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Welcome to Talking Scripture, I'm Mike, and I'm Bryce.

And today we're going to be in Doctrine and Covenants 49 and 50.

And it really is nice to have these two back-to-back because this is a very significant warning from

the Lord.

And big picture, I think we need to stand back and hear the warning.

And that is, section 49 is a warning against false doctrine.

And section 50 is a warning against false revelation.

We can believe a truth that is false.

And if we believe it and act on it, we may treat people inappropriately or we may offend

God.

So we need to make sure that we don't believe a falsehood.

Now what's interesting about section 49 is kind of the context.

Sometimes we think of false doctrine as deliberate lies sent out by enemies of righteousness

trying to destroy us.

But section 49's background is really good intending people, religious, loving people

who on their own study came to some wrong conclusions.

And the Lord steps forward and cracks those wrong conclusions.

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