This is My voice unto all

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This is My voice unto all

• Doctrine and Covenants
• Section 25

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How do we get scripture?
Instruction
Problem or Need
Lords Servant
Lord

• Lords Servant
• Has a problem or need
• Lord supplies guidance or instruction
• That instruction is recorded so that all might
  profit

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DC 25

• 16 And verily, verily, I say unto you, that this
  is my voice unto all. Amen
• Nephi records
• for I did liken all scriptures unto us, that it
  might be for our profit and learning.(1 Nephi
  1923)

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July 1830

• Emma and Joseph married in 1827
• Emma basically disowned by her family
• Lost one baby in Harmony, Penn.
• Seen her husband arrested twice

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DC 25- Given to Emma

• 4 Murmur not because of the things which thou
  hast not seen, for they are withheld from thee
  and from the world, which is wisdom in me in a
  time to come.
• 5 And the office of thy calling shall be for a
  comfort unto my servant, Joseph Smith, Jun., thy
  husband, in his afflictions, with consoling
  words, in the spirit of meekness.

5 And the office of thy calling shall be for a
comfort unto my servant, Kevin Hinckley, thy
husband, in his afflictions, with consoling
words, in the spirit of meekness.
5 And the office of thy calling shall be for a
comfort unto my servant, Cindy Hinckley, thy
wife, in her afflictions, with consoling words,
in the spirit of meekness.
5 And the office of thy calling shall be for a
comfort unto my servant, Emma Smith, thy wife,
in her afflictions, with consoling words, in the
spirit of meekness.
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DC 25

• 14 Continue in the spirit of meekness, and beware
  of pride
• Question
• What is the difference between meekness and
  pride?

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A Little Illustration
Satans Destruction Company
Heavenly Father
Man
Pride
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DC 25

• Behold, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou art
  an elect lady, whom I have called.
• An elect lady is a female member of the Church
  who has already received, or who through
  obedience is qualified to receive, the fulness of
  gospel blessings. This includes temple
  endowments, celestial marriage, and the fulness
  of the sealing power (Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 217)

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DC 25

• 13 Wherefore, lift up thy heart and rejoice, and
  cleave unto the covenants which thou hast made.
• Websters 1828 Dictionary
• Cleave 1. To stick to adhere to hold to.

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A college professor and church dissident recently
asked

•   If the male always presides,
  even in love and righteousness,
  isn't the other partner
  subordinate, at least in
  rule, if not in rank?
• And if so, does this lead to inequality?

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President Packer

• the whole universe is organized in order that
  man and woman might fulfill the full measure of
  their creation. It is a perfect system where
  delicate balances and counter-balances govern the
  physical, the emotional, and the spiritual in
  mankindthe separate natures of man and woman
  were designed by the Father of us all to fulfill
  the purposes of the gospel plan.
• Only a woman can bestow upon man that supernal
  title of father. She in turn becomes a mother.
  Can anyone dispute that her part is different
  from and more demanding than his?
• Men and women have complementary, not competing,
  responsibilities. There is difference but not
  inequality. Intelligence and talent favor both of
  them. But in the woman's part, she is not just
  equal to man she is superior! She can do that
  which he can never do not in all eternity can he
  do it. There are complementary rewards which are
  hers and hers alone" ("A Tribute to Women,"
  Ensign, July 1989, 73