Take Up Our Cross

Ulisses Soares October 2019 Sunday Afternoon Session

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  1. Matthew 11:29

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    Dear brothers and sisters, we have received wonderful teachings from our leaders during these last two days.

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  2. James 2:24

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    Dear brothers and sisters, we have received wonderful teachings from our leaders during these last two days.

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  3. James 2

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    Dear brothers and sisters, we have received wonderful teachings from our leaders during these last two days.

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  4. Matthew 16:21

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    While in the vicinity of Caesarea Philippi, the Savior revealed to His disciples what He would suffer at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes in Jerusalem.

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  5. Matthew 16:22

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    While in the vicinity of Caesarea Philippi, the Savior revealed to His disciples what He would suffer at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes in Jerusalem.

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  6. Matthew 16:24

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    “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

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  7. John 6:38

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    Through this declaration, the Savior emphasized that all those who are willing to follow Him need to deny themselves and control their desires, appetites, and passions, sacrificing everything, even life itself if necessary, being entirely submissive to the will of the Father—just as He did.

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  8. John 19:16

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    Through this declaration, the Savior emphasized that all those who are willing to follow Him need to deny themselves and control their desires, appetites, and passions, sacrificing everything, even life itself if necessary, being entirely submissive to the will of the Father—just as He did.

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  9. Mark 16:17

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    It was only after the Savior’s Resurrection that the disciples’ minds were opened to understand all that had been written about Him and what would be required of them from that time on.

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  10. Luke 24:36

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    It was only after the Savior’s Resurrection that the disciples’ minds were opened to understand all that had been written about Him and what would be required of them from that time on.

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  11. Matthew 28:19

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    It was only after the Savior’s Resurrection that the disciples’ minds were opened to understand all that had been written about Him and what would be required of them from that time on.

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  12. Matthew 16:25

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    In the same fashion, all of us, brothers and sisters, need to open our minds and our hearts in order to more fully understand the relevance of taking upon ourselves our crosses and following Him.

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  13. Alma 1:25

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    The same principles apply to those of you who are experiencing same-gender attraction and feel discouraged and helpless.

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  14. Mosiah 5:15

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    The same principles apply to those of you who are experiencing same-gender attraction and feel discouraged and helpless.

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  15. Alma 60:23

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    Please never give up after subsequent failures and consider yourself incapable of abandoning sins and overcoming addiction.

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  16. 2 Nephi 25:23

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    Please never give up after subsequent failures and consider yourself incapable of abandoning sins and overcoming addiction.

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  17. Doctrine and Covenants 46:19

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    I testify that as we continually strive to overcome our challenges, God will bless us with the gifts of faith to be healed and of the working of miracles.

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  18. Doctrine and Covenants 46:21

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    I testify that as we continually strive to overcome our challenges, God will bless us with the gifts of faith to be healed and of the working of miracles.

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  19. Ezekiel 18:31

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    The scriptures teach that there is a way out of these situations—by inviting our Savior to help us to replace our stony hearts with new hearts.

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  20. Ezekiel 36:26

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    The scriptures teach that there is a way out of these situations—by inviting our Savior to help us to replace our stony hearts with new hearts.

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  21. Ether 12:27

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    The scriptures teach that there is a way out of these situations—by inviting our Savior to help us to replace our stony hearts with new hearts.

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  22. 1 Nephi 7:21

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    The scriptures teach that there is a way out of these situations—by inviting our Savior to help us to replace our stony hearts with new hearts.

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  23. Doctrine and Covenants 121:29

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    thrones and dominions, principalities and powers, shall be revealed and set forth upon all who have endured valiantly for the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
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  24. 3 Nephi 27:6

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    While in Liberty Jail in 1839, the Prophet Joseph Smith wrote an epistle to Church members containing prophecies that are so very applicable in all these circumstances and situations.

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  25. Mosiah 2:41

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    While in Liberty Jail in 1839, the Prophet Joseph Smith wrote an epistle to Church members containing prophecies that are so very applicable in all these circumstances and situations.

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  26. 3 Nephi 1:4

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    My dear friends, we must remember that taking our cross upon ourselves includes being humble and trusting in God and in His infinite wisdom.

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  27. Doctrine and Covenants 101:16

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    My dear friends, we must remember that taking our cross upon ourselves includes being humble and trusting in God and in His infinite wisdom.

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  28. 2 Nephi 31:20

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    During my visit, while holding Sister Calamassi’s hand and looking into her eyes, I saw an angelic glow emanating from her countenance—reflecting her confidence in God’s plan and her perfect brightness of hope in the Father’s love and plan for her.

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  29. Matthew 5:48

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    Brothers and sisters, I want to testify to you that taking upon us our cross and following the Savior requires us to follow His example and strive to become like Him, patiently facing the circumstances of life, denying and despising the appetites of the natural man, and waiting on the Lord.

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  30. Matthew 3

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    Brothers and sisters, I want to testify to you that taking upon us our cross and following the Savior requires us to follow His example and strive to become like Him, patiently facing the circumstances of life, denying and despising the appetites of the natural man, and waiting on the Lord.

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  31. Psalms 27:14

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    on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say,
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  32. Psalms 33:20

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    “He is our help and our shield.”

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  33. Matthew 11:30

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    I testify to you that following our Master’s footsteps and waiting on Him who is the ultimate healer of our lives will provide rest to our souls and make our burdens easy and light.

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  34. Mosiah 24:14

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    I testify to you that following our Master’s footsteps and waiting on Him who is the ultimate healer of our lives will provide rest to our souls and make our burdens easy and light.

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  1. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 37: The Resurrection and the Ascension

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    • Luke 24:36

      In this talk:
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      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (Luke 24:36)

      5.

    • Matthew 16:21

      In this talk:
      Open paragraph (1)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (Matthew 16:21; 17:23; 20:19)

      Precise Time and Manner of Christ’s Emergence from the Tomb Not Known.—Our Lord definitely predicted His resurrection from the dead on the third day, (Matthew 16:21; 17:23; 20:19; Mark 9:31; 10:34; Luke 9:22; 13:32; 18:33), and the angels at the tomb (Luke 24:7), and the risen Lord in Person (Luke 24:46) verified the fulfilment of the prophecies; and apostles so testified in later years (Acts 10:40; 1 Corinthians 15:4).

    • Matthew 28:19

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      In Jesus the Christ:
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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.

  2. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 22: A Period of Darkening Opposition

    2 shared verses

    • Matthew 16:22

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      Peter was shocked at this unqualified declaration, and, yielding to impulse, remonstrated with Jesus, or, as two of the evangelists state, “began to rebuke him,” even going so far as to say: “This shall not be unto thee.”j The Lord turned upon him with this sharp reproof: “Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.” Peter’s words constituted an appeal to the human element in Christ’s nature; and the sensi...

    • Matthew 28:19

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      Many have queried as to why Jesus delayed the blessing.

  3. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 11: From Judea to Galilee

    1 shared verse

    • Mark 16:17

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      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (Mark 16:17)

      The Testimony of Miracles.—The Savior’s promise in a former day (Mark 16:17–18), as in the present dispensation (D&C 84:65–73), is definite, to the effect that specified gifts of the Spirit are to follow the believer as signs of divine favor.

  4. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 13: Honored by Strangers, Rejected by His Own

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    • Mark 16:17

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      Many modern writers have attempted to explain the phenomenon of demoniacal possession; and beside these there are not a few who deny the possibility of actual domination of the victim by spirit personages.

  5. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 17: The Sermon on the Mount

    1 shared verse

    • Matthew 5:48

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      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (Matthew 5:48)

      Relative Perfection.—Our Lord’s admonition to men to become perfect, even as the Father is perfect (Matthew 5:48) cannot rationally be construed otherwise than as implying the possibility of such achievement.

  6. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 2: Preexistence and Foreordination of the Christ

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    • John 6:38

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      Even more impressive and yet more truly conclusive are the personal testimonies of the Savior as to His own preexistent life and the mission among men to which He had been appointed.

  7. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 20: “Peace, Be Still”

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    • Doctrine and Covenants 46:19

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      Observe the significant assertion, “Thy faith hath made thee whole.” Faith is of itself a principle of power;a and by its presence or absence, by its fulness or paucity, even the Lord was and is influenced, and in great measure controlled, in the bestowal or withholding of blessings; for He ministers according to law, and not with caprice or uncertainty.

  8. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 21: The Apostolic Mission, and Events Related Thereto

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    • Matthew 28:19

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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.

  9. Jesus the Christ

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

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  10. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 29: On to Jerusalem

    1 shared verse

    • Matthew 16:21

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      It is to us an astounding fact that the Twelve failed to comprehend His meaning; yet Luke unqualifiedly affirms: “And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.” This avouchment of the Savior’s approaching death and resurrection spoken in confidential certainty to the Twelve was the third of its kind; and still they could not bring themselves to accept the awful truth.b According to Matthew’s account, they were told...

  11. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 3: The Need of a Redeemer

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  12. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 35: Death and Burial

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  13. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 5: Earthly Advent of the Christ Predicted

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