Follow Him: A Come, Follow Me Podcast - Doctrine & Covenants 46-48 : follow HIM Favorites

Episode Date: May 5, 2021

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My friends, welcome. My name is Hank Smith. I am the host of a podcast called Follow Him. And I'm here with my co-host, John By the way, hello John. Hi Hank. This is a segment we call Follow Him Favorites. We take the lesson for the week and just highlight our favorite piece. The lesson this week, John, is on Doctrine Covenant Section 46, 47, and 48. And what, John By the way, is your follow him favorite in these sections? Oh, thank you for asking. There's 46 is probably is the longest of the three. And it just has some amazing stuff, a list of spiritual gifts. I'm so grateful the Lord just says, Hey, let me tell you about all these spiritual gifts instead of something like,

Hey, let me tell you all the different ways I can curse you or something like that. It's here's a list of gifts that are available that I would love to share with you for the benefit of the church. But there is a line in verse 15 that I'm so thankful for. It talks about the Lord, suiting his mercies according to the conditions of the children of men. His mercies according to the conditions. And I just, I love teenagers you to to Hank. And there are teens out there who are probably thinking, oh, I've got this problem. I bet my grandpa never had this problem.

I bet my dad never had this problem. And you know what, they had different conditions. Heavenly Father knows exactly what kind of world he sent you to. And it is a rough world. They never had those kind of temptations that you have to deal with. And Heavenly Father and the Savior will suit their mercies according to your conditions. That's incredibly hopeful verse that hey, I know what kind of world I sent you to. I know what

you're going through and I have adjusted my mercy just for you. I'm so glad that's in there. That is my through and I have adjusted my mercy just for you. I'm so glad that's in there. That is my favorite for today, Hank. Oh, that is 46 verse 15. That is such a crucial idea. The idea of I judge your finish line also based on your starting line. Yeah, right. Yeah. It's different races. You we've talked about Stephen Robinson before and his book, Believing Christ. And he wrote another one called, Following Christ. And he talked about diving and judges giving different scores based on the degree of difficulty. It wasn't just the dive. It was, I'm going to do this dive with that has a higher degree of difficulty. We've been sent to a world with a different degree of difficulty.

I like that. Then a pre-Internet world. And the judges accordingly. Thank you for that. That is beautiful. If someone comes in, you know, with a mental illness, the Lord will adjust his mercies. If someone comes into an abusive home,

the Lord will adjust his mercies. I think that is a crucial take away. My follow-in favor is also from Section 46. And it's verse 9. And since we're on a theme here, this is tells us how merciful the Lord is. He says, I'm giving you these spiritual gifts of to those who love me and keep all my commandments. And at that point, I was like, I don't keep all the commandments. I do love you, but I don't keep all the commandments. And then this phrase that I think we can highlight and him or her that seek if so to do,

meaning the Lord says, I'm going to bless all those who keep my commandments and those who really want to keep my commandments, who are trying to keep my commandments. And I think it does fit what you just talked about in verse 15 with the Lord suiting his mercies. So the Lord knows your heart, the Lord knows that you're trying, right? I have a wonderful son who just says, why do I make bad decisions, right? Why do I continually do this? And I said, well, we're going to try again. We're going to try again. Yes. I know you really want to make good decisions. And we're going to get to the point where you are going to make better decisions. It's going to take a little bit of practice, a little bit of work, but cut yourself some slack because the Lord is. I'm with you. Can I add to that Hank? I think

in of the sacrament prayer that our boys say, I'm not if your son is old enough now for that, it's he have preached yet, but that actually, that they say that they are willing, and there's no period, willing to take upon them the name of thy son and willing to always remember him and willing to keep his commandments when she is given. Doesn't say that they are able to do this.

Yeah, or they will, absolutely, without, you know, without mistake. But we're gonna just keep trying. We are just keep trying. And the Lord is so merciful. He says, well, come back next week. We'll do this sacrament again. Oh, that is. That's why repent is the most wonderful world. We're encouraging the God's whole Christian vocabulary. Absolutely. Well, my friends, John and I hope you'll join us on our podcast. It's called Follow Him. And you can find it wherever your podcasts are located.

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