LESSON XX.
(Scripture Reading Exercise.)
THE ANTIQUITY OF THE GOSPEL.[A]
(An Argumentative Discourse.)
TEXT: "In hope of Eternal Life, which God that cannot lie, promised before the world began; but hath in due times manifested his word through preaching." (Titus i:2, 3.)
| ANALYSIS. | REFERENCES. |
| I. Numerous Dispensations. | Peter i:18-25. Rev xiii:8, xv:8. Job xxxviii:4-6. |
| II. The Gospel Revealed to Adam. | Titus i:1, 2. Book of Moses (P. G. P.) ch. v:6-8. Ibid, 56-59. |
| III. Establishment of the Ancient Church. | Book of Moses, ch. vi:48-52. Gen. v:24. Heb. xi:5. Alma ch. xiii. Book of Moses ch. vii:69. |
| IV. The Gospel Plus the Law. | Heb. vii. I Cor. x:1-4. Heb. iii:14-19 and Heb. iv:1, 2,[B] and Gal. iii. |
| V. From Moses to John the Baptist. | Doc. and Cov., Sec. lxxxiv:19-29. |
| VI. Of the Origin of the Gospel. |
[Footnote A: Such is the importance of this subject—a subject which perhaps more than any other differentiates the view-point of Latter-Day Saints as to the Gospel of Jesus Christ from that of sectarian Christendom, that I here depart from the usual lesson formula to introduce in place of detached notes an unbroken presentation of the subject. This lesson may be regarded as a review of those that have preceded it in the present rear Book, also as an illustration of argumentative discourse The reference opposite the Analysis are those on which the argument is based.]
[Footnote B: This cites the close of one chapter and the opening verses of an other, but it should be remembered that Paul did not divide his epistle into chapters and verses; and this awkward division is but one of many that exist in the Scriptures.]