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Verse 9

• What does "be alike" mean here? What might it mean to us today?
• What does honesty have to do with being alike?
• What do honesty and being alike have to do with being one?

Verse 10

• At the individual level the Lord asks the saints to give and receive through the church so that all may "be alike". So why now at the congregation level does the Lord tell the saints to replace giving and receiving with lending and borrowing?

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Verse 13

• Are we still under the obligation to consecrate that which is more than needful?
• How much is more than is needful? Who decides?

Verse 15

• Why is it a privilege to be organized according to the laws of consecration?

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Spencer W. Kimball: "Consecration is the giving of one's time, talents, and means to care for those in need—whether spiritually or temporally—and in building the Lord's kingdom. In Welfare Services, members consecrate as they labor on production projects, donate materials to Deseret Industries, share their professional talents, give a generous fast offering, and respond to ward and quorum service projects. They consecrate their time in their home or visiting teaching. We consecrate when we give of ourselves" (Ensign, August 1984, p. 4).

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Verse 19

• In the context of this section, what does it mean to be "a faithful, a just, and a wise steward"? (Compare D&C 78:22.)

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