SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE: Come Follow Me Insights (Lectures on Faith, Sep 13-19)

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Timestamps (Courtesy of Tammy Hulse):
0:00 What are the Lectures on Faith?
4:12 Etymology of the word “faith". It means trust, confide, or persuade. Other words that come from the same root word are: abide, abode, affidavit, bonafide, confident, confide, confidence, fealty, fidelity, federal, federation, fiancé, fiduciary
7:04 Overview of Lectures on faith. These lectures were training for missionaries in 1835.
10:31 Outline of the Lectures: Lecture 1 – Faith, what it is. Lecture 2-6 – Objects upon which faith rests. Lecture 7 – Effects which flow from faith.
12:55 Lecture First: Faith is the foundation of all righteousness. The role of faith within the Doctrine of Christ.
19:42 Lecture Second: God is the only supreme governor and independent being in whom all fullness and perfection dwell; God spreads knowledge of His existence through special witnesses.
27:49 Lecture Third: Three things that are necessary to exercise faith in God unto life and salvation are: (1) The idea that He actually exists, (2) A correct idea of his character, perfections, and attributes, and (3) An actual knowledge that the course of life which he is pursuing is according to His will.
33:38 Verse 13 – Respecting the character of God. His character traits include: (1) Creator and upholder of all His works, (2) Merciful and gracious, (3) Changes not with no variableness in Him, (4) God of truth and cannot lie, (5) No respecter of persons, and (6) God of love.
46:35 Conclusion of Third Lecture: We have been given a blueprint that we may see an example of who we are to become like.
50:27 Lecture Fourth: The attributes of God: (1) God of knowledge (2) God of faith or power, (3) God of justice, (4) God of judgment, (5) God of mercy, and (6) God of truth.
59:58 Lecture Fifth: Unity of the Godhead
1:09:13 Lecture Sixth: How do I know the course of my life is in accordance with God's will?
1:14:33 Lecture Seventh: Effects that flow from this kind of faith.
1:21:51 Conclusion: Time impact of Lecture on Faith can have on our perspective of God, ourselves, and how we read the scriptures.