What they didn't think about is that the people in the Old Testament Killed the Prophets all the time.
Nevertheless the Work of the Lord is NEVER frustrated . . .
only the work of Man. (Doctrione and Covenants 3:3)
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
"Thus Ends Mormonism"
This video tells about what many thought would happen if they could kill the Prophet of the Lord.
What they didn't think about is that the people in the Old Testament Killed the Prophets all the time.
What they didn't think about is that the people in the Old Testament Killed the Prophets all the time.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Restoration of the Priesthood - Anniversary
Do you know what today is?
Today is the 183rd Anniversary of the Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood.
On May 15th, 1829, John the Baptist (as a resurrected being, see Matthew 27:52-53 and 3 Nephi 23:11) came to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery on the bank of the Susquehanna River. He then Ordained them to the Priesthood which he held, which is the same Priesthood that Christ was Baptized by.
Without this Authority nothing that we do in this life would be of any effect out of this life.
When asked who the Apostles said Jesus was, Peter replied,
It was upon this, the Testimony of the Godhead, that is the keystone of the Church, upon which the Devil has no power to overthrow.
Christ then stated:
It is through this Sealing Power, to bind on Earth and in Heaven, that we may be with our Families Forever.
Without the proper Authority of the Priesthood, nothing done in any religious ceremony is of any effect after we depart this life. Only by doing what God has Commanded, in the way He commanded it, may we truly be saved at the last day.
Today is the 183rd Anniversary of the Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood.
On May 15th, 1829, John the Baptist (as a resurrected being, see Matthew 27:52-53 and 3 Nephi 23:11) came to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery on the bank of the Susquehanna River. He then Ordained them to the Priesthood which he held, which is the same Priesthood that Christ was Baptized by.
Without this Authority nothing that we do in this life would be of any effect out of this life.
When asked who the Apostles said Jesus was, Peter replied,
"Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God."
It was upon this, the Testimony of the Godhead, that is the keystone of the Church, upon which the Devil has no power to overthrow.
Christ then stated:
"I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven:
and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth
shall be bound in heaven:
and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven."
It is through this Sealing Power, to bind on Earth and in Heaven, that we may be with our Families Forever.
Without the proper Authority of the Priesthood, nothing done in any religious ceremony is of any effect after we depart this life. Only by doing what God has Commanded, in the way He commanded it, may we truly be saved at the last day.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Joseph Smith : Prophet of the Restoration
This is one of my favorite movies. The Bible speaks of the "restitution of all things."(Acts 3:21) The Bible also says that there would be a general or great Apostasy, or a "falling away."(2 Thessalonians 2:3)
In Ezekiel 37 The Lord speaks to His Prophet of two books of Scripture, the Stick of Judah and the Stick of Ephraim. The Stick of Judah is the Bible, because it was written by the Jews.
This movie is a depiction of what Joseph Smith went through in order to restore the Church to the Earth.
In Ezekiel 37 The Lord speaks to His Prophet of two books of Scripture, the Stick of Judah and the Stick of Ephraim. The Stick of Judah is the Bible, because it was written by the Jews.
What then is the Stick of Ephraim?
What book of Scripture did the tribe of Ephraim write?
The Stick of Ephraim is the Book of Mormon.
The Book of Mormon was written upon the American continent.
The Book of Mormon was brought forth in modern times by a Prophet of God.
The Book of Mormon was Translated by the Gift and Power of God.
This movie is a depiction of what Joseph Smith went through in order to restore the Church to the Earth.
ENJOY
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Lamps and Lightbulbs
So this one time I was trying to explain how priesthood Authority works, and why it is important. I came up with my own story, and it goes something like this.
Once upon a time there was a Lamp. That Lamp was the Gospel. Then Christ came to teach the Gospel, perform the Atonement, and establish His church. The church Christ established is like a LampShade, it holds all the 'Light and Knowledge' of the Gospel.
However, after the Resurrection of Jesus Christ the church was persecuted, and the Apostles who received Priesthood Authority were killed. This means that the Lamp was broken, because no one had the Authority to direct Christ's Church.
Less than 500 years later there were a small number of churches that had pieces of the broken Lamp. People knew that something had been lost and they tried as best they could to reform the Lamp. Roughly 1000 years later there were many churches, or many Lamps, that all claimed to be the "True Lamp". That they each had part of that Lamp it is true, but none were the Lamp of the Gospel as it was supposed to be.
But even if the Lamp came close, the Lightbulb of Authority was still missing. You see Christ is the 'Light of the world', and so even if you have all the components of a functioning Lamp only when He puts in the Lightbulb does that church give Light.
In 1820 Joseph Smith asked God in prayer, which church to join. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him and called him to be a new Prophet to restore His church to the Earth, exactly as it was when Christ was on the Earth.
The same Lamp of the Gospel, with the same church organization or LampShade, was once again found on the Earth. God gave the Authority of the Priesthood to Joseph Smith, who ordained others, and the Priesthood has never again left the Earth.
Once upon a time there was a Lamp. That Lamp was the Gospel. Then Christ came to teach the Gospel, perform the Atonement, and establish His church. The church Christ established is like a LampShade, it holds all the 'Light and Knowledge' of the Gospel.
However, after the Resurrection of Jesus Christ the church was persecuted, and the Apostles who received Priesthood Authority were killed. This means that the Lamp was broken, because no one had the Authority to direct Christ's Church.
Less than 500 years later there were a small number of churches that had pieces of the broken Lamp. People knew that something had been lost and they tried as best they could to reform the Lamp. Roughly 1000 years later there were many churches, or many Lamps, that all claimed to be the "True Lamp". That they each had part of that Lamp it is true, but none were the Lamp of the Gospel as it was supposed to be.
Now we have a world where we can choose from many churches, almost like going to the store to buy a Lamp, there are planty of options. Some Lamps are tall and flexible, some are short and round, others may be there more for looks than for light.
But even if the Lamp came close, the Lightbulb of Authority was still missing. You see Christ is the 'Light of the world', and so even if you have all the components of a functioning Lamp only when He puts in the Lightbulb does that church give Light.
The same Lamp of the Gospel, with the same church organization or LampShade, was once again found on the Earth. God gave the Authority of the Priesthood to Joseph Smith, who ordained others, and the Priesthood has never again left the Earth.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Unlearned Translation
"A . . . marvel of the translation process is that although he was intensely involved in translating an ancient record, the Prophet Joseph himself was clearly unschooled in things ancient. For example, early in the work he came across words concerning a wall around Jerusalem and asked Emma if the city indeed had walls. She affirmed what Joseph simply hadn't known. (See E. C. Briggs, "Interview with David Whitmer," Saints' Herald, 21 June 1884, 396.)
"He knew nothing, either, of the literary form called chiasmus, which appears in the Bible at various places and, significantly, also appears in the Book of Mormon. . . .
". . . We marvel that the Prophet Joseph Smith worked completely without referring to any other sources. None of the 12 people who either participated or merely observed mentioned Joseph's having any reference materials present. . . . Since the Prophet dictated openly, these individuals would have been aware of any suspicious behavior or procedures. Emma was emphatic on this very point: 'He had neither manuscript nor book to read from, [and] if he had anything of the kind he could not have concealed it from me' ("Last Testimony of Sister Emma," 289, 290).
"Thus the Book of Mormon came through, but not from, Joseph Smith!"
, "By the Gift and Power of God," Ensign, Jan. 1997, 36
Monday, July 25, 2011
The Book of Mormon
So what is the Book of Mormon?
The Book of Mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God’s dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains the fulness of the everlasting gospel.
The book was written by many ancient prophets by the spirit of prophecy and revelation. Their words, written on gold plates, were quoted and abridged by a prophet-historian named Mormon. The record gives an account of two great civilizations. One came from Jerusalem in 600 B.C., and afterward separated into two nations, known as the Nephites and the Lamanites. The other came much earlier when the Lord confounded the tongues at the Tower of Babel. This group is known as the Jaredites. After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are among the ancestors of the American Indians.
The crowning event recorded in the Book of Mormon is the personal ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ among the Nephites soon after his resurrection. It puts forth the doctrines of the gospel, outlines the plan of salvation, and tells men what they must do to gain peace in this life and eternal salvation in the life to come.
After Mormon completed his writings, he delivered the account to his son Moroni, who added a few words of his own and hid up the plates in the hill Cumorah. On September 21, 1823, the same Moroni, then a glorified, resurrected being, appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith and instructed him relative to the ancient record and its destined translation into the English language.
In due course the plates were delivered to Joseph Smith, who translated them by the gift and power of God. The record is now published in many languages as a new and additional witness that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God and that all who will come unto him and obey the laws and ordinances of his gospel may be saved.
Concerning this record the Prophet Joseph Smith said: “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.”
In addition to Joseph Smith, the Lord provided for eleven others to see the gold plates for themselves and to be special witnesses of the truth and divinity of the Book of Mormon. Their written testimonies are included herewith as “The Testimony of Three Witnesses” and “The Testimony of Eight Witnesses.”
We invite all men everywhere to read the Book of Mormon, to ponder in their hearts the message it contains, and then to ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ if the book is true. Those who pursue this course and ask in faith will gain a testimony of its truth and divinity by the power of the Holy Ghost. (See Moroni 10:3-5.)
To request a Free cpoy of the Book of Mormon, go to: http://mormon.org/free-book-of-mormon/
The Book of Mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God’s dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains the fulness of the everlasting gospel.The crowning event recorded in the Book of Mormon is the personal ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ among the Nephites soon after his resurrection. It puts forth the doctrines of the gospel, outlines the plan of salvation, and tells men what they must do to gain peace in this life and eternal salvation in the life to come.
After Mormon completed his writings, he delivered the account to his son Moroni, who added a few words of his own and hid up the plates in the hill Cumorah. On September 21, 1823, the same Moroni, then a glorified, resurrected being, appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith and instructed him relative to the ancient record and its destined translation into the English language.
In due course the plates were delivered to Joseph Smith, who translated them by the gift and power of God. The record is now published in many languages as a new and additional witness that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God and that all who will come unto him and obey the laws and ordinances of his gospel may be saved.
Concerning this record the Prophet Joseph Smith said: “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.”
In addition to Joseph Smith, the Lord provided for eleven others to see the gold plates for themselves and to be special witnesses of the truth and divinity of the Book of Mormon. Their written testimonies are included herewith as “The Testimony of Three Witnesses” and “The Testimony of Eight Witnesses.”
We invite all men everywhere to read the Book of Mormon, to ponder in their hearts the message it contains, and then to ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ if the book is true. Those who pursue this course and ask in faith will gain a testimony of its truth and divinity by the power of the Holy Ghost. (See Moroni 10:3-5.)
Those who gain this divine witness from the Holy Spirit will also come to know by the same power that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world, that Joseph Smith is his revelator and prophet in these last days, and that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Lord’s kingdom once again established on the earth, preparatory to the second coming of the Messiah.
That is what the Book of Mormon is , and why I encourage everyone to read it.
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