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In the Old Testament I read about how the Lord commanded the children of Isreal to keep His Sabbaths, refrain from worhipping idols, and keep the statutes of the Lord. Howeve, they rebelled against the Lord, which caused Him to be angry with them. Ezek. 20: 18-21 "But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God. Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness."

In the D&C I read that Jesus will be made known to the Jews who crucified Him and they'll weep because of their iniquities and lament that they ever persecuted Him. D&C 45: 51-53 "And then shall the Jews look upon me and say: What are these wounds in thine hands and in thy feet? Then shall they know that I am the Lord; for I will say unto them: These wounds are the wounds with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. I am he who was lifted up. I am Jesus that was crucified. I am the Son of God. And then shall they weep because of their iniquities; then shall they lament because they persecuted their king."

A verse with a thought booklet reminds us to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and whatever else we need will be added unto us. I've found this to be so true in my life. If I pay my tithing FIRST, I seem to have money left over for what I need. If I read my scriptures FIRST, the rest of my day goes better. When I put God FIRST in my life, other things seem to fall into place. It's when we put other things ahead of the Lord that we get into trouble. That's when we'll find there's no money for tithing, no time to read scriptures or pray, and no room for God in our lives. He has to come first. Matt. 6: 33 "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."



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