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Title: The Nature of Rebellion


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The Nature of Rebellion
  • Kevin Hinckley

2
Leo
I am an enemy to God
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Elder C.S. Lewis
  • human beings, all over the earth, have
    this curious idea they ought to behave in a
    certain way, and cannot really get rid of it.
    Secondly, that they do not in fact behave in that
    way.
  • They know the Law of Nature they break it. These
    two facts are the foundation of all clear
    thinking about ourselves and the universe we live
    in. (Mere Christianity, p. 8)

4
Origin of Rebellion
  • Lucifer, War in Heaven
  • His actions are of someone who feels betrayed
  • accuser of our brethren
  • Great deceiver

Korihor (Alma 30) ye lead away this people after
the foolish traditions of your fathers, and
according to your own desires and ye keep them
down, even as it were in bondage, that ye may
glut yourselves with the labors of their hands,
5
Cure for deception (DC 54)the anti-rebellion
  • And again, I will give unto you a pattern in all
    things, that ye may not be deceived (and rebel)

6
Patterns
Covenant Making
Sacrifice
-Joy -Spiritual Power -Posterity
Endowment of
7
Cure from deception (DC 54)
  • And again, I will give unto you a pattern in all
    things, that ye may not be deceived
  • Wherefore he that prayeth, whose spirit is
    contrite, the same is accepted of me if he obey
    mine ordinances.
  • He that speaketh, whose spirit is contrite, whose
    language is meek and edifieth, the same is of God
    if he obey mine ordinances.
  • And again, he that trembleth under my power shall
    be made strong, and shall bring forth fruits of
    praise and wisdom, according to the revelations
    and truths which I have given you.

8
Example of contrite pattern
  • Now Naaman, captain of the host of the
    king  of Syria, was a great man with his
    master, and honourable, because by him
    the LORD had given deliverance unto
    Syria he was also a mighty man in valour, 
  • but he was a leper.
  • And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and
    had brought away captive out of the land of
    Israel a little maid and she waited on Naaman's
    wife.
  • And she said unto her mistress, Would God my
    lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria!
    for he would recover him of his leprosy.
  •  So Naaman came with his horses and with his
    chariot, and stood at the door of the house of
    Elisha.

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Example of contrite pattern
  • And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying,
    Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy
    flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt
    be clean.
  • But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said,
    Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to
    me, and stand, and call on the name of the
    LORD his God, and strike his hand over the
    place, and recover the leper.
  • Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of
    Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?
    may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he
    turned and went away in a rage.
  • And his servants came near, and spake unto him,
    and said, My father, if the prophet had
    bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not
    have done it? how much rather then, when he
    saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
  • Then went he down, and dipped himself
    seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of
    the man of God and his flesh came again like
    unto the flesh of a little child, and he was
    clean. (2 Kings 5 1-14)

10
Weighing in the balance
Sacrifice
?
Rebel
Or
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Elder Neal A. Maxwell
  • The many other things we 'give' are
    actually the things He has already given or
    loaned to us. 
  • However, when you and I finally submit
    ourselves, by letting our individual wills be
    swallowed up in God's will, then we are really
    giving something to Him! It is the only
    possession which is truly ours to give!"
  • (Ensign, Nov 1995, p24)

12
Elder C.S. Lewis
  • T The more you obey your conscience, the
    more your conscience will demand of you. And
    your natural self, which is thus being starved
    and hampered and worried at every turn, will get
    angrier and angrier.
  • It is as though Jesus were saying to each of us
    'Give me All. I don't want so much of your time
    and so much of your money and so much of your
    work I want You. I have not come to torment your
    natural self, but to kill it. . . .
  • Hand over the whole natural self. . . . I will
    give you a new self instead. In fact, I will give
    you Myself my own will shall become yours.' 
    (Mere Christianity, p. 166)

13
T.S. ElliotFuneral Pyres
  • The only hope, or else despair,
  • Lies in the choice of pyre or pyre,
  • We only live, only suspire
  • Consumed by either fire or fire
  • Question
  • Why do we delay, hesitate and procrastinate
    putting our will on the alter and allowing our
    natural man to be consumed?

14
Prophet Joseph Smith
  • "For a man to lay down his all, his character and
    reputation, his honor, and applause, his good
    name among men, his houses, his lands, his
    brothers and sisters, his wife and children, and
    even his own life alsocounting all things but
    filth and dross for the excellency of the
    knowledge of
    Jesus Christ
  • requires more than mere belief
    or supposition that he
    is doing the
    will of God.
  •  Lectures on Faith (Salt Lake City Deseret Book
    Co., 1985), 65.

15
Traditional View
Thoughts
Feelings
Actions
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Robert Millett
  • Holding back or giving less than is
    required always produces divided
    loyalties. We need not have our
    membership records in the great
    and abominable church in order to be disloyal to
    the kingdom of God the issue is not where our
    records are but rather where our hearts are.
  • The divine word is certain "there are many
    called, but few are chosen," because their hearts
    are set upon the things of this world, rather
    than upon those things which have eternal worth.
  • Eye Single to the Glory of God Reflections
    on the Cost of Discipleship ( 1991)

17
Ah, theres the question
  • What is the heart?
  • Hearts can be past feeling (Emotion?)
  • The Lord can speak to our hearts (Is it our
    thoughts?)
  • Hearts can
  • Soften and harden and/or be pierced with deep
    wounds
  • Become set on good or evil
  • Cry out
  • Be broken and made glad
  • Turn, change and be bound
  • have a seed of faith planted in them

18
Alma
  • I know that he granteth unto men according to
    their desire, whether it be unto death or unto
    life. (Alma 294)

19
Spiritual View
Traditional View
Desires (Heart)
Thoughts
Feelings
Actions
I must perfect myself
Anxiety and Discouragement
Try harder Or give up
I need to be control
I have to win
I must be more perfect than everyone else (The
Rameumptom Principle)
Despair Somewhere Im not as good
Give up or Try Harder
Trust, Faith Nervousness
Service
How does He want Me to Do this?
All I want is what God wants
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Elder Busche
  • Shortly after our baptism, Jutta and I became
    aware of an elderly sister named Sister Maischt,
    whose enthusiasm for the gospel and the Church
    was so extraordinary that the shabbiness of her
    outward appearance did not matter much. From her
    looks, she was as close to a fairy tale witch as
    anyone I have ever seenalways wearing the same,
    long, ugly black dress and never clean, always
    smelly. She simply did not try to look groomed or
    acceptable.
  • She was originally from East PrussiaShe had
    five children and a husband all killed by the
    RussiansShe lived in a shed without plumbing
    or electricity and lived off the food she grew
    on her land. She never talked about the
    details. When anyone asked her about her
    background, she would immediately change the
    subject and talk about the goodness of Christ,
    the support of angels, and her testimony of
    the Book of Mormon

21
  • One day, my wife and I discussed Sister Maistcht
    and the fact that she walked two hours one way to
    go to church. We debated whether we should make
    the sacrifice and leave 30 minutes earlier on
    Sundays to give her a ride. We felt good as
    finally agreed to do this service for her.
  • How surprised I was, however, when I presented
    her with our suggestion. She said Brother
    Busche, you cannot do this to me. Im an old
    lady. How can I ever show the Lord how much I
    love Him, how much I adore Him, how much I depend
    on His atoning sacrifice for my salvation and my
    desire to serve Him?
  • Im too old and too ugly and to forgetful to
    serve as the Relief Society president or even a
    teacher. The greatest joy of my life is on Sunday
    when I can get up early in the morning, walk to
    church, and take the sacrament. Yes it is a long
    walk and, yes, my legs hurt and my back hurts,
    but every step I rejoice.
  • As I walk I sing the hymnsbecause my walk is a
    celebration of my Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.
    And you want to take this away from me? You cant
    do this to me. Let me walk.

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  • One day, she came to me, as Branch
    President, and gave me a large amount of
    money. She said, Brother Busche, this is the
    money for my funeral because this will be the
    last week of my life. I protested and said
    Sister Maischt, you are going to live much
    longer. You are not going to die.
  • She said You dont understand. The Lord
    told me that my time of probation is over
    and that I should come to you to arrange for
    my funeral. This is the money, and these are
    the songs and the speakers. She handed me a
    piece of paper with the arrangements for her
    funeral.
  • When she did not show up the next Sunday in
    church, the Relief Society sisters visited her.
    They found her dead in her hovel, calmly and
    peacefully gone.
  • Yet her influence remains
  • In my mind, she is a monument of womanhood that I
    know will stand in the day of her resurrection,
    in prominence and beauty, and stands for me as a
    beacon of light in these days when we are so
    easily distracted by the things of this world.
  • Yearning for the Living God, p. 166
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