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, February 19, 2016

Jacob 5

In the Allegory of the Olive Tree, the master of the vineyards asks -

"...Who is it that has corrupted my vineyard?"  (Book of Mormon | Jacob 5:47)

"Is it not the loftiness of thy vineyard—have not the branches thereof overcome the roots which are good? And because the branches have overcome the roots thereof, behold they grew faster than the strength of the roots, taking strength unto themselves."  (Book of Mormon | Jacob 5:48)

Obviously, it is pride that corrupted the vineyard...a warning to all priesthood leaders.