Seeds on Stony Ground

Helaman 12:5 ….Yea, how quick to be lifted up in pride; yea, how quick to boast….and how slow are they to remember the Lord their God, and to give ear unto His counsels; yea, how slow to walk on wisdom’s paths!  (Helper of Mankind)

Where the Lord God, who hath created them—rules and reigns over them—in great goodness and mercy

They do set at naught His counsels—Will…that God should be their guide.

:7 How great is the nothingness of the children of men, even less than the dust of the earth…for behold, the dust of the earth moveth hither and thither, to the dividing asunder at the command of our great and everlasting God.

:22, 23  Therefore, blessed are they who will repent and hearken unto the voice of the Lord their God; for these are they that shall be saved.

…and may God grant, in His great fullness, that men might be brought unto repentance

And good works, that they might be restored unto grace for grace, according to their works. 

…They that have done good shall have everlasting life.

It matters not that a man has the Melchizedek priesthood if the doesn't DO good works;

Repent

And walk in Wisdom’s Paths

It is a mere ordinance and not a Realization of the promise, yet.

Ordinance alone DOES NOT SAVE!

The ordinance is like a seed planted....If it is not nourished-- BY FAITH

Watered—BY GOOD WORKS

Given sunshine—By following Jesus Christ’s WORD

It is as if it was planted on stony ground-- or tossed among weeds

Stony ground—Hard Heart; “We have enough” or, “The Brethren have not said that”

Tossed among weeds—Choked by the cares of the world; concern for riches, fame and glory

OR, trampled under the foot of men; what will THEY say? “Looking good to them, accepted by them”—“it’s not popular”

"Priesthood" is the power to give Life to all it touches.

Authority is an “okay from God to bring forth life”; to help women be a Life Bringer AND become truly the SHelper of Mankind.