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1 And now behold, I say unto you that when the Lord shall see fit, in his wisdom, that these sayings shall come unto the Gentiles according to his word, then ye may know that the covenant which the Father hath made with the children of Israel, concerning their restoration to the lands of their inheritance, is already beginning to be fulfilled. | 1 |
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HarmfulGifts of the Spirit 61 It is interesting to note that the gifts spoken of here were very much a part of the early LDS Church, with frequent experiences described as very similar to Biblical examples of these gifts. However, these gifts do not seem to be manifest in the same way currently. For example, the gift of tongues in both the Bible and in the early LDS Church is described as an experience in which a person spoke a foreign language they had no understanding of. In the LDS Church today, the gift of tongues is the label given to an experience where a missionary or Church leader says something in a language they have been studying extensively, but that they didn’t think they had the ability to express in the well-studied language. Given the fact that some missionaries think they speak their mission language well when they actually don’t speak it well, one wonders whether there is also some confirmation bias in effect, as in: Missionary: Coma estar ustad? (slaughtered Spanish greeting) Investigator: Hola amigo (responding politely while thinking: “What did he just say?”) Missionary: Thinking to self, “Wow! They understood me. I have the gift of tongues!” (See also Mormon 9:7) 1 3 Ne 29:6-7
This is similar to 3 Nephi 28:34-35 telling of the woe to be experienced by non-believers. | |
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This is similar to 3 Nephi 28:34-35 telling of the woe to be experienced by non-believers. | |
8 1 This verse contains a pair of parallels to the passage found in KJV Deuteronomy 31:5,7. Compare this verse with "and he will do unto them according to that which he hath sworn" to Deuteronomy 31:5 with "that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments" and also to Deuteronomy 31:7 with "which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers". Note that the phrase "do unto them according" is unique within the KJV bible. | |
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