Be Fruitful, Multiply, and Subdue the Earth

Joseph W. Sitati April 2015 Sunday Afternoon Session

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  1. Moses 2:28

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    In the day that God the Father called upon His Only Begotten Son to make man in Their image and likeness, He blessed His children, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion … over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” Thus, our mortal journey began with both a divine charge and a blessing.

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  2. Moses 2:26

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    In the day that God the Father called upon His Only Begotten Son to make man in Their image and likeness, He blessed His children, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion … over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” Thus, our mortal journey began with both a divine charge and a blessing.

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  3. Genesis 1:26

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    In the day that God the Father called upon His Only Begotten Son to make man in Their image and likeness, He blessed His children, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion … over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” Thus, our mortal journey began with both a divine charge and a blessing.

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  4. John 15:5

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    “Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.”

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  5. John 15:7

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    “Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.”

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  6. Doctrine and Covenants 20:37

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    We become fruitful as we abide in Christ and as we “take upon [ourselves His] name [and] … serve him to the end” by helping others come unto Him.

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  7. Moroni 7:44

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    The starting point of a response that yields much fruit is to “be meek and lowly in heart.” We can then more fully come unto Christ as we yield to the enticings of the Holy Spirit and keep all the covenants we have made.

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  8. Mosiah 3:19

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    The starting point of a response that yields much fruit is to “be meek and lowly in heart.” We can then more fully come unto Christ as we yield to the enticings of the Holy Spirit and keep all the covenants we have made.

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  9. Mosiah 18:9

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    Laboring in the spirit of charity is not a duty but a joy.

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  10. John 15:16

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    “I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it
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  11. Moses 1:39

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    Our physical bodies are a blessing from God.

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  12. Moses 5:10

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    The body enables Heavenly Father’s obedient spirit children to experience life on earth.

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  13. Jacob 2:18

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    To subdue the earth and have dominion over every living thing is to control these things so they fulfill the will of God as they serve the purposes of His children.

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  14. 1 Corinthians 6:19

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    To subdue the earth and have dominion over every living thing is to control these things so they fulfill the will of God as they serve the purposes of His children.

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  15. Galatians 5:16

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    To subdue the earth and have dominion over every living thing is to control these things so they fulfill the will of God as they serve the purposes of His children.

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  16. 1 Thessalonians 4:3

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    To subdue the earth and have dominion over every living thing is to control these things so they fulfill the will of God as they serve the purposes of His children.

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  17. 2 Timothy 2:22

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    To subdue the earth and have dominion over every living thing is to control these things so they fulfill the will of God as they serve the purposes of His children.

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  18. Jacob 2:12

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    To subdue the earth and have dominion over every living thing is to control these things so they fulfill the will of God as they serve the purposes of His children.

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  19. Moroni 7:33

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    “Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient
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  20. 2 Nephi 10:24

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    The challenges facing human society today, including immorality, pornography, armed conflict, pollution, substance abuse, and poverty, flourish because many in the world have turned themselves over by choice “to the will of the devil and the flesh” rather than to the will of God.

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  21. Doctrine and Covenants 1:16

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    The challenges facing human society today, including immorality, pornography, armed conflict, pollution, substance abuse, and poverty, flourish because many in the world have turned themselves over by choice “to the will of the devil and the flesh” rather than to the will of God.

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  22. Moses 6:51

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    “… If thou wilt turn unto me, and hearken unto my voice, and believe, and repent of all thy transgressions, and be baptized, even in water, in the name of mine Only Begotten Son, … ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, asking all things in his name, and whatsoever ye shall ask, it shall be given you.”

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  23. Alma 26:12

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    Faithful Latter-day Saints who understand their divine potential and rely wholeheartedly on the power available through the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ are strengthened in their natural weakness and “can do all things.” They are enabled to overcome the enticings of evil that have put many under bondage to the adversary.

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  24. 1 Corinthians 10:13

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    “God is faithful, [and] will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”

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  25. Hebrews 2:18

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    “For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are
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      In accordance with the plan adopted in the council of the Gods, man was created as an embodied spirit; his tabernacle of flesh was composed of the elements of earth.d He was given commandment and law, and was free to obey or disobey—with the just and inevitable condition that he should enjoy or suffer the natural results of his choice.e Adam, the first manf placed upon the earth in pursuance of the established plan, and Eve who was given unto him as companion and associate, indispensable to h...

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    • Moses 2:26

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

      In accordance with the plan adopted in the council of the Gods, man was created as an embodied spirit; his tabernacle of flesh was composed of the elements of earth.d He was given commandment and law, and was free to obey or disobey—with the just and inevitable condition that he should enjoy or suffer the natural results of his choice.e Adam, the first manf placed upon the earth in pursuance of the established plan, and Eve who was given unto him as companion and associate, indispensable to h...

    • Moses 2:28

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

      In accordance with the plan adopted in the council of the Gods, man was created as an embodied spirit; his tabernacle of flesh was composed of the elements of earth.d He was given commandment and law, and was free to obey or disobey—with the just and inevitable condition that he should enjoy or suffer the natural results of his choice.e Adam, the first manf placed upon the earth in pursuance of the established plan, and Eve who was given unto him as companion and associate, indispensable to h...

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    1 shared verse

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

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    1 shared verse

    • 1 Corinthians 6:19

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      In Jesus the Christ:
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    1 shared verse

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      In this talk:
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    1 shared verse

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

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