Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #8: “The Worth of Souls Is Great,” Doctrine and Covenants 18

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Scot Facer Proctor

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🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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February 24-March 2

The Doctrine and Covenants is a book full of affirmations that individuals count—that each of us is important in the sight of God. Message after message is to individuals, some we have heard of like Oliver Cowdery or Hyrum Smith, and some to less familiar people like Leman Copley or Northrop Sweet, but then the Lord often adds this note: What I say unto one, I say unto all. But if that is not enough to let us know WE count; He gives us these 12 words in our lesson this week: “Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God.”

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0:00.0	The Doctrine in Covenants is a book full of affirmations that individuals count, that each of us is
0:23.5	important in the sight of God. Message after message is to individuals. Some we have heard of,
0:30.7	like Oliver Cadre or Hiram Smith, and some to less familiar people like Lehman Copley or Northrop Sweet, but then the Lord often adds this note.
0:42.3	What I say unto one, I say unto all.
0:46.3	But if that is not enough to let us know we count, he gives us these 12 words in our lesson this week, and I memorized this scripture 45 years ago.
0:58.0	Remember, the worth of souls is great in the sight of God.
1:03.0	Welcome to Meridian Magazine's Come Follow Me podcast. We are Scott and Maureen Proctor and are so happy to be with you again. Today we're
1:13.6	studying Section 18 of the Doctrine and Covenants. We get to spend our whole time looking at one section.
1:19.6	That is a treat.
1:20.6	It helps to know the setting and context of the things we are studying.
1:25.6	As we both taught Institute for so many years, we discovered
1:29.5	that many members of the church do not know the doctrine and covenants and fewer know the
1:34.5	details of the history of the church. Isn't it wonderful we get to talk about these things each
1:40.0	week together? Remember, the translation of the Book of Mormon is now being completed in Peter
1:46.9	and Mary Whitmer's home in Fayette, Seneca County, New York. About 70% of the book had been
1:54.1	translated in Joseph and Emma's home in Harmony, Pennsylvania, and the final 30% was done in the Whitmer home in Fayette.
2:03.6	That's right, and as Joseph and Oliver are completing the translation,
2:08.6	they continue to have questions and come upon things they don't understand.
2:12.6	You have to remember, Joseph is the head of the dispensation of the fullness of times, but he is also in training.
2:21.8	He had at least 22 visits from the angel Maroni that we know of, and Joseph received instruction
2:28.0	and intelligence from Maronai at each of their interviews, respecting what the Lord was going to do,
2:35.9	and how and in what manner his kingdom was to be conducted in the last days. We don't have transcripts of those interviews,
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