Old Testament Prophecies (Adapted from J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Our Lord of the Gospels [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1968], pp. 521–26.)
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The first miracle, water converted into wine. |
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Healing nobleman’s son. |
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Jesus passes unseen through the crowd. |
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The draught of fishes |
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An unclean spirit cast out. |
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Peter’s wife’s mother healed. |
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A multitude healed. |
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The leper healed. |
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A man with an infirmity of thirty-eight years’ standing healed. |
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Man with withered hand healed. |
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Centurion’s servant healed of palsy. |
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The son of a widow of Nain raised. |
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Blind and dumb demoniac healed. |
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The storm stilled. |
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The two Gadarene demoniacs healed. |
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The swine rush down into the sea and perish. |
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The daughter of Jairus raised. |
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The woman with the issue of blood healed. |
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Two blind men healed. |
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The dumb demoniac healed. |
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The five thousand fed. |
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Jesus walks on the sea. |
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Peter saved. |
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The wind ceases, and the ship is immediately at the land. |
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People healed by touch of his garment. |
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Daughter of the Greek woman healed. |
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Deaf man with impediment in speech healed. |
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The four thousand fed. |
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A blind man healed. |
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A demoniac boy healed after failure of disciples. |
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The tribute money in the fish. |
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Jesus passes through crowd unseen |
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Jesus casts out a dumb devil. |
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Jesus heals a man born blind. |
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The woman long ill healed on Sabbath. |
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The man with dropsy healed on Sabbath. |
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The raising of Lazarus from the dead. |
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The ten lepers healed. |
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Sight restored to Bartimaeus and another blind beggar. |
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Barren fig tree cursed. |
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They who were sent to take Jesus fall to the ground. |
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The ear of Malchus, the high priest’s servant, healed. |
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The great haul of fishes. |
(Adapted from J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Our Lord of the Gospels [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1968], pp. 535–37.)
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Temple, if destroyed, to be raised in three days. |
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Candle under bushel. |
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House on rock, and on sand. |
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Children of the bridechamber. |
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Piece of new cloth in an old garment. |
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New wine in old bottles. |
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New wine as against old wine. |
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The beam and the mote. |
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The two debtors. |
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The sower. |
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The seed growing by itself. |
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The tares. |
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The mustard seed and the leaven. |
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Parable of the tares explained. |
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Treasure hid in a field. |
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Pearl of great price. |
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The dragnet [Gospel Net]. |
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The lost sheep, and the ninety and nine. |
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The harsh servant and the debt. |
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The good Samaritan. |
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The friend at midnight. |
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The unclean spirit. |
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The foolish rich man. |
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The watchful servants. |
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The faithful and wise steward. |
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The unfruitful fig tree. |
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The good shepherd. |
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The mustard seed and the leaven. |
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The shut door. |
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The wedding feast. |
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The great supper. |
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The building of the tower. |
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The king going to make war. |
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The lost sheep. |
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The ten pieces of silver. |
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The return of the prodigal son. |
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The unjust steward. |
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The rich man and Lazarus. |
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Servant and master supping. |
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The importunate widow. |
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The Pharisee and the publican. |
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The labourers in the vineyard. |
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The ten pounds. |
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The two sons. |
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The wicked husbandman. |
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The king’s son. |
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The fig tree leaves. |
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The man taking a long journey. |
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The ten virgins. |
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The talents. |
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(Adapted from Clark, Our Lord of the Gospels, pp. 538–40.)
Today I wish to talk about my brother, my colleague, my fellow apostle—Simon Barjona or Cephas or Peter the Rock.
Some time ago a newspaper in a distant town carried an Easter Sunday religion editorial by a minister who stated that the presiding authority of the early-day church fell because of self-confidence, indecision, evil companions, failure to pray, lack of humility, and fear of man. He than concluded:
Let us as people, especially those who are Christians and claim to abide by the Word of God, not make the same mistakes and fall as Peter fell. (Rev. Dorsey E. Dent, “A Message for This Week.”)
As I read this, I had some strange emotions. I was shocked, then I was chilled, then my blood changed its temperature and began to boil. I felt I was attacked viciously, for Peter was my brother, my colleague, my example, my prophet, and God’s anointed. I whispered to myself, “That is not true. He is maligning my brother.”
Then I opened my New Testament. I could find no such character as this modern minister described. Instead, I found a man who had grown perfect through his experiences and suffering—a man with vision, a man of revelations, a man fully trusted by his Lord Jesus Christ.
I remember his sad, triple denial of his acquaintance with the Lord in those terrifying, frustrating moments. I recall his tearful repentance. Many times he was rebuked by the Master, but he learned by experience and never seemed to make the same error twice. I see a lowly fisherman, untaught and untrained, climb gradually under the tutelage of the best Teacher to the high pinnacle of great faith, bold leadership, unwavering testimony, unparalleled courage, and almost limitless understanding. I see the lay disciple become the chief apostle to preside over the Lord’s church and kingdom. I hear him breathing heavily as he laboriously climbs the steep Mount of Transfiguration. Here he sees and hears unspeakable things and has the transcendent experience of being in the presence of his God, Elohim; Jehovah, his Redeemer; and other heavenly beings.
His eyes had seen, his ears had heard, and his heart had understood and accepted the wondrous happenings of the days from the baptism of the Master in the waters of Jordan to the ascension of his Redeemer from the Mount of Olives.
I see this great church president assume leadership of the church. I see the sick and infirm arise and leap to health and normalcy. I hear his powerful sermons. I see him walk steadily, unflinchingly to martyrdom and drink of its bitter cup.
But this sectarian minister belittled him, unmercifully undercut him, and downgraded him.
Much of the criticism of Simon Peter is centered in his denial of his acquaintance with the Master. This has been labeled “cowardice.” Are we sure of his motive in that recorded denial? He had already given up his occupation and placed all worldly goods on the altar for the cause. If we admit that he was cowardly and denied the Lord through timidity, we can still find a great lesson. Has anyone more completely overcome mortal selfishness and weakness? Has anyone repented more sincerely? Peter has been accused of being harsh, indiscreet, impetuous, and fearful. If all these were true, then we still ask, Has any man every more completely triumphed over his weaknesses?
Good men were among the Lord’s followers, yet Cephas was chosen the number one. The Lord knew well the guilelessness of Nathanial, the tender love of John, the erudition of Nicodemus, and the faithfulness and devotion of James and the other brethren. Christ knew men’s inner thoughts and saw their manifestations of faith. In short, he knew men; yet he chose from all of them this great character who possessed the virtues, powers, and leadership needed to give stability to the church and to lead men to accept the gospel and follow truth.
When Christ chose this fisherman for his first and chief apostle, he was taking no chances. He picked a diamond in the rough—a diamond that would need to be cut, trimmed, and polished by correction, chastisement, and trials—but nevertheless a diamond of real quality. The Savior knew this apostle could be trusted to receive the keys of the kingdom, the sealing and the loosing power. Like other humans, Peter might make some errors in his developing process, but he would be solid, trustworthy, and dependable as a leader of the kingdom of God. Even with so perfect a teacher it was difficult to learn the vast gospel plan in three years.
Peter inquired of Jesus:
Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
And Jesus said unto them, verify I say unto you, that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Matthew 19:27–28.)
Is it conceivable that the omniscient Lord would give all these powers and keys to one who was a failure or unworthy?
If Peter was cowardly, how brave he became in so short a time. If he was weak and vacillating, how strong and positive he became in weeks and months. If he was unkind, how tender and sympathetic he became almost immediately. Responsibility as a refiner and a purger usually takes time.
If Peter was frightened in the court when he denied his association with the Lord, how brave he was hours earlier when he drew his sword against an overpowering enemy, the night mob. Later defying the people and state and church officials, he boldly charged, “Him [the Christ] . . . ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain.” (Acts 2:23.) To the astounded populace at the healing of the cripple at the Gate Beautiful, he exclaimed, “Ye men of Israel . . . the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate. . . . ye denied the Holy One. . . . And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.” (Acts 3:12–15.)
Does this portray cowardice? Quite a bold assertion for a timid one. Remember that Peter never denied the divinity of Christ. He only denied his association or acquaintance with the Christ, which is quite a different matter.
Could it have been confusion and frustration that caused Peter’s denial? Could there still have been some lack of understanding concerning the total unfolding of the plan? Being a leader, Peter was a special target of the adversary. As the Lord said:
Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not. (Luke 22:31–32.)
Peter was under fire; all the hosts of hell were against him. The die had been cast for the Savior’s crucifixion. If Satan could destroy Simon now, what a victory he would score. Here was the greatest of all living men. Lucifer wanted to confuse him, frustrate him, limit his prestige, and totally destroy him. However, this was not to be, for he was chosen for and ordained to a high purpose in heaven, as was Abraham.
Peter followed the Savior to his trial and sat in the outer court. What else could he do? He knew that many times the Savior himself had escaped from the crowd by slipping out of their clutches. Would he again do so?
Though the Lord taught of the coming crucifixion and resurrection, neither Simon nor anyone else fully comprehended his meaning. Was this so strange? Never before had there been such a person or such an occurrence upon the earth. Millions today cannot understand the resurrection, even though it has been preached for nineteen hundred years as a reality with many infallible proofs. Could these men, then, be criticized for not fully understanding this frustrating situation?
Is it possible that there might have been some other reason for Peter’s triple denial? Could he have felt that circumstances justified expediency? When he bore a strong testimony in Caesarea Philippi, he had been told that “they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.” (Matthew 16:20.)
When the three apostles came down from the Mount of Transfiguration, they were again charged implicitly, “Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.” (Matthew 17:9.) Could Peter have felt this was not the time to tell of Christ? He had been with his Lord in Nazareth when the Savior was taken by his own people to the brow of the hill, “whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of them went his way.” (Luke 4:29–30.) Surely Peter did not think of this escape as cowardice but as wise expediency. Christ’s time was not come.
When the Lord had spent some energy in attempting to explain the coming crisis—“how that he must go unto Jerusalem and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day”—Peter attempted to dissuade the Savior from thinking of such calamity. (See Matthew 16:21.) He was promptly chastised for suggesting escape from the tragedy. Perhaps he should have understood that it was the Lord’s will that the dire happenings occur.
What this meant—that the hour was now come—Peter may not have fully realized, but he was prohibited from resisting the coming crucifixion by the Redeemer himself. Was he frustrated? Perhaps for the moment, but how many of us in a hostile camp, totally helpless to save, would champion the Lord under such circumstances, especially when previous efforts had been repulsed? Had not Peter single-handedly already raised his sword against a “great multitude with swords and staves”? (Matthew 26:47.) Had he not attempted to defend the Lord from all the mob’s manhandling and kidnapping, and was he not stopped by his Lord?
The Savior had walked calmly from Gethsemane’s garden, seemingly resigned to the inevitable sacrifice of himself. Simon had courageously manifested his willingness to alone fight the great mob to protect his Master. At the risk of death he had struck the contemptible Malthus and sliced off his ear. But this act of bravery and personal disregard was stopped by the Lord, who said to his loyal apostle:
Put up again thy sword into his place; for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? (Matthew 26:52–53.)
What more could Peter do? How else could he show his loyalty and courage? Could it be that in these last hours Peter realized that he should stop protecting his Lord, that the crucifixion was inevitable, and that regardless of all his acts, the Lord was moving toward his destiny? I do not know. I only know that this apostle was brave and fearless.
Events followed each other in rapid succession. At Gethsemane Peter was futilely trying to defend his Lord one hour; in the next he was following the mob. Apparently the Savior was voluntarily suffering men to heap monumental indignities upon him. What should Peter do?
He boldly and meaningfully postulated to the Savior, “Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.” (Matthew 26:33.) To which the Lord replied, “This night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.” (Matthew 26:34.)
This was a critical moment. Peter’s act of protection with his sword-slashing had been after this prediction was made. He had tried. He had seen one apostle betray his Master with a kiss, and his Master had not repulsed him. Peter had been reminded that angels could be summoned if protection was needed; he had been commanded to put away his sword. Even now he did not desert his Master but followed sorrowfully behind the jeering crowd. He would remain to the end. He likely heard every accusation, saw every indignity heaped upon his Lord, felt all the injustice of the mock trial, and noted the perfidy of false witnesses perjuring their souls. He saw them foully expectorate in the face of the Holy One; he saw them buffet, strike, slap, and taunt him. He observed the Lord making no resistance, calling for no protective legions of angels, asking for no mercy. What was Peter to think now?
A smart aleck damsel accused Peter, “Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.” (Matthew 26:69.) What would his further defense of the Lord accomplish in this situation? Would it displease Jesus? Would it only destroy Peter himself without beneficial effect? Would Christ want him to fight now, when he had denied him that privilege earlier that evening?
Then another maid announced to the bystanders and villains, “This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.” (Matthew 26:71.) Peter replied, “I do not know the man.” (Matthew 26:72.) And others, recognizing his Galilean accent, declared, “Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.” (Matthew 26:73.)
What was he to do? Could he do more? What would have been the result had he admitted his connection? Would he have lived to preside over the church? Peter had seen the Savior escape from crowds many times and hide from assassins. Is it conceivable that Peter also saw advisable advantage to the cause in his denial? Had Peter come to fully realize the hidden meaning in the oft-repeated phrase “Mine hour is not yet come” (John 2:4), and did he now understand that “now is the Son of man glorified” (John 13:31)?
I do not pretend to know what Peter’s mental reactions were nor what compelled him to say what he did that terrible night. But in light of his proven bravery, courage, great devotion, and limitless love for the Master, could we not give him the benefit of the doubt and at least forgive him as his Savior seems to have done so fully. Almost immediately Christ elevated him to the highest position in his church and endowed him with the complete keys of that kingdom.
Simon Barjona did not have long to consider the matter or change his decisions, for he now heard the cock crow twice and was reminded of Christ’s prediction. He was humbled to the dust. Hearing the bird’s announcement of the dawn reminded him not only that he had denied the Lord but also that all the Lord had said would be fulfilled, even to the crucifixion. He went out and wept bitterly. Were his tears for personal repentance only, or were they mingled with sorrowful tears in realization of the fate of his Lord and Master and his own great loss?
Only hours passed until he was among the first at the tomb as the head of the group of believers. Only weeks passed until he was assembling the saints and organizing them into a compact, strong, and unified community. It was not long before he was languishing in prison, being beaten, abused, and “sifted as wheat” as Christ had predicted. (See Luke 22:31.)
Simon Peter, son of Jonas, began his matchless career under most humble circumstances. A common operator of boats, a fisher of fish, and a man once rated as “ignorant and unlearned,” he climbed the ladder of knowledge until he knew, as perhaps no other living person, his Father, Elohim; the Son, Jehovah; and Christ’s program and relationship with men. He was spiritual and devout. He came without persuasion, probably walking every step of the length of the major Jordan to hear the powerful sermons of the fearless John the Baptist. Little did he know the great things in store for him. Here he heard the voice of the prophet and may have been baptized by him.
Peter’s brother, Andrew, declared, “We have found the Messias, which is, bring interpreted, the Christ.” (John 1:41.) They had undoubtedly heard John the Baptist declare, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29.) But to hear the voice of the living Father, God, now acknowledge Jesus as his Begotten Son must have stirred this humble fisherman to his foundations.
Simon Peter was ill prepared at this time to assume great responsibility, but the Master knew his potential. On the day of his call began the intensive training that was to bring this humble man and his associates to great leadership, immortality, and eternal life.
Simon Peter’s education, both secular and spiritual, had been limited, but now he followed the Master Teacher. He heard the Sermon on the Mount; he stood with the Redeemer in the boat and heard the masterful sermons to the congregated people. He sat in the synagogues, listening to the convincing and powerful statements of the Creator. The Scriptures were unfolded as they traveled the dusty or rocky paths of Galilee. Surely, his innumerable questions were answered by the Lord as they ate together, slept together, and walked together. The hours were precious as rare jewels. He heard the parables given to the people and learned the rich lessons therein.
Peter heard the constant flow of divinity in the ceaseless unfolding of the way of life. He grasped many lessons readily but had difficulty in understanding the experiences that had never before occurred on earth. He perceived the darkening shadow and the lowering clouds but could not fully comprehend their meaning. No personage in his experience had ever given his life in this manner. No soul on earth had ever been resurrected. It took time for these awesome truths to penetrate his mind. It was hard for him to think of spiritual leadership only. Peter expected Christ to take the sword and redeem Israel. But when Gethsemane was passed, when Golgotha was a hard nightmare, when the Lord had risen and ascended, and when the Comforter had come, the great compelling truth burst forth and was impressed upon his mind. The miscellaneous tiles were now set into a beautiful pattern. The mosaic was a glorious reality; and Peter, James and John and their associates went forth to convert a hard, resisting world.
Peter was full of faith. He never faltered. From the day he forsook his nets and boats, his feet never turned away. Even in his moment of denial, he was as near to his Lord as he could be. Let him who would be critical of this apostle put himself in the same place—among the bitterest enemies, persecutors, and assassins—with a growing knowledge of the futility of defending his Lord, whose hour had come. He who had forgiven his crucifiers also forgave Peter who had denied him.
Peter was a man of faith. He healed the sick by their merely passing through his shadow. Prison walls could not hold him. Because of him, the dead came back to life. He walked upon the water. Though this was not a total triumph, has any other human soul succeeded? Let him who would scoff at Peter’s momentary wavering try such a feat himself.
Simon Peter was humble. He recognized James and John, who were with him on the Holy Mount and who shared with him the sorrows of Gethsemane. Perhaps his first official act, as presiding authority, was to call a conference at which the saints were to have voice in filling the vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve. A new witness was chosen.
When the lame walked under the administration of Peter and John and when the awestricken multitude gaped and wondered, Peter gave credit to the God of Israel, saying, “Why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our power or holiness we had made this man to walk?” (Acts 3:12.) When Dorcas Tabitha lay dead, there was no display nor ostentation. He simply “put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed,” and presented the living Tabitha back to her friends. (See Acts 9:40–41.)
He accepted threats, beatings, and calumny. He defied those who condemned his Lord, saying, “We ought to obey God rather than men.” (Acts 5:29.) He charged them with the slaughter of the Redeemer, then stood before them without flinching. He chastised the sorcerer Simon, saying, “Thy money perish with thee.” (Acts 8:20.) He stood before his brethren and announced a major policy change in the church whereby gentiles might be accepted.
Simon Peter was spiritual and prophetic. He received the revelations concerning the church. Angels accompanied him in and released him from the prison, and a great vision opened the door to millions of honest souls.
His testimony was as the rock, his faith unwavering. The Savior, abandoned by others, asked Peter, “Will ye also go away?” (John 6:67.) Peter replied, “Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life.” (John 6:68.) Shortly before the crucifixion, the Lord asked, “But whom say ye that I am?” (Matthew 16:15.) The answer revealed from God expressed the power and character of Peter: “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:16.) The Savior replied, “Flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 16:17.) Heavenly messengers he had seen; martyrs he had accompanied; with the Son of God he had lived. The Comforter had come, and never was there faltering or questioning in his mind again.
The teachings of Simon Peter are to all people, even to the latest generation. He bore testimony constantly of the divinity of the Christ. As he had been forgiven of his weaknesses, he now urged all men to forgive. He urged the chaste and virtuous life. He taught honesty and urged that members live in peace with the gentiles. This apostle taught his people to honor kings, governments, and laws; to endure grief, suffering, and buffeting patiently; and to consider revilement and suffering for the Lord’s sake a blessing. Perhaps he had seen much marital unhappiness; for he commanded wives to be subject to and convert their unbelieving husbands through their own goodness and meekness. He commanded the husbands to honor their wives as partners, to love them, to be compassionate to them, and to treasure them. He urged parents to be kind to children and the posterity to honor and obey the parents. He urged employers to be honorable and just with their workers and employees to give service willingly. He urged the clean and constructive life and forbade company with rioters, wine-bibbers, revelers, banqueters; idolaters, and lustful ones. He urged service in the church, the sober life, a vigilant faith, and works leading toward perfection.
The great leader frequently repeated his testimony as an eyewitness and an ear witness to spectacular and eventful happenings. Foreshadowing the apostasy, he testified that false teachers with damnable heresies would come after his departing to deny the Lord and to make merchandise of the souls of men. (See 2 Peter 2:1–3.) He placed the divine stamp of approval on the writings of the Old Testament and unfolded the history of the world, which covered the flood, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and other important events. Again and again, he preached the law of chastity and cleanliness and denounced the evils of sporting, feasting, adultery, incontinence, and covetousness.
As he neared martyrdom, drinking a bitter cup somewhat like his Master and Teacher, he made sure that the world would know his witness and sureness. Sitting figuratively on the brink of his grave, he made a solemn declaration which has been read by countless millions. To the members of the church, he prayed that they might have a “knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.” (2 Peter 1:2.) He gloried in the “exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” (2 Peter 1:4.)
Peter continued:
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure. . . .
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Moreover I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. (2 Peter 1:10, 13–18.)
When his work was done, his testimony borne, his witness delivered, his numbered days run out, Satan who had long desired him was now permitted to take him in martyrdom. His testimony came from his dying lips.
But Simon Peter was not dead. Important changes came to him—the dissolution of his body, but also the resurrection of his soul. With his loyal associates, James and John, Simon Peter returned to the earth, bridging the gap of darkened centuries. Together they appeared on the banks of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, where Peter delivered to the young prophets the keys of the kingdom, which the apostles possessed from the Lord Jesus Christ.
The apostle lives. The weak things of the world confounded the wise. Millions have read his testimony. His powerful witness has stirred multitudes. Through the countless ages of eternity, he will live and extend his influence over the children of this earth. With his brethren, the Twelve, he will judge the nations.
My young brothers and sisters, I hope that you can love and accept the great prophet, Peter, as I feel in my heart to do. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. (Speeches of the Year [Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1971], pp. 1–8.)
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Conference Report of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Cited as CR.
Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. New York: Washington Square Press, 1957.
Dummelow, J. R., ed. A Commentary on the Holy Bible. New York: Macmillan Co., 1930.
Durham, G. Homer, comp. Discourses of Wilford Woodruff. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1946.
Edersheim, Alfred. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah. 2 vols. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1967.
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Hymns. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1948.
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Some quotes do not have a number and so are described by location.
BALLARD, MELVIN J.
We Partake of the Sacrament to Satisfy Our Spiritual Hunger, 12-9
The Time to Begin the Process of Becoming Perfect Is Now, 46-27
Why Was Abraham Commanded to Sacrifice Isaac? 48-8
BENNION, LOWELL L.
What Are Hypocrites? 21-6
BENSON, EZRA TAFT
Putting the First Commandments First, 16-12
Jesus the Christ, Our Savior and Redeemer, Is Risen! 27-19
Those Who Follow the Prophets Need Not Fear, 33-21
The Present-Day Welfare Program Is One Way to Be Prepared, 33-23
When We Love God and Our Fellowmen, We Cannot Be Deceived by Those Who Profess Love for Humanity but Work Against Man’s True Welfare, 52-16
Saints Should Be Optimists, 56-20
[Box], p. 284
BOWEN, ALBERT E.
The Teachings of James May Be Paralleled with the Sermon on the Mount as a Pattern for Perfection, 49-27
BROCKBANK, BERNARD P.
“Simon, . . . Lovest Thou Me More than These?” 28-3
BROWN, HUGH B.
“The Lord Wants You to Give the Balance of Your Life to the Church,” 19-13
The Importance of Taming the Tongue, 49-13
BURTON, THEODORE M.
Was Paul Suggesting That the Saints Were Perfect? 44-9
CLARK, JAMES R.
Jesus Was the First Begotten in the Spirit and the Only Begotten in the Flesh, 2-3
Righteousness Comes by Revelation, 51-18
Jesus Christ the Firstborn of Elohim, Chap. 2 Intro.
CLARK, J. REUBEN, JR.
A Lost Sentence in Luke, 16-6
[Box], p. 439
DICKENS, CHARLES
DUMMELOW, J. R.
What Are the “Dogs” Spoken of in Matthew 15:26? 13-9
How Did Many Jewish Leaders in the Day of Jesus Interpret the Term Neighbor? 16-3
It Is a Classic of Spiritual Autobiography, 44-1
DYER, ALVIN R.
. . . As You Contemplated His Life and Mission, As You Received the Humble and Solemn Witness That He Lives? 27-18
EDERSHEIM, ALFRED
Who Were the Scribes? 13-3
FARRAR, FREDERICK WILLIAM
Those Whose Hearts Are Impure Are Offended by Spiritual Truth, 13-2
Was the Apostle Paul a Married Man? 35-5
What Was It Like to Be Scourged by the Jews? 37-12
GRANT, HEBER J.
Heber J. Grant, Testimony of, 28-15
The Church Hath Need of Every Member, 36-13
[Box], p. 365
HANKS, MARION D.
We Are Commissioned to Remember the Worth of Souls, 18-12
What Is the Danger of the Learning of the World? 42-14
The Message “You Belong” Needs to Be Given to All, 43-27
Unwillingness to Endure Affliction, 45-32
[Box], p. 344
HINCKLEY, ALONZO A.
. . . As You Received the Light, and Walked in the Light? 27-17
HINCKLEY, GORDON B.
The Hand of Fellowship Can Help People Feel That They Belong, 43-26
Deep, Abiding Testimony Is of Greatest Assistance in Becoming Perfect, 46-28
HUNTER, HOWARD W.
How Did the World Receive the Savior? 2-2
How Did Jesus Avoid the Dilemma Posed in the Tribute Money Incident? 21-7
Why Did Paul Write to the Corinthians, and What Was the Approximate Date of Writing? 34-4
“It Is Raised a Spiritual Body,” 36-8
Those Who Would Introduce False Teachings into the Church, 38-4
“Walk Even As He Walked,” 52-8
Biographies—Paul, Sec. 7, Intro.
KIMBALL, SPENCER W.
We Should Not Even Accommodate Temptation, 4-15
How Did Jesus Appoint His Servants? 11-1
Who Are Those Who Seek to Kill the Soul? 11-4
Is It Necessary to Discuss One’s Transgression with Church Leaders? 14-9
The Woman Taken in Adultery, 15-3
“The Last State of That Man Is Worse than the First,” 16-8
Are There Modern-Day Sepulchre Builders? 16-10
Spencer W. Kimball, Testimony of, 28-20
“Lord, Lay Not This Sin to Their Charge,” 29-19
When the World Will Be Converted, 29-22
When the World Will Be Converted, 29-24
What Blinded Saul on the Road to Damascus? 31-4
We Have Made Covenants with the Lord, 31-9
Was the Apostle Paul a Married Man? 35-5
“For Godly Sorrow Worketh Repentance to Salvation Not to Be Repented Of,” 37-11
Can a Wicked Person Really Put On Christ Through Repentance and Baptism? 38-12
How Serious Is the Sin of Homosexuality? 39-5
What Does It Mean to Be Quickened by Jesus, Having Once Been Dead in Sin? 42-16
“Husbands, Love Your Wives,” 42-23
“That We Henceforth Be No More Children, Tossed To and Fro . . . with Every Wind of Doctrine,” 43-13
Husbands and Wives: Love Each Other, 43-14
The Christlike Relationship Between Master and Servant, 43-15
What Is “Filthy Lucre”? 44-15
To What Extent Has Paul’s Prophecy About Perilous Times Been Fulfilled in Our Day? 45-21
What of Those Who Love Pleasure More Than They Love God? 45-22
Was Paul to Be Martyred Before His Time? 45-29
Entanglements with Things of the World, 45-33
Lust and Indulgence, 45-35
Perfection Is an Achievable Goal When the Formula Revealed by Christ Is Complied With, 46-25
The Greatest Hindrance to Perfection Is Procrastination, 46-26
How Do We Resist the Devil So That He Will Flee from Us? 49-15
Are We to Confess Our Sins to One Another? 49-18
The Saving Power of Missionary Work, 49-20
What Was the Fate of the People Who Ignored Noah’s Warning? 50-10
Can Immorality and Rebellion Lead to the Unpardonable Sin? 51-12
There Are False Teachings Today as in Peter’s Day, 51-15
What Do We Know About the Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah? 53-16
The Spiritually Dead, 54-17
The Prophets Have Recommended the Only Cure for an Ailing World, but the Cure Has Been Rejected, 55-37
The World Is Kept from Destruction by the Righteous Saints, 55-40
Hope—the Great Incentive to Repentance, 56-22
[Box], p. 149
Intro. 212, p. 226
[Box], pp. 246–47
[Box], p. 335
[Box], p. 365
[Box], p. 366
[Box], p. 441
[Box], p. 465
Peter, My Brother, Appen. D
LEE, HAROLD B.
Jesus Was Born in Bethlehem, April 6, 1 B.C., 3-4
All Will Be Tested, 4-14
What Does It Mean to Become “Fishers of Men”? 6-2
Physical Healings Are Performed Today Among Humble People of Faith, 6-10
The Greatest Miracles Today Are the Healing of Sick Souls, 6-11
“Is It Lawful on the Sabbath Days to Do Good, or to Do Evil?” 7-3
From Whom Did the Twelve Apostles Receive Their Special Endowment of Power? 7-5
What Is an Apostle? 7-6
The Sermon on the Mount Is Our Constitution for Perfection, 8-14
The Stony Places, 10-18
Is There a Special Significance to Jesus’ Statement That Peter Would Receive the Keys of the Kingdom? 14-3
Who Heard the Voice of God Testify of Jesus? 20-7
How Might the Very Elect Be Preserved from Deception? 22-5
What Is the Meaning of the Parable of the Ten Virgins? 22-10
What Is the Key, the Sure Word of Prophecy, That Will Help Us Understand the Signs of the Times? 22-12
How May You Always Be Prepared? 22-13
“The Prince of This World Cometh,” 24-7
“Be of Good Cheer; I Have Overcome the World,” 24-12
Harold B. Lee, Testimony of, 28-19
Why Was Peter Chosen to Introduce the Gospel to the Gentiles? 30-3
Was Paul Teaching About the Premortal Existence When He Spoke of the “Times Before Appointed”? 32-16
Our Only Safety Is Obedience, 33-22
How Can You Prepare? 35-18
“There Was Given to Me a Thorn in the Flesh,” 37-14
Those Who Would Introduce False Teachings into the Church, 38-4
The Equality of Brotherhood in Christ, 42-20
What Does It Mean for a Latter-day Saint to Put On the Whole Armour of God? 43-16
“Forbidding to Marry,” 44-18
What Is a “Friend of the World”? 49-14
If You Lack Wisdom, Ask God in Faith, 49-21
Our Test Today Is the Philosophies of the World Versus the Living Prophets, 51-16
We Should So Live That the Revelations of Jesus Can Be with Us Constantly, 51-19
[Box], p. 25
[Box], p. 41
[Box], p. 51
[Box], p. 57
[Box], pp. 60–61
Intro. 212, p. 226
[Box], p. 255
[Box], p. 335
[Box], p. 357
[Box], p. 387
[Box], p. 435
[Box], p. 440
MATTHEWS, ROBERT J.
Did John Doubt That Jesus Was the Messiah? 9-1
Why Was Herod Afraid of Jesus? 11-7
The Symbolism of the “Good Shepherd,” 15-6
MAXWELL, NEAL A.
Must a True Disciple Make a Choice Between the Kingdom of God and the World? 17-6
Every Knee Will Bow, 31-8
[Box], p. 304
McCONKIE, BRUCE R.
All Things Typify Christ, 2-10
How Important Was the Mission of John the Baptist? 4-1
What Is the Significance of the Holy Ghost Descending “like a Dove”? 4-4
Did Jesus Go into the Wilderness to Be Tempted? 4-5
Why Was It Significant That Simon Was Given Another Name? 4-8
What Was Nathanael’s Experience “Under the Fig Tree”? 4-9
What Was the Passover? 5-1
Jesus Himself Performed Water Baptisms, 5-4
Those Who Come unto Christ Need Never Thirst Again, 5-7
Can Evil Spirits Enter into a Person’s Body and Take Possession? 6-3
What Is a Publican? 6-8
Clarifications Concerning the Sermon on the Mount, 8-2
How Can One Give Alms in Righteousness? 8-4
What Are Treasures in Heaven? 8-6
What Is Mammon? 8-7
Should Members of the Church Really Take No Thought for Temporal Concerns? 8-8
“Enter Ye In at the Strait Gate,” 8-10
We Can Become Members of the Family of Jesus Christ, 9-9
The Significance of the Healings Performed by Jesus, 10-2
What Was the Significance of the Second Rejection at Nazareth? 10-15
Those Who Have Ears to Hear Will Hear, 10-16
Among Thorns, 10-19
Good Ground, 10-20
Are Today’s Missionaries Supposed to Travel “Without Purse or Scrip”? 11-2
The Jews, like Many Today, Lacked Spiritual Understanding of Christ’s Mission, 12-8
Those Whose Hearts Are Pure Can Draw Down the Powers of Heaven, 13-1
Who Were the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel? 13-8
What Is the Solid Rock upon Which the True Church Stands? 14-1
What Are the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven? 14-2
“The Truth Shall Make You Free,” 15-4
What Did Jesus Mean, “Before Abraham Was, I Am”? 15-5
“I Am the Light of the World,” 15-8
“Teach Us to Pray,” 16-5
The Men of Nineveh Shall Rise Up in Judgment and Condemn This Generation, 16-9
Jesus Describes the Loss of the Fulness of the Scriptures, 16-11
What Did Jesus Mean When He Said, “I Am Come to Send Fire on the Earth”? 17-1
What Does the Parable of the Fig Tree Mean? 17-2
“Which of You, Intending to Build a Tower, Sitteth Not Down First, and Counteth the Cost?” 18-2
What Do We Learn About the Spirit from the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus? 18-6
“If They Hear Not Moses and the Prophets, Neither Will They Be Persuaded, Though One Rose from the Dead,” 18-7
What Is the Significance of the Death and Restoration to Life of Lazarus? 18-8
Why Were the Ten Lepers to Show Themselves to the Priests? 19-1
“Were There Not Ten Cleansed?” 19-2
Why Did Jesus Say, “The Kingdom of God Cometh Not with Observation”? 19-3
What Is Meant by “the Kingdom of God Is Within You”? 19-4
“What Therefore God Hath Joined Together, Let Not Man Put Asunder,” 19-7
Why Did Jesus Give the Parable of the Pounds? 19-9
“What Good Thing Shall I Do, That I May Have Eternal Life?” 19-12
Going On to Perfection, 19-14
Jesus Blessed His Disciples Against the Day When Jerusalem Would Be Destroyed, 20-3
“Behold, Thy King Cometh,” 20-4
Why Did Jesus Curse the Barren Fig Tree? 20-8
Why Were the Jews So Offended by Jesus’ Cleansing of the Temple? 20-9
Should Men Use Such Titles as Rabbi? 21-10
Why Did Jesus Lament over Jerusalem? 21-11
What Is the Abomination of Desolation Spoken of by Daniel the Prophet and the Savior? 22-4
“Wheresoever the Carcass Is, There Will the Eagles Be Gathered Together,” 22-6
Why Is It That One Is Destroyed and the Other Left Alone When the Lord Returns? 22-8
“The Faithful and Wise Servant,” 22-9
Did Satan Literally Enter into Judas’ Body? 23-2
What Is the Significance of the “Thirty Pieces of Silver”? 23-3
When Jesus Washed His Disciples’ Feet, It Was a Sign of His Love for Them, 23-5
What Are the Two Comforters? 24-4
Had the Apostles Never Before Prayed? 24-8
How Can a Man Know God and Jesus? 25-2
What Took Place in Gethsemane? 25-5
“And Being in an Agony, He Prayed More Earnestly,” 25-7
What Did Pilate Mean When He Washed His Hands Before the Jews? 26-7
Pilate Sought to Release Him, 26-8
Derision and Scourging, 26-9
The Cross, 26-10
“Upon My Vesture Did They Cast Lots,” 26-13
His Forgiving Nature, 26-15
What Is the Significance of the “First Day of the Week”? 27-3
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene, 27-5
What Is the Significance of Jesus’ Words “I Ascend unto My Father, and Your Father; and to My God, and Your God”? 27-7
Why Did the Lord Withhold His Identity When He Appeared to Cleopas and His Companion on the Road to Emmaus? 27-11
What Acts Incident to the Resurrection of Our Lord Tend to Ennoble and Exalt Mary Magdalene and the Other Faithful Women? 27-14
Did Thomas Doubt the Resurrection? 28-2
Would John Never Die? 28-4
Jesus Appears in Galilee, 28-5
What Is Meant by the “Times of the Refreshing”? 29-11
What Is Meant by the “Times of Restitution”? 29-12
What Lesson Can Be Learned from the Deaths of Ananias and Sapphira? 29-14
What Is the Meaning of the Phrase “Fell into a Trance”? 30-4
When Were the Early Saints Called Christians, and Why? 30-6
Why Was It Necessary for Paul, Who Saw a Vision, to Submit to Baptism? 31-5
We Have Made Covenants with the Lord, 31-9
“Certain Men Which Came Down from Judea,” 32-4
Why Did the Lord Speak by Peter’s Mouth? 32-6
“For It Seemed Good to the Holy Ghost, and to Us,” 32-7
Is Belief on the Lord Jesus Christ All That Is Necessary for Salvation? 32-11
What Does It Mean to “Possess [One’s] Vessel in Sanctification and Honour”? 33-5
“Comfort the Feebleminded,” 33-8
“Quench Not the Spirit,” 33-9
What Is “Everlasting Destruction”? 33-11
Are We Really Supposed to Withdraw Our Fellowship “from Every Brother That Walketh Disorderly”? 33-18
What Is Meant by “Neither Did We Eat Any Man’s Bread for Nought”? 33-19
Can Women Prophesy? 34-2
Should Paul Have Come to Jerusalem When Warned Against It? 34-3
“God Hath Chosen the Weak Things of the World to Confound the Things Which Are Mighty,” 34-8
“My Speech and My Preaching Was Not with Enticing Words of Man’s Wisdom,” 34-10
Did Paul Use the Word Fornication As We Use It Today? 35-2
Paul’s Views on Marriage in Light of the Inspired Version, 35-8
“I Am Made All Things to All Men,” 35-12
Should Women Keep Silent in Church? 36-5
“The Last Adam Was Made a Quickening Spirit,” 36-9
How Could Paul, an Apostle, Correct Peter, the President of the Church? 38-6
The Allegory of Sarah and Hagar, 38-14
Why Would Circumcision in Paul’s Day Have Negated the Power of Christ? 38-15
What Are Some of the Significant Contributions of Romans? 39-3
Paul Writes to the Saints in Rome, 39-4
Eternal Life—a Gift or a Wage? 39-8
The Law of Moses Is like a Deceased Husband, 40-2
How Does the Law of Election Operate? 41-1
Did the Lord Hate Esau? 41-2
Acceptance of Christ Requires Acceptance of His Prophets, 41-4
What Is Meant by the Fulness of the Gentiles? 41-9
What Does It Mean to Be a Living Sacrifice? 41-10
Who Are the “Powers That Be”? 41-11
“Whatsoever Is Not of Faith Is Sin,” 41-12
What Is “the Circumcision of Christ”? 42-15
How Should the Saints “Mortify Therefore [Their] Members Which Are upon the Earth”? 42-19
“In Word or Deed, Do All in the Name of the Lord Jesus,” 42-21
What Are Some of the Significant Contributions of This Letter? 43-3
“The Fulness of Him That Filleth All in All,” 43-8
What Is the Meaning of the Phrase “He Led Captivity Captive”? 43-12
Significant Contributions of Philemon, 43-19
“Refresh My Bowels in the Lord,” 43-21
Significant Contributions of Philippians, 44-4
Of the Equality and Nature of the Father and the Son, 44-6
Are the Mosaic Restrictions on Eating Certain Meats and Foods Still in Force? 44-19
What Principles of Temporal Welfare Are Endorsed by Paul? 44-21
“Lay Hands Suddenly on No Man,” 44-22
The Letter to Titus, 45-1
Who Are “the Pure”? 45-6
Are Men Saved by the “Works of Righteousness”? 45-8
What Is the “Washing of Regeneration”? 45-9
Why “Avoid Foolish Questions, and Genealogies, and Contentions, and Strivings About the Law”? 45-10
Is Any Man to Be Rejected? 45-12
Why Is It of No Profit to Strive About Words? 45-17
How Should Men Rightly Divide the Word of Truth? 45-18
Why Did Some Argue That the Resurrection Was Past? 45-20
What Is a “Form of Godliness” Without “the Power Thereof”? 45-23
What Did Paul Mean by the Use of the Word Fables? 45-28
“Henceforth Is Laid Up . . . a Crown of Righteousness,” 45-30
Authorship, 46-3
Is the Savior Really Lower than the Angels? 46-7
Does the Phrase “Though He Were a Son” Apply to Melchizedek, to Christ, or to Both? 46-14
In What Way Was Jesus Made Perfect? 46-15
“Whither the Forerunner Is for Us Entered,” 46-18
What Is the Meaning of the Expression “Without Father, Without Mother, Without Descent” in Reference to the Melchizedek Priesthood? 46-21
“For Those Priests Were Made Without an Oath,” 46-24
What Do We Know Concerning the Ordinance of Sacrifice as Practiced by the Ancient High Priests? 47-1
What Did Paul Mean by “For Where a Testament Is, There Must Also of Necessity Be the Death of the Testator”? 47-5
How Do We Enter into the Holiest by the Blood of Jesus? 47-8
Redemption Comes by the Shed Blood of Christ, 47-11
“By the Blood Ye Are Sanctified,” 47-13
Sanctification Defined, 47-14
“Things Which Are Seen Were Not Made of Things Which Do Appear,” 48-2
What Does It Mean to Be Heirs with Abraham? 48-6
Why Was Abraham Commanded to Sacrifice Isaac? 48-8
“The Mount That Might Be Touched, and That Burned with Fire,” 48-12
What Is the “General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn”? 48-13
How Does “the Blood of Sprinkling” Speak “Better Things than That of Abel”? 48-14
Background Information—Epistle of James, 49-4
“If Any of You Lack Wisdom,” 49-6
Why Should the Rich Rejoice in Being Made Low? 49-7
Who Are the “Elect According to the Foreknowledge of God”? 50-4
What Is a Royal Priesthood? 50-7
How Do You “Arm Yourselves . . . with the Same Mind”? 50-11
What Is Meant by the Injunction to “Speak as the Oracles of God”? 50-14
What was the “Fiery Trial”? 50-15
What Is Meant by Having One’s Calling and Election Made Sure? 51-7
Must an Individual Be Married for Eternity to Have His Calling and Election Made Sure? 51-8
Are There Heresies in the True Church of Christ? 51-10
“There Shall Come in the Last Days Scoffers,” 51-13
What Is the Theme of 1 John? 52-1
“Our Fellowship Is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ,” 52-4
“Hereby We Do Know That We Know Him, If We Keep His Commandments,” 52-7
What Is the “Unction,” or “Anointing,” of Which John Speaks? 52-10
What Does John Mean by “Whosoever Is Born of God Doth Not Commit Sin”? 52-11
What Does John Mean by “God Is Love”? 52-13
“There Are Three That Bear Witness in Earth, the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood,” 52-15
Significant Contributions of Second and Third John, 53-3
What or Who Is an “Elect Lady”? 53-5
Significant Contributions of Jude, 53-12
What Do We Know Concerning the Dispute Which Michael the Archangel Had with the Devil About the Body of Moses? 53-18
What Does It Mean to Pray “in the Holy Ghost”? 53-21
“Pulling Them Out of the Fire,” 53-22
“The Garment Spotted by the Flesh,” 53-23
“Things Which Must Shortly Come to Pass,” 54-4
What Is the Symbolism of the Seven Candlesticks? 54-6
Who or What Were the Seven Angels of the Seven Churches? 54-9
What Was the Doctrine of Balaam? 54-13
What Is the Key of David? 54-19
“And I Will Write upon Him the Name of My God,” 54-20
What Is the Interpretation of the Opening of the First Seal? 55-6
What Is the Interpretation of the Opening of the Second Seal? 55-7
What Is the Interpretation of the Opening of the Third Seal? 55-8
“A Measure of Wheat for a Penny,” 55-9
What Is the Interpretation of the Opening of the Fourth Seal? 55-10
What Is the Interpretation of the Opening of the Fifth Seal? 55-11
What Is the Interpretation of the Opening of the Sixth Seal? 55-12
A Time of Great Warfare, 55-20
“And I Saw Another Angel . . . Having the Everlasting Gospel,” 55-29
The Seven Last Plagues, 55-30
The Church of the Devil, 55-34
Who Are to Be Invited to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb? 56-1
Who Is Meant in the Phrase “Judgment Was Given unto Them”? 56-7
What Is the Second Death? 56-14
“I Come Quickly,” 56-17
Hope unto Salvation, 56-23
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McKAY, DAVID O.
The Three Temptations Jesus Faced Are a Pattern for All Temptations, 4-13
Jesus Defended the Sanctity of His Father’s House, 5-2
What Posture Should the Saints Assume Toward Those Who Seek to Destroy the Soul? 11-5
Why Did So Many of Jesus’ Disciples Turn from Him Following the Sermon on the Bread of Life? 12-7
What Test Did Jesus Prescribe to Know the Truthfulness of His Doctrine? 15-2
The Light of Truth Is the Light of Christ, 15-9
The Lost Sheep: It Strayed Without Intending To, 18-9
The Lost Coin: It Was Lost Through the Carelessness and Neglect of Another, 18-10
The Lost Son: He Was Lost Through His Own Willful Disobedience and Self-Concern, 18-11
Jesus Wept over Jerusalem, 20-1
When Jesus Washed His Disciples’ Feet, It Was a Sign of His Love for Them, 23-5
. . . As You Listened to Inspirational Singing and Sublime Testimonies? 27-15
David O. McKay, Testimony of, 28-17
Will It Make a Difference? 28-21
What Are Two Important Lessons We Can Learn from the Accounts of Paul’s Conversion? 31-2
“It Is Hard for Thee to Kick Against the Pricks,” 31-3
Does God Seek to Delude Men? 33-17
How May the Lord “Give You Peace Always”? 33-20
The Natural and the Spiritual, 38-16
What Does Paul Mean When He Says That Works Do Not Save Us? 43-9
“Work Out Your Own Salvation with Fear and Trembling,” 44-7
What Does It Mean to Be “Partakers of the Divine Nature”? 51-6
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MONSON, THOMAS S.
His Concern for Others, 26-16
. . . Has a Teacher of the Gospel Opened to You the Scriptures? 27-16
PACKER, BOYD K.
The Lord’s Servants Mark the Path to Eternal Life, 11-8
A Man Who Says He Will Sustain the President of the Church but Not His Bishop Is Deceiving Himself, 11-9
“Lord, Is It I?” 23-9
Testimonies of the Prophets, 28-8
Called As an Apostle, 7-7
PENROSE, CHARLES W.
What Are the Implications of President Lee’s Comment? 22-14
PETERSON, H. BURKE
How Does One Pray in Secret? 8-5
PETERSEN, MARK E.
“He That Is Not with Me Is Against Me,” 9-5
Hypocrisy Is One of the Worst Forms of Dishonesty, 21-13
“Be Ye Not Unequally Yoked Together with Unbelievers,” 37-10
Do Modern Revelations “Add unto These Things”? 56-19
PRATT, PARLEY P.
The Holy Ghost Brings Man to His Fullest Potential, 24-10
The Two Witnesses Who Prophesy at Jerusalem, 55-23
RICHARDS, STEPHEN L
Some Comments on the Parable of the Prodigal Son, 18-3
ROBERTS, B. H.
“The Dispensation of the Fulness of Times,” 43-6
ROMNEY, MARION G.
The Remission of Sins Heals the Spirit, 6-7
What Does It Mean to “Search the Scriptures”? 7-2
What Are Some of the Consequences of Sin? 18-4
How Was the Prophecy Regarding the Destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem Fulfilled? 22-1
How Is It Possible to Understand About the Father? 24-2
Summary, 37-16
Fear of Adverse Opinions of Others, 45-31
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Hypocrisy, like Cancer, Can Grow Until It Overcomes Us, 21-14
SMITH, ELDRED G.
How Is Satan Bound? 56-6
SMITH, GEORGE ALBERT
George Albert Smith, Testimony of, 28-16
SMITH AND STEWART
Apostles Are Called by Revelation, 7-8
SMITH, JOSEPH
We Witnessed and Approved the Selection of Christ, 2-6
Mary Was Espoused to Joseph, 3-3
Jesus and John Escape Herod’s Wrath, 3-5
As a Child, Jesus Sought to Learn from His Father, 3-8
How Was John an Elias? 4-2
What Is the Significance of the Holy Ghost Descending “like a Dove”? 4-4
Perfection Is Compared to Climbing a Ladder, 8-12
No Greater Prophet than John the Baptist, 9-2
What Is a Key to Understanding the Parables? 10-3
What Single Prophetic Message Is Developed by the Parables in Matthew 13? 10-4
What Was a Major Purpose of the Parable of the Sower? 10-5
Why Do Some Receive the Words of the Savior and Others Do Not? 10-6
Do the Tares Represent Wickedness Outside the Church or Among Church Members Themselves? 10-9
To What Stage of the Gathering Does the Parable of the Mustard Seed Refer? 10-11
What Is Represented by the “Birds of the Air” Which Come Down to Lodge in the Branches of the Mustard Tree? 10-12
The Parable of the Three Measures of Meal, 10-13
The Pattern of a Householder Bringing Forth Things Old and New, 10-14
The Wayside Soil, 10-17
What Reward Shall Jesus’ Faithful Servants Receive? 20-6
What Is the Interpretation of the Parable of the Marriage of the King’s Son? 21-4
What Is the End of the World Spoken of Here? 22-3
What Did the Prophet Joseph Tell Us of the Time of the Second Coming and of the Sign of the Son of Man? 22-7
An Explanation for the Parable of the Entrusted Talents, 22-11
What Are the Many Mansions? 24-1
How Could His Servants Do Greater Works Than Jesus Did? 24-3
“I Will Come to You,” 24-5
Has the Ancient Pentecostal Experience Ever Been Repeated? 29-8
What Do We Know Concerning the Spiritual Fate of David, King of Israel? 29-9
Why Did Cornelius Seek Out Peter After Having Seen an Angel? 30-2
What Is the Difference Between the Holy Ghost and the Gift of the Holy Ghost? 30-5
“They Found a Certain Sorcerer, a False Prophet,” 32-2
How May the Saints Escape the Wrath to Come? 33-3
Does the Phrase “Gods Many and Lords Many” Have Reference to Heathen Gods? 35-10
How Pure Must We Be to Be like the Lord? 35-16
“No Man Can Say That Jesus Is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost,” 36-1
Are All the Gifts of the Spirit Observable like the Gift of Tongues? 36-3
What Are Some Things We Should Know in Relation to Speaking in Tongues? 36-4
“Else What Shall They Do Which Are Baptized for the Dead,” 36-6
“Flesh and Blood Cannot Inherit the Kingdom of God,” 36-10
“I Knew a Man in Christ . . . Caught Up to the Third Heaven,” 37-13
We Bear Some Afflictions as Punishment for Disobedience, 37-15
To What Was the Law of Moses Added Because of Transgression? 38-10
How Does Faith Come? 41-5
How May One Know the Will of God? 42-11
How Does “All Fulness” Dwell in the Son? 42-12
What Is Meant by “Ye Are Dead, and Your Life Is Hid with Christ in God”? 42-18
What Is the Difference Between an Angel and a Ministering Spirit? 46-6
How Did Ancient Priests Obtain Their Authority? 46-12
How Did Christ Become a High Priest? 46-13
Can One Leave the Principles of Christ’s Doctrine and Attain Perfection? 46-16
What Must People Do in Order to “Crucify to Themselves the Son of God Afresh, and Put Him to an Open Shame”? 46-17
What Is the Better Covenant of Which Paul Speaks? 47-2
“Through Faith . . . the Worlds Were Framed,” 48-1
“By Faith Abel Offered . . . a More Excellent Sacrifice than Cain,” 48-3
“He [Abel] Being Dead Yet Speaketh,” 48-4
“By Faith Enoch Was Translated, That He Should Not See Death,” 48-5
What Does Paul Mean by His Reference to a “Better Resurrection”? 48-9
Why Can’t the Dead Be Made Perfect Without Us? 48-10
“Our God Is a Consuming Fire,” 48-15
Faith Is a Principle of Action and Assurance, 48-19
Fully Developed Faith Is Power, 48-20
What Is Salvation? 50-5
Authorship—of Second Peter, 51-3
What Are the Three Grand Keys to Obtaining the True Knowledge of God? 51-5
“Beloved, If Our Heart Condemn Us Not, Then Have We Confidence Toward God,” 52-12
“The Angels Which Kept Not Their First Estate,” 53-14
What Does It Mean to Be “Kings and Priests”? 54-5
How Literally Should We Interpret the Phrase “Every Creature”? 55-5
What Is the Interpretation of the Sealing of the Lord’s Servants? 55-15
“And There Was War in Heaven,” 55-27
“The Testimony of Jesus Is the Spirit of Prophecy,” 56-2
What Is the Lake of Fire? 56-11
The New Jerusalem, 56-13
Summary, 56-24
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SMITH, JOSEPH F.
Joseph F. Smith, Testimony of, 28-14
“Know Them Which Labour Among You, and Are over You in the Lord,” 33-7
“Neither Is the Man Without the Woman, Neither the Woman Without the Man, in the Lord,” 35-15
Will the Scriptures Alone Save Us? 45-26
What Does It Mean to Enter in the “Rest” of the Lord? 46-8
What Is Pure Religion? 49-10
We Ought to Live So That We May Know the Will of the Father Respecting All Our Circumstances, 51-17
We Can Avoid Individual Apostasy by Maintaining an Unshakeable Testimony of Jesus Christ, 53-24
“For I Am Thy Fellowservant,” 56-18
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SMITH, JOSEPH FIELDING
Jesus: The Creator of This Earth, 2-4
Jesus Had to Overcome the Veil, 3-7
How Was John an Elias? 4-2
What Is the Significance of the Holy Ghost Descending “like a Dove”? 4-4
What Is the “Kingdom of God” That Jesus Referred To? 5-3
The Lord Guides His Saints Through the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve, 7-9
“If Thy Right Hand Offend Thee, Cut It Off,” 8-3
The Doctrine of Becoming like God Has Been Taught by Prophets, 8-11
Faithfulness to the Commandments Is the Key to Growth, 8-13
Is There Such a Place as Hell? 9-4
What Is the Sin Against the Holy Ghost? 9-7
What Is the Difference Between Rejecting Jesus and Denying the Holy Ghost? 9-8
How Can You Save Your Life by Losing It? 11-6
Why Were Peter, James, and John Singled Out to Receive Special Privileges, Keys, and Blessings? 14-5
Why Is It That No Man Could Take Jesus’ Life from Him? 15-7
When Did the Disciples Receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost? 24-6
As a Messenger of the Godhead, the Holy Ghost Teaches Faithful Members, 24-11
Why Did Jesus Appear to Peter Apart from the Others? 28-1
“For Yourselves Know Perfectly That the Day of the Lord So Cometh As a Thief in the Night,” 33-6
Who Is “the Son of Perdition”? 33-14
“Know Ye Not That We Shall Judge Angels”? 35-3
Was Paul an Ordained Apostle, and If So, by Whom? 35-11
How Pure Must We Be to Be like the Lord? 35-16
Man Must Be Justified by Grace, 39-7
What Is the Symbolism of Baptism? 40-1
Did Paul Believe in Predestination? 40-5
Our Goal Should Be to Become as God, 40-6
Through Christ We Can Receive All That the Father Has, 40-9
On What Basis Did the Lord Choose His Saints Before the World Was? 43-4
What Were the Fables and Endless Genealogies? 44-14
Should Deacons Be Married? 44-17
Strive to Be an Example of the Believers, 44-23
“Ever Learning and Never Able to Come to the Knowledge of the Truth,” 45-24
Blood Is the Life of the Body, 47-10
Remission of Sins Through the Blood of Christ, 47-12
How We Make Christ’s Shed Blood Effective for Us, 47-15
What Is the Meaning of the Phrase “a Peculiar People”? 50-6
Jesus Made Available to the Dead the Blessings of the Gospel, 50-17
What Is Meant by the Expression “Look for New Heavens and a New Earth”? 51-14
Who Is Elias, and How Is He Related to the Angel from the East? 55-14
What Was the Little Book John Ate? 55-22
Who Are the Woman and the Man-Child Mentioned by John? 55-25
“A Place Called in the Hebrew Tongue Armageddon,” 55-31
“And Every Island Fled Away,” 55-32
There Is Greater Wickedness in the World Now than at Any Time Since the Flood, 55-36
Satan Has Control of Most of the World, 55-38
Our Part in the World Should Be to Build the Kingdom and Keep the Commandments, 55-39
The Battle of Gog and Magog, 56-9
What Books Are to Be Used in the Judgment? 56-10
“And I Saw a New Heaven and a New Earth,” 56-12
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SMITH, SIR WILLIAM
What Is Meant by the Phrase “Two Hundred Pennyworth of Bread”? 12-1
What Is Meant by the “Fourth Watch of the Night”? 12-2
What Is Manna? 12-5
SNOW, LORENZO
Lorenzo Snow, Testimony of, 28-13
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SPERRY, SIDNEY B.
Was the Apostle Paul a Married Man? 35-5
Background Information on Colossians, 42-9
Biographies—Paul, Sec. 7, Intro., p. 238
STAPLEY, DELBERT L.
How Is Peter’s Experience of Walking on the Water like Our Own When Faith Waivers? 12-3
What Does Paul Imply When He Says, “We Shall Be Joint-Heirs with Christ”? 40-4
“I Magnify Mine Office,” 41-7
How Does One Correctly Interpret Scripture? 51-9
TALMAGE, JAMES E.
How Is Jesus the Word of God? 2-1
What Is the Meaning of the Titles “Christ,” “Messiah,” and “Jehovah”? 2-8
A Decree from Caesar Augustus, 3-1
Jesus Descended from Kings, 3-2
Mary Was Espoused to Joseph, 3-3
Jesus Was Born in Bethlehem, April 6, 1 B.C., 3-4
Because God Was His Father, Jesus Had Power over Life and Death, 3-6
What Did John Mean by Saying That God Was Able to Raise Up Children unto Abraham from the Stones? 4-3
What of Jesus’ Addressing His Mother as “Woman”? 4-11
Why Did the Jews Feel So Much Antipathy Towards the Samaritans? 5-5
Miracles Operate Through Law, 6-5
What Was Leprosy? 6-6
What Did Jesus Mean by the Phrase “New Wine in Old Bottles”? 6-9
What Is the Distinction Between a Disciple and an Apostle? 7-4
To Whom Was the Sermon Given? 8-1
Why Does the Man Speak with Such Confusion: “My Name Is Legion, for We Are Many”? 10-1
What Are Tares? 10-7
The Mustard Tree, 10-10
Why Did So Many of Jesus’ Followers Seek to Make Him Their King? 12-6
What Were the Numerous Washings Required by Jewish Custom? 13-4
What Is Meant by “a Woman of Canaan”? 13-7
Who Are the “Babes” to Whom the Father Gives Revelation? 16-2
The Devotion of Mary and Martha, 16-4
The Parable of the Friend at Midnight, 16-7
Where Did Jesus Go Following His Encounter with the Jews at the Feast of Dedication? 17-5
What Is the Meaning of the Parable of the Great Supper? 18-1
“The Children of This World Are in Their Generation Wiser than the Children of Light,” 18-5
What Is the Significance of the Death and Restoration to Life of Lazarus? 18-8
Why Did the Lord Give the Parable of the Unjust Judge? 19-5
Why Did the Lord Give the Parable of the Pharisee and Publican? 19-6
“Behold, We Have Forsaken All, and Followed Thee; What Shall We Have Therefore?” 19-8
What of the Anointing of Jesus with Spikenard? 19-11
“There Shall Not Be Left Here One Stone upon Another,” 20-2
How Did Jesus Teach the Greeks That It Was Necessary for Him to Die? 20-5
Why Did Jesus Curse the Barren Fig Tree? 20-8
Why Were the Jews So Offended by Jesus’ Cleansing of the Temple? 20-9
What Is the Message of the Parable of the Two Sons? 21-1
When They Answered the Lord’s Question, How Did the Jewish Leaders Pass Judgment upon Themselves? 21-2
What Efforts Were Made to Tempt Jesus into an Act or Statement Contrary to Jewish or Roman Law? 21-5
Is There to Be Marriage in the Resurrected State? 21-8
“They Make Broad Their Phylacteries, and Enlarge the Borders of Their Garments,” 21-9
What Was the Significance of the Widow’s Gift? 21-12
What Is the Significance of the Mount of Olives? 22-2
Why Didn’t the Jewish Leaders Capture Jesus During the Feast of the Passover? 23-1
What Is the Relationship Between the Sacrament and the Atonement? 23-8
“Then Cometh Jesus . . . unto a Place Called Gethsemane,” 25-3
To What Extent Was the Atonement Completed in the Garden of Gethsemane? 25-6
“And His Sweat Was As It Were Great Drops of Blood Falling Down to the Ground,” 25-8
Why Did Pilate Give In to the Demands of the Jews to Execute Jesus? 26-5
Christ Before Herod, 26-6
Golgotha, or Calvary, 26-11
“And They Crucified Him,” 26-12
His Resignation by His Own Will to Die a Physical Death, 26-17
What Was the Soldiers’ Reaction to the Events of the Day of Resurrection? 27-1
What Was the Time of the Resurrection? When Did the Savior Emerge from the Tomb? 27-2
Was Mary Magdalene the Same Who Anointed Jesus at Simon the Pharisee’s House (Luke 7:36–50), or the Same Woman Referred to as Mary of Bethany? 27-4
Why Did the Lord Forbid Mary to Touch Him? 27-6
Why Did Mary Magdalene and Other Faithful Women Set Out to Visit the Tomb? 27-8
Why Didn’t the Apostles Believe the Account of Mary Magdalene and the Other Women? 27-9
What Attempts Were Made to Discredit the Resurrection? 27-10
Why Did Jesus Appear to Peter Apart from the Others? 28-1
Developing Faith Is Active Belief, Which Is More than Just Belief, 48-18
It Is Through Faith, Not by Knowledge, That Salvation Comes, 48-21
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TANNER, N. ELDON
Must True Disciples Follow the Injunction “Judge Not”? 8-9
Love in Deed and Not in Word Only, 23-12
What Is the Mystery of Iniquity? 33-15
Vain Babblings and Contentions, 45-34
TAYLOR, JOHN
Must a True Disciple Make a Choice Between the Kingdom of God and the World? 17-6
“Without Me Ye Can Do Nothing,” 24-9
“If It Be Possible, Let This Cup Pass from Me,” 25-4
“And Being in an Agony, He Prayed More Earnestly,” 25-7
John Taylor, Testimony of, 28-11
Summary, 37-16
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VINCENT, M. R.
Paul’s Teachings on Charity—Some Further Insights, 36-2
What Was the Roman Practice Regarding Slavery? 43-25
How Could Levi Pay Tithes to Melchizedek? 46-22
WHITNEY, ORSON F.
The Great Pre-Earth Council, 2-7
“For Whom the Lord Loveth He Chasteneth,” 48-11
“To Him That Knoweth to Do Good, and Doeth It Not,” 49-16
What Is the Meaning of the Book Sealed with Seven Seals? 55-4
WIDTSOE, JOHN A.
The Significance of the Calling of the Seventy, 16-1
WOODRUFF, WILFORD
Wilford Woodruff, Testimony of, 28-12
Can a Member of the Aaronic Priesthood Perform Great Works of Righteousness? 29-21
The Four Angels of the Sixth Seal, 55-13
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YOUNG, BRIGHAM
The Savior Was Appointed Before the Foundation of the Earth Was Laid, 2-5
Does Satan Have Power to Work Signs and Wonders? 33-16
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