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In the Book of Mormon I read about how Lehi commanded his sons to go to Laban and obtain the brass plates, after being told by the Lord to do so in a dream. 1 Ne. 3: 1-6 "And it came to pass that I, Nephi, returned from speaking with the Lord, to the tent of my father. And it came to pass that he spake unto me, saying: Behold I have dreamed a dream, in the which the Lord hath commanded me that thou and thy brethren shall return to Jerusalem. For behold, Laban hath the record of the Jews and also a genealogy of my forefathers, and they are engraven upon plates of brass. Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me that thou and thy brothers should go unto the house of Laban, and seek the records, and bring them down hither into the wilderness. And now, behold thy brothers murmur, saying it is a hard thing which I have required of them; but behold I have not required it of them, but it is a commandment of the Lord. Therefore go, my son, and thou shalt be favored of the Lord, because thou hast not murmured.

In the New Testament I read the story of the wise man who build his house upon the rock (a firm foundation) and the foolish man who built his house upon the sand. When the rains came down and the winds blew, the wise man's house stood firm, but the foolish man's house fell down. Likewise, if we build our lives on the firm foundation of the gospel, we'll be able to withstand the storms of life. Matthew 7:24-27 "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it."

A verse with a thought booklet warns us against being deceived by the philosphies of men which depend on human traditions of the world, rather than on Jesus Christ. When we base our belief system on choosing parts of the gospel we like and leaving out parts we don't or replacing them with false teachings, we compromise the truth and jeapardise our standing before God. Colossians 2:8 "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ."


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