Below are the quotes that were used in the video.
Fundamental Governing Principles of Revelation
How does the Spirit speak to us? (I wrote a short summary for the first few. I hope you enjoy looking at the others. What other scriptures would you add to my incomplete list?)
D&C 6:15 – ‘Enlighten your mind’
D&C 6:20 – ‘encircle…arms of my love’
D&C 6:23-24 – ‘peace to your mind’
D&C 8:2-3
D&C 9:8-9 & Luke 24:32
D&C 11:13
D&C 50:21-22
D&C 76:12
D&C 128:1
2 Nephi 32:5
Mosiah 4:3
Mosiah 5:2
Alma 14:11
Alma 24:8Alma 32:28
Ether 4:11 & Moroni 7:16
Moroni 8:26
Enos 1:5, 10
Enos 1:6
1 Kings 19:12
John 14:26
John 16:8 & 1 Timothy 4:2
Acts 2:37
Galatians 5:22-23
2 Nephi 1:27 & 2 Nephi 32:7
Sister Sheri Dew: “It is one thing to feel the Spirit – but it is quite another thing to receive information and direction from the spirit.” (OIR Devotional, 4 December 2009).
Joseph Smith: "A difference of opinion arising between us about the account of John he Apostle mentioned in the New Testament, John, twenty first chapter and twenty second verse, whether he died, or whether he continued. We mutually agreed to settle it by the Urim and Thummim, and the following is the word which we received… " (History of the Church 1:35-36).
President Dallin H. Oaks: “Scripture reading can lead to inspiration...and revelation on whatever [subject] the Lord wishes to communicate to the reader at that time. We do not overstate the point when we say that the scriptures can be a Urim and Thummim to assist each of us to receive personal revelation. Because we believe that scripture reading can help us receive revelation, we are encouraged to read the scriptures again and again. By this means, we obtain access to what our Heavenly Father would have us know and do in our personal lives today. That is one reason Latter-Day Saints believe in daily scripture study.” (Ensign, Jan. 1995, p.8).
SOME EXAMPLES OF JOHN'S INVOLVEMENT IN OUR DISPENSATION.
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland: “Why would the Lord use the example of crossing the Red Sea as the classic example of ‘the spirit of revelation’? Why didn’t He use the First Vision? … Or the vision of the brother of Jared? Well, He could have used any of these, but He didn’t. Here He had another purpose in mind.
“First of all, revelation almost always comes in response to a question, usually an urgent question—not always, but usually. Moses’ challenge was how to get himself and the children of Israel out of [the] horrible predicament they were in. …
“You will need information, too, but in matters of great consequence it is not likely to come unless you want it urgently, faithfully, humbly. Moroni calls it seeking ‘with real intent’ (Moroni 10:4). If you can seek that way, and stay in that mode, not much that the adversary can counter with will dissuade you from a righteous path.
“The Red Sea will open to the honest seeker of revelation. The adversary does have power to hedge up the way, to marshal Pharaoh’s forces and dog our escape right to the water’s edge, but he cannot conquer if we will it otherwise. That is lesson number one about crossing the Red Sea, your Red Seas, by the spirit of revelation.
“In the process of revelation and in making important decisions, fear almost always plays a destructive, sometimes paralyzing role…
“That is exactly the problem that beset the children of Israel at the edge of the Red Sea. That is lesson number two. It has everything to do with holding fast to earlier illumination. The record says, ‘And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid’ (Exodus 14:10).
“… Our faith will be tested as we fight through self-doubts and second thoughts. Some days we will be miraculously led out of Egypt—seemingly free, seemingly on our way—only to come to yet another confrontation, like all that water lying before us. At those times we must resist the temptation to panic and to give up.
“‘And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. … The Lord shall fight for you’ (Exodus 14:13–14).
“Again, that is the second lesson of the spirit of revelation. After you have gotten the message, after you have paid the price to feel His love and hear the word of the Lord, go forward. Don’t fear, don’t vacillate, don’t quibble, don’t whine.
“The third lesson from the Lord’s spirit of revelation in the miracle of the crossing of the Red Sea is that, if God has told you something is right, if something is indeed true for you, He will provide the way for you to accomplish it.” (“Remember How You Felt,” New Era, Aug. 2004, 7–8)
All of Alma 22 through Helaman 3 is in Oliver Cowdery’s hand except for twenty-eight words in Joseph Smith’s hand (in Alma 45:22). (https://rsc.byu.edu/days-never-be-forgotten-oliver-cowdery/oliver-cowdery-book-mormon-scribe).
President Joseph Fielding Smith: “Oliver’s failure came because he did not continue as he commenced, and the task being a difficult one, his faith deserted him” (Church History and Modern Revelation, 2 vols. [1953], 1:51).
President Dallin H. Oaks: “I have heard adult members of the church claim they do not have a testimony because they have never experienced a burning in the bosom. If I thought this scriptural ‘burning’ only referred to caloric heat, I would have to say that I have never had a burning in the bosom either. In fact, the verb burn has several different meanings in the scriptures. In some passages it clearly refers to the kind of burning caused by combustion. However, when burning is joined with the nouns heart or bosom, it is a figurative phrase, not a literal one. In this usage it does not seem to refer to heat but rather to intensity of feeling.” (Teaching by the Spirit, address at the MTC, 21 June, 1988; see Ensign, March 1977, p.7-12).
Elder Richard G. Scott: “That [stupor of thought], for me, is an unsettling, discomforting feeling” (“Using the Supernal Gift of Prayer,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2007, 10).
Teaching Thoughts:
President Russell M. Nelson: I urge you to stretch beyond your current spiritual ability to receive personal revelation, for the Lord has promised that “if thou shalt [seek], thou shalt receive revelation upon revelation, knowledge upon knowledge, that thou mayest know the mysteries and peaceable things—that which bringeth joy, that which bringeth life eternal.” (D&C 42:61)
Oh, there is so much more that your Father in Heaven wants you to know." (April 2018, "Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives").
- 6:8, 20, 27; 11:8,17 Righteous Desires
- 6:5, 11; 8:1, 9-11 Ask in faith with an honest heart
- 6:6, 20; 8:5; 9:13; 11:9, 18, 20 “Keep my commandments.”
- 9:7-8; 11:22 “Study it out in your mind”
How does the Spirit speak to us? (I wrote a short summary for the first few. I hope you enjoy looking at the others. What other scriptures would you add to my incomplete list?)
D&C 6:15 – ‘Enlighten your mind’
D&C 6:20 – ‘encircle…arms of my love’
D&C 6:23-24 – ‘peace to your mind’
D&C 8:2-3
D&C 9:8-9 & Luke 24:32
D&C 11:13
D&C 50:21-22
D&C 76:12
D&C 128:1
2 Nephi 32:5
Mosiah 4:3
Mosiah 5:2
Alma 14:11
Alma 24:8Alma 32:28
Ether 4:11 & Moroni 7:16
Moroni 8:26
Enos 1:5, 10
Enos 1:6
1 Kings 19:12
John 14:26
John 16:8 & 1 Timothy 4:2
Acts 2:37
Galatians 5:22-23
2 Nephi 1:27 & 2 Nephi 32:7
Sister Sheri Dew: “It is one thing to feel the Spirit – but it is quite another thing to receive information and direction from the spirit.” (OIR Devotional, 4 December 2009).
Joseph Smith: "A difference of opinion arising between us about the account of John he Apostle mentioned in the New Testament, John, twenty first chapter and twenty second verse, whether he died, or whether he continued. We mutually agreed to settle it by the Urim and Thummim, and the following is the word which we received… " (History of the Church 1:35-36).
President Dallin H. Oaks: “Scripture reading can lead to inspiration...and revelation on whatever [subject] the Lord wishes to communicate to the reader at that time. We do not overstate the point when we say that the scriptures can be a Urim and Thummim to assist each of us to receive personal revelation. Because we believe that scripture reading can help us receive revelation, we are encouraged to read the scriptures again and again. By this means, we obtain access to what our Heavenly Father would have us know and do in our personal lives today. That is one reason Latter-Day Saints believe in daily scripture study.” (Ensign, Jan. 1995, p.8).
SOME EXAMPLES OF JOHN'S INVOLVEMENT IN OUR DISPENSATION.
- He helped Peter and James restore the Melchizedek priesthood (Section 27:12).
- In General Conference of June 3, 1831, Joseph announced: John the beloved was working with the lost tribes of Israel for their come forth from the Northland (HC, Vol. 1, p. 176).
- He made several appearances in the Kirtland Temple and on one occasion, he was seen by the Prophet Joseph, Oliver, and others (Life of Heber C. Kimball, Witney, p. 91-92).
- Addison Everett saw the Prophet one day walking ahead of the camp talking with a stranger. When the company reached him, he was alone. The stranger had suddenly disappeared. That evening Heber C. Kimball inquired whom the Prophet was conversing with, and the Prophet replied it was John the Beloved, who was on his way to the Ten Tribes in the north. (Diary of Oliver Boardman Huntington (typescript in B.Y.U. Library, 1847 1900), Pt. 2, p. 162).
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland: “Why would the Lord use the example of crossing the Red Sea as the classic example of ‘the spirit of revelation’? Why didn’t He use the First Vision? … Or the vision of the brother of Jared? Well, He could have used any of these, but He didn’t. Here He had another purpose in mind.
“First of all, revelation almost always comes in response to a question, usually an urgent question—not always, but usually. Moses’ challenge was how to get himself and the children of Israel out of [the] horrible predicament they were in. …
“You will need information, too, but in matters of great consequence it is not likely to come unless you want it urgently, faithfully, humbly. Moroni calls it seeking ‘with real intent’ (Moroni 10:4). If you can seek that way, and stay in that mode, not much that the adversary can counter with will dissuade you from a righteous path.
“The Red Sea will open to the honest seeker of revelation. The adversary does have power to hedge up the way, to marshal Pharaoh’s forces and dog our escape right to the water’s edge, but he cannot conquer if we will it otherwise. That is lesson number one about crossing the Red Sea, your Red Seas, by the spirit of revelation.
“In the process of revelation and in making important decisions, fear almost always plays a destructive, sometimes paralyzing role…
“That is exactly the problem that beset the children of Israel at the edge of the Red Sea. That is lesson number two. It has everything to do with holding fast to earlier illumination. The record says, ‘And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid’ (Exodus 14:10).
“… Our faith will be tested as we fight through self-doubts and second thoughts. Some days we will be miraculously led out of Egypt—seemingly free, seemingly on our way—only to come to yet another confrontation, like all that water lying before us. At those times we must resist the temptation to panic and to give up.
“‘And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. … The Lord shall fight for you’ (Exodus 14:13–14).
“Again, that is the second lesson of the spirit of revelation. After you have gotten the message, after you have paid the price to feel His love and hear the word of the Lord, go forward. Don’t fear, don’t vacillate, don’t quibble, don’t whine.
“The third lesson from the Lord’s spirit of revelation in the miracle of the crossing of the Red Sea is that, if God has told you something is right, if something is indeed true for you, He will provide the way for you to accomplish it.” (“Remember How You Felt,” New Era, Aug. 2004, 7–8)
All of Alma 22 through Helaman 3 is in Oliver Cowdery’s hand except for twenty-eight words in Joseph Smith’s hand (in Alma 45:22). (https://rsc.byu.edu/days-never-be-forgotten-oliver-cowdery/oliver-cowdery-book-mormon-scribe).
President Joseph Fielding Smith: “Oliver’s failure came because he did not continue as he commenced, and the task being a difficult one, his faith deserted him” (Church History and Modern Revelation, 2 vols. [1953], 1:51).
President Dallin H. Oaks: “I have heard adult members of the church claim they do not have a testimony because they have never experienced a burning in the bosom. If I thought this scriptural ‘burning’ only referred to caloric heat, I would have to say that I have never had a burning in the bosom either. In fact, the verb burn has several different meanings in the scriptures. In some passages it clearly refers to the kind of burning caused by combustion. However, when burning is joined with the nouns heart or bosom, it is a figurative phrase, not a literal one. In this usage it does not seem to refer to heat but rather to intensity of feeling.” (Teaching by the Spirit, address at the MTC, 21 June, 1988; see Ensign, March 1977, p.7-12).
Elder Richard G. Scott: “That [stupor of thought], for me, is an unsettling, discomforting feeling” (“Using the Supernal Gift of Prayer,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2007, 10).
Teaching Thoughts:
- Learn to better recognize the Spirit and act on its promptings.
- How do you hear him?
- How will you hear Him this week?
- “Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not” (6:36).
- Stretch yourself to receive personal revelation.
President Russell M. Nelson: I urge you to stretch beyond your current spiritual ability to receive personal revelation, for the Lord has promised that “if thou shalt [seek], thou shalt receive revelation upon revelation, knowledge upon knowledge, that thou mayest know the mysteries and peaceable things—that which bringeth joy, that which bringeth life eternal.” (D&C 42:61)
Oh, there is so much more that your Father in Heaven wants you to know." (April 2018, "Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives").