S3 E 36 Jan Martin on Jacob's teachings about our Relationship with God (week of April 1, only episode)
The Scriptures Are Real
Kerry Muhlestein
4.8 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Consider going to TSAR.website to get more from Jacob's sermons. There, I give daily thoughts, and this week they come from exploring Jacob's sermon more in depth. You can also access masterclasses, workshop, lectures, and all sorts of other material. Go to TSAR.website to access all this material.
In this episode Jan Martin and Kerry set the background for understanding Jacob's sermon. They also discuss the temple setting and how it impacts our understanding. They also explore how the crux of the teachings are about our relationship with God and our relationships in general. How do you relate to possessions? How to you relate to others, especially family members and members of the opposite sex? How do these things affect your relationship with God? Are you letting possessions or other things prevail more in your life than God? They also explore different ways we can share of our "substance" with others and how we can bless others in many ways. They talk about how stratification of society and not seeing people equally is part of the concubine issue Jacob speaks of. They also delve into how Jacob's teachings can help us understand how to deal with trials and have them bring us closer to God rather than push us away from Him. They also speak of the need to be reconciled to God and receive of His counsel and submit to His will.
We are grateful for our sponsor, Lisa Spice, and for our producer, BJ Muhlestein, and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for the podcast.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Scriptures A Real Podcast. |
| 0:09.2 | This is the podcast where we talk about elements of the scriptures that help them become more real to us |
| 0:13.4 | because we believe that helps them apply them to our lives and draw more power out of them, |
| 0:17.3 | and we need all the help we can get. |
| 0:18.9 | I'm your host, Carrie Mielstein, and I'm so happy to have with me my friend and colleague Dr. Jan Martin. Welcome, Jan. Thanks for being with us. Thank you. I appreciate being here. It's always nice to join you. It's our pleasure. And for those who have been with the podcast for a long time, you'll remember Jan from last year. |
| 0:37.9 | She did the sermon on the mount with us, and you'll want to go back and listen to that again. |
| 0:41.5 | It was fantastic stuff. |
| 0:43.7 | But first of all, I'd like to just tell everyone a little bit more about you, Jan, and then we'll let you tell us even more about yourself. |
| 0:51.8 | So Jan is from New Mexico and studied at BYU, but also got her |
| 0:57.8 | PhD at the University of York in the United Kingdom, where she specialized in 16th century |
| 1:05.0 | Bible translation, English Bible translation. And she's also taught at seminaries and institutes, but she's been with us |
| 1:12.8 | for a number of years and just does fantastic work. So that's the kind of bare bones stuff. |
| 1:17.8 | What else should we know, Jan? Well, I got married over in England, so my husband is British. |
| 1:23.9 | So we have an international home, which is really fun, lots of different cultures and |
| 1:29.3 | ideas going on. And we love to be outside. We're very active people. Love to play lots of sports and |
| 1:36.7 | love to do lots of things together. My husband and I are best buddies. And we just go and do stuff. |
| 1:43.2 | So we have lots of fun. Wonderful. Wonderful. Well, thank you. |
| 1:48.0 | Well, today we have so much. I mean, this is, I end up saying this with every single episode |
| 1:54.6 | because the Book of Mormon is so dense and rich and wonderful things. You can't give us two or three |
| 1:59.5 | or five chapters without us saying, |
| 2:01.6 | wow, there's a lot of good stuff in there. And that's true today. And this is some of Jacob at |
| 2:06.6 | his best. I mean, Jacob's all over great in the second Nephi as well. But here as we move into the |
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