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Thanksgiving Leftovers

Question Can you think of a situation where you end up being responsible for another’s sins? Does that sound ‘fair”?

Christian Responsibility Jacob 1:7,8 Dual Teaching Teaching #1- 3 Nephi 27:14,15

Teaching #2 Brother Robert Millett The passion of Christ strengthens him to overcome the sins of others by forgiving them. He becomes the bearer of other men's burdens. . . . My brother's burden which I must bear is not only his outward lot, his natural characteristics and gifts, but quite literally his sin. And the only way to bear that sin is by forgiving it in the power of the cross of Christ in which I now share.“ "The call to follow Christ always means a call to share the work of forgiving men their sins. Forgiveness is the Christlike suffering which it is the Christian's duty to bear."  Eye Single to the Glory of God: Reflections on the Cost of Discipleship ( 1991)

Jacob’s Temple Address

President Kimball As we close, we seem to hear a gracious and loving God reminding us, "I gave you your opportunity. I taught you the right principles. You knew better. When you refuse to hearken you will suffer the consequences." He is saying a man must enter into this new and everlasting covenant or he cannot be exalted. "You did not listen. If you abide not that covenant, then you are damned… Now, my young brothers and sisters, if I meet any of you beyond the veil--I'll reach there before you do--don't anyone of you ever come to Brother Kimball and say, "You didn't tell me. I didn't understand. Nobody warned me of this…" God bless you, my brothers and sisters. This is a vital message. I hope it has sunk into your hearts.

What Prophets Do Jacob 2: 4-6 Jacob 2:12-19 Riches? D&C 6:7

Brigham Young  “The worst fear I have about this people is that they will get rich in this country, forget God and His people, wax fat, and kick themselves out of the Church and go to hell. This people will stand mobbing, robbing, poverty, and all manner of persecution and be true. But my greatest fear is that they cannot stand wealth” (quoted in Kimball, Miracle of Forgiveness, 48).

Discipleship Jacob 4:10-14

Counseling the Lord Marion G. Romney In my view, seeking to counsel the Lord generally means disregarding the Lord’s counsel, either knowingly or unknowingly, and in place thereof substituting our own counsel or the persuasions of men. Doing this is a very common human weakness. But until we are able to conquer it, real closeness to the Spirit of the Lord eludes us regardless of our other gifts and attainments… Now I do not think that many members of the Church consciously urge the persuasions of men or their own counsel instead of heeding the Lord’s. However, when we do not keep ourselves advised as to what the counsel of the Lord is, we are prone to substitute our own counsel for His. As a matter of fact, there is nothing else we can do but follow our own counsel when we do not know the Lord’s instructions. Ensign, 1985

The Essence of a Disciple Seek not to counsel the Lord but be reconciled unto him though the atonement of Christ. The Spirit speaketh of things as they really are, replacing the blindness that comes from looking beyond the mark Ezekiel 9: 4-6