Day 75

No wonder the prophet, the apostles, and all the way back to Jesus Christ are always telling us to study the scriptures. There's always something new to learn. The scriptures are so deep, with so many hidden messages, that it would take more than a lifetime for me to understand everything about them. For example, today I wanted to read some scriptures that had to do with the talk I read yesterday by Elder Christofferson. He talked about being of one heart and one mind, creating the Zion the Lord wants us to for the last days. I came across section 27 of the Doctrine and Covenants because in verse 13, the Lord talks about gathering his people as "one" in the last days. But this whole section taught me so much that I wasn't expecting!

First, the Lord talks about the sacrament, and how "it mattereth not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink when ye partkae of the sacrament, if it so be that ye do it with an eye single to my glory". I never thought of that. It always comes down to the intentions of our heart, and that's what makes the sacrament work for us in our lives. The bread and water are just symbols. What really matters is what changes in our hearts we are committing to make.

Then, through the rest of the section, the Lord gives a chronological history of how the church was restored in order for him to come. He mentions everyone he had come down to give the keys to Joseph Smith to help restore everything for the gospel.

And lastly, he asks us today to take advantage of this gospel and use it as our armor for the days until he comes again, because it's going to be a hard battle. It is a hard battle already. Every day I have to "put on my armor" in order to stay true to the gospel.

All of that I got out of 18 verses. It astounded me. And helped me see how important these scriptures really are. There's something in there for me to learn every day for the rest of my life, and I'm sure into the eternities.