Post 44s: Believers in the Holy Bible and in the Other Revealed Scriptures, such as the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ, Know that Miracles Continue to Occur Among Believers in Jesus Christ and in His Restored Gospel!

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TODAY'S THEME:




Mormon Abridging the Plates -by Tom Lovell
















Moroni, Now a resurrected man, (an Angel), delivers those Plates of Gold to Joseph Smith in 1830 -by Kenneth Riley

Many words of the Prophet Moroni, a son of the Prophet Mormon were also included within that sacred book, the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ, which his father, for the most part compiled. Here are some of them which I feel are particularly appropriate for this blog post of mine:

Mormon 9: 7  And again I speak unto you who deny the revelations of God, and say that they are done away, that there are no revelations, nor prophecies, nor gifts, nor healing, nor speaking with tongues, and the interpretation of tongues; 

8  Behold I say unto you, he that denieth these things knoweth not the gospel of Christ; yea, he has not read the scriptures; if so, he does not understand them. 

9  For do we not read that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and in him there is no variableness neither shadow of changing? 

10  And now, if ye have imagined up unto yourselves a god who doth vary, and in whom there is shadow of changing, then have ye imagined up unto yourselves a god who is not a God of miracles. 

11  But behold, I will show unto you a God of miracles, even the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and it is that same God who created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are. 

12  Behold, he created Adam, and by Adam came the fall of man.  And because of the fall of man came Jesus Christ, even the Father and the Son; and because of Jesus Christ came the redemption of man. 

13  And because of the redemption of man, which came by Jesus Christ, they are brought back into the presence of the Lord; yea, this is wherein all men are redeemed, because the death of Christ bringeth to pass the resurrection, which bringeth to pass a redemption from an endless sleep, from which sleep all men shall be awakened by the power of God when the trump shall sound; and they shall come forth, both small and great, and all shall stand before his bar, being redeemed and loosed from this eternal band of death, which death is a temporal death. 

14  And then cometh the judgment of the Holy One upon them; and then cometh the time that he that is filthy shall be filthy still; and he that is righteous shall be righteous still; he that is happy shall be happy still; and he that is unhappy shall be unhappy still. 

15  And now, O all ye that have imagined up unto yourselves a god who can do no miracles, I would ask of you, have all these things passed, of which I have spoken?  Has the end come yet?  Behold I say unto you, Nay; and God has not ceased to be a God of miracles. 

16  Behold, are not the things that God hath wrought marvelous in our eyes?  Yea, and who can comprehend the marvelous works of God? 

17  Who shall say that it was not a miracle that by his word the heaven and the earth should be; and by the power of his word man was created of the dust of the earth; and by the power of his word have miracles been wrought? 

18  And who shall say that Jesus Christ did not do many mighty miracles?  And there were many mighty miracles wrought by the hands of the apostles. 

19  And if there were miracles wrought then, why has God ceased to be a God of miracles and yet be an unchangeable Being?  And behold, I say unto you he changeth not; if so he would cease to be God; and he ceaseth not to be God, and is a God of miracles. 

20  And the reason why he ceaseth to do miracles among the children of men is because that they dwindle in unbelief, and depart from the right way, and know not the God in whom they should trust. 

21  Behold, I say unto you that whoso believeth in Christ, doubting nothing, whatsoever he shall ask the Father in the name of Christ it shall be granted him; and this promise is unto all, even unto the ends of the earth. 

22  For behold, thus said Jesus Christ, the Son of God, unto his disciples who should tarry, yea, and also to all his disciples, in the hearing of the multitude: Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature; 

23  And he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned; 

24  And these signs shall follow them that believe—in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover; 

25  And whosoever shall believe in my name, doubting nothing, unto him will I confirm all my words, even unto the ends of the earth. (emphasis added by Neil Birch)

I am sure that those of you who are viewing this particular blog post of mine come from many different backgrounds, but whatever your view of miracles has been I want you to know that I from my own personal experience can testify that the Lord, Jesus Christ is a God of miracles!

A particular miracle that I was blessed to experience recently was not an astounding miracle, but nonetheless it was a miracle in my view and in the view of several leaders with whom I'm assigned to work in my church service assignment at a local hospital here in the Salt Lake Valley in the State of Utah (U.S.A.)

I relate this experience of mine to you in order to help each of you know that miracles continue to happen in our day and time on earth. As usually is the case this miracle was, in my humble opinion, given to me to strengthen my, and the faith of others who come to learn of this experience of mine, including each of you, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.  

On about the second Sunday of this March, 2012 about five minutes early I entered the room in which our branch Sacrament Meetings are held. Just after I sat down somewhere near the front of the room as I usually do, Brother Al McBride of the branch presidency began walking toward me. I quickly realized that he most likely was just about to ask me to help with the Sacrament.

That turned out be his intention, but instead of asking me to pass the Sacrament which I have done a good number of times, he instead asked me to bless the Sacrament. He asked me if it would be difficult for me to kneel (knowing I had had knee problems as a boy) and I replied: "no."

I had never been asked to do that before in one of our branch sacrament meetings, in the two and a half years I had been assigned by our stake president to the Murray Fourth Branch, and I never really expected to be asked to do so because when Melva and I were first assigned to serve in the branch we were asked whether there was anything that would be too difficult for either of us to do that is usually done in the branch. I most likely told that member of the presidency in reply that it would be difficult for me to bless the Sacrament because my voice had become somewhat raspy. I might also have mentioned that I had two new knees which were implanted surgically.

Anyway, as I was seating myself next to the right of the other man who would also be blessing the Sacrament, Brother Al McBride right then walked over and told both of us "Priests" that we would have to read the Sacrament Prayers loudly and clearly that day because the Branch's Sacrament microphone was not functioning and wasn't even there.

I then silently and urgently asked the Lord to bless me that when I would soon be reading the Sacrament Prayer on the Bread that my voice would be sufficiently loud and clear so all in attendance could hear the sacred words of the prayer clearly and feel their meaning!

Soon the Sacrament song had been sung and I knelt down on the little stool provided me and began reading the Prayer on the Bread. Kneeling was not a problem but I recalled I had asked the Lord for His help in reading the Sacrament Prayer sufficiently loudly and clearly so all could hear these so very sacred words.

Book of Mormon, Moroni 4:3 O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it; that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him, and keep his commandments which he hath given them, that they may always have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.

As I began reading, I instantly and clearly realized that my prayer, despite the absence of a microphone, was very loud and had been somehow magnified and was being very clearly heard throughout that good sized room with the usual large number of branch members along with a number of patients and hospital workers in attendance also.

I even felt an impulse to tone down the loudness of that prayer, but instantly I knew intuitively that was something I should not do. My voice was not raspy! It was my voice I was hearing, but it was an amazingly clear voice and was being greatly magnified! I sensed that I was experiencing a miracle!

When it was time for the Water to be blessed, my "Priest" partner had difficulty praying loud enough to be heard as clearly as I realized mine had been. He mentioned to me just after we had finished the Sacrament service that my prayer had been sufficiently loud but his hadn't. I didn't attempt to explain to him what I believe had happened during the prayer I had offered.

No one else that day mentioned anything about the loudness and clarity of my reading of the Sacrament prayer. Soon while standing each time in various patients' rooms, I took turns reading each of the Sacrament prayers a good number of times while serving with several couples who were also branch members.

Each time while taking turns reading those Sacrament prayers I experienced my usually somewhat raspy voice. The magnified voice I had been blessed with earlier that morning downstairs in the meeting was no longer with me and wasn't really needed in those settings!

I later decided that most of those who heard me read the Sacrament prayer on the bread earlier that morning must have assumed the Sacrament microphone was working just fine and that when the second man read the prayer on the water they most likely could have assumed the microphone (which most of them couldn't have seen even if it had been there that day) had accidentally been turned off.

Several Sundays later I reminded Brother Al McBride about that experience we had that Sunday earlier in the month when the Sacrament table microphone wasn't working . He then told me:

"That microphone wasn't working and wasn't even there on the Sacrament table, but we heard you loudly and clearly."

I told him that although it was my voice that was heard reading the sacrament prayer on the bread, I knew I was doing it with special assistance from the Lord! He smiled and nodded.

Later on that same Sunday after finishing my assignment upstairs in the Hospital with the group to which I had been assigned, I ran into the other counselor in the branch presidency, Brother John Riches. I mentioned to him the experience I had earlier in the month when the Good Lord had magnified my voice when it needed to be magnified.

He said he realized that was happening when it happened because he knew the Sacrament table microphone wasn't working and wasn't even there at all. He then told me:

"That was just a very good example of the miracles that take place all the time in this Hospital Branch in which we have been assigned to work by the Lord!"

I believe the reason why that special reading of that holy Sacrament prayer occurred can be explained by something that President Thomas S. Monson, the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said during his closing remarks in the April (2012) General Conference Priesthood meeting:

"Do your duty that is best, and then leave unto the Lord the rest."

Respectfully and Gratefully Submitted, J. Neil Birch

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If you have any questions about what you have read or viewed in this post or in any previous posts of mine, or if you even have a curiosity about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and or its teachings, please e-mail me. I'm Neil and my e-mail address is: jneilmelva@gmail.com. If you contact me I'll get back to you just as soon as possible.

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Post 44r: There are Places in Our World Today Where Starvation and Thirst Run Rampant. The Lord Has Made it Very Clear to the Leaders of His Restored Church in Our Day Our Responsibility to Reach Out to the Thirsty and Hungry of the World, To Succor them in Their Great Needs!

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Somewhere in the ancient Americas in about 124 B.C.King Benjamin addressed his people on a vital topic when he had called them together on the occasion of his turning his kingdom over to his son Mosiah. In that so important address he stressed the importance of each of his subjects serving one another in their needs:


King Benjamin Preaches to the Nephites -by Gary Kapp

Mosiah 4:16 And also, ye yourselves will succor those that stand in need of your succor; ye will administer of your substance unto him that standeth in need; and ye will not suffer that the beggar putteth up his petition to you in vain, and turn him out to perish.

17 Perhaps thou shalt say: The man has brought upon himself his misery; therefore I will stay my hand, and will not give unto him of my food, nor impart unto him of my substance that he may not suffer, for his punishments are just—

18 But I say unto you, O man, whosoever doeth this the same hath great cause to repent; and except he repenteth of that which he hath done he perisheth forever, and hath no interest in the kingdom of God.

19 For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have, for both food and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches which we have of every kind?

20 And behold, even at this time, ye have been calling on his name, and begging for a remission of your sins. And has he suffered that ye have begged in vain? Nay; he has poured out his Spirit upon you, and has caused that your hearts should be filled with joy, and has caused that your mouths should be stopped that ye could not find utterance, so exceedingly great was your joy.

21 And now, if God, who has created you, on whom you are dependent for your lives and for all that ye have and are, doth grant unto you whatsoever ye ask that is right, in faith, believing that ye shall receive, O then, how ye ought to impart of the substance that ye have one to another.

22 And if ye judge the man who putteth up his petition to you for your substance that he perish not, and condemn him, how much more just will be your condemnation for withholding your substance, which doth not belong to you but to God, to whom also your life belongeth; and yet ye put up no petition, nor repent of the thing which thou hast done.

23 I say unto you, wo be unto that man, for his substance shall perish with him; and now, I say these things unto those who are rich as pertaining to the things of this world.

24 And again, I say unto the poor, ye who have not and yet have sufficient, that ye remain from day to day; I mean all you who deny the beggar, because ye have not; I would that ye say in your hearts that: I give not because I have not, but if I had I would give.

25 And now, if ye say this in your hearts ye remain guiltless, otherwise ye are condemned; and your condemnation is just for ye covet that which ye have not received.

26 And now, for the sake of these things which I have spoken unto you—that is, for the sake of retaining a remission of your sins from day to day, that ye may walk guiltless before God—I would that ye should impart of your substance to the poor, every man according to that which he hath, such as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and administering to their relief, both spiritually and temporally, according to their wants.

27 And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength. And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might win the prize; therefore, all things must be done in order.

28 And I would that ye should remember, that whosoever among you borroweth of his neighbor should return the thing that he borroweth, according as he doth agree, or else thou shalt commit sin; and perhaps thou shalt cause thy neighbor to commit sin also.

29 And finally, I cannot tell you all the things whereby ye may commit sin; for there are divers ways and means, even so many that I cannot number them.

30 But this much I can tell you, that if ye do not watch yourselves, and your thoughts, and your words, and your deeds, and observe the commandments of God, and continue in the faith of what ye have heard concerning the coming of our Lord, even unto the end of your lives, ye must perish. And now, O man, remember, and perish not.

The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ has an important role in teaching members of Jesus Christ's only true Church their joint and individual responsibilities of serving others in their needs.

The Leadership of the Lord's only authorized church on the face of the earth today function fully in accord with the above inspired words of King Benjamin.

Since the Lord Jesus Christ restored His church to earth in April 1830, He has constantly reminded the leaders and members of His Church about their need to serve others who may be in need of means to sustain their lives.

D. and C.: 82: 17 And you are to be equal, or in other words, you are to have equal claims on the properties, for the benefit of managing the concerns of your stewardships, every man according to his wants and his needs, inasmuch as his wants are just—

18 And all this for the benefit of the church of the living God, that every man may improve upon his talent, that every man may gain other talents, yea, even an hundred fold, to be cast into the Lord's storehouse, to become the common property of the whole church—

19 Every man seeking the interest of his neighbor, and doing all things with an eye single to the glory of God.

20 This order I have appointed to be an everlasting order unto you, and unto your successors, inasmuch as you sin not.

21 And the soul that sins against this covenant, and hardeneth his heart against it, shall be dealt with according to the laws of my church, and shall be delivered over to the buffetings of Satan until the day of redemption.

22 And now, verily I say unto you, and this is wisdom, make unto yourselves friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, and they will not destroy you.

23 Leave judgment alone with me, for it is mine and I will repay. Peace be with you; my blessings continue with you.

24 For even yet the kingdom is yours, and shall be forever, if you fall not from your steadfastness. Even so. Amen. (emphasis added by Neil Birch)

LDS Church Helps Thousands in Africa

Famined Africans build water tanks, Aided by LDS Church


Refugees  Meet Their Needs with Help of the LDS Church


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If you have any questions about what you have read or viewed in this post or in any previous posts of mine, or if you even have a curiosity about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and or its teachings, please e-mail me. I'm Neil and my e-mail address is: jneilmelva@gmail.com. If you contact me I'll get back to you just as soon as possible.

I invite you to let your friends and relatives know about this blog if you think they would be interested in it. Please be advised that I also have an additional blog. It is in Spanish: Its content is translated from the English in this blog.

Neil Birch

44q: April Conference 2012 is now History! However, LONG LIVE THE MESSAGES OF THIS GENERAL CONFERENCE!

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TODAY'S THEME:

APRIL 2012 GENERAL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

General Conference Center - Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

General Conference is such an important Event in the Lives of Latter-day Saints. I only touched lightly on this April General Conference in my just previous blog post (which was running on Easter Sunday). The few general conference talks I I did emphasize were so very important and inspiring. However, Instead I gave much emphasis to the Advent of Easter 2012! That Emphasis was needed because the events Celebrated at Easter Time Each Year impact our lives tremendously!

But so do the Inspired General Conference Talks Impact our lives tremendously and the Theme of Easter is Truly An Integral Part of this Just Concluded April 2012 General Conference.

General Conference (April 2012) Highlights


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If you have any questions about what you have read or viewed in this post or in any previous posts of mine, or if you even have a curiosity about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and or its teachings, please e-mail me. I'm Neil and my e-mail address is: jneilmelva@gmail.com. If you contact me I'll get back to you just as soon as possible.


I invite you to let your friends and relatives know about this blog if you think they would be interested in it. Please be advised that I also have an additional blog. It is in Spanish: Its content is translated from the English in this blog.

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44p: You Will First Be Blessed With the Opportunity of Viewing a Summary Video (which you may have already viewed recently, (in My post 44o) of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ's Infinite Atonement and Death by Crucifixion Followed by His Sacred and Holy Resurrection Which Will Similarly be Experienced by Each One of Us Who Seek to Follow Him With Broken Hearts and Contrite Spirits! Immediately After Having Gained an Insight Into the Holiness and Greatness of Our Savior, Jesus Christ's Personal Sacrifice of Himself for Each of Us and Our Loved Ones Along With All Mankind; You Will Then Be Given the Opportunity of Hearing Inspired Messages of Three of His Personal Living Latter-day Witnesses!

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TODAY'S THEME:



Jesus the Christ -by Del Parson

A CONTINUATION OF CELEBRATING EASTER 2012

 Once again, as I did in my most recent blog post, I offer you the special opportunity of viewing the same Mormon Messages' video in which is summarized that which led up to and included the final complete and full Personal Sacrifice our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ made for Each of Us; several days before that very first Easter Morning!

He is Risen

Now you will hear the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performing a hymn which is found in the LDS Hymnal:

"He is Risen!" 

Please click quickly on the words you will see above on your screen:  "Click here for the music video version of that Song." In this music video you will first see depicted our Resurrected Jesus Christ interacting with his apostles and others in Jerusalem and then interacting with His Nephite-Lamanite people somewhere in the general area of Central America-Mexico in the ancient Americas.

When that video has ended, as was foretold in the Summary Given at the first of this blog post above, you will have the very special opportunity of viewing and listening to the Inspired LDS April 2012 General Conference talks of three of our Savior's Special Witnesses who are living and serving Him in our day and time!

How to Obtain Revelation and Inspiration for Your Personal Life: Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Please Note:  After first clicking on each of these following links, I suggest you click on the option: Watch (which will allow you to view each of these general conference talks.)

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; "the Laborers in the Vineyard."

Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; "Coming to Ourselves: The Sacrament, the Temple, and Sacrifice in Service". 
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If you have any questions about what you have read or viewed in this post or in any previous posts of mine, or if you even have a curiosity about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and or its teachings, please e-mail me. I'm Neil and my e-mail address is: jneilmelva@gmail.com. If you contact me I'll get back to you just as soon as possible.

I invite you to let your friends and relatives know about this blog if you think they would be interested in it. Please be advised that I also have an additional blog. It is in Spanish: Its content is translated from the English in this blog.

Neil Birch

Post 44o: EASTER! I Invite You to Join With Me, J. Neil Birch in Focusing on Each of the Events Which Led Up to That Glorious Morning When Jesus Christ Arose From the Dead and Appeared to Amazed and Grateful Believers!

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EASTER 2012



The Lord Jesus Christ -by Heinrich Hofmann

This Easter Sunday falls upon April 8, 2012

This Blog Post's Subject is a Total Focus on the First Easter and upon the sacred events which led up to it. This post was published on Tuesday April 3, 2012. I am providing you the opportunity of focusing on those events which took place in the Holy Land which led up to and included the glorious resurrection which is particularly celebrated each Easter Sunday throughout the world! 

On whichever day you happened to come across this particular post of mine, I invite you to set aside time from your most likely very busy schedule to take an in-depth view of those sacred events which appear at first as tragic, but then after comprehending the special significance of each of those separate crucial events which led up to the first  resurrection of all resurrections, and which will eventually include your very own resurrection; I assure you that through the fast moving videos you will be experiencing, you will have become more emotionally and spiritually filled with a deeper understanding and appreciation of the full meaning of Easter Morning than ever before!

I personally recommend that you select a time in your busy schedule when you can devote about just one hour to being taught by the teachings of the Holy Scriptures (New Testament) of our Dear Savior, Jesus Christ's Defining Mission on earth through the medium of these very special Mormon Messages videos used by me in this blog post.

However, (this paragraph was inserted on Thursday April 5, 2012) a shortened version of what you would otherwise experience in this post was just released this morning. Music was added to this shortened version. If you do not have an hour at this time I recommend you experience this shortened version now: 

He is Risen

I assure you that there is real meaning for each of you in that which is covered in this crucial and timely blog post of mine!

Now I invite you to directly experience, each of the Mormon Messages special Easter Season videos which were very recently produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in realistic (very similar to settings where the original events depicted in these videos actually took place) sets located in Goshen, Utah just in time to be experienced at the time of Easter 2012:

The Triumphal Entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem!

The Last Supper

Jesus Warns Peter and offers the Intercessory Prayer

The Savior Suffers in Gethsemane

Jesus Tried by Caiaphas, Peter Denies Knowing Christ

Jesus is Condemned before Pilate

Jesus is Scourged and Crucified

Jesus Is Layed in a Tomb.

Jesus Is Resurrected.

After having experienced the video, "Jesus Is Resurrected," you will then be able to view a video entitled, "The Good Samaritan."  This account told originally by Jesus typifies our Savior's view of how His followers should care for others, even of those not of our own religion.

After viewing it you should then "click" out of the program you will be in.

Next you will then be able to select the talk given by Elder Joseph L. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Elder Wirthlin is since deceased.) entitled: Sunday Will Come.

Sunday Will Come!

When Elder Wirthlin's very special talk has ended I, Neil Birch suggest that you consider ending this sacred experience by clicking on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir rendition of: "I Need Thee Every Hour." You may need to scroll down a little on the lower right side of your screen you will be on where that Choir's recordings are listed until reaching it.
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I deeply appreciate your readership and hope you found very beneficial, that which was presented to you in this blog post.

If you have any questions about what you have read or viewed in this post or in any previous posts of mine, or if you even have a curiosity about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and or its teachings, please e-mail me. I'm Neil and my e-mail address is: jneilmelva@gmail.com. If you contact me I'll get back to you just as soon as possible.

I invite you to let your friends and relatives know about this blog if you think they would be interested in it. Please be advised that I also have an additional blog. It is in Spanish: Its content is translated from the English in this blog.

Neil Birch

Post 44n: Sometime Between 600 and 593 B.C. An Angel of God Foretold the Founding of the Church of the Lamb of God (Jesus Christ) Through the Prophet Nephi, Son of Lehi. The Angel Prophesied that There Will Be Two Churches Only in the Latter-Days, The Church of the Lamb of God and the Church of the Devil. In Our Day the Church of the Lamb of God Has Been Established and Rolls Forth in the Earth Growing Constantly and Being Strengthened by God Through His Latter-day Prophets. More Details of the Growth of the Latter-day Church of Jesus Christ is Foretold. It Now Has Been Firmly Established and is Growing and Developing as Was Prophesied!

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TODAY'S THEME:



The Lord Jesus Christ whose Church is Described in this Blog post. -by Heinrich Hofmann

1. I urge you to read, listen to and carefully and prayerfully contemplate this marvelous scripture containing the words of an Angel who was sent by God to Nephi, one of the earliest prophets of God cited in the Book of Mormon! His inspired message clearly foretells the establishment of the Lord Jesus Christ's only true church in the Latter-days of this World's History - Our Days!



The Bible and the Book of Mormon Stand Side by Side in Testifying of Jesus Christ and His Church -by Greg K. Olsen

This Quote from The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ contains the words of an angel of the Lord who appeared to the prophet Nephi sometime between 600 and 592 B.C.:  You may want to take notes of those key things that impressed you as your read and listen to this prophetic scripture: (When this scripture comes on your screen you can click the word, Listen to hear it being read. (There is a language option you can click on if English is not your preferred language. Click on the word, English to view the list of languages available.

1Nephi 14

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

2. One of the present members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland tells a classroom of law students at his Alma-mater, Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts (U.S.A.) about the Church he Represents.

You may want to take notes of what he presents. I suggest you quickly find a note pad and a pen that works! The video of his presentation was published on March 22, 2012.

The Church he tells about is that which the Angel of the Lord prophesied about to the Book of Mormon prophet, Nephi, as  described in the scripture given above which you have just read and listened to!

Elder Jefferey Holland's Talk at Harvard University

3. This Mormon Tabernacle Choir Recording also describes the Lord Jesus Christ's Restored Church.

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Presents: The Morning Breaks (a Restoration Video)

4. The General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint begins Saturday, March 31, and and will continue on Sunday, April 1, 2012.

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I deeply appreciate your readership and hope you found very beneficial, that which was presented to you in this blog post.

If you have any questions about what you have read or viewed in this post or in any previous posts of mine, or if you even have a curiosity about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and or its teachings, please e-mail me. I'm Neil and my e-mail address is: jneilmelva@gmail.com. If you contact me I'll get back to you just as soon as possible.

I invite you to let your friends and relatives know about this blog if you think they would be interested in it. Please be advised that I also have an additional blog. It is in Spanish: Its content is translated from the English in this blog.

Neil Birch

Post 44m: Jesus' Sermon on the Mount is Easily Accessed by Us By Our Reading Several Accounts of it Provided by His Apostles in Palestine in the Holy Bible. However, the Same Basic Sermon Was Also Delivered By Him to Other Saints of His After His Resurrection Whose Righteous Ancestors Had Migrated From Jerusalem to the Americas 600 Years Earlier. In Their Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ, We Are Blessed to Access this Same Basic "Sermon On the Mount" Delivered to Those Other Saints of His. There Are Many Similarities, but Also There Are Significant Changes In His Second Version. Actually Reflected in This Second Version are the Significant Changes Which Had Taken Place in Him, Jesus, as a Result of His Atonement, Crucifixion and Resurrection Through Which He Had Fully Become "One" With His and Our Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost!

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TODAY'S THEME:

MY (J. Neil Birch's) TALK (Given January 1, 2012 In the Murray Third Ward of the Murray, Utah (U.S.A.) Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sacrament Meeting.)

A book written by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve 


Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Apostles very capably covers the subject which I covered in this talk. I did not quote from his book in what I have written in this blog post because I was informed in a letter received from the Deseret Book Company of Salt Lake City, Utah (U.S.A.) in answer to a letter I had sent them, that they were unable to give me permission at that time to quote from that book in my blog posts.

I had already written the material I used in this Sacrament Meeting talk before  reading any of Elder Holland's well written book which I obtained from our County Library System. I prefer his writing style to mine and felt he had shown special apostolic insight in that which he wrote that I do not possess and felt my blog readers would appreciate and benefit from that.

However, that was not to be so I have done my best in handling this so very special subject in that sacrament meeting talk and then subsequently, right now, in this blog post of mine:

I will now compare that which was spoken by the Lord Jesus Christ in Palestine before his Atonement, Crucifixion and Resurrection in that same basic discourse which he, the Savior of this World, after His resurrection, delivered to His Nephite Followers in the Western Hemisphere as recorded in the Book of 3 Nephi of the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ.

My hoped for objective for my Sacrament meeting  talk was that each of those who would hear it would become even more appreciative of the Key Role the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ, plays in helping each of us to understand and more fully appreciate that which He, Our Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, had become after His experiencing His Atonement, Crucifixion, Resurrection and His Reunion with His and Our Father in Heaven.

It was only then, it appears to me, that He, Our Savior, Jesus Christ had become fully equal with, His and our Father in Heaven, as expressed in John 10:30 "I and my Father are one."

The comparative explanations I'll make each time I quote a set of two scriptures, one from the Book of Matthew from the New Testament and the other from Third Nephi from the Book of Mormon, will hopefully help each of us increase our appreciation of each of these marvelous scriptures and perhaps most importantly develop new insights regarding these scriptural truths.

I suggest you now prepare yourselves to focus, to the best of your individual abilities, on the sets of sacred passages of scripture I will soon begin to present.

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However, I must mention before beginning to make those comparisons, that there have been many critics of the Book of Mormon who stubbornly insist that the passages of scripture from the Book of Third Nephi, which I only have a few moments to compare, are just an example of plagiarism, or, using a different word, thievery on the part of Joseph Smith from words found in the New Testament, specifically in New Testament Accounts of the Sermon on the Mount.

Of course those critics, follow the pattern of most critics of the Book of Mormon inasmuch as they usually have never really read the The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ and therefore, do not realize that Joseph Smith was the inspired translator of ancient Nephite records instead of being one who wrote the Book of Mormon on his own.

Jesus' own words spoken to them as a resurrected human being were recorded by His Nephite apostles in Ancient America  and were finally engraved on plates of gold (so as to preserve them for many centuries) by the Prophet Mormon who was born about three centuries after the Resurrected Jesus Christ's appearance to the Nephites in 34 A.D.

It would be the Prophet Mormon's own son, Moroni who as a resurrected human being appeared to Joseph Smith not long before his eighteenth birthday, informing him for the first time about the plates of gold upon which were engraved important teachings our Heavenly Father wanted to make available to each of us through the means of the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ.


The Angel Moroni Appears to Joseph Smith -by Tom Lovell

 The actual writing of that book (the Book of Mormon) is something that would have been an impossibility for Joseph Smith or anyone else in our day and time on earth, to have done. That will be very adequately demonstrated in comparing very similar yet differing in some aspects, scriptures from the New Testament with scriptures from the Book of Third Nephi in the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ!

As some of you already know, in Chapters Twelve through Fourteen of Third Nephi in the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ, is recorded a sermon given by the Resurrected Jesus Christ to the Nephites of Ancient Central America who were the remaining citizens of the Nephite Nation who were much more righteous than those who had been destroyed by a great disaster brought about personally by our Resurrected Lord Jesus Christ.

A much larger and much more wicked portion of that people was destroyed leaving only the righteous alive whom he was to teach and to abundently bless.

That sermon given by our Savior Jesus Christ to the Nephites is very similar to the one recorded in the New Testament, Matthew, Chapters Five through Seven, which is commonly referred to as The Sermon on the Mount. Of course those two discourses are very similar inasmuch as each of them were given on the same basic subject by our Savior, Jesus Christ.

We should expect that which Our Savior would be teaching, in each of his two sermons, the one in Palestine during his mortality and the one in the Americas after having become immortal, would provide readers of those two sets of scriptures basic principles of his unchanging gospel and would be very similar.

I will only compare just parts of Chapter Twelve of 3 Nephi to Chapter Five of Matthew. There appears to me to be, besides many key similarities, a few insignificant differences between the two sermons. and also some very significant differences! There is a good reason that is so, and you'll soon understand why if you don't already know.

I will begin by quoting just a portion of our Lord's Sermon on the Mount as recorded in Matthew, Chapter 5 allowing us to compare that which was said by Him in those passages there in Palestine with that which He taught near the temple in the Land Bountiful (in Ancient America)


Jesus Christ Visits the Americas -by John Scott

I do this for the purpose of identifying significant differences that exist between these two very similar sermons which were both given by Jesus Christ, during His mortality in Palestine and then in the Ancient Americas by Him as an immortal and resurrected being.

The first two verses of Chapter 5 of Matthew and Chapter 12 of Third Nephi are basically introductory and therefore I won't compare them. Please note also that I skip over verses four and five in both Third Nephi Chapter 12 and in Matthew 5 because they are word for word identical!

Now please focus on these two following scriptures and try to recognize the reasons for there being key differences between them.

Please Note: It appears that Jesus in his mortal ministry did not yet use the words, "who come unto me," because he had not yet experienced His Atonement, Death, and Resurrection, which brought on his glorified state, which is surely the reason that would cause mortals to seek to come unto him, He who had fully become their God!)

Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

3 Nephi 12: 3 Yea, blessed are the poor in spirit who come unto me, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (emphasis added)

Matthew 5: 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

3 Nephi 12: 6 And blessed are all they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled with the Holy Ghost.

Please Note: Jesus did not include in this comparable New Testament scripture the words, "they shall be filled with the Holy Ghost," which were used in Third Nephi 12:6, because His apostles in Palestine had not yet received the Gift of the Holy Ghost at the time of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.

They received that sacred gift, The Holy Ghost, only after His Resurrection. That is described in Acts 2 of the New Testament.

Matthew: 5:18 for verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

3 Nephi 12:18 For verily I say unto you, one jot nor one tittle hath not passed away from the law, but in me it hath all been fulfilled. (emphasis added)

Please take note: As you may have already determined, in the Matthew version of this verse it is written in the future tense. However, in the Third Nephi version you will have noted it is written in the past tense because by then, Jesus personally had fulfilled the Law (of Moses) by His Atonement, Death and Resurrection! Let's go on to comparing additional scriptures:

Matthew 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

3 Nephi 12:19 And behold, I have given you the law and the commandments of my Father, that ye shall believe in me, and that ye shall repent of your sins, and come unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit. Behold, ye have the commandments before you, and the law (of Moses) is fulfilled. (emphasis and clarification added)

Our Savior, Jesus Christ did in actual fact completely fulfill the law of Moses as he told the Nephites as recorded in 3 Nephi 12:18! (please review that scripture as it is given several paragraphs above.)

I humbly suggest that only then, after his atonement, crucifixion and resurrection, was Jesus actually able to fully know personally the true and ultimately full meaning of: a broken heart and a contrite spirit, because of what He had personally experienced in bringing about the atonement which so fully affects each one of us!

At this point in this blog post I desire that each of you have the opportunity of experiencing a Mormon Messages video portraying our Savior experiencing the atonement which was brought about by him for each of us! His betrayal that led up to his crucifixion is also portrayed. Be prepared to experience some overwhelming feelings about that which our Savior did for us.

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have experienced quoting from the Book of Doctrine and Covenants that during his atonement,
our Savior, Jesus Christ bled at every pore of his body.

D. and C. 19:18 Which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit—and would that I might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink—

You will notice in the video you will be viewing, that after our Savior had gone through such great suffering coupled with exceedingly effusive bleeding, the actor portraying our Savior is shown washing his face and arms and hands in a stream before going back to where his apostles were sleeping.

The dreadful suffering which went way beyond our ability to comprehend in paying for all of our sins, brought about the great changes in him that should cause each of us to willingly and gratefully worship him!

I believe this most sacred experience was portrayed so sensitively and accurately by the "Mormon Messages" very capable and very believing staff and particularly by the actor portraying our Savior and those who may have personally tutored him!

The Savior Suffers in Gethsemane

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The Resurrected Savior of Mankind, just before descending from the heavens to be with the Nephites near His Temple in the Land Bountiful emphasized a certain phrase:

"a broken heart and a contrite spirit"

Again, those words had been spoken by the Resurrected Jesus Christ from the sky in the darkness that covered those particular Nephites and probably other Nephites and Lamanites who had survived the terrible mass destruction   which the Resurrected Lord himself had put into action. While repeating that sacred and instructive phrase of His, our Resurrected Savior continued:

3 Nephi 9:20 And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit, And whoso cometh unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, him will I baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost, even as the Lamanites, because of their faith in me at the time of their conversion, (an experience told about in the Book of Helaman, the just previous book in the Book of Mormon to Third Nephi);  were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and they knew it not. (emphasis and clarification added by Neil Birch)

(3 Nephi 9: 12) And many great destructions have I caused to come upon this land, and upon this people, because of their wickedness and their abominations.

Now I will return to comparing the words the Savior spoke in Palestine to those he spoke in the city, Bountiful (possibly located in Ancient Baja California -(please see my just previous blog post, "44l) after his Resurrection.

Matthew 5: 20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

3 Nephi 12:20 Therefore come unto me and be ye saved; for verily I say unto you, that except ye shall keep my commandments, which I have commanded you at this time, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. (emphasis added)

In that scripture the Resurrected and Glorified Savior of Mankind doesn't refer to just righteousness as was the case in Matthew 5:20, but to "my commandments," in speaking to the Nephites after His resurrection. That is one excellent example of the significant differences between the two versions of his basic sermon.

Once again I will present a scriptural verse that comes from the time when the resurrected Redeemer of the World, Jesus Christ spoke from the Heavens in the darkness caused by the aftermath of the great destruction which He had caused to take place just before descending from the sky above to speak with the Nephites: (we again go back to Chapter 9 of Third Nephi:)

Please Note: One difference between those last two verses I compared is that while in Third Nephi 12:20 the Savior says, "come unto me and be ye saved," he also mentions keeping His commandments. He doesn't say that in Matthew 5:20. (He perhaps could have chosen to refer at that earlier time in Palestine to "keeping My Father's Commandments."

3 Nephi 9:18 I am the light and the life of the world. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.

19 And ye shall offer up unto me no more the shedding of blood; yea, your sacrifices and your burnt offerings shall be done away, for I will accept none of your sacrifices and your burnt offerings.

20 And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit.

Then too, the very last verse of the chapter we are considering from each book of scripture should be compared:

Matthew 5: 48: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."

3Nephi 12: 48 Therefore I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect. (emphasis added)

Significantly our resurrected Savior referred not only to "your Father who is in heaven is perfect", but also to himself being perfect!

Now wait a second!, after meditating a little bit on all of that last very important verse, just for a quick second, stop and realize what our Savior said in that last verse about each of us (I now repeat that statement:)

"Therefore I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect." (emphasis added)

Wow! What a wish regarding each of us! He opened the way for great Eternal blessings for each of us! What a marvelous goal for us to work toward with Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ's assistance. We thank thee our Dear Lord and Savior!

He surely knew He had much to accomplish, i.e. the atonement, crucifixion and resurrection, before becoming the equal to His and our Father in Heaven! We each have been so specially blessed in this post by being privileged to view that so very well done video reenactment of our Savior's sacred atonement!

In ending this blog post I must quote here Our Savior's words revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith (From the Pearl of Great Price) in Moses 1:39 because they too apply directly to each of us, to you and to me. I dearly love and treasure these words of our Savior and I hope that each of you treasure them too:


Jesus the Christ  -by Del Parson

Moses 1:39 For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man (That includes you and me! - clarification added by Neil Birch.)

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I deeply appreciate your readership and hope you found very beneficial, that which was presented to you in this blog post.

If you have any questions about what you have read or viewed in this post or in any previous posts of mine, or if you even have a curiosity about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and or its teachings, please e-mail me. I'm Neil and my e-mail address is: jneilmelva@gmail.com. If you contact me I'll get back to you just as soon as possible.

I invite you to let your friends and relatives know about this blog if you think they would be interested in it. Please be advised that I also have an additional blog. It is in Spanish: Its content is translated from the English in this blog.

Neil Birch