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13 - Book of Mormon - Joseph Smith Jr · Philosophy and Faith

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Speaker 1: Second Nephi, chapter twenty eight. And now behold, my brethren,
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Speaker 1: I have spoken unto you, according as a spirit hath
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Speaker 1: constrained me. Wherefore I know that they must surely come
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Speaker 1: to pass. And the things which shall be written out
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Speaker 1: of the book shall be of great worth unto the
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Speaker 1: children of men, and especially unto our seed, which is
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Speaker 1: a remnant of the House of Israel. For it shall
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Speaker 1: come to pass in that day that the churches which
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Speaker 1: are built up and not unto the Lord. When the
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Speaker 1: one shall say unto the other, behold, I am the lords,
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Speaker 1: and the others shall say, I I am the Lords.
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Speaker 1: And thus shall every one say that hath built up
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Speaker 1: churches and not unto the Lord. And they shall contend
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Speaker 1: one with another, and their priests shall contend one with another.
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Speaker 1: And they shall teach with their learning, and deny the
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Speaker 1: Holy Ghost, which giveth utterance, and they deny the power
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Speaker 1: of God, the Holy One of Israel. And they say
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Speaker 1: unto the people. Hearken unto us, and hear ye our precept.
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Speaker 1: For behold, there is no God to day. For the
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Speaker 1: Lord and the Redeemer hath done his work, and yeth
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Speaker 1: given his power unto men. Behold hearken ye unto my precept.
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Speaker 1: If they shall say there is a miracle wrought by
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Speaker 1: the hand of the Lord, believe it not. For this
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Speaker 1: day He is not a god of miracles. He hath
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Speaker 1: done his work. Yea. And there shall be many which
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Speaker 1: shall say, eat, drink and be merry. For tomorrow we die,
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Speaker 1: and it shall be well with us. And there shall
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Speaker 1: also be many which shall say, eat, drink and be merry. Nevertheless,
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Speaker 1: fear God. He will justify in committing a little sin. Yea,
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Speaker 1: lie a little, take the advantage of one because of
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Speaker 1: his words. Dig a pit for thy neighbor. There is
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Speaker 1: no harm in this, and do all these things. For
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Speaker 1: tomorrow we die. And if it so be that we
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Speaker 1: are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes,
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Speaker 1: and at last we shall be saved in the kingdom
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Speaker 1: of God. Yea. And there shall be many which shall
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Speaker 1: teach after this manner, false and vain and foolish doctrines,
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Speaker 1: and shall be puffed up in their hearts, and shall
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Speaker 1: seek deep to hide their counsels from the Lord, and
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Speaker 1: their works shall be in the dark, and the blood
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Speaker 1: of the saints shall cry from the ground against them. Yea.
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Speaker 1: They have all gone out of the way. They have
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Speaker 1: become corrupted because of pride, and because of false teachers
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Speaker 1: and false doctrine. Their churches have become corrupted, and their
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Speaker 1: churches are lifted up because of pride. They are puffed up.
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Speaker 1: They rob the poor because of their fine sanctuaries. They
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Speaker 1: rob the poor because of their fine clothing, and they
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Speaker 1: persecute the meek and the poor in heart because of
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Speaker 1: their pride. They are puffed up. They wear stiff necks
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Speaker 1: and high heads. Yea, And because of pride and wickedness
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Speaker 1: and abominations and hordems, they have all gone astray, save
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Speaker 1: it be a few who are the humble followers of Christ. Nevertheless,
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Speaker 1: they are led that in many instances they do er
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Speaker 1: because they are taught by the precepts of men. Oh,
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Speaker 1: the wise and the learned, and the rich that are
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Speaker 1: puffed up in the pride of their hearts, and all
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Speaker 1: those who preach false doctrines, and all those who commit
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Speaker 1: horedems and pervert the right way of the Lord, Woe, woe,
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Speaker 1: woe be unto them, saith the Lord God Almighty, for
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Speaker 1: they shall be thrust down to hell. Woe unto them
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Speaker 1: that turn aside the just for thing of naught, and
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Speaker 1: revile against that which is good, and say that it
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Speaker 1: is of no worth. For the day shall come that
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Speaker 1: the Lord God will speedily visit the inhabitants of the earth,
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Speaker 1: And in that day that they are fully ripe in iniquity,
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Speaker 1: they shall perish. But behold, if the inhabitants of the
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Speaker 1: earth shall repent of their wickedness and abominations, they shall
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Speaker 1: not be destroyed, saith the Lord of hosts. But behold,
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Speaker 1: that great and abominable Church, the whore of all the earth,
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Speaker 1: must tumble to the earth, and great must be the
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Speaker 1: fall thereof. For the kingdom of the devil must shake,
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Speaker 1: and they which belong to it must needs be stirred
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Speaker 1: up unto repentance, or the devil will grasp them with
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Speaker 1: his everlasting chains, and they be stirred up to anger
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Speaker 1: and perish. For behold, at that day shall he rage
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Speaker 1: in the hearts of the children of men and stir
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Speaker 1: them up to anger against that which is good, and
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Speaker 1: others he will pacify and lull them away into a
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Speaker 1: carnal security, that they shall say, all is well, and
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Speaker 1: Zion yea Zion prospereth, all is well. And thus the
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Speaker 1: devil cheateeth their souls and leadeth them away carefully down
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Speaker 1: to hell, and behold others. He flattereth away and telleth
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Speaker 1: them there is no hell, and he saith unto them,
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Speaker 1: I am no devil, for there is none. And thus
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Speaker 1: he whispereth in their ears, until he grasps them with
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Speaker 1: his awful chains. From whence there is no deliverance. Yea,
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Speaker 1: they are grasped with death and hell, and death and hell,
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Speaker 1: and the devil, and all that have been seized. Therewith
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Speaker 1: must stand before the throne of God and be judged
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Speaker 1: according to their works. From whence they must go into
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Speaker 1: the place prepared for them, even a lake of fire
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Speaker 1: and brimstone, which is endless torment. Therefore, woe be unto
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Speaker 1: him that is at ease and zion. Woe be unto
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Speaker 1: him that crieth all is well. Yea, woe be unto
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Speaker 1: him that hearkeneth unto the precepts of men, and denieth
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Speaker 1: the power of God and the gift of the Holy Ghost. Yea,
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Speaker 1: woe be unto him that saith we have received, and
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Speaker 1: we need no more. And and fine woe unto all
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Speaker 1: those who tremble and are angry because of the truth
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Speaker 1: of God. For behold, he that is built upon the rock,
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Speaker 1: receiveth it with gladness. And he that is built upon
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Speaker 1: a sandy foundation trembleth lest he should fall. Woe be
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Speaker 1: unto him that shall say, we have received the word
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Speaker 1: of God, and we need no more of the word
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Speaker 1: of God, for we have enough. For behold, thus saith
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Speaker 1: the Lord God. I will give unto the children of men,
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Speaker 1: line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and
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Speaker 1: there a little. And blessed are those who hearken unto
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Speaker 1: my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for
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Speaker 1: they shall learn wisdom. For unto him that receiveth I
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Speaker 1: will give more. And from them that shall say we
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Speaker 1: have enough, from them shall be taken away, even that
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Speaker 1: which they have curse. It is he that putteth his
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Speaker 1: trust in man, or maketh flesh his arm, or shall
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Speaker 1: hearken unto the precepts of men, save their precepts. Thou
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Speaker 1: be given by the power of the Holy Ghost. Woe
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Speaker 1: be unto the gentiles, saith the Lord, God of Hosts.
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Speaker 1: For notwithstanding I shall lengthen out my arm unto them.
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Speaker 1: From day to day they will deny me. Nevertheless, I
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Speaker 1: will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God, if
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Speaker 1: they will repent and come unto me, for mine arm
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Speaker 1: is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord
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Speaker 1: God of Hosts, Second NETHI, chapter twenty nine. But behold,
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Speaker 1: there shall be many at that day when I shall
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Speaker 1: proceed to do a marvelous work among them, that I
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Speaker 1: may remember the covenants which I have made unto the
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Speaker 1: children of men, that I may set my hand again
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Speaker 1: the second time to recover my people, which are of
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Speaker 1: the House of Israel. And also that I may remember
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Speaker 1: the promises which I have made unto thee Nephi, and
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Speaker 1: also unto thy Father, that I would remember your seed,
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Speaker 1: and that the words of your seed should proceed forth
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Speaker 1: out of my mouth unto your seed. And my words
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Speaker 1: shall hiss forth unto the ends of the earth for
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Speaker 1: a standard unto my people, which are of the House
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Speaker 1: of Israel. And because my words shall hiss forth, many
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Speaker 1: of the gentiles shall say a bible a bible. We
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Speaker 1: have got a bible, and there cannot be any more bible.
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Speaker 1: But thus saith the Lord God, O fools, they shall
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Speaker 1: have a Bible, and it shall proceed forth from the Jews,
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Speaker 1: mine ancient covenant people. And what thank they the Jews
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Speaker 1: for the Bible which they receive from them? Yea, What
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Speaker 1: do the gentiles mean? Do they remember the travails and
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Speaker 1: the pains and the labors of the Jews, and their
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Speaker 1: diligence unto me in bringing forth salvation? Unto the gentiles? O? Ye, gentiles,
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Speaker 1: have ye remembered the Jews mine ancient covenant people. Nay?
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Speaker 1: But ye have cursed them and have hated them, and
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Speaker 1: have not sought to recover them. But behold, I will
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Speaker 1: return all these things upon your own heads. For I
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Speaker 1: the Lord, have not forgotten my people. Thou fool that
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Speaker 1: shall say a bible, we have got a Bible, and
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Speaker 1: we need no more Bible. Have ye obtained a Bible
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Speaker 1: save it were by the Jews? Know ye not that
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Speaker 1: there are more nations than one? Know ye not that I,
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Speaker 1: the Lord your God, have created all men, and that
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Speaker 1: I remember those who are upon the isles of the sea,
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Speaker 1: And that I rule in the heavens above and in
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Speaker 1: the earth beneath. And I bring forth my word unto
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Speaker 1: the children of men, yea, even upon all the nations
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Speaker 1: of the earth. Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall
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Speaker 1: receive more of my word. Know ye not that the
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Speaker 1: testimony of two nations is a witness unto you, that
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Speaker 1: I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another.
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Speaker 1: Wherefore I speak the same words unto one nation, like
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Speaker 1: unto another. And when the two nations shall run together,
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Speaker 1: the testimony of the two nations shall run together also.
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Speaker 1: And I do this that I may prove unto many
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Speaker 1: that I am the same yesterday, today and forever, and
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Speaker 1: that I speak forth my words according to mine own pleasure.
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Speaker 1: And because that I have spoken one word, ye need
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Speaker 1: not suppose that I cannot speak another. For my work
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Speaker 1: is not yet finished, neither shall it be until the
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Speaker 1: end of man, neither from that time, henceforth and forever. Wherefore,
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Speaker 1: because that ye have a Bible, ye need not suppose
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Speaker 1: that it contains all my words. Neither need ye suppose
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Speaker 1: that I have not caused more to be written. For
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Speaker 1: I command all men, both in the east and in
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Speaker 1: the west, and in the north, and in the south,
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Speaker 1: and in the islands of the sea, that they shall
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Speaker 1: write the words which I speak unto them. For out
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Speaker 1: of the books which shall be written, I will judge
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Speaker 1: the world every man according to their works, according to
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Speaker 1: that which is written. For behold, I shall speak unto
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Speaker 1: the Jews, and they shall write it. And I shall
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Speaker 1: also speak unto the Nephites, and they shall write it.
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Speaker 1: And I shall also speak unto the other tribes of
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Speaker 1: the House of Israel, which I have led away, and
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Speaker 1: they shall write it. And I shall also speak unto
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Speaker 1: all nations of the earth, and they shall write it.
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Speaker 1: And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall
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Speaker 1: have the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites have
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Speaker 1: the words of the Jews, and the Nephites, and the
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Speaker 1: Jews shall have the words of the lost tribes of Israel,
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Speaker 1: and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words
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Speaker 1: of the Nephites and the Jews. And it shall come
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Speaker 1: to pass that my people, which are of the House
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Speaker 1: of Israel, shall be gathered home unto the lands of
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Speaker 1: their possessions, and my words shall all be gathered in one.
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Speaker 1: And I will show unto them that fight against my
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Speaker 1: word and against my people who are of the House
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Speaker 1: of Israel, that I am God, and that I covenanted
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Speaker 1: with Abraham, that I would remember his seed forever. Second
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Speaker 1: Nephi Chapter thirty. And now behold, my beloved brethren, I
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Speaker 1: would speak unto you, for I Nephi would not suffer
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Speaker 1: that ye should suppose that ye are more righteous than
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Speaker 1: the Gentiles shall be. For behold, except ye shall keep
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Speaker 1: the commandments of God, ye shall all likewise perish. And
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Speaker 1: because of the words which have been spoken, ye need
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Speaker 1: not suppose that the Gentiles are utterly destroyed. For behold,
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Speaker 1: I say unto you that as many of the Gentiles
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Speaker 1: as will repent are the covenant people of the Lord.
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Speaker 1: And as many of the Jews as will not repent,
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Speaker 1: shall be cast off. For the Lord covenanteth with none,
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Speaker 1: save it be with them that repent and believe in
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Speaker 1: His Son, who is the Holy One of Israel. And
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Speaker 1: now I would prophesy somewhat more concerning the Jews and
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Speaker 1: the Gentiles. For after the book which I have spoken
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Speaker 1: shall come forth and be written unto the Gentiles and
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Speaker 1: sealed up again unto the Lord. There shall be many
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Speaker 1: which shall believe the words which are written, and they
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Speaker 1: shall carry them forth unto the remnant of our seed.
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Speaker 1: And then shall the remnant of our seed, know concerning us,
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Speaker 1: how that we came out from Jerusalem, and that they
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Speaker 1: are descendants of the Jews. And the Gospel of Jesus
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Speaker 1: Christ shall be declared among them. Wherefore they shall be
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Speaker 1: restored unto the knowledge of their fathers, and also the
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Speaker 1: knowledge of Jesus Christ, which was had among their fathers.
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Speaker 1: And then shall they rejoice, for they shall know that
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Speaker 1: it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God.
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Speaker 1: And their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from
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Speaker 1: their eyes, and many generations shall not pass away among them,
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Speaker 1: save they shall be a pure and delightsome people. And
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Speaker 1: it shall come to pass that the Jews, which are
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Speaker 1: scattered also shall begin to believe in Christ, and they
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Speaker 1: shall begin to gather in upon the face of the land.
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Speaker 1: And as many as shall believe in Christ shall also
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Speaker 1: become a delightsome people. And it shall come to pass
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Speaker 1: that the Lord God shall commence his work among all nations, kindreds, tongues,
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Speaker 1: and people, to bring about the restoration of His people
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Speaker 1: upon the earth. And with righteousness shall the Lord God
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Speaker 1: judge the poor and reprove with equity for the meek
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Speaker 1: of the earth and he shall smite the earth with
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Speaker 1: the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of
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Speaker 1: his lips shall he slay the wicked. For the time
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Speaker 1: speedily cometh that the Lord God shall cause a great
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Speaker 1: division among the people, and the wicked will he destroy,
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Speaker 1: and he will spare his people. Yea, even if it
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Speaker 1: so be that he must destroy the wicked by fire.
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Speaker 1: And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and
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Speaker 1: faithfulness the girdle of his reigns. And then shall the
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Speaker 1: wolf dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie
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Speaker 1: down with the kid and the calf, and the young
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Speaker 1: lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall
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Speaker 1: lead them, and the cow and the bear shall feed
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Speaker 1: their young ones shall lie down together, and the lion
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Speaker 1: shall eat straw like the ox, and the suckling child
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Speaker 1: shall play on the whole of the asp, and the
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Speaker 1: wean child shall put his hand on the coquatrice's den.
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Speaker 1: They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain.
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Speaker 1: For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of
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Speaker 1: the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Wherefore the
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Speaker 1: things of all nations shall be made known. Yea, all
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Speaker 1: things shall be made known unto the children of men.
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Speaker 1: There is nothing which is secret save it shall be revealed.
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Speaker 1: There is no work of darkness save it shall be
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Speaker 1: made manifest in the light. And there is nothing which
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Speaker 1: is sealed upon the earth, save it shall be loosed.
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Speaker 1: Where Therefore all things which have been revealed unto the
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Speaker 1: children of men shall at that day be revealed, And
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Speaker 1: Satan shall have power over the hearts of the children
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Speaker 1: of men no more for a long time. And now,
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Speaker 1: my beloved brethren, I make an end of my sayings
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Speaker 1: Second Nephi, Chapter thirty one. And now I, Nephi, make
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Speaker 1: an end of my prophesying unto you, my beloved brethren.
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Speaker 1: And I cannot write but a few things which I
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Speaker 1: know must surely come to pass. Neither can I write
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Speaker 1: but a few of the words of my brother Jacob.
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Speaker 1: Wherefore the things which I have written sufficeth me, save
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Speaker 1: it be a few words which I must speak concerning
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Speaker 1: the doctrine of Christ. Wherefore I shall speak unto you plainly,
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Speaker 1: according to the plainness of my prophesying. For my soul
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Speaker 1: delighteth in plainness. For after this manner doth the Lord
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Speaker 1: God work among the children of men. For the Lord
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Speaker 1: God giveth light unto the understanding, For he speaketh unto
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Speaker 1: men according to their language, unto their understanding. Wherefore I
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Speaker 1: would that ye should remember that I have spoken unto
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Speaker 1: you concerning that prophet which the Lord showed unto me,
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Speaker 1: that should baptize the Lamb of God, which should take
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Speaker 1: away the sins of the world. And now, if the
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Speaker 1: Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need to
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Speaker 1: be baptized by water to fulfill all righteousness, oh, then
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Speaker 1: how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized,
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Speaker 1: yea even by water? And now I would ask of you,
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Speaker 1: my beloved brethren, wherein the Lamb of God did fulfill
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Speaker 1: all righteousness in being baptized by water? Know ye not
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Speaker 1: that he was holy. But notwithstanding he being holy, he
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Speaker 1: showeth unto the children of men, that according to the flesh,
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Speaker 1: he humbleth himself before the Father, and witnesses unto the
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Speaker 1: Father that he would be obedient unto him in keeping
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Speaker 1: his commandments. Wherefore, after he was baptized with water, the
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Speaker 1: Holy Ghost descended upon him in the form of a dove.
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Speaker 1: And again it showeth unto the children of men the
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Speaker 1: straitness of the path and the narrowness of the gate
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Speaker 1: by which they should enter, he having set the example
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Speaker 1: before them, and he said, unto the children of men,
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Speaker 1: follow thou me. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, can we follow
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Speaker 1: Jesus say, we shall be willing to keep the commandments
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Speaker 1: of the Father. And the Father said, repent ye, repent ye,
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Speaker 1: and be baptized in the name of my beloved Son.
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Speaker 1: And also the voice of the Sun came unto me, saying,
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Speaker 1: he that is baptized in my name? To him, will
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Speaker 1: the Father give the Holy Ghost like unto me? Wherefore
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Speaker 1: follow me and do the things which ye have seen
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Speaker 1: me do. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if
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Speaker 1: you ye shall follow the Son with full purpose of heart,
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Speaker 1: acting no hypocrisy and no deception before God, but with
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Speaker 1: real intent, repenting of your sins, witnessing unto the Father
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Speaker 1: that ye are willing to take upon you the name
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Speaker 1: of Christ by baptism, yea, by following your Lord and
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Speaker 1: your Savior down into the water according to his word. Behold,
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Speaker 1: then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost? Yea. Then come
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Speaker 1: with the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost.
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Speaker 1: And then can ye speak with the tongue of angels
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Speaker 1: and shout praises unto the Holy One of Israel. But behold,
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Speaker 1: my beloved brethren, Thus came the voice of the Son
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Speaker 1: unto me, saying, after ye have repented of your sins
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Speaker 1: and witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to
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Speaker 1: keep my commandments by the baptism of water, and have
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Speaker 1: received the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost,
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Speaker 1: I can speak with a new tongue, yea, even with
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Speaker 1: the tongue of angels. And after this should deny me,
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Speaker 1: it would have been better for you that ye had
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Speaker 1: not known me. And I heard a voice from the Father, saying, yea,
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Speaker 1: the words of my beloved are true and faithful. He
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Speaker 1: that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
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Speaker 1: And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that
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Speaker 1: unless a man shall endure to the end in following
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Speaker 1: the example of the Son of the Living God, he
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Speaker 1: cannot be saved. Wherefore, do the things which I have
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Speaker 1: told you I have seen that your Lord and your
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Speaker 1: Redeemer should do. For for this cause have they been
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Speaker 1: shown unto me, that ye might know the gate by
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Speaker 1: which ye should enter, for the gate by which he
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Speaker 1: should enter is repentance and baptism by water, and then
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Speaker 1: cometh through remission of your sins by fire and by
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Speaker 1: the Holy Ghost. And then are ye in this strait
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Speaker 1: and narrow path which leads to eternal life. Yea ye
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Speaker 1: have entered in by the gate. Ye have done according
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Speaker 1: to the commandments of the Father and the Son. And
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Speaker 1: ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the
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Speaker 1: Father and the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise
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Speaker 1: which he hath made, that if ye entered in by
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Speaker 1: the way, ye should receive. And now, my beloved brethren,
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Speaker 1: after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path,
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Speaker 1: I would ask, if all is done, behold, I say
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Speaker 1: unto you nay, for ye have not come this far,
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Speaker 1: save it were by the word of Christ, with unshaken
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Speaker 1: faith in Him, relying wholly upon the merits of Him
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Speaker 1: who is mighty to save. Wherefore ye must press forward
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Speaker 1: with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of
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Speaker 1: hope and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore,
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Speaker 1: if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ,
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Speaker 1: and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father,
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Speaker 1: ye shall have eternal life and Now behold, my beloved brethren,
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Speaker 1: this is the way. And there is none other way
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Speaker 1: nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved
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Speaker 1: in the Kingdom of God. And now behold, this is
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Speaker 1: the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine
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Speaker 1: of the Father and of the Son and of the
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Speaker 1: Holy Ghost, which is one God without end Amen. Second Nephi,
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Speaker 1: Chapter thirty two. And now behold, my beloved brethren, I
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Speaker 1: suppose that ye ponder somewhat in your hearts concerning that
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Speaker 1: which ye should do after ye have entered in by
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Speaker 1: the way. But behold, why do you ponder these things
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Speaker 1: in your hearts? Do you not remember that I said
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Speaker 1: unto you that after ye have received the Holy Ghost,
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Speaker 1: ye could speak with the tongue of angels. And now
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Speaker 1: how could ye speak with the tongue of angels, save
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Speaker 1: it were by the Holy Ghost. Angel speak by the
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Speaker 1: power of the Holy Ghost. Wherefore they speak the words
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Speaker 1: of Christ. Wherefore I said unto you, feast upon the
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Speaker 1: words of Christ. For behold, the words of Christ will
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Speaker 1: tell you all things what ye should do. Wherefore, now
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Speaker 1: after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot understand them,
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Speaker 1: it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye not.
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Speaker 1: Wherefore ye are not brought into the light, but must
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Speaker 1: perish in the dark. For behold again I say unto
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Speaker 1: you that if ye will enter in by the way
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Speaker 1: and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you
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Speaker 1: all things which ye should do. Behold, this is the
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Speaker 1: doctrine of Christ, and there will be no more doctrine
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Speaker 1: given until after He shall manifest himself unto you in
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Speaker 1: the flesh. And when he shall manifest himself unto you
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Speaker 1: in the flesh, the things which He shall say unto you,
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Speaker 1: shall ye observe to do. And now I, Nephi, cannot
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Speaker 1: say more. The Spirit stoppeth mine utterance, and I am
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Speaker 1: left to mourn because of the unbelief and the wickedness,
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Speaker 1: and the ignorance, and the stiff nakedness of men. For
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Speaker 1: they will not search knowledge nor understand great knowledge when
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Speaker 1: it is given unto them in plainness, even as plain
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Speaker 1: as word can be. And now, my beloved brethren, I
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Speaker 1: perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts, and it
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Speaker 1: grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For
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Speaker 1: if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a
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Speaker 1: man to pray, ye would know that ye must pray
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Speaker 1: for the evil spirit. Teacheth not a man to pray,
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Speaker 1: but teacheth him that he must not pray. But behold,
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Speaker 1: I say unto you that ye must pray always, and
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Speaker 1: not faint, that ye must not perform anything unto the Lord.
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Speaker 1: Save in the first place, ye shall pray unto the
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Speaker 1: Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate
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Speaker 1: thy performance unto Thee, that thy performance may be for
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Speaker 1: the welfare of thy soul. Second Nephi, Chapter thirty three.
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Speaker 1: And now I, Nephi, cannot write all the things which
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Speaker 1: were taught among my people. Neither am I mighty in writing,
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Speaker 1: like Nto speaking. For when a man speaketh by the
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Speaker 1: power of the Holy Ghost, the power of the Holy
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Speaker 1: Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of men.
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Speaker 1: But behold, there are many that harden their hearts against
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Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit, that it hath no place in them.
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Speaker 1: Wherefore they cast many things away which are written, and
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Speaker 1: esteem them as things of naught. But I, Nephi, have
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Speaker 1: written what I have written, and I esteem it as
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Speaker 1: of great worth, and especially unto my people. For I
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Speaker 1: pray continually for them by day, and mine eyes water
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Speaker 1: my pillow by night because of them. And I cry
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Speaker 1: unto my God and faith, and I know that he
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Speaker 1: will hear my cry. And I know that the Lord
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Speaker 1: God will consecrate my prayers for the gain of my people.
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Speaker 1: And the words which I have written in weakness will
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Speaker 1: be made strong unto them. For it persuadeth them to
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Speaker 1: do good. It maketh known unto them of their fathers.
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Speaker 1: And it speaketh of Jesus and persuadeth them to believe
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Speaker 1: in Him and to endure to the end, which is
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Speaker 1: life eternal. And it speaketh harshly against sin, according to
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Speaker 1: the plainness of the truth. Wherefore no man will be
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Speaker 1: angry at the words which I have written, save he
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Speaker 1: shall be of the spirit of the devil. I glory
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Speaker 1: in plainness, I glory in truth. I glory in my Jesus,
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Speaker 1: for he hath redeemed my soul from Hell. I have
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Speaker 1: charity for my people and great faith in Christ, that
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Speaker 1: I shall meet many souls spotless at His judgment. Seat.
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Speaker 1: I have charity for the jew I say Jew, because
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Speaker 1: I mean them from whence I came. I also have
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Speaker 1: charity for the Gentiles, but behold, for none of these
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Speaker 1: can I hope except they shall be reconciled unto Christ
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Speaker 1: and enter into the narrow gate and walk in the
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Speaker 1: straight path which leads to life, and continue in the
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Speaker 1: path until the end of the day of Probation. And now,
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Speaker 1: my beloved brethren, and also jew and all ye ends
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Speaker 1: of the earth, hearken unto these words and believe in Christ.
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Speaker 1: And if ye believe not in these words, believe in Christ.
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Speaker 1: And if ye shall believe in Christ, ye will believe
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Speaker 1: in these words. For they are the words of Christ,
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Speaker 1: and He hath given them unto me. And they shall
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Speaker 1: teach all men that they should do good. And if
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Speaker 1: they are not the words of Christ, judge ye, for
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Speaker 1: Christ will show unto you with power and great glory
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Speaker 1: that they are His words at the last day, and
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Speaker 1: you and I shall stand face to face before His
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Speaker 1: bar and ye shall know that I have been commanded
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Speaker 1: of Him to write these things, notwithstanding my weakness. And
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Speaker 1: I pray the Father in the name of Christ, that
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Speaker 1: many of us, if not all, may be saved in
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Speaker 1: His kingdom at that great and last day. And now,
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Speaker 1: my beloved brethren, all those who are of the House
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Speaker 1: of Israel and all ye ends of the earth. I
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Speaker 1: speak unto you as the voice of one crying from
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Speaker 1: the dust, farewell until that great day shall come. And
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Speaker 1: you that will not partake of the goodness of God
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Speaker 1: and respect the words of the Jews, and also my
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Speaker 1: words and the words which shall proceed forth out of
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Speaker 1: the mouth of the Lamb of God. Behold, I bid
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Speaker 1: you an everlasting farewell, for these words shall condemn you
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Speaker 1: at the last day, for what I seal on earth
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Speaker 1: shall be brought against you at the judgment bar For
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Speaker 1: thus hath the Lord commanded me, and I must obey.
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Speaker 1: Amen and of Second Nephi, chapters twenty eight through thirty three,