Jacob 1,2,3,4?
Jacob 1 Jacob and Joseph seek to persuade men to believe in Christ and keep His commandments—Nephi dies—Wickedness prevails among the Nephites. About 544–421 B.C.
Jacob 2 Jacob denounces the love of riches, pride, and unchastity—Men may seek riches to help their fellowmen—The Lord commands that no man among the Nephites may have more than one wife—The Lord delights in the chastity of women. About 544–421 B.C.
Jacob 3 The pure in heart receive the pleasing word of God—Lamanite righteousness exceeds that of the Nephites—Jacob warns against fornication, lasciviousness, and every sin. About 544–421 B.C.
Jacob 4 All the prophets worshiped the Father in the name of Christ—Abraham’s offering of Isaac was in similitude of God and His Only Begotten—Men should reconcile themselves to God through the Atonement—The Jews will reject the foundation stone. About 544–421 B.C.
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CFM: (Come Follow Me - Study Guide Topics)
>JNE: (Observations by J Neil Evans)
CFM Week Theme: Be Reconciled Unto God Through The Atonement of Christ
CFM: I have an errand from the Lord
>JNE: If Jacob got his errand from the Lord, why do LDS get their errands (callings) from church authorities?
CFM: Let not this pride of your hearts destroy your souls
>JNE: How long since you have heard a message of "your wickedness and abominations" in your temple, like Jacob preached? Are there no Lamanite-like people among the LDS today?
CFM: God delights in chastity.
>JNE: Actually the Book of Mormon text says: in the context of the "abomination" of polygamy, "the Lord God delighted in the chastity of women." So some LDS prophets were not chaste perhaps because they were not women?
CFM: I can be reconciled to God through the Atonement of Jesus Christ
>JNE: Doesn't the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints teach that additional things are required?
CFM: I can avoid spiritual blindness by focusing on the Savior
>JNE: The Book of Mormon text says: "...it is by his grace ... that we have power to do these things."
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Looking for TRUTH in "the most correct book on earth"
"the keystone of the LDS Religion"
The Book of Mormon which
"would get a man nearer to God than any other book."
? "fifty and five years from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem"
In fifty-five years the one or two dozen people who left Jerusalem became two nations?
? 2:24... "Behold David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord..." So, polygamy of Joseph Smith and other LDS was permissible because of personal revelation? So is polygamy and other abominations okay if received by personal revelation? Could Joseph Smith have been "visited with a sore curse of destruction (killed in jail) because of his whoredoms?" (:33)
? The present Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints describes the "curse of darkness" as spiritual. How has the curse changed from what the Book of Mormon calls the "curses which hath come upon their skins?" Challenging the Nephites to repent lest the "skins" of the Laminates are not "whiter than yours."
? Like the Holy Prophets before us (in Israel) "we keep the law of Moses." Where is the evidence of New World Temple sacrifices, feasts, etc.? Why is Isaiah extensively quoted but none of "Leviticus or Deuteronomy?
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Looking in these chapters of The Book of Mormon for "The Fullness of the Gospel" "The Restored Gospel" of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
i.e.: The GOSPEL? ... The PLAN OF SALVATION? ... The CHURCH? ... TEMPLES? ... KINGDOMS OF GLORY? ... The GODHEAD?
- "keeping the Law of Moses" was part of the plan for the Nephites - but not detailed yet in the Book of Mormon
- Temple is mentioned but nothing but preaching in them so far.
- Leaders as Kings after Nephi - but no mention of Presidents or other modern church organization.
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Read Bible verses about this weeks topics...
Grace / Atonement / Pride / Deception