The Kingdom of Heaven

I tend to reference and quote a lot of scriptures from the Book of Mormon a lot. Below is a link to a wonderful blog post on the Book of Mormon. 

https://thewordofthelorduntome.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-book-of-mormon-and-its-lack-of.html

This post has been in my draft for the past 7 years. Time to publish a bunch of my draft posts including this one. 

 

Alm 37 :11 And I say unto you again that he cannot save them in their ^asins; for I cannot deny his word, and he hath said that ^bno unclean thing can inherit the ^ckingdom of heaven; therefore, how can ye be saved, except ye inherit the kingdom of heaven? Therefore, ye cannot be saved in your sins.

Alma 7:9,14,25

9 But behold, the Spirit hath said this much unto me, saying: Cry unto this people, saying—^aRepent ye, and prepare the way of the Lord, and walk in his paths, which are straight; for behold, the kingdom of heaven is at hand, and the Son of God ^bcometh upon the face of the earth.

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14 Now I say unto you that ye must ^arepent, and be born again; for the Spirit saith if ye are not born again ye cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven; therefore come and be baptized unto repentance, that ye may be washed from your sins, that ye may have faith on the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, who is mighty to save and to cleanse from all unrighteousness.

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25 And may the Lord bless you, and keep your garments spotless, that ye may at last be brought to sit down with ^aAbraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the holy prophets who have been ever since the world began, having your garments ^bspotless even as their garments are spotless, in the kingdom of heaven to go no more out.

3 Nephi 12:3,10,20

3 Yea, blessed are the ^apoor in spirit who ^bcome unto me, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Helaman 3:30

30 And land their souls, yea, their immortal souls, at the ^aright hand of God in the kingdom of heaven, to sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and with Jacob, and with all our holy fathers, to go no more out.

3 Nephi 14:21

21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall ^aenter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Hymn Hunt

 Journal entry from Jan 17th, 2016

Hymn Hunt

I love the Hymn- "I Stand All Amazed" by Charles Gabriel. I decided to go hunting for more. I love the following words. It describes me and Yeshua as well.

"Growing Dearer Each Day" by Charles Gabriel

How sweet is the love of my Savior!

’Tis boundless and deep as the sea;

And best of it all, it is daily

Growing sweeter and sweeter to me.

Refrain/Chorus:  

 Sweeter and sweeter to me,

Dearer and dearer each day;

Oh, wonderful love of my Savior,

Growing dearer each step of my way!

I know He is ever beside me!

Eternity only will prove

The height and the depth of His mercy,

And the breadth of His infinite love.

Refrain/Chorus

Wherever He leads I will follow,

Thru sorrow, or shadow or sun;

And though I be tried in the furnace,

I can say, “Lord, Thy will be it done.”

Refrain/Chorus

Some day face to face I shall see Him,

And oh, what a joy it will be

To know that His love, now so precious,

Will forever grow sweeter to me!

Refrain/Chorus

Spiritual Wickedness

 37 And it came to pass that the Lamanites did hunt the band of robbers of Gadianton; and they did preach the word of God among the more wicked part of them, insomuch that this band of robbers was utterly destroyed from among the Lamanites.

38 And it came to pass on the other hand, that the Nephites did build them up and support them, beginning at the more wicked part of them, until they had overspread all the land of the Nephites, and had seduced the more part of the righteous until they had come down to believe in their works and partake of their spoils, and to join with them in their secret murders and combinations.

I remember years ago, sitting in the dental office foyer waiting while my son was having dental work done, that on the TV it was announce Osama bin Laden was killed. I saw both on tv and the people around me were all celebrating in the death of this person. 

I automatically thought of the Gadianton Robbers and how to take care of your enemies. 

You need to get to the root and heart of the problem. 

Ephesians6:12

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.