Scripture Blog

This weblog is my personal online scripture journal. I try to read the scriptures each morning as I exercise on my cross-trainer. It has a great impact on my life and my testimony of the Savior and his restored church. The journal is really for my own benefit but I have set it up as a web log in hopes to benefit anyone else that may be interested. "For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost..." 1 Nephi 10:19

Friday, September 05, 2008

D&C 136

As the saints were preparing for the trek west, the Lord gave directions in the manner they should proceed. As they did, provided some essential instructions, say -

"And this shall be our covenant—that we will walk in all the ordinances of the Lord." (Doctrine and Covenants Section 136:4)

"...with a covenant and promise to keep all the commandments and statutes of the Lord our God." (Doctrine and Covenants Section 136:2)

And with that, the saints were to -

"Seek ye; and keep all your pledges one with another; and covet not that which is thy brother's." (Doctrine and Covenants Section 136:20)

"Keep yourselves from evil to take the name of the Lord in vain, for I am the Lord your God, even the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob." (Doctrine and Covenants Section 136:21)

"Cease to contend one with another; cease to speak evil one of another.
24 Cease drunkenness; and let your words tend to edifying one another." (Doctrine and Covenants Section 136:23 - 24)

And also -

"If thou borrowest of thy neighbor, thou shalt restore that which thou hast borrowed; and if thou canst not repay then go straightway and tell thy neighbor, lest he condemn thee.
26 If thou shalt find that which thy neighbor has lost, thou shalt make diligent search till thou shalt deliver it to him again." (Doctrine and Covenants Section 136:25 - 26)

In other words, to were to adhere to the teachings of His gospel. And as with all His commandments, he provides this promise -

"...if ye do this with a pure heart, in all faithfulness, ye shall be blessed; you shall be blessed in your flocks, and in your herds, and in your fields, and in your houses, and in your families." (Doctrine and Covenants Section 136:11)

And with His promises He also provides warnings -

"...if any man shall seek to build up himself, and seeketh not my counsel, he shall have no power, and his folly shall be made manifest." (Doctrine and Covenants Section 136:19)

All this being to the -

"...Word and Will of the Lord concerning the Camp of Israel in their journeyings to the West." (Doctrine and Covenants Section 136:1)