Why is that, do you think?

i don't know i don't know if it's just a slight oversight if you go to verse 68 i'm going a little out of order though it says the duty of the members after they are received by baptism so there's almost a jump here almost like baptism and let's talk about who has authority then they come back to this the elders or priests are to have sufficient time to expound all things concerning the church of christ to their understanding There, that pronoun is those that have been baptized.

Previous to their partaking of the sacrament and being confirmed by the laying on of hands of the elders so that all things may be done in order.

There was a practice in the early church that they did not confirm people and confer the Holy Ghost right after their baptism.

They waited sometimes up months.

You'll even see this in upcoming sections with Emma Smith.

Emma Smith will be baptized.

That was a whopper.

That was so beautiful.

Thank you so very much, choir, for that beautiful rendition of amazing grace and bringing the spirit in.

Dear brothers and sisters, I am deeply grateful to be with you for this devotional today.

In 2027, we will celebrate the renovated Salt Lake Temple, a building that sits just a few blocks from this very campus.

In the spirit of rejoicing for the Lord's house, I hope today to add to our understanding of an excitement for temple work.

In 2022, I gave a devotional at Brigham Young University titled, We Need an Endowment.

It's kind of amazing

... let me tell you.

And verse 19 is almost the thesis verse to me, where it says, "I'm gonna give you these sayings so that you know what you worship and you know how to worship." What it tells us is that Jesus...

You have to back up a few verses, but it says Jesus did not receive a fullness at first, and by fullness, I interpret that as the fullness of God, light, knowledge, glory, power, whatever godhood is.

He's saying, "I didn't get a fullness of it at first." And the author of it, he's quoting John, and John says, "He didn't get a fullness at first." And then he almost a second, "In case you missed it, he didn't get a fullness at first." Then he says it a third time.

... and changes direction in a surprising way.

Yeah.

Look at what He says here in verse 20.