Return and Receive

M. Russell Ballard April 2017 Saturday Afternoon Session

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  1. Moses 1:39

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    God, our Heavenly Father, has given us the perfect example of goal setting and planning.

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  2. 3 Nephi 13:33

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    “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.”
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  3. 2 Nephi 31:19

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    We return and receive by having “unshaken faith in [the Lord Jesus Christ], relying wholly upon” His merits, pressing “forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men [and women] … , feasting upon the word of Christ, and endur[ing] to the end.”

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  4. Moses 4:4

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    “became Satan, yea, even the devil, the father of all lies, to deceive and to blind men [and women], and to lead them captive at his will, even as many as would not hearken unto [the Lord’s] voice.”
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  5. 2 Nephi 2:18

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    Because of his premortal choices, Satan can neither return nor receive.

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  6. 2 Nephi 32:5

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    Because of his premortal choices, Satan can neither return nor receive.

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  7. Doctrine and Covenants 84:38

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    These voices may also include well-intentioned individuals who are blinded by the secular philosophies of men and women and who seek to destroy the faith and divert the eternal focus of those who are simply trying to return to the presence of God and receive “all that [our] Father hath.”

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  8. Alma 5:14

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    As a guide for me during this private, personal review, I like to read and ponder the introspective words found in the fifth chapter of Alma, wherein Alma asks: “Have ye spiritually been born of God?

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  9. Matthew 11:28

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    “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”

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  10. Doctrine and Covenants 4:5

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    During the coming weeks, find time to review your life’s goals and your plans, and make sure they align with our Heavenly Father’s great plan for our happiness.

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  11. Doctrine and Covenants 62

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    Despite our mistakes, shortcomings, detours, and sins, Jesus Christ’s Atonement allows us to repent, prepared to return and receive the matchless blessings God has promised—to live forever with the Father and the Son in the highest degree of the celestial kingdom.

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  12. Doctrine and Covenants 70

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    Despite our mistakes, shortcomings, detours, and sins, Jesus Christ’s Atonement allows us to repent, prepared to return and receive the matchless blessings God has promised—to live forever with the Father and the Son in the highest degree of the celestial kingdom.

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  13. James 1

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    One additional help is “The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles,” which was presented to the Church on January 1, 2000.

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  1. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 18: As One Having Authority

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  2. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 22: A Period of Darkening Opposition

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  3. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 25: Jesus Again in Jerusalem

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  4. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 27: Continuation of the Perean and Judean Ministry

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    • 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.

  5. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 3: The Need of a Redeemer

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    • 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.

  6. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 17: The Sermon on the Mount

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  7. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 42: Jesus the Christ to Return

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