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Calling and Election Sure #1 #2 #3 #4
#5 #6 #7 #8 #9
(This series will tell you
how to do it. I will put on the web one or two each
week.)
Apostle Peter said:
“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election
sure: for
if ye do these things, ye shall never fall.” 2 Peter 1:10 So how can we do that?
So a real 'true' prophet tells us:
Joseph said: “There are a great many wise men and women too in our midst who are too wise
to be taught; therefore they must die in their ignorance, and in the resurrection they will find their
mistake.
Many seal up the
door of heaven by
saying, So far God may reveal and I will believe.
All men who become heirs of God and joint heirs with
Jesus Christ will have to receive the fulness
of the ordinances of his
kingdom; and those who will not receive all the ordinances will come short of the
fullness of that glory, if
they do not lose the whole.” Joseph Smith,
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, selected and arranged by Joseph
Fielding Smith [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1976], 309.) Hereafter TPJS and the page
number. TPJS 309 Order the
Book here: http://deseretbook.com/ A Very good book to
have.
“Now what is this
other Comforter? It is no more nor less than the Lord Jesus Christ Himself; and this is the sum
and substance of the whole matter; that
when any man obtains this last Comforter, he will have the personage of Jesus Christ
to attend him, or appear unto him from time to time, and even He will manifest the Father unto him,
and they will take up their abode with him, and the visions of the heavens will be opened unto him, and the Lord will teach him face to face, and he may
have a perfect knowledge
of the mysteries of the Kingdom of God.”
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph
Smith 150-151
Jesus Christ himself
said:
“Draw near unto me and I
will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and
ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you....Behold, that
which you hear is as the voice of one crying in the wilderness in the
wilderness, because you cannot see him my voice, because my voice is
Spirit; my Spirit is truth; truth abideth and hath no end; and if it be in
you it shall abound… Therefore, sanctify yourselves that your minds become single to God, and
the days will come that you shall see him; for he will unveil his
face unto
you, and it shall be in his own due time, and in his own way, and according to his own will.”
Doctrine and Covenants
88:63-68
“WHEN the Savior shall appear we shall see him as he is.
We shall see that he is a man like ourselves.
2 And that same sociality which exists among us
here will exist among us there, only it will be coupled with eternal
glory, which glory we do not now enjoy.
3 John 14:23—The appearing of the Father
and the
Son, in that verse, is a
personal appearance; and the idea that the Father and the Son dwell in
a man's heart is an old sectarian notion, and is false.” Doctrine and Covenants 130:1-3
“ VERILY, thus saith the Lord: It shall come to pass that every soul who forsaketh his sins
and cometh unto me, and calleth on my name, and obeyeth my voice, and keepeth my
commandments, shall see my face and know that I am.”
Doctrine and Covenants 93:1 (You have to forsake the sins that you like and
enjoy.)
“And a commandment I give unto
thee—that thou shalt write for him;
and the scriptures shall be given, even as they are in mine own bosom, to
the salvation of mine
own elect;
21 For they will hear my voice, and shall see me, and shall not be asleep, and shall abide the day of my
coming; for they shall be purified,
even as I am pure.”
Doctrine and
Covenants
35: 20-21 Your leaders are asleep, and have not seen
him!
“Yea, I
will appear unto my
servants, and speak unto
them with mine own voice, if my people will keep my commandments, and do not pollute this holy house.”
Doctrine and
Covenants 110: 8
BUT his house has been polluted. No Priesthood CLICK HERE
“And inasmuch as my people build a house unto me in
the name of the Lord, and do not
suffer any unclean thing to come into it, that it be not defiled, my glory
shall rest upon it;
16 Yea, and my presence shall be there, for I will come into it, and all the pure in heart that shall
come into it shall
see God.
17 But if (IF) it be defiled I will not
(not) come into it, and my glory shall not be there;
for I will not come into unholy
temples.”
Doctrine and Covenants 97: 15-17
“And this greater priesthood administereth the gospel and holdeth the key of the mysteries of the kingdom, even the key of the knowledge of God.
(The
kingdom, NOT
the Church CLICK HERE
20 Therefore,
in the
ordinances thereof, the
power of godliness is
manifest. (No-- LDS have the ordinances of Plural Marriage.)
21 And without the ordinances thereof, and the authority of the priesthood, the power of godliness is not manifest unto men in the
flesh; (See when the LDS lost the priesthood CLICK
HERE)
22 For without this no man can see the face of God, even the Father, and live.
23 Now this
Moses plainly taught to the children
of Israel in the wilderness, and sought diligently to sanctify his people
that they might behold the face of God;
24 But they hardened their hearts and could
not endure his presence; therefore, the
Lord in his
wrath, for his anger was kindled
against them, swore that they should not enter
into his rest while in the wilderness, which rest is the
fulness of his glory.”
Doctrine and
Covenants 84:19-24
So
The wrath of God
comes. CLICK
HERE
When ?
CLICK HERE
“And that I may visit them in the day of
visitation, when I shall unveil the face of my covering, to
appoint the portion of the oppressor among hypocrites, where there is gnashing of
teeth, if (if) they reject
my servants and my testimony which I have revealed unto them.”
Doctrine and Covenants 124: 8
(My warnings have been
rejected by Leaders as
well as the people, therefore “wrath” is the result as promised by God.)
Did you see When
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CLICK HERE
“And again, I will give unto you
a pattern in all things, that ye
may not be deceived; for Satan is abroad in the land, and he goeth
forth deceiving the nations— (He will show us a pattern, he
said.)
15 Wherefore he that prayeth, whose spirit is
contrite, the same is accepted of me
if he obey mine ordinances.
(The
pattern!)
16 He that speaketh, whose spirit
is contrite, whose language is meek and edifieth, the same is of God if he obey mine ordinances. (No LDS Authorities are
Plygs.)
(So if you don’t follow the
pattern, you don’t get the
results.)
17
And again, he that trembleth under my
power shall be made strong, and shall bring forth fruits of praise and
wisdom, according to the revelations and truths which I have given
you.
18 And again, he that is overcome and bringeth not
forth fruits, even according to this pattern, is not of
me.
19 Wherefore,
by this pattern ye shall know the
spirits in all cases under the whole
heavens.
20 And the
days have come; according to men's faith it shall be done unto
them.” Doctrine and Covenants 52: 14-20
“When a
messenger comes saying he has a message from God, offer him your hand and
request him to shake
hands with
you.
(The pattern.)
5 If he be an angel he will do so, and you will feel his
hand.
6 If he be the
spirit of a just man made perfect he will come in his glory; for that is
the only way he can appear—
7 Ask him to shake hands with you, but he will not move, because it is contrary to the order of heaven
for a just man to deceive; but he will still
deliver his message.
8 If it be the devil as an angel of light, when you ask
him to shake hands he will offer you his hand, and you will not feel anything; you may therefore detect him.
9 These are three grand
keys whereby you may
know whether any administration is from God.” Doctrine and
Covenants 129:4-9
“All the prophets had the Melchizedek Priesthood and were ordained by God himself.” Teachings
of the Prophet Joseph Smith = TPJS 181
(So how can anyone who has not kept all the ordinances, and has not seen the face of God, ever be
ordained by God? Use your
brain!) Read this Sixth Lecture.
We read in the Sixth
Lecture on Faith what is required.
5. “For a
man to lay
down his all, his character and reputation, his honor, and applause,
his good name among men, his houses, his lands, his brothers and sisters, his wife and children, and even his own life also -- counting all things but filth and
dross for the excellency of the knowledge of
Jesus Christ -- requires more than mere belief or supposition that he is doing the
will of God; but actual
knowledge, realizing that, when those
sufferings are ended, he will enter into eternal rest, and be a partaker
of the glory of God.
6. For unless a person
does know that he is walking according to the will of God, it would
be offering an insult to the dignity of the Creator were he to say that he
would be a partaker of His glory when he should be done with the things of
this life. But
when he has this knowledge, and most
assuredly knows that he is doing the will of God, his confidence can be
equally strong that he will be a partaker of the glory of
God.
7. Let us here observe, that a religion that does
not
require the sacrifice of all things never has power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation; for, from the first existence of man, the faith necessary unto the enjoyment of life
and salvation never could be obtained
without the sacrifice of all earthly
things. It was through this sacrifice,
and this
only, that God has
ordained that men should
enjoy eternal life; and it is through the medium of the sacrifice of all
earthly things that men
do actually know that
they are doing the things that are well pleasing in the sight of
God. When a man has offered in sacrifice all that he has for the truth's
sake, not even withholding his life,
and believing before God that he has been called to make this sacrifice
because he seeks to do his will, he does know,
most assuredly, that God does and will accept his sacrifice and
offering, and that he has not, nor will not seek his face in
vain. Under these circumstances,
then,
he can obtain the faith necessary for him to lay hold on eternal
life.
8. It is in vain for persons to fancy to themselves
that they are heirs with those, or can be heirs with them, who have offered
their all in sacrifice, and by this means obtain faith in God and favor with him so as to
obtain eternal life, unless they,
in like manner, offer unto him the same sacrifice, and through that
offering obtain the
knowledge that they are accepted of
him.” Sixth Lecture on Faith Verses 5-8 In the Doctrine and Covenants in all editions up to the “1921” Edition when it was
removed.
(Would you lay
down your houses, thousands of acres of farms,
wives, children, brothers, my reputation, honor, wealth, friends,
to get the promise
from God? When all I
would have to had done is to compromise the truth, and believe just like
everyone else. And not be willing to obey the truth. More on Link # 6 CLICK HERE when I get
it on the web.)
Mormon
Doctrine: Page 439 (The)
Lectures On Faith
See DOCTRINE
AND COVENANTS, FAITH, SCHOOL OF THE PROPHETS. “From 1835 to 1921 all editions of the Doctrine and Covenants contained
some lesson material called the Lectures on Faith. These lectures, seven in
number, were prepared by the Prophet for study in the school of the elders in Kirtland
in 1834-1835, and also for publication in the Doctrine and Covenants. They were not
themselves classed as revelations, but in them is to be
found some of the best lesson material ever prepared on the Godhead; on the character, perfections,
and attributes of God; on faith, miracles, and sacrifice. They can be
studied with great profit by all gospel scholars.”(Doctrines of Salvation,
vol. 2, pp. 303-304; vol. 3, p. 194.)
So why was some of the best ‘ever’ taken away?
Taken “Out” of the Doctrine
&Covenants? Answer : because some
people think that they are smarter than God! Or a man who has seen God!
“What constitutes the kingdom of God? Where there is a prophet, a priest, or a
righteous man unto whom
God gives His oracles, there is the kingdom of
God; and
where the oracles of God are not, there the kingdom of God is
not. . .Whenever men can find out the
will of God and find an administrator legally
authorized from God, there is the kingdom of
God; but
where these are not, the kingdom of God is not.
(What
did he just say?)
All the
ordinances, systems, and administrations on the earth are of no use to the children of men, unless they are ordained and
authorized of God; for nothing will save a man but a legal
administrator;
for none others will be
acknowledged either by God or angels.” (Joseph Smith, History of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, 7 Vols. This ‘quote’ Volume 5:257,
259)
We can see what the
Prophet Joseph Smith said:
"All
Priesthood is Melchizedek but there are different portions or degrees of it.
That portion which brought Moses to speak with God
face to
face was taken away; but that
which brought the ministry of angels remained." The latter-day Seer then added this important detail:
"All the prophets had the Melchizedek Priesthood and were
ordained by God
himself." Teachings of the Prophet Joseph
Smith TPJS 180-181
The
fulness of the
ordinances, is the fulness of the gospel. And it brings the fulness of the blessings of God.
That a man can see
God.
"What was the power of Melchizedek? 'Twas not the Priesthood of Aaron which administers in
outward ordinances, and the offering of sacrifices. Those holding the
fulness of the Melchizedek
Priesthood are kings and priests of the Most High God,
holding the keys of
power and blessings. In fact,
that Priesthood is a perfect law of
theocracy, and stands as God to give laws to the people,
administering endless lives to the sons and daughters of Adam.” TPJS 322
The
2nd. Anointing makes a man a king and priest. And to get
that ordinance, he has to have
more than one woman sealed to him. He has to be
polygamous.
(I am giving many
“Quotes” from Joseph Smith because he understood the doctrine that
millions of hypocrites don’t understand. And would rather die than learn
about. )
“It
is one thing to
see the kingdom of God,
and another thing
to enter into
it. We must have a change of
heart to see the kingdom of God, and subscribe the articles of adoption
to enter therein.”
Joseph
Smith, History of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7 Vols. This ‘quote’ from 6:58 CLICK HERE to see the Kingdom of
God
HOW CHRIST
GAINED FULNESS OF PRIESTHOOD.
Joseph Smith said:
"If a man get a fulness of the priesthood of God, he has to get it in the same way that Jesus Christ obtained it, and
that was by keeping
all the commandments and obeying
all the ordinances of the house of the Lord."
TPJS 308
Principles of the Gospel
Never
Change
“It was the design of the
councils of heaven before the world was, that
the principles and laws of the priesthood should be predicated upon the
gathering of the people in every age of the world. Jesus did everything to
gather the people, and they would not be gathered, and He therefore poured out curses upon them. Ordinances instituted in the heavens
before the foundation of the
world, in the priesthood, for the salvation of men, are
not to be altered or
changed. All must be saved on the same principles.”
(TPJS 308)
So how can a busted up Plyg in Parowan know
what is going to happen? Well because:
“Then knowledge
through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
is the grand
key that unlocks the glories and mysteries of the kingdom of
heaven.” (TPJS 298)
Most people reading
here on my web site don’t believe what Joseph Smith the Mormon Prophet
said. Even the Mormons themselves don’t believe his “White Horse Vision” where he said: “The coming of the Messiah among this people will
be so natural, that "only" those who see Him will know that He has come, but He will come and give His laws unto Zion,
and minister unto His people.” Read that
Vision CLICK HERE
The Keys
of Priesthood
“Thus we behold the keys of this Priesthood consisted in
obtaining the voice
of Jehovah that He talked with him [Noah] in a familiar and
friendly manner, that He continued to him the keys, the covenants, the
power and the glory, with which He blessed Adam at the beginning; and the
offering of sacrifice, which also
shall be
continued at the last time;
for all the ordinances and duties that ever have been required by the Priesthood, under
the directions and commandments of the Almighty in any of the dispensations, shall all be had in the last
dispensation.” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph
Smith page 171)
“1st key:
Knowledge is the power of salvation.
2nd key: Make your
calling and election sure. 3rd key: It is one thing to be on the mount and
hear the excellent voice, etc., and
another to hear the voice declare to you, You have a
part and lot in that
kingdom.” (May 21, 1843.)
—Documentary History of the Church 5:401-403. (TPJS 306)
“The sacrifice required
of Abraham in the offering up of Isaac, shows that if a man would attain to the keys of the
kingdom of an endless
life; he must sacrifice
all things.
When God offers a blessing
or knowledge to a man, and he refuses to receive
it, he will be damned.” (TPJS 322 Refuse
knowledge and be damned he
said.)
(If you are too proud, and afraid
of public opinion-You fall short of the goal.) You must be willing to
obey all God has commanded, even if you have to stand all alone. Yea,
stand alone, like the true prophets have.) CLICK
HERE some important Doctrines from the
Prophet.
“The Israelites prayed that God would speak to
Moses and not to them; in consequence of which he cursed them
with a carnal law. TPJS
322
“Jesus
Christ is the heir of this Kingdom—the Only Begotten of the Father according to the
flesh, and holds the keys over all this
world.
Men have to suffer that
they may come upon Mount Zion and be exalted above the
heavens.
I know a
man that has been
caught up to the third heavens, and can say, with Paul, that we have seen and heard things that are not lawful to utter. (Aug. 27,
1843.) —DHC 5:554-556.
TPJS 323
“Oh! I beseech you to go forward,
go forward and make your calling and your election sure; and if any man preach any other
Gospel than that which I have preached, he shall be cursed; and some of you who now hear me shall see it,
and know that I testify the truth concerning
them.” TPJS 366
(NOW, If you don’t profess to be a
follower of Joseph Smith then you may have some excuse. And God
may
allow you to live awhile.
But
if you are a real hypocrite then order your gravestone.)
“The
Doctrine of Election. Peter exhorts us to make our calling and election
sure.
This is the sealing power spoken
of by Paul in other places.
“13.
In whom ye also trusted, that after ye heard the word of truth, the Gospel
of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with
that Holy Spirit of promise,
“14.
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the
purchased possession, unto the praise of His glory, that we may be sealed
up unto the day of redemption."—Ephesians, 1st chapter.
This principle ought in its proper
place to be taught,
for God hath not revealed anything to
Joseph, but what He will make known unto the Twelve, and even the least Saint may know all things as fast as he
is able to bear them, for the day must come when no man need say to
his neighbor, Know ye the Lord; for all shall
know Him (who remain
alive) from the least to the greatest. How is this to be
done? It is to be done by this sealing power, and the other
Comforter spoken of, which will be
manifest by revelation.” TPJS
149
(LDS are told that
IF
they are true and faithful the day will
come that they may become anointed
as kings and queens
in the kingdom of God. But it can’t happen when they don’t obey every word from God and believe him,
they can’t see him.)
“It will not be by sword or gun that this kingdom will
roll on: the power of truth is such that all nations will be under the
necessity of obeying the Gospel. The prediction is that army will
be against army: it may be that the Saints will
have to beat their ploughs into swords,
for it
will not do for men to sit down patiently and see their children
destroyed.”
(TPJS 366)
(So will
you fight for the USA?)
(You can’t even begin to count the millions of Mormons
who do not
believe what
Joseph Smith said
or their own
scriptures.
It’s no wonder that they don’t have true
prophets.
“O ye
wicked and
perverse and
stiffnecked people, why have ye built up
churches unto yourselves to get gain? Why have ye
transfigured the holy word of God, that ye might bring damnation upon
your souls? Behold, look
ye unto the revelations of God; for behold, the time cometh at that day
when all these things must be fulfilled.”
Mormon 8:33
“O ye
pollutions, ye
hypocrites,
ye teachers, who
sell yourselves for that which will canker,
why have
ye
polluted the
holy church of God? Why are ye ashamed to
take upon you the name of Christ? Why do ye
not think that greater is the value of an endless happiness than that
misery which never dies—because of the
praise of the world?”
Book of Mormon -- Mormon 8: 38
So Why
did the President of the LDS
Church say in
1982
CLICK HERE
Why is the church
polluted! Part 2 CLICK HERE
See
what Enoch said CLICK HERE
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