Difference between revisions of "Jacob 3:1-5"

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What does it mean to be pure in heart?
How might one "look unto God with firmness of mind"? What is the difference between having a firm mind and beginning to labor in sin through your thoughts (cf. Jacob 2:5)?
What does it mean to pray "with exceeding faith"? How is this different from normal prayer?
What does Jacob mean by promising that the Lord will "send down justice upon those who seek your destruction"? Is he speaking specifically about the current situation faced by the Nephites? Who might be seeking their destruction? Does this have anything to do with the threat of plural marriage leading "away captive the daughters of [the] people" (cf. Jacob 2:33)?

Why are the pure in heart told to "lift up" their heads? What is the difference between a bowed and a lifted up head?
How is one to "receive the pleasing word of God?" What is it that makes it pleasing?
What does it mean to "feast upon [God's] love"?
What does having a firm mind have to do with feasting upon God's love? What does it mean to have a "firm" mind?

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 ===Verse 2===
+* Why are the pure in heart told to "lift up" their heads?  What is the difference between a bowed and a lifted up head?
+* How is one to "receive the pleasing word of God?"  What is it that makes it pleasing?
+* What does it mean to "feast upon [God's] love"?
+* What does having a firm mind have to do with feasting upon God's love?  What does it mean to have a "firm" mind?
 ===Verse 3===
 ===Verse 4===