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→ Timestamps: (00:00) God has realistic expectations of us. We don’t have to be perfect to be saved.(07:17) An interpretation of D&C 106.6, bowing to God’s scepter. When we choose to follow the Lord, He gives us all that He has in return.(14:23) Section 107 is a revelation on the priesthood.(16:19) Why Melchizedek is the model and designation for which the priesthood is named.(30:18) The purpose of the priesthood and hierarchy is to bring God’s children home.(33:35) The patriarchal priesthood is practiced in the home and is not hierarchal. The priesthood offices function as scaffolding to bless and build the family.(35:27) Calling and election is discussed in these revelations, but the journey matters as much as the destination.(39:47) Elder McConkie, “if you’re on that path when death comes…you’ll never fall off from it, and, for all practical purposes, your calling and election is made sure”.(42:19) How Boyd K. Packer’s understanding of Section 107 influenced change in the organization of the Seventy.(53:30) The Lord allows humans to run the church. The president of the church has the power to decide (D&C 107.79-80).(54:52) The ascendancy of the Quorum of the Twelve in 1841.(57:03) The restoration is ongoing. We are part of a living Church that grows and adjusts.(59:27) The meeting at Adam-ondi-Ahman.(1:02:13) The Pseudepigraphal Testament of Adam as it relates to the Lord’s comments in D&C 107.53-54. Joseph Smith sits in the tradition of early Christianity and their understanding of Adam’s role among the ancients.



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