10 Mayo 2010 (English)

(Doctrine and Covenants) D&C 132:36 Abraham didn't "refuse" the commandment to kill, as he was commanded to do so, even if it was a commandment not to kill. But he would obey because God told him almost directly (if not directly) to do so.

D&C 132:37-39 God gave the ancient prophets commandments to have more than one wife when God, and only God, commanded it to happen, and when they obeyed, it wasn't a sin. But when they didn't obey, or thought to have more women than the Lord commanded, it was a sin, because the Lord didn't command it.

-David's example: He had wives and concubines, but he sinned against God by desiring Bathsheba, whom the Lord did not approve of because she was married to another.

+He wanted her out of lust, not out of God's will.

He has fallen from exaltation and won't inherit more because God gave that which would have been his to another.

(Book of Mormon) Ether 6:12-13 They gave thanks the moment they reached their destination.

-They humbled themselves and shed tears because they acknowledged the tender mercies they had received.

+They were thankful for the little things.

Afterwards, they worked instead of being lazy.

Ether 6:17 The sons and daughters of the people who had journeyed "were taught to walk humbly before the Lord".

-For being so righteous they were "taught from on high".

+They received revelations and were guided by the spirit in all things.