Immovable versus Stubborn

In the June 20, 2024 revelation the Lord says: 

. . . for many things provoking arguments among the people are born  from pride, stubbornness, aspiring for control, and reckless indifference toward me and one another . . . posted on Denver Snuffer’s Blog July 19, 2024

In the Covenant of Christ we read: 

He [Lehi] also said to Lemuel: I wish you would be like this valley - firm, resolute, and immovable in keeping the Lord’s commandments. He said this because Laman and Lemuel were stubborn. page 3

Lehi wishes his son would be firm, resolute, and immovable because he can see Lemuel is stubborn. 

Stubborn: having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so.

Firm: not weak or uncertain; not easily moved or disturbed; well-founded; not soft or yielding to pressure; strong and sure; securely established; marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; with resolute determination

Resolute: resolved; bold;  steady; firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination

Immovable: steadfast, unyielding; not capable of being moved emotionally; incapable of being moved

What separates the firm, resolute, and immovable from the stubborn? Those who are stubborn are not willing to be persuaded by good arguments and reasons. They act without intelligence. Their disobedience keeps them from receiving the truth. 

Those who are firm, resolute, and immovable act with intelligence. They are easily persuaded by sound judgment and sensible reasoning. They continue to receive intelligence as they seek to align their lives with the truth. We need intelligence, so we can act wisely. The first step in being wise is to receive the truth. 

The stubborn are foolish. The firm, resolute, and immovable are wise. 

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• These things are the things that you must look for, and speaking after the manner of the Lord, they are now nigh at hand, and in a time to come, even in the day of the coming of the Son of Man. And until that hour there will be foolish virgins among the wise, and at that hour comes an entire separation of the righteous and the wicked, and in that day will I send mine angels to pluck out the wicked and cast them into unquenchable fire. T&C 50:12

How do wise virgins become righteous and foolish virgins become wicked? What mechanism is the Lord currently using to separate His covenant people? 

• And then at that day, before the Son of Man comes, the kingdom of Heaven shall be likened unto ten virgins who took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom, and five of them were wise and five of them were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes, go out to meet him! Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Lest there be not enough for us and you, go rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And they that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us. But he answered and said, Truly I say unto you, you know me not. Watch, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man comes. Matthew 11:15

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What is the oil each of us must have to keep our lamps burning brightly? How can we successfully navigate the ever changing maze we find ourselves in? 

. . . And at that day when I shall come in my glory shall the parable be fulfilled which I spoke concerning the ten virgins, for they that are wise and have received the truth, and have taken the holy spirit for their guide and have not been deceived, verily I say unto you, they shall not be hewn down and cast into the fire, but shall abide the day, and the earth shall be given unto them for an inheritance. And they shall multiply and wax strong, and their children shall grow up without sin unto salvation, for the Lord shall be in their midst and his glory shall be upon them, and he will be their king and their lawgiver. T&C 31:12

The time is now, and the Lord is warning us. I believe this parable was given to teach about what is currently afoot among His covenant people. Be wise.

. . . Do not be misled by my patience, for the time is quickly approaching for the  harvest of my vineyard. Amen. Revelation June 20, 2024

p.s. I thought it interesting what AI has to say about wisdom:

A wise person is someone who has a deep understanding of people and situations, and is able to use their knowledge and experience to make sound judgments and decisions. Wise people are often characterized by their ability to analyze a situation from all sides before coming to a conclusion. They base their decisions on facts and evidence, rather than emotion or hearsay, and are open to reconsidering their positions if new information arises.

Be Wise and Correctly Discern

Don't be solely impressed by the books you read, the nightly news you watch or what you hear someone talk about ... Unless it is enlightening and true and confirmed by God.

Rather, be impressed by the fruit that is produced, by the increasing revelation and light that emanates and by what is going on or not going on behind the scenes. After all, much is revealed by what a person or group chooses to do when they think no one is watching.

“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.” (Matthew 7:15-20)

“The world always mistook false prophets for true ones, and those that were sent of God, they considered to be false prophets and hence they killed, stoned, punished and imprisoned the true prophets, and these had to hide themselves "in deserts and dens, and caves of the earth," and though the most honorable men of the earth, they banished them from their society as vagabonds, whilst they cherished, honored and supported knaves, vagabonds, hypocrites, impostors, and the basest of men.” (TPJS, 205)

Wise men speak because they have already done the work, made sufficient sacrifice, know God for themselves, and have authority from a higher source to actually say something of value that points others to Christ.

Pretenders and fools, who have failed to do the work, teach and place themselves as a "required intermediary" between you and God, and prefer money, power, and priestcraft over the salvation of mankind and the establishment of Zion, tend to ignorantly speak on important subjects because they feel some sort of need to say something about that which they know nothing.

Be wise and correctly discern between truth and error, light and dark, restoration and apostasy. Take the upper road, despite opposition.

Wise Man, Foolish Man

After having taught The Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said that you who hear my sayings and do them, I will liken you unto a wise man. But you who hear my sayings, but fail to do them, shall be likened unto a foolish man. 

Not only did He teach them as one having authority, unlike the scribes, but the people were astonished at his doctrine.

“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. (Matthew 7:24-29)

It may be wise to accurately identify what matters most and do so as you leave the rest behind.