CH3 - The Greatest Revelation: honors of men

[Erudite]

I'm going to be gone next week and I haven't finished all of chapter 3 as yet, but I wanted to post some of the "jump out at me" thoughts I had in reading the first few pages.

I was particularly struck by verse 35 and36 of D&C 121, which Dr. Lund quotes on page 43. 35 says that we need to learn one lesson rather than aspiring to the honors of men. 36 says that this is that "the powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness."

In what Dr. Lund is saying, criticism is part of the honors of men. It is something we do because we think it will raise us in some way or we might even think it will raise others in some way, but it doesn't teach us the main lessons that we're supposed to be learning. The rest of section 121 goes on to describe those lessons, but I thought that whole "honors of men" thing was significant in understanding where some of our criticism may be coming from as well as how it stops us in our progression.

What do you think?

[5ft Diva]

I agree. There is such a fine line between the natural man and the spiritual man. This scripture describes how fine and even transparent that line is at times.