The Plan of Mercy

James R. Rasband April 2025 Saturday Evening Session

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  1. Doctrine and Covenants 109:55

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    But in studying section 109, I learned that in the temple, God empowers new missionaries—indeed, all of us—in an additional, sacred way.

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  2. Doctrine and Covenants 109:50

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    As I studied the Kirtland dedicatory prayer, I was also struck that Joseph again and again pleaded for mercy—for the members of the Church, for the enemies of the Church, for the leaders of the country, for the nations of the earth.

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  3. Doctrine and Covenants 109:54

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    As I studied the Kirtland dedicatory prayer, I was also struck that Joseph again and again pleaded for mercy—for the members of the Church, for the enemies of the Church, for the leaders of the country, for the nations of the earth.

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  4. Doctrine and Covenants 109:68

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    As I studied the Kirtland dedicatory prayer, I was also struck that Joseph again and again pleaded for mercy—for the members of the Church, for the enemies of the Church, for the leaders of the country, for the nations of the earth.

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  5. Doctrine and Covenants 110:7

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    have accepted this house, and my name shall be here; and I will manifest myself to my people in mercy
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  6. Alma 42:15

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    We find mercy in the opportunity to be sealed to our families for eternity.

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  7. Exodus 34:6

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    We find mercy in the opportunity to be sealed to our families for eternity.

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  8. Luke 1:20

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    We find mercy in the opportunity to be sealed to our families for eternity.

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  9. Luke 1:67

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    We find mercy in the opportunity to be sealed to our families for eternity.

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  10. Luke 1:72

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    We find mercy in the opportunity to be sealed to our families for eternity.

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  11. Doctrine and Covenants 20:5

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    Joseph Smith’s plea for mercy in section 109 was not the first time his pleas for mercy prompted revelation.

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  12. Enos 1:1

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    This pattern of revelation following a plea for mercy is a familiar one in the scriptures.

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  13. Alma 22:18

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    This pattern of revelation following a plea for mercy is a familiar one in the scriptures.

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  14. Moroni 10:3

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    “I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts.”
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  15. Moroni 10:4

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    Moroni urges us not only to read these things—the records he was about to seal up—but also to ponder in our hearts what the Book of Mormon reveals about “how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men.” It is pondering upon the Lord’s mercy that prepares us to “ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true.”

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  16. Mormon 9:13

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    As we ponder on the Book of Mormon, we might ask: Is it really true, as Alma taught, that God’s plan of mercy assures that every person who ever lived on this earth will be resurrected and that they will “be restored to their … perfect frame”?

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  17. Alma 34:16

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    As we ponder on the Book of Mormon, we might ask: Is it really true, as Alma taught, that God’s plan of mercy assures that every person who ever lived on this earth will be resurrected and that they will “be restored to their … perfect frame”?

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  18. John 3:16

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    As we ponder on the Book of Mormon, we might ask: Is it really true, as Alma taught, that God’s plan of mercy assures that every person who ever lived on this earth will be resurrected and that they will “be restored to their … perfect frame”?

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  19. Doctrine and Covenants 34:3

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    As we ponder on the Book of Mormon, we might ask: Is it really true, as Alma taught, that God’s plan of mercy assures that every person who ever lived on this earth will be resurrected and that they will “be restored to their … perfect frame”?

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  20. Alma 7:11

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    Is it true, as Alma testified, that Christ suffered not only for our sins but for our “pains and afflictions” so that He could “know … how to succor his people according to their infirmities”?

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  21. Mosiah 3:11

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    Is it true, as Alma testified, that Christ suffered not only for our sins but for our “pains and afflictions” so that He could “know … how to succor his people according to their infirmities”?

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  22. 2 Nephi 2:25

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    “Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy”?
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  23. Mosiah 14:5

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    “wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed”?
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  24. Amos 3

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    How must Joseph have felt when, one week later, on Easter Day, April 3, 1836, in the Kirtland Temple, the Savior appeared to him and Oliver Cowdery and, as recorded in section 110 of the Doctrine and Covenants, said, “I have accepted this house, and my name shall be here; and I will manifest myself to my people in mercy in this house.” This promise of mercy must have had special meaning to Joseph.

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  1. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 3: The Need of a Redeemer

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    • Mormon 9:13

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      Those who thus early came forth are spoken of as “the saints”; and other scriptures confirm the fact that only the righteous shall be brought forth in the earlier stages of the resurrection yet to be consummated; but that all the dead shall in turn resume bodies of flesh and bones is placed beyond doubt by the revealed word.

  2. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 33: The Last Supper and the Betrayal

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    • Alma 7:11

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      Open paragraph (1)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (i)

      In some manner, actual and terribly real though to man incomprehensible, the Savior took upon Himself the burden of the sins of mankind from Adam to the end of the world.

  3. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 7: Gabriel’s Annunciation of John and of Jesus

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    • Luke 1:20

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      Doubtless Zacharias recognized in the predicted future of the yet unborn child, the great forerunner, of whom the prophets had told and the psalmist had sung; but that such a one should be offspring of himself and his aged wife seemed impossible despite the angel’s promise.

  4. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 11: From Judea to Galilee

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  5. Jesus the Christ

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

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  6. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 41: Personal Manifestations of God the Eternal Father and of His Son Jesus Christ in Modern Times

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