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 ====== Scripture Study Notes ====== ====== Scripture Study Notes ======
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 +  * [[General Notes]]
  
   * "Write down in a secure place the things you will learn from the Spirit."​ --Elder Scott   * "Write down in a secure place the things you will learn from the Spirit."​ --Elder Scott
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   * Ask "Why does he say that first?"​ when there is a sequence of events.   * Ask "Why does he say that first?"​ when there is a sequence of events.
   * One thing that is hard for me to remember is that these events and scenarios that the Lord is describing in the scriptures are ones that also exist today. ​ You have to work hard, but the types and situations are the same here, and you have to match them up so it will make more sense. ​ The Lord never speaks about things objectively,​ as if they do not apply to us or are not relevant. ​ He is giving instructions to the people who read these (i.e., the whole world). ​ Look for the types that are similar today.   * One thing that is hard for me to remember is that these events and scenarios that the Lord is describing in the scriptures are ones that also exist today. ​ You have to work hard, but the types and situations are the same here, and you have to match them up so it will make more sense. ​ The Lord never speaks about things objectively,​ as if they do not apply to us or are not relevant. ​ He is giving instructions to the people who read these (i.e., the whole world). ​ Look for the types that are similar today.
-  * Sacrifice will be part of the Restoration.  ​All things ​had under any form of the Priesthood will be had again.+  * One key of unlocking ​the scriptures: consider the attributes, nature and life cycles of the examples used in the scriptures.  ​Works well on examples where things ​in nature are used. 
 +  * A key: perspective:​ Consider "how does this action bless His children?"​ 
 +  * The scriptures become clear as you understand the nature ​of God 
 +  * Look at a block and try to find a common theme 
 +  * //​Everything//​ is relevant and ties into places, themes and settings that happen in //our day//​. ​ Nothing in here is something that we are either not living through now, or cannot achieve. ​ See Isaiah 4:5 - the dwelling places are our homes.
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