3rd Nephi Chapter 27

Here goes my first study~

I opened my scriptures to 3rd Nephi 27.

1 And it came to pass that as the disciples of Jesus were journeying and were preaching the things which they had both heard and seen, and were baptizing in the name of Jesus, it came to pass that the disciples were gathered together and were ^aunited in ^bmighty prayer and ^cfasting.

- UNITED then leads to
D&C 29: 6 And, as it is written—Whatsoever ye shall ^aask in ^bfaith, being ^cunited in prayer according to my command, ye shall receive.

and to D&C 84:1

1 A ^arevelation of Jesus Christ unto his servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and six elders, as they ^bunited their hearts and ^clifted their voices on high.


Whenever people "unite" their hearts in earnest prayer, the Lord will answer. The Disciples were praying to know a name by which to call the church that Christ had established with them in the Americas. He "showed himself unto them" and answered their prayer.

5 ...For by this name shall ye be called at the last day
8 And how be it ^amy ^bchurch save it be called in my name? For if a church be called in Moses’ name then it be Moses’ church; or if it be called in the name of a man then it be the church of a man; but if it be called in my name then it is my church, if it so be that they are built upon my gospel.
9 Verily I say unto you, that ye are built upon my gospel...

SO that's the ticket. It is Christ's church IF it is built upon His gospel - that's an important point. There are so many churches in the world today, all claiming to be churches of Christ. So what is the difference between those churches and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? It's authority.... it's revelation... it's the fact that the WHOLE gospel had to be restored to the earth in it's entirety. Other churches teach truth. They bring good into the world. I don't deny that. The difference is that it is not the WHOLE truth. During the time of the Apostasy many of the "plain and precious" truths were lost. The Priesthood was also removed from the Earth and if the Priesthood was removed, so was the authority to act in the name of God. That is why there was a NEED for a RESTORATION.

Continuing in 3rd Nephi 27... Verses 13-22 sum up the Plan of our Heavenly Father.

Then in verse 25 - out of the books which have been written, and which shall be written, shall this people be ^ajudged, for by them shall their ^bworks be known unto men.

This is interesting... the books that have been written and shall be written we will be judged. How important is it that we study the scriptures? From them, we will be judged.
A side note - Linking to the beginning thoughts on UNITED hearts. I find it interesting that the only reason we have the Book of Mormon today was because the prophets were UNITED in their desires and prayers to have the records preserved.
Enos: 15 Wherefore, I knowing that the Lord God was able to ^apreserve our records, I cried unto him continually, for he had said unto me: Whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith, believing that ye shall receive in the name of Christ, ye shall receive it.
Mormon: 11 And they were handed down from king Benjamin, from generation to generation until they have fallen into ^amy hands. And I, Mormon, pray to God that they may be preserved from this time henceforth. And I know that they will be preserved; for there are great things written upon them, out of which ^bmy people and their brethren shall be ^cjudged at the great and last day, according to the word of God which is written.

For more on being judged from the words, follow the cross references... like 11c. And for more study about how the Book of Mormon was to come forth and the importance of the Book of Mormon I like these following chapters:
2 Nephi 27

2 Nephi 29

I love the Book of Mormon. I am so grateful that the records were preserved that we have them now. We have such an amazing opportunity to learn from these great Prophets and people of the past. And yet, all too often I set aside my scriptures to watch TV or to surf the Internet. Hopefully as intended, this blog will help me stay motivated to learn from the scriptures. I know the Book of Mormon is true. And the most amazing thing to me is that ANYONE can know... I love that! The Book of Mormon comes with a promise... and it does not fail!

Moroni 10:
3 Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how ^amerciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ^bponder it in your ^chearts.

4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ^aask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not ^btrue; and if ye shall ask with a ^csincere heart, with ^dreal intent, having ^efaith in Christ, he will ^fmanifest the ^gtruth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may ^aknow the ^btruth of all things.