Lesson 10: He Inviteth All to Come unto Him – Scriptures and Quotes

Reading 1 - Brother Robert J. Matthews has written of the War in Heaven before the foundation of the world: "This was not a war just of words and debate and forensics. It was a war of misdeeds, lies, hatred, pride jealousy, remorse, envy, cursing, blasphemy, deception, theft, cajoling, slander, anger, and sins of almost every kind that are also known in mortality. The issues were so well defined that coexistence was not possible. Those who wholeheartedly supported Lucifer's rebellion became like him; and after having sinned beyond the possibility of reclamation, they were cast out of heaven and placed (as spirits) upon the earth, never to have the opportunity to be born with a body of flesh and bone." (Studies in Scripture, 7:147-148)

Reading 2 – 2 Nephi 1-4, 8-9

Reading 3 – 2 Nephi 26:10-11

Reading 4 – 2 Nephi 26:22

Reading 5 – 2 Nephi 26:23-27,33

Reading 6 – 2 Nephi 26:29-30

Elder Bruce R. McConkie wrote:  "Priesthood and priestcraft are two opposites; one is of God, the other of the devil. When ministers claim but do not possess the priesthood; when they set themselves up as lights to their congregations, but do not preach the pure and full gospel; when their interest is in gaining personal popularity and financial gain, rather than in caring for the poor and ministering to the wants and needs of their fellow men -- they are engaged, in a greater or lesser degree, in the practice of priestcrafts." (Mormon Doctrine, p593)

Reading 7 – 2 Nephi 27:6,9,19-23

2 Nephi 27:2

Reading 8 – 2 Nephi 28:3-9

2 Nephi 26:20-21

2 Nephi 28:20

2 Nephi 30:3-6

2 Nephi 30:7

Reading 9 - President Ezra Taft Benson taught: "It is not just that the Book of Mormon teaches us truth, though it indeed does that. It is not just that the Book of Mormon bears testimony of Christ, though it indeed does that, too. But there is something more. There is a power in the book that will begin to flow into your life the moment you begin a serious study of the book. You will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find the power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the strait and narrow path."  (General Conference, Oct 1986)