King David - I watched a brief video about him yesterday on lds.org and it shows him being sneaky about watching Bathsheba and almost deciding not to watch her. Very good portrayal. It made me think of a good friend of mine and a story he told. Bro. Grimmer hunted and fished in Alaska. One day while hunting he had a strong feeling that he was in a very dangerous situation. He turned around and saw a bear very close to him. He ran away as quickly as possible.
Years later he was having dinner in a place as part of a trip and heard some music come on. He had the exact same feeling at that time (that he was in a very dangerous situation). A stripper was actually about to come out on stage. Once again he ran away as quickly as possible. He commented that he isn't sure which situation was more dangerous.
I appreciate the takeaway that the Lord will warn us to help us avoid sin if we're doing our best.
3 Witnesses - I believe I've written about them before but the 3 witnesses appear to have had deep testimonies about one thing (Book of Mormon) and relatively shallow testimonies about everything else. Their testimonies didn't grow as well as they should have beyond the Book of Mormon. I suspect that they had a strong testimony of the Book but did not learn daily from the Book. Otherwise, their shield of faith would have grown much larger and stronger. The Lord pushed them to be more committed (David Whitmer was among the first asked to live the law of consecration for example), but none of them made it out of Missouri with their testimonies of the Gospel and Church.
Corianton - I think he was actually a pretty good guy in most respects. He did get called on a mission. He did end up being very faithful. However, he had a couple flaws, he was very proud and he fell for one woman in particular. Here's the account from Alma 39:
2For thou didst not give so much heed unto my words as did thy brother, among the people of the aZoramites. Now this is what I have against thee; thou didst go on unto boasting in thy strength and thy wisdom.
3And this is not all, my son. Thou didst do that which was grievous unto me; for thou didst forsake the ministry, and did go over into the land of Siron among the borders of the Lamanites, after the aharlot Isabel.
4Yea, she did asteal away the hearts of many; but this was no excuse for thee, my son. Thou shouldst have tended to the ministry wherewith thou wast entrusted.
Side note: what if Isabel wasn't a professional harlot but just a promiscuous woman. Is the prophet calling her name right here? Potentially a little funny....
President Monson seemed to address this in his Priesthood Session Message - he told us to avoid numerous sins and also asked us to not do anything of which we wouldn't be proud. It's just not enough to have on half or even most of the armor of God.
I will talk a little bit more about how to put that armor on tomorrow....
Have a good day.
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