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    Each exemplary follower of Jesus Christ can become an effective member missionary.

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  29. Doctrine and Covenants 138:46

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    Each exemplary follower of Jesus Christ can become an effective member missionary.

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  30. 1 Samuel 15

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    This commandment is one of many that have been renewed because the gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored in its fulness.

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  1. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 11: From Judea to Galilee

    2 shared verses

  2. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 42: Jesus the Christ to Return

    2 shared verses

    • Doctrine and Covenants 110:14

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      In Jesus the Christ:
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      A characteristic of present-day revelation is the reiteration of the fact that the event is nigh at hand, “even at the doors.” The fateful time is repeatedly designated in scripture, “the great and dreadful day of the Lord.”a Fearful indeed will it be to individuals, families, and nations, who have so far sunk into sin as to have forfeited their claim to mercy.

    • Malachi 4:5

      In this talk:
      Open paragraph (1)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (a)

      A characteristic of present-day revelation is the reiteration of the fact that the event is nigh at hand, “even at the doors.” The fateful time is repeatedly designated in scripture, “the great and dreadful day of the Lord.”a Fearful indeed will it be to individuals, families, and nations, who have so far sunk into sin as to have forfeited their claim to mercy.

  3. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 19: “He Spake Many Things unto Them in Parables”

    1 shared verse

    • Luke 10:2

      In this talk:
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      In Jesus the Christ:
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      The sower in this story is the authorized preacher of the word of God; he implants the seed of the gospel in the hearts of men, knowing not what the issue shall be.

  4. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 21: The Apostolic Mission, and Events Related Thereto

    1 shared verse

    • Matthew 28:19

      In this talk:
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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.

  5. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 22: A Period of Darkening Opposition

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  6. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 23: The Transfiguration

    1 shared verse

    • Malachi 4:5

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      In the present dispensation both the ancient Elias, who belonged to the Abrahamic dispensation and in the spirit of whose office many have officiated in different periods, and also the prophet Elijah, have appeared in person and have conferred their particular and separate authority upon latter-day bearers of the Holy Priesthood, and the keys of the powers exercised by them while on earth are today inherent in the restored Church of Jesus Christ.

  7. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 26: Our Lord’s Ministry in Perea and Judea

    1 shared verse

  8. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 27: Continuation of the Perean and Judean Ministry

    1 shared verse

    • Moses 1:39

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      The three parables, which appear in the scriptural record as parts of a continuous discourse, are as one in portraying the joy that abounds in heaven over the recovery of a soul once numbered among the lost, whether that soul be best symbolized by a sheep that had wandered afar, a coin that had dropped out of sight through the custodian’s neglect, or a son who would deliberately sever himself from home and heaven.

  9. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 3: The Need of a Redeemer

    1 shared verse

    • Moses 1:39

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      So, for the advancement of man from his present fallen and relatively degenerate state to the higher condition of spiritual life, a power above his own must cooperate.

  10. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 37: The Resurrection and the Ascension

    1 shared verse

    • Matthew 28:19

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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.

  11. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 38: The Apostolic Ministry

    1 shared verse

    • Acts 9:1

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      He wrought havoc in the Church by entering private houses and haling thence men and women suspected of belief in the Christ, and these he caused to be cast into prison.e The persecution in which he took so prominent a part caused a scattering of the disciples throughout Judea, Samaria, and other lands; though the apostles remained and continued their ministry in Jerusalem.f Not content with local activity against the Church, “Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disc...

  12. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 39: Ministry of the Resurrected Christ on the Western Hemisphere

    1 shared verse

    • 3 Nephi 21:1

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      As a sign of the time in which the gathering of the several branches of Israel from their long dispersion should take place, the Lord specified the prosperity of the Gentiles in America, and their agency in bringing the scriptures to the degraded remnant of Lehi’s posterity or the American Indians.g It was made plain that all Gentiles who would repent, and accept the gospel of Christ through baptism, should be numbered among the covenant people and be made partakers of the blessings incident ...

  13. The Articles of Faith

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  14. The Articles of Faith

    Article 3

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