A New Witness for the Articles of Faith, p. 518“Israelites are called Gentiles in those scriptures which speak of the gospel going first to the Gentiles and then to the Jews in the last days. Thus the Book of Mormon came forth by way of the Gentile; Joseph Smith was the Gentile who brought it […]
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Origin and Destiny of Holy Spirit Unknown
November 19 — Origin and Destiny of Holy Spirit Unknown Haggai 2:6-9; “For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; 7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall […]
Adam Sinned to Help God Fulfill His Plan of Salvation?
A New Witness for the Articles of Faith, 91;“Thus we see why the Lord gave two conflicting commandments—one to become mortal and have children, the other to not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil out of which mortality and children and death would result. The issue is one of choosing between […]
The Mormon God’s Choice of a Redeemer Son
‘Those that would assist others in their correspondence with God must not themselves be strangers to it; for how can we expect that God should speak by us if we never heard him speaking to us, or that we should be accepted as the mouth of others to God if we never spoke to him […]
Marriage and Procreation More Important than Jesus
1 Corinthians 8:4-6; “As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. 5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) 6 But to us there is […]
Does God Hide His Plans for Us?
Ensign, ‘The Mystery of Life,’ Nov. 1983, p. 17; “For His own reasons, the Lord provides answers to some questions, with pieces placed here and there throughout the scriptures. We are to find them; we are to earn them. In that way sacred things are hidden from the insincere.” – Bruce McConkie Jeremiah 23:30-32; “Therefore, […]
Is the Mormon Jesus ‘Immanuel’?
Matthew 15:9; “But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” Today we’re asking how the Church uses this all important name. We’re looking at Mormon Doctrine, written by Bruce McConkie, once a leading authority in the LDS Church. Mormon Doctrine, p. 269; “See CHRIST, VIRGIN BIRTH. Christ is Immanuel, […]
Past Revelations vs. New Revelations
Oh the tangled web they weave… As time has waned on for the Church, they’ve made a strict practice of not giving heed to many of their past proclamations. In Mormonism, there are no hard and fast rules, and our example today is a classic display of how they operate. Joseph Smith emphatically preached that […]