{"id":71488,"date":"2019-03-13T01:29:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T07:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=71488"},"modified":"2019-03-13T01:29:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T07:29:54","slug":"new-testament-notes-103-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2019\/03\/new-testament-notes-103-105.html","title":{"rendered":"New Testament Notes 103-105"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Galilee<\/a>
A view of the Sea of Galilee, with palm trees. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(Wikimedia Commons public domain image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Matthew 10:37-39<\/a><\/p>\n

Luke 14:25-27<\/a>; 17:33<\/a><\/p>\n

Compare Matthew 16:24-25; Mark 8:34-35; Luke 9:23-24; John 12:25<\/p>\n

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These verses are summed up, in \u00a0a way, by Luke 13:33: \u00a0\u201cWhosoever he be of you that\u00a0forsaketh\u00a0not all that he hath, he cannot be my\u00a0disciple.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But it\u2019s impossible for me not to think of this passage, as well:<\/p>\n

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Let us here observe, that a religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things never has power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation; for, from the first existence of man, the faith necessary unto the enjoyment of life and salvation never could be obtained without the sacrifice of all earthly things. It was through this sacrifice, and this only, that God has ordained that men should enjoy eternal life; and it is through the medium of the sacrifice of all earthly things that men do actually know that they are doing the things that are well pleasing in the sight of God. When a man has offered in sacrifice all that he has for the truth\u2019s sake, not even withholding his life, and believing before God that he has been called to make this sacrifice because he seeks to do his will, he does know, most assuredly, that God does and will accept his sacrifice and offering, and that he has not, nor will not seek his face in vain. Under these circumstances, then, he can obtain the faith necessary for him to lay hold on eternal life.<\/strong> \u00a0(Joseph Smith [?],\u00a0Lectures on Faith<\/em> 6:7)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"SWK,<\/a>
President Spencer W. Kimball, of blessed memory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Matthew 10:40-42<\/a>; 11:1<\/a><\/p>\n

Compare Mark 9:41; Luke 10:16; John 5:23; 12:44-45; 13:20<\/p>\n

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The principle that whoever receives Jesus\u2019 authorized representatives receives him, and that whoever receives him receives his Father \u2014 something of a theological or ecclesiological version of the transitive property of equality<\/a> in mathematics \u2014 is fundamental to the Latter-day Saint view of the Church, or, more specifically, of the Priesthood. \u00a0(And, in this respect, it\u2019s somewhat reminiscent of the view of the role of priests held in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox and other non-Protestant Christian traditions.)<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhether by mine own\u00a0voice\u00a0or by the\u00a0voice\u00a0of my\u00a0servants, it is the\u00a0same\u201d (Doctrine and Covenants 1:38).<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor his word ye shall receive,\u201d says the Lord of the president of the Church, \u201cas if from mine own mouth\u201d (Doctrine and Covenants 21:5).<\/p>\n

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\u201cA prophet needs to be more than a priest or a minister or an elder. His voice becomes the voice of God,\u201d said President Spencer\u00a0W. Kimball. \u00a0(Conference Report,<\/em> April 1970, page 120).<\/p>\n

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Ending a talk in Church \u201cin the name of Jesus Christ\u201d isn\u2019t just respectful religious end-punctuation. \u00a0It\u2019s a very serious claim, and it should be approached with solemn reverence and care. \u00a0Everybody in such circumstances, whether priesthood-holder or not, is capable of speaking on behalf of God and should make every effort to say\u00a0what would be pleasing to the Lord and according to his mind and will. \u00a0To do otherwise is \u2014 \u00a0in perhaps a more serious sense than mere profanity \u2014 to take the name of the Lord in vain.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 Matthew 10:37-39 Luke 14:25-27; 17:33 Compare Matthew 16:24-25; Mark 8:34-35; Luke 9:23-24; John 12:25 \u00a0 These verses are summed up, in \u00a0a way, by Luke 13:33: \u00a0\u201cWhosoever he be of you that\u00a0forsaketh\u00a0not all that he hath, he cannot be my\u00a0disciple.\u201d \u00a0 But it\u2019s impossible for me not to think of this passage, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Testament Notes 103-105<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"    Matthew 10:37-39 Luke 14:25-27; 17:33 Compare Matthew 16:24-25; Mark 8:34-35; Luke 9:23-24; John 12:25   These verses are summed up, in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2019\/03\/new-testament-notes-103-105.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Testament Notes 103-105\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"    Matthew 10:37-39 Luke 14:25-27; 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