Day 185

  • Principle: Sustaining apostles takes the form in word and deed.  By sustaining them you sustain the Lord.  
  • Book of Mormon Reading: Alma 27:16 - 28:8
  • How does the chief judge support the Lords missionaries? How do the people in Zarahemla support those who are following the Lord?  Notice how joy is spoken often in these verses, why do you think joy is so prevalent?
  • Apostles teach basic doctrine and principles of the gospel.  And they invite you, and all members, to search the scriptures.
    • Marion G. Romney taught: “Since we cannot ‘live by [the words which] proceedeth forth from the mouth of God’ unless we know what they are, it is imperative that we study them. This the Lord has directed us to do. “As the Jews disputed with Jesus because he said that God was his Father, he pointedly responded: ‘Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.’ (John 5:39.) “In the Lord’s preface to his Book of Commandments, he said: ‘Search these commandments, for they are true and faithful, and the prophecies and promises which are in them shall all be fulfilled.’ (D&C 1:37.) “We are under divine instruction to ‘teach the principles of [the] gospel, which are in the Bible and the Book of Mormon.’ (D&C 42:12.) This we cannot do unless we know what they are.” (Marion G. Romney in CR, Apr. 1973, 117.)
  • Joseph Fielding Smith added:
    • “May I now say—very plainly and very emphatically—that we have the holy priesthood and that the keys of the kingdom of God are here. They are found only in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints. . . . “Now, brethren, I think there is one thing which we should have exceedingly clear in our minds. Neither the President of the Church, nor the First Presidency, nor the united voice of the First Presidency and the Twelve will ever lead the Saints astray or send forth counsel to the world that is contrary to the mind and will of the Lord.” (Joseph Fielding Smith in CR, Apr. 1972, p. 99.)
  • Review again the calling of the original twelve apostles:
    • Matthew 10:2-4
    • Mark: 13-21
    • Luke 6:12-16
  • What effort have you made to gain a testimony of apostles today?
  • What actions, words or deeds, demonstrate to the Lord your effort to sustain the prophets and apostles?
  • What do you do when you disagree with the teachings of prophets and apostles?
  • What blessings have you seen in your life from sustaining prophets and apostles? 
  • Additional Study