Lesson 42: “I Will Write It in Their Hearts” – Scriptures and Quotes

Reading 1 - Deuteronomy 4:32–35

Reading 2 - Jeremiah 16:14–16

Reading 3 – Jeremiah 23:1–8

Reading 4 - President John Taylor said:  "There is no man that believes in the literal fulfilment of the revelations of God through the prophets who does not believe that the Lord will in the latter days gather a people together out of every nation under heaven, and that he will also gather the dispersed of Judah—the Jews—that have been trodden under the feet of the Gentiles for the last 1,800 years." (Discourses of Wilford Woodruff, p113)

2 Nephi 30:7

Reading 5 - Elder Orson F. Whitney said:  "The God of Israel has set his hand to gather his elect and prepare the world for the sanctifying reign of righteousness. He will accomplish what he has undertaken, using for that purpose every means consistent and available. Christ died to save the souls of men, and save them he will—by mild measures whenever these will avail; but by stern methods if necessary, after the mild have proved ineffectual. First, the 'fishers,' with gentle, kind persuasion. Then the 'hunters'—war, commotion and destruction. Such is the divine program." (Saturday Night Thoughts, p184)

Reading 6 - Elder Bruce R. McConkie:  "In due course the Lost Tribes of Israel will return and come to the children of Ephraim to receive their blessings. This great gathering will take place under the direction of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for he holds the keys of 'the gathering of Israel from the four parts of the earth, and the leading of the ten tribes from the land of the north.'  (D&C 110:11) Keys are the right of presidency the power to direct; and by this power the Lost Tribes will return, with 'their prophets' and their scriptures to 'be crowned with glory, even in Zion, by the hands of the servants of the Lord, even the children of Ephraim.'" (Mormon Doctrine, p458)

Numbers 11:29

Reading 7 – Jeremiah 31:31-34

Reading 8 – Ezekiel 11:17-20

2 Corinthians 3:2-3

Mosiah 4:2-3

Reading 9 - Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin said: “And one day, we will fully see through the darkness into the light. We will understand His eternal plan, His mercy, and His love. (quoting Luke 18:8) When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?’

Perhaps as members of the Church trust with all their hearts, transform their hopes and beliefs into action, and seek to align themselves with the will of the Lord, the answer to the question the Savior asked 2,000 years ago will be a resounding ‘Yes, He will find faith. He will find faith among those who take upon themselves His name. He will find it among those who are living His divine principles’” (“Shall He Find Faith on the Earth?”; Sunday Afternoon, October 6, 2002).