The Gospel through the Ages 16“INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES … Among the spirits assembled at that great council there were no two exactly alike. Some were more intelligent, more daring, more obedient than others. … …it was but natural for a difference of opinion to develop over the two proposed plans of salvation. Lucifer vigorously campaigned for […]
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Fighting with Our Testimonies in Pre-existence
General Conference, ‘Trust in the Lord and Lean Not,’ April 2017“Remember, in our premortal life we stood with the Savior. We trusted Him. We voiced our support, enthusiasm, and joy for the plan of happiness set forth by our Heavenly Father. We leaned not. We fought with our testimonies and “aligned ourselves with the forces […]
Choosing to Righteously Reject Pre-existence
Isaiah 44:24; “Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, And he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; That stretcheth forth the heavens alone; That spreadeth abroad the earth by myself.” General Conference, ‘Making Righteous Choices at the Crossroads of Life,’ October 1988 “Indeed, you and I have a […]
Mormon Terminology – Immortal
John 3:13; “And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.” Immortality; “A state of endless life beyond the power of death, which is obtained following the Resurrection. All mortal souls will eventually become immortal through the power of the Resurrection […]
Family and Heavenly Councils
Psalm 75:6-7; “For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. 7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.” Today we’re looking at the Sovereignty of God! As a Mormon I had never heard of such a thing, and always believed I was […]
Spirit of Man Contaminated Upon Birth
The Seer, “The Pre-existence of Man,” Vol. 1, No. 7, July, 1853, p. 98; “Spirits, though pure and innocent, before they entered the body, would become contaminated by entering a fallen tabernacle; not contaminated by their own sins, but by their connection with a body brought into the world by the fall, earthly, fallen, imperfect, […]
2014 LDS Teachings of Joseph Fielding Smith
Every Sunday Mormons attend a three hour block of meetings consisting of three separate classes/meetings. Those three hour blocks include a Relief Society or Priesthood Meeting, Sunday school and Sacrament Meeting, (their form of a worship service). And every year the Church switches out what is being taught in the Relief Society or Priesthood meetings […]
Tip of the Day, October 9
October 9 – 1 Corinthians 15:45-47; “And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: […]
Mormon Dilemma 281
Pre-existence Ensign, November 1996, pg 71; “In a premortal council at which we were all present, [the Savior] led the forces of good against those of Satan and his followers in a battle for the souls of men that began before this world was formed. That conflict continues today. We were all on the side […]
Tip of the Day, June 3
June 3 – 1 Cor. 15:46-7; “Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.”