You're not going to be here. When President Russell M Nelson taught us that we needed to use the true name of the church going forward. He was teaching us something

deeper than we might have understood at the time. Something in fact that can open up

whole new realms of gospel understanding. Let's explore that today.

Hello, we are Scott and Maureen Proctor and this is Meridian magazine's

Come Follow Me podcast. Today we will look at Third Nephi,

Chapter 27 through Fourth Nephi,

and the lesson is called

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Certainly when President Nelson instructed us to use the true name of the church going forward, the Church

of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he had in mind 3rd Nephi 27, as well as many other scriptures and revelation from the Lord.

In Third Nephi, the people had been disputing about what the name of the church should be, and the Lord himself gave

them an answer, more profound than we often understand.

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