D&C 76

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Monday

• Commentary: Section 76 Context, Steven C. Harper
• Scripture: D&C 76:1–17
• Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 76:1–4.
• Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 76:5–10.
• Quote: We Latter-day Saints have a message for the world. It is divine and declares to all mankind that God has spoken again from the heavens in these modern times.
  As the Almighty thus spoke, he said, “Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, and rejoice ye inhabitants thereof, for the Lord is God, and beside him there is no Savior.
  “Great is his wisdom [and] marvelous are his ways.” (D&C 76:1–2)
  And he said, “The voice of the Lord is unto all men. … And the voice of warning shall be unto all people.” (D&C 1:2-4)
  The crux of our message is that Jesus of Nazareth is Christ the Lord, the Redeemer of all mankind, the Savior of the Christians and the Messiah of the Jews. We affirm most solemnly that this same Jesus was the literal begotten Son of God, born of Mary, and that without him there is no Savior.
  Mark E. Petersen, "Hear Ye Him!," October 1975 General Conference.

Tuesday

• Scripture: D&C 76:18–30
• Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 76:18–24.
• Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 76:25–29.
• KnoWhy 312: Why Are There So Many Different Names for the Plan of Salvation?
• Quote: What are the principles through which we can help God’s children to realize his purpose for them? We can start—and almost end—with love. God so loved the world that he gave his Only Begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16) Christ so loved God and God’s other children that he willingly undertook his pivotal part in the great plan of salvation, knowing what it meant, what it was going to cost.
  Another special son, brilliant—the scriptures call him “an authority in the presence of God (D&C 76:25) but lacking love except for self, disdained the Father’s plan and rebelled against it. He had strong opinions of his own; he contrived some rules of his own, seemed to feel his Father’s way inefficient and imperfect. He rebelled, and misled and led away a multitude of his Father’s children.
  Christ loved his Father and desired to do his will. He used his agency to willingly accept the responsibility to open the door to salvation and to eternal life to every individual child of God who would manifest his acceptance of the gift and his love of the giver by obeying his commandments.
  Marion D. Hanks, "'Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens’," October 1970 General Conference.

Wednesday

• Scripture: D&C 76:31–49
• Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 76:30–35.
• Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 76:36–49.
• Quote: The theology of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is comprehensive, universal, merciful, and true. Following the necessary experience of mortal life, all sons and daughters of God will ultimately be resurrected and go to a kingdom of glory. The righteous—regardless of current religious denomination or belief—will ultimately go to a kingdom of glory more wonderful than any of us can comprehend. Even the wicked, or almost all of them, will ultimately go to a marvelous—though lesser—kingdom of glory. All of that will occur because of God’s love for his children and because of the atonement and resurrection of Jesus Christ, “who glorifies the Father, and saves all the works of his hands” (D&C 76:43).
  Dallin H. Oaks, "Apostasy and Restoration," April 1995 General Conference.

Thursday

• Scripture: D&C 76:50–70
• Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 76:50–53.
• Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 76:54–70.
• KnoWhy 335: What Does It Mean to Be Perfect?

Friday

• Scripture: D&C 76:71–88
• Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 76:71–80.
• Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 76:81–88.
• Quote: The 76th section of the Doctrine and Covenants makes it clear that being “valiant in the testimony of Jesus” (D&C 76:79) is the simple, essential test between those who will inherit the blessings of the celestial kingdom and those in the lesser terrestrial kingdom. To be valiant, we need to focus on the power of Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice to overcome death and, through our repentance, to cleanse us from sin, and we need to follow the doctrine of Christ. We also need the light and knowledge of the Savior’s life and teachings to guide us on the covenant pathway, including the sacred ordinances of the temple. We must be steadfast in Christ, feast upon His word, and endure to the end.
  Quentin L. Cook, "Valiant in the Testimony of Jesus," October 2016 General Conference.

Saturday

• Scripture: D&C 76:89–108
• Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 76:89–93.
• Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 76:94–97.
• Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 76:98–106.
• Quote: Given the distance between what we are as mortals and what Heavenly Father has become, it is not surprising that some feel that becoming like the Father is unattainable. Nevertheless, the scriptures are clear. If we will cleave in faith to Christ, repent, and seek God’s grace through obedience, eventually we will become like the Father. I take great comfort in the fact that those who strive to be obedient will “receive grace for grace” and ultimately “receive of his fulness” (D&C 93:20). In other words, we won’t become like the Father on our own (See Moroni 10:32–33; D&C 76:69, 94–95). Rather, it will come through gifts of grace, some big but mostly small, that build upon one another until we have a fulness. But, brothers and sisters, it will come!
  Brian K. Ashton, "The Father," October 2018 General Conference.

Sunday

• Scripture: D&C 76:109–119
• Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 76:107–112.
• Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 76:113–119.
• Quote: Every person in the world at some point in his eternal progression is one day going to have to come to the moment of truth when he must answer the question, “What think ye of Christ?” (Matthew 22:42).
  Think of that. At one point in our eternal progression, each one of us is going to have to answer the question, Who is Jesus Christ? We are told that every eye shall see, every ear shall hear, and every knee shall bow, every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. “When all men shall stand to be judged of him, then shall they confess that he is God” (Mosiah 27:31; see also Romans 14:11 and D&C 76:110).
  Robert D. Hales, "‘What Think Ye of Christ?’ ‘Whom Say Ye That I Am?’," April 1979 General Conference.