I was doing some reading the other day and came across the following scripture:
12 And there are none that doeth good except those who are ready to receive the fulness of my gospel, which I have sent forth unto this generation. (D&C 35)
It struck me as one of those scriptures that comes across as very absolute. “None” is very telling. “There are none that doeth good...” Really? Yep, that’s what is says—except for one group of people. “...except those who are ready to receive the fulness of my gospel.”
Well, that might be an important thing to explore, now, wouldn’t it?
Scripture is so full of phrases like this—short little snippets of words that require so much unpacking that anyone who just glosses over the verse will never get out of them what the Lord intends for us to obtain.
My study time has been short this morning. What little time I have had has been taken up looking up things related to “the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ,” and I have so many thoughts about this topic that I think it will likely turn into a series of blogposts. But maybe not. I have a lot of other topics that I have started drafts on, too.
In any case, until I have time to put those thoughts in writing, I felt to publish this post as an invitation to anyone to research, study, and contemplate what “the fulness of [the] gospel” of Jesus Christ really is. How can one claim to be someone who does “good” if they do not receive this fulness? Are they even ready to receive? How can one receive “the fulness” if they don’t even know what it is?
So many implications. So little time.