Ep 325 | D&C 64-66, Come Follow Me 2025 (June 16-22)

Talking Scripture

Mike Day & Bryce Dunford

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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→ Timestamps: (00:00) Ezra Booth sees Joseph Smith’s humanity and falls away from the Church.(02:15) We must build Zion spiritually.(05:29) The command to forgive others. By holding onto grudges we are hurting ourselves.(12:55) The venom of the rattlesnake: An analogy.(15:58) How an unforgiving heart is the greater sin. The parable of the unmerciful servant.(20:55) The scapegoat is a reference to the Messiah. He will carry away the burden of pain others have caused us.(26:41) Give our whole heart to God.(32:40) Don’t procrastinate, but be ready with an attitude of success and act today.(36:04) William E. McLellin’s views regarding Joseph Smith. The Lord makes it clear that Joseph has the keys.(45:05) The Church is a kingdom, and tithing is a means to make the kingdom operational.(49:06) Section 66 addresses William E. McLellin’s 5 questions to the Lord.(55:11) William E. McLellin’s letter to James Cobb about the Spalding Manuscript.(1:01:22) A prayer pleading for the going forth of the kingdom.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to Talking Scripture, a podcast where we illustrate relevance and application
0:08.0	of the scriptures in Come Follow Me.
0:10.1	We also dive into the history and cultures of the text.
0:13.4	Thanks for taking the time to share and subscribe to this podcast.
0:16.9	For show notes, head over to our website, TalkingScripture.org.
0:24.4	Welcome. For show notes, head over to our website, talkingscripture.org. Welcome to Talking Scripture. I'm Mike. And I'm Bryce. And today we are going to be doing
0:28.5	Section 64, 65, 66. Section 64 is September 11, 1831. This is when Joseph gets back from Missouri and some of the
0:41.8	missionaries are now arriving back in Ohio. And a big part of the context of this section is
0:48.2	Ezra Booth. Ezra Booth accused the prophet Joseph of lightness and levity and a proneness to jesting and joking
0:57.2	and a temper easily irritated. And so with his spirit of accusing the prophet Joseph, he actually
1:05.5	starts to convince some of the early members of the church to leave the church. And he's one of the first people to write
1:12.7	articles against the church of Jesus Christ and attacking the prophet. And we'll come to it again
1:18.4	when we get to section 71 because Joseph and Sydney are going to have to take some time away
1:22.8	from the work on the Joseph Smith translation of the Bible to answer him publicly. And so in this section,
1:30.3	the Lord is going to acknowledge Joseph's weaknesses. Once again, this is one of those times where we
1:35.6	see the Lord not only rebuking others, but also acknowledging that Joseph Smith is a person.
1:42.2	And to me, a big part of this section is how do we look at other people when we see
1:48.3	their faults?
1:49.1	How do we view them?
1:50.3	I believe that Ezra Booth is a big part of this section as a backdrop.
1:55.8	Knowing that story that he's a disaffected member of the church, he's going to come at the church
2:00.5	after this revelation
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