Knowledge

• Alma 29: 5…Those that knoweth not good from evil is blameless
• Alma 12: 9-10…Don’t harden your heart and you’ll receive the greater portion of the word and know the mysteries of God (fully)
• Mosiah 18: 18…We should rejoice when we gain knowledge
• Alma 18: 35…Just a portion of the Lord’s Spirit can give you (1) Knowledge (2) Power (according to faith & desires that are in God)
• Alma 17: 2…Search the scriptures diligently and you’ll (1) Wax strong in the knowledge of the truth (2) Be men of sound understanding (3) Know the word of God
• Alma 12:30…God makes the plan of redemption known to us through our (1) faith; (2) repentance; (3) Holy Works.
• Alma 24: 30…Those that have once been enlightened by the Spirit, having had a great knowledge of righteous things, then falling away into sin and transgression, they are more hardened and their state is worse than if they never knew these things.
• Alma 34: 30…It’s worse to sin with Knowledge
• Mormon 9: 25…How to gain all the Knowledge possible
• D&C  1: 28…If you’re humble, you’ll gain Knowledge
• 1 Nephi 3: 31…Earthly minds can’t understand Godly Knowledge
• Micah 4: 12…We don’t know the thoughts, or understand the counsel of the Lord
• Alma 32: 26-43…Study to gain faith and then perfect knowledge.
• Jacob 4: 12…Gain perfect Knowledge of a gospel topic by discussing & talking about that topic
• Jacob 2: 34…Not good to sin with Knowledge
• Mosiah 18: 26…Leaders should have the knowledge to teach w/ power & authority
• Mosiah 4: 11-12…To always rejoice, be filled with the love of God, and always retain a remission of our sins, and to grow in the knowledge of the glory of Him that created us, we must: (1) Remember God (2) Remember your own nothingness (3) Humble selves (4) Call on the name of Lord daily (5) Stand steadfastly in the faith of that which is to come.
• Mosiah 5: 4…Faith brings us to great knowledge
• Marion G. Romney: “Can we see how critical self-reliance becomes when looked upon as the prerequisite to service when we also know service is what godhood is all about? Without self-reliance, one cannot exercise these innate desires to serve. How can we give if there is nothing there? Food for the hungry cannot come from empty shelves. Money to assist the needy cannot come from an empty purse. Support and understanding cannot come from the emotionally starved. Teaching cannot come from the unlearned. And most important of all, spiritual guidance cannot come from the spiritually weak.”
• … Abraham stated “…I sought for the blessings of the fathers, and the right whereunto I should be ordained to administer the same; having been myself a follower of righteousness, desiring also to be one who possessed great knowledge, and to be a greater follower of righteousness, and to possess a greater knowledge, ….desiring to receive instructions…I became a rightful heir, a High Priest, holding the right belonging to fathers.
• Robert Millet said this in regards to an interview he was about to have with BYU to teach there. “I realized that I was what I was; I was what I had become. I could not feign brilliance or pretend to be some impressive intellectual that I was not. I could not don the robes of academic achievement if in fact, my years of reading and study and reflection had been inadequate. And if I had not prepared myself by living the gospel and attempting to be true to my covenants, they would certainly see through any façade of false spirituality I might attempt to present. It was a stunning realization but one that brought peace to my soul and settled my fears. Heavenly Father knew things the way they were, and surely he would reveal the same to those who had weighty decisions to make. I was content, knowing things were in his hands.” (Men of Influence, 64)
• In a letter to his wife from Paris, John Adams observed: “I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, and naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain.” Seven Miracles That Saved America, Page 126
• “If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.” Susanne K. Langer. Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 57
• “Instead, we’ve discovered that the most successful people start with dominant talent—and then add skills, knowledge, and practice to the mix. When they do this, the raw talent actually serves as a multiplier.” StrengthsFinder 2.0 (Tom Rath) Kindle Location 274-76
• ““Love” to me is an appreciation to such a degree that it fills my heart to bursting and overflows. Love can go in any direction. I can feel love for: The very process of life itself. The joy of being alive. The beauty I see. Another person.Knowledge.The process of the mind. Our bodies and the way they work. Animals, birds, fish. Vegetation in all its forms. The Universe and the way it works.” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 17
• “How much do you know about your parents’ childhoods, especially before the age of ten? If it’s still possible for you to find out, ask them. If you’re able to find out about your parents’ childhoods, you will more easily understand why they did what they did. Understanding will bring you compassion. If you don’t know and can’t find out, try to imagine what it must have been like for them. What kind of childhood would create an adult like that? You need this knowledge for your own freedom. You can’t free yourself until you free them. You can’t forgive yourself until you forgive them. If you demand perfection from them, you will demand perfection from yourself, and you will be miserable all your life.” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 29
• “…What you are is more important than what you know…” (Neal A. Maxwell, Church News, 13 Sep. 2003, 7)
• “Many of you may have severe trials, that your faith may become more perfect, your confidence be increased, your knowledge of the powers of heaven be augmented, and this before your redemption takes place. If a stormy cloud sweeps over the horizon… if the cup of bitter suffering is offered, and you compelled to partake; Satan let loose to go among you, with all his seductive powers of deceivings and cunning craftiness; the strong relentless arm of persecution lifted against you;–then, in that hour, lift up your heads and rejoice that you are accounted worthy to suffer thus with Jesus, the Saints, and holy prophets; and know that the period of your redemption has approached.” Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo SnowChapter 7: Faithfulness in Times of Trial: “From the Shadows into the Glorious Sunshine”
• “All that is required of us to make us perfectly safe under all circumstances of trouble or persecution is to do the will of God, to be honest, faithful and to keep ourselves devoted to the principles that we have received; do right one by another; trespass upon no man’s rights; live by every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God and his Holy Spirit will aid and assist us under all circumstances, and we will come out of the midst of it all abundantly blessed in our houses, in our families, in our flocks, in our fields–and in every way God will bless us. He will give us knowledge upon knowledge, intelligence upon intelligence, wisdom upon wisdom.” Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow Faithfulness in Times of Trial: “From the Shadows into the Glorious Sunshine”
• “Every trial a man goes through, if he is faithful in that trial and does honor to God and his religion he has espoused, at the end of that trial or affliction that individual is nearer to God, nearer in regard to the increase of faith, wisdom, knowledge, and power, and hence is more confident in calling upon the Lord for those things he desires. I have known individuals who have trembled at the idea of passing through certain ordeals who after they were through the temptation have said they could approach the Lord in more confidence and ask for such blessings as they desired. …” Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow.Chapter 7: Faithfulness in Times of Trial: “From the Shadows into the Glorious Sunshine”
• After King Benjamin’s talk, we want feedback on how he did. The reaction of the crowd was to cry with one voice saying they knew of the truth’s he had spoken because his words caused a mighty change in their hearts, as they were touched by the spirit turning the faith they had on these things into knowledge. This brings them joy, and a desire to covenant with God to be obedient to his commandments so that they do not have to endure the everlasting torment.
• “Philanthropic families have the chance to turn their life experiences to empathy and concern for community issues. But you may be drawn to the issue by that empathy and quickly realize you need knowledge. That may prompt you to set up a learning process for family members and be open to it: the community will teach you; their proposals will teach you; the experts in the fields of interest will teach you. You end up with a tremendous opportunity to do it well and, over time, you begin to realize that ongoing learning is a very important component – and benefit – of the process.”  NCFP, “The Value of Family in Philanthropy
• ““Education and training are the most important investments in human capital,” writes Gary S. Becker, professor of economics and sociology at the University of Chicago and a winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, in his book Human Capital. “These investments improve skills, knowledge…and thereby raise…psychic incomes.”  Wealth in Families Third Edition (Charles W. Collier) Page 33
• “The Fall was an essential part of man’s mortal probation. … Had Adam and Eve not partaken, the great gift of mortality would not have come to them. Moreover, they would have had no posterity, and the great commandment given to them by the Lord would not have been fulfilled. 7The fall of Adam brought to pass all of the vicissitudes of mortality. It brought pain, it brought sorrow, it brought death; but we must not lose sight of the fact that it brought blessings also. … It brought the blessing of knowledge and understanding and mortal life.”  Chapter 3: The Plan of Salvation, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith, (2013), 58–71
• Ephesians 4:11 -13…11  And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
• Mosiah 5:1 -5…1  And now, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had thus spoken to his people, he sent among them, desiring to know of his people if they believed the words which he had spoken unto them. 2  And they all cried with one voice, saying: Yea, we believe all the words which thou hast spoken unto us; and also, we know of their surety and truth, because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually. 3  And we, ourselves, also, through the infinite goodness of God, and the manifestations of his Spirit, have great views of that which is to come; and were it expedient, we could prophesy of all things. 4 And it is the faith which we have had on the things which our king has spoken unto us that has brought us to this great knowledge, whereby we do rejoice with such exceedingly great joy. 5  And we are willing to enter into a covenant with our God to do his will, and to be obedient to his commandments in all things that he shall command us, all the remainder of our days, that we may not bring upon ourselves a never-ending torment, as has been spoken by the angel, that we may not drink out of the cup of the wrath of God.
• Mosiah 3:20 -21… 20  And moreover, I say unto you, that the time shall come when the knowledge of a Savior shall spread throughout every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. 21  And behold, when that time cometh, none shall be found blameless before God, except it be little children, only through repentance and faith on the name of the Lord God Omnipotent.
•  Book of Mormon, Mosiah 2:32-33 …32 But, O my people, beware lest there shall arise contentions among you, and ye list to obey the evil spirit, which was spoken of by my father Mosiah.  33 For behold, there is a wo be pronounced upon him who listeth to obey that spirit; for if he listeth to obey him, and remaineth and dieth in his sins, the same drinketh damnation to his own soul; for he receiveth for his wages an everlasting punishment, having transgressed the law of God contrary to his own knowledge.
•  Book of Mormon, Mosiah 2:36-37 …Those things that we are taught by the Spirit guide us in wisdom’s path to be blessed, prospered and preserved, and if we go contrary to what we’ve been taught it is open rebellion to God and a sign of obedience to the evil spirit.  We would also become enemies to all righteousness and the Lord will have not place for us to dwell because of our “unholy temple”.
•  Words of Mormon 1:7…  And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it whispereth me, according to the workings of the Spirit of the Lord which is in me. And now, I do not know all things; but the Lord knoweth all things which are to come; wherefore, he worketh in me to do according to his will.
• “The sacrifices you have made, the hardships you have endured and the privations you have suffered will … sink into insignificance, and you will rejoice that you have obtained the experience which they have furnished. … Some things we have to learn by that which we suffer, and knowledge secured in that way, though the process may be painful, will be of great value to us in the other life.”  Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow
• Jacob 7: 24…  And it came to pass that many means was devised to reclaim and restore the Lamanites to the knowledge of the truth; but it all was vain, for they delighted in wars and bloodshed, and they had an eternal hatred against us, their brethren. And they sought by the power of their arms to destroy us continually.
• Jacob 4:2 -4…2  But whatsoever things we write upon anything save it be upon plates must perish and vanish away; but we can write a few words upon plates, which will give our children, and also our beloved brethren, a small degree of knowledge concerning us, or concerning their fathers— 3  Now in this thing we do rejoice; and we labor diligently to engraven these words upon plates, hoping that our beloved brethren and our children will receive them with thankful hearts, and look upon them that they may learn with joy and not with sorrow, neither with contempt, concerning their first parents. 4  For, for this intent have we written these things, that they may know that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his glory many hundred years before his coming, and not only we ourselves had a hope of his glory, but also all the holy prophets which were before us.
• Mosiah 5: 1-5… After King Benjamin’s talk, we want feedback on how he did.  The reaction of the crowd was to cry with one voice saying they knew of the truth’s he had spoken because his words caused a mighty change in their hearts, as they were touched by the spirit turning the faith they had on these things into knowledge.  This brings them joy, and a desire to covenant with God to be obedient to his commandments so that they do not have to endure the everlasting torment.
•  “Philanthropic families have the chance to turn their life experiences to empathy and concern for community issues. But you may be drawn to the issue by that empathy and quickly realize you need knowledge. That may prompt you to set up a learning process for family members and be open to it: the community will teach you; their proposals will teach you; the experts in the fields of interest will teach you. You end up with a tremendous opportunity to do it well and, over time, you begin to realize that ongoing learning is a very important component – and benefit – of the process.”  NCFP, “The Value of Family in Philanthropy
• ““Education and training are the most important investments in human capital,” writes Gary S. Becker, professor of economics and sociology at the University of Chicago and a winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, in his book Human Capital. “These investments improve skills, knowledge…and thereby raise…psychic incomes.”  Wealth in Families Third Edition (Charles W. Collier) Page 33
• D&C 130: 19... And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come
• “What is the pattern or meaning or the why? It doesn’t do harm to the mystery to know a little about it,” Richard Feynman
• “As long as any part of the world remains obscure, the curiosity of a man must draw him there, as the lodestone attracts the mariner’s needle until he comprehends its secret.” Richard E. Byrd, Jr., Born: October 25. 1888- Death: March 11, 1957
• “Nonetheless, as Russell’s career accelerated, he experienced firsthand that as he shared the insights and knowledge God gave him, God gave him more.” Insight’s from a Prophet’ Life, Russell M. Nelson, Page 58 
• May 9, 1995 – Tuesday – Quito Ecuador… “Today was another spiritually uplifting day.  We talked with President Farnsworth for about 4 hours! …..He also explained that the “Discussions are there to wake up what the investigators learned in the Pre-mortal life.”  So the chosen are going to listen & remember only by the Spirit.  The investigators that progress are chosen, those that don’t….we shouldn’t waste our time.  He gave us a lot of advice & knowledge today…..I could see the importance of this missionary work.  We need to find the chosen – and quick!!!  I realize how important and urgent it is to inform the people.  I also realized that the Lord was telling me to get prepared to not forget the changes I’d made here in the mission and to keep growing daily – spiritually.  Man, I have a deep desire to learn more about the gospel and live it.  Now I need to apply it.  The desire doesn’t mean a thing if you don’t act on it.  I pray I can live up to the calling I have now as a missionary and plus my calling I have in my life.” – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal
• “As Joseph spoke, William wrote down as much of the sermon as he could in his diary. He was drawn to the profound truths Joseph shared and hungered to know more. William recorded Joseph’s teaching that the knowledge and intelligence people acquired in life rose with them in the Resurrection. If a person gains more knowledge in this life, through his diligence and obedience, than another. Joseph explained, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come.” History, Saints 1:40, United in an Everlasting Covenant