MYSTERY OF GOD

Mysteries of God

Mysteries of God are spiritual truths known only by revelation. God reveals His mysteries to those who are obedient to the gospel. Some of God’s mysteries are yet to be revealed.

• It is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, Matt. 13:11.

• Though I understand all mysteries and have not charity, I am nothing, 1 Cor. 13:2.

• Nephi had a great knowledge of the mysteries of God, 1 Ne. 1:1.

• It is given to many to know the mysteries of God, Alma 12:9.

• To such is given to know the mysteries of God, Alma 26:22.

• These mysteries are not yet fully made known unto me, Alma 37:11.

• There are many mysteries that no man knows except God himself, Alma 40:3.

• How great is the mystery of godliness, D&C 19:10.

• If ye ask, ye shall receive revelation and know the mysteries of the kingdom, D&C 42:61, 65 (1 Cor. 2:7, 11–14).

• He who keeps the commandments will be given the mysteries of the kingdom, D&C 63:23.

• To them will I reveal all mysteries, D&C 76:7.

• The greater priesthood holds the key of the mysteries, D&C 84:19.

• At his coming the Lord will reveal hidden things which no man knew, D&C 101:32–33.

• The Melchizedek Priesthood is to have the privilege of receiving the mysteries of the kingdom, 

Naaman

• See also Elisha

In the Old Testament, the captain of a Syrian king’s army. He was also a leper. Through the faith of an Israelite maid he went to Israel to see the prophet Elisha. He was cured of leprosy by humbling himself and bathing seven times in the river Jordan as the prophet Elisha instructed (2 Kgs. 5:1–19; Luke 4:27).

Nahum

An Old Testament prophet of Galilee who recorded his prophecies sometime between 642 and 606 B.C.

THE BOOK OF NAHUM

Chapter 1 speaks of the burning of the earth at the Second Coming and of the Lord’s mercy and power. Chapter 2 tells of Nineveh’s destruction, which is a foreshadowing of what will come in the latter days. Chapter 3continues to foretell Nineveh’s miserable destruction.

MUSTARD SEED

The seeds of a mustard plant. Though a seed is very small, the height of the plant that grows from it is very great. Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to a mustard seed (Matt. 13:31).

• If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you can move mountains, Matt. 17:20.