Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read that the glory of the Lord filled the House of the Lord and he commanded that no strangers or uncircumsised of heart should enter into His sanctuary. Keepers of the sanctuary needed to be set to keep charge of His holy things. Even so in our day the temple is a holy place and those who enter need to be worthy. Ezek. 44: 4-9 "Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord: and I fell upon my face. And the Lord said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations, In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations. And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.Thus saith the Lord God; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.":
In the Old Testament I read about how Nebuchadnezzar had a dream which he couldn't remember and expected the wise men to tell him his dream and interpret it for him. He threatened to kill them if they didn't comply. They were unable to do so and told him no one but God could do what he asked. Dan. 2: 1-5 "And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation, The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill."

In the D&C we're told that Satan seeks to turn our hearts away from the truth and blind us from understanding it. To counteract this, we need to covenant with the Lord and not break our covenants. D&C 78: 10-11 "Otherwise Satan seeketh to turn their hearts away from the truth, that they become blinded and understand not the things which are prepared for them. Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, to prepare and organize yourselves by a bond or everlasting covenant that cannot be broken."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. There are so many differing voices out in the world that sometimes it hard to tell which of them is telling the truth and which of them will show us the right way to go. If you're buying a house you might get different advice on how to go about it from a banker, a realtor, and a friend. Likewise on the subject of religion, some may tell you that all religions lead to the same place and others will tell you that life ends at death so it doesn't really matter. Amidst all these conflicting ideas, where do we find truth? In Jesus Christ. He is the way, the truth and the life. And the only way we can come unto the Father is by Him. John 14: 6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."


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