brrgilbert Messages: 282 Registered: December 2012 Location: Nampa, Idaho
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Doctrine and Covenants 88:
136 Behold, verily, I say unto you, this is an ensample unto you for a salutation to one another in the house of God, in the school of the prophets.
137 And ye are called to do this by prayer and thanksgiving, as the Spirit shall give utterance in all your doings in the house of the Lord, in the school of the prophets, that it may become a sanctuary, a tabernacle of the Holy Spirit to your edification.
138 And ye shall not receive any among you into this school save he is clean from the blood of this generation;
139 And he shall be received by the ordinance of the washing of feet, for unto this end was the ordinance of the washing of feet instituted.
140 And again, the ordinance of washing feet is to be administered by the president, or presiding elder of the church.
141 It is to be commenced with prayer; and after partaking of bread and wine, he is to gird himself according to the pattern given in the thirteenth chapter of John's testimony concerning me. Amen.
There was an incident back in the "late" seventies wherein a person doing collaborative research for a book was granted access to the First Presidency's vault. This person happened upon information regarding this ordinance, copied it and shared it with those who where thought to be trustworthy. It was widely disseminated and shared without the desired restraint.
The reason that I share the information is not to expose the individual, but, rather, to illustrate that we are in a time when I believe all things shall be made known; that there is nothing hidden that shall not be made known . . . with respect to the Second Endowment. I can say that this individual has repented and, according to my knowledge, is a member of a Stake Presidency as authorized by Elder Bednar. I would further comment, that the same problem that brought Tom Phillips to the point of revealing something that he was charged not to, is responsible for what occurred back then . . . "trusting the arm of flesh" and realizing that "inspiration" is not always Heaven sent, but invoked from others. Certainly, this is what allowed Mark Hoffman a measure of success in his escapades. Hearsay is not a valid source of truth. One has to go directly to the Source.
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Matthew 10:
26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
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3 Nephi 15:
21 And verily I say unto you, that ye are they of whom I said: Other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
22 And they understood me not, for they supposed it had been the Gentiles; for they understood not that the Gentiles should be converted through their preaching.
23 And they understood me not that I said they shall hear my voice; and they understood me not that the Gentiles should not at any time hear my voice--that I should not manifest myself unto them save it were by the Holy Ghost.
24 But behold, ye have both heard my voice, and seen me; and ye are my sheep, and ye are numbered among those whom the Father hath given me.
"I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies."
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