In the P of GP we read about the place where the plates were deposited, and a description of them and what was buried with them. Joseph Smith History 1:51-52 " Convenient to the village of Manchester, Ontario county, New York, stands a hill of considerable size, and the most elevated of any in the neighborhood. On the west side of this hill, not far from the top, under a stone of considerable size, lay the plates, deposited in a stone box. This stone was thick and rounding in the middle on the upper side, and thinner towards the edges, so that the middle part of it was visible above the ground, but the edge all around was covered with earth. Having removed the earth, I obtained a lever, which I got fixed under the edge of the stone, and with a little exertion raised it up. I looked in, and there indeed did I behold the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the breastplate, as stated by the messenger. The box in which they lay was formed by laying stones together in some kind of cement. In the bottom of the box were laid two stones crossways of the box, and on these stones lay the plates and the other things with them."
In the New Testament we read that we need to take heed that we don't allow unbelief to harden our hearts. We need to exhort one another on a daily basis to avoid the deceitfulness of sin. We need to allow the beginnings of our confidence in Christ to be steadfast unto the end. Hebrews 3:12-14 "Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;"
A verse with a thought booklet describes how David thirsts for God and longs for Him like a dry and thirsty land seeks for water. Is this how we feel in seeking after God? Do we want Him in our lives as much as we'd want water if we were in a dry desert? Imagine you're trekking in the heat of the sun at high noon in a hot and dry desert. Your jug of water is empty. Your throat is parched. Finally you read an oasis where there is precious water! You can think of nothing else as you race toward it! Imagine how much you would want that water and than ask yourself if this is how much you desire God in your life. Psalms 63:1 "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;"
In the New Testament we read that we need to take heed that we don't allow unbelief to harden our hearts. We need to exhort one another on a daily basis to avoid the deceitfulness of sin. We need to allow the beginnings of our confidence in Christ to be steadfast unto the end. Hebrews 3:12-14 "Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;"
A verse with a thought booklet describes how David thirsts for God and longs for Him like a dry and thirsty land seeks for water. Is this how we feel in seeking after God? Do we want Him in our lives as much as we'd want water if we were in a dry desert? Imagine you're trekking in the heat of the sun at high noon in a hot and dry desert. Your jug of water is empty. Your throat is parched. Finally you read an oasis where there is precious water! You can think of nothing else as you race toward it! Imagine how much you would want that water and than ask yourself if this is how much you desire God in your life. Psalms 63:1 "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;"
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