Ep 330 | D&C 81-83, Come Follow Me 2025 (July 21-27)

Talking Scripture

Mike Day & Bryce Dunford

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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→ Timestamps: (00:00) Jesse Gause was a counselor to the Prophet who could no longer fulfill the assignment.(02:48) Being part of a council requires that we share our perspective to assure proper decisions are made.(11:38) The background of Section 82 is a quarrel between Saints in Ohio and Missouri. They are all trying to build Zion, but disagree on how it should be done.(22:41) The relationship between light, truth, and obedience. Where much is given, much is required.(26:19) If we sin again, do our former sins return? A discussion of ways to interpret D&C 82.7.(30:06) Old habits can lead to old sins. The admonitions in D&C 82 relate to the Saints later in Ohio, Missouri, and Nauvoo.(33:02) The Lord is bound when we do what He says, D&C 82.10.(34:04) The Parable of the Unjust Steward as it relates to making friends with the mammon of unrighteousness. The words used in the original text can help in interpreting these verses.(40:07) Section 83 may lead people to think that the church thinks men are more important than women. A discussion on the balance between patriarchal priesthood in the home and hierarchal priesthood in the Church.(44:58) The order of operations in Church Welfare: Rely upon yourself, your family, and then the Bishop’s Storehouse.

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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. 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. For show notes, head over to our website,
0:18.7	talking scripture.org.
0:25.3	Welcome to Talking Scripture. I'm Mike.
0:26.1	And I'm Bryce.
0:31.0	And today we are going to be in Section 81 through 83 of the Doctrine Convance.
0:37.2	Section 81 is the beginnings of the presidency of the high priesthood.
0:39.1	It's what we call the first presidency.
0:44.6	So we're going to actually call Frederick G. Williams as a counselor.
0:46.8	But Mike, he wasn't the first choice, was he?
0:47.4	No, he was not. So what happened with the first choice?
0:49.3	The first choice was a fellow by the name of Jesse Gouse.
0:52.5	And he was called to be a counselor to the prophet
0:55.1	Joseph Smith, but his name is going to be scratched out of the revelation because he was
1:00.2	unable to fulfill his assignment. Jesse Gouse was called and a lot of people ask questions
1:07.8	like, okay, why was he chosen if he's this relatively new member of the
1:11.5	church? And we don't know why. But one of the reasons we think as to why he was chosen and why he might
1:17.7	have been a good fit is because of section 78 verse 3. In section 78 verse 3, it says,
1:23.3	The time has come and now is at hand and behold and low, it must needs be that there be an
1:27.4	organization of my people in regulating and establishing the affairs of the The time has come and now is at hand, and beholden low, it must needs be that there be an organization
1:27.8	of my people in regulating and establishing the affairs of the storehouse for the poor of my people,
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