GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear,
O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop
as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the
tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: Because I will publish
the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
(Old
Testament | Deuteronomy 32:1 - 3)
It
is no mystery. The word of the LORD does not return to him empty, void or
without doing what he intended when he uttered them by or thru his mouthpiece
then and now.
An
apostle is an elder, Elder Bednard from the quorum of the twelve apostles of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints gave us and the world most in
the recent general solemn general assembly of the church a speech titled The
Windows of Heaven.
THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN
By
David A Bednard
“Spiritual and
temporal blessings come into our lives as we live the law of tithing.”
Then
not long ago he went about and asked those who visited his facebook page and
asked:
How has tithing blessed you?
I
was gladly obliged to report and said to him.
Now, Elder Bednard, since you have asked this is my
report.
Before,
when I was young I girded myself and went where I wanted. I had lots of hair, pride,
I had a great job and I traveled the world. I had a palatial home, two cars in
the garage and sufficient resources to travel and take vacations. I paid
tithing on and off but never did a tithing settlement.I had lots of physical strength, but was sick
spiritually and was angry all the time, unsatisfied, always wanting to earn
more and thus mad me very unhappy. I
only bought new stuff and rejected simple things and I paid for services, for
someone else to cut the grass or to have something fixed. And the list of pride, vanity, slackness,
softness and wickedness can go on and on.I sum, I was not worthy to hold a temple recommend and to do the errand
of the LORD which is genealogy work for my own. And if that was not enough, I said much about
me, myself and I.
Now
that I am not so young, somebody else girds me and I go where I do not want to
go. I have had no gainful employment
since 2004, but the LORD gives me abundantly the gold that I lack and of which
I had never had enough, which are the gifts of Gratitude and Humility.And then, when I could buy, I had never had
as much food, as many ties and shirts or pants or food or shoes as I do now for
my family and I.And I have no room to
hold it and yet I buy very little. I feel like a bishop that knows how to get
things, and when someone in need appears, I surely have something good to give
to anyone that asks. And these material
things came to us even without even asking or by purchasing it by pennies on
the dollar here and there, new or newsed. Those are only one hundredths of the
temporal blessings. I do not always know what to do with it. Things have
changed dramatically.Now I am on the
right side of the river. People are in the position that I was before, in the
gardens of Babylon,
they do not want for simple things.
Now
as a result of more consecrated like obedience, to commandments, the law of
tithing and the temple covenants, I am home most of the time and I have very
pleasing and insightful family home evenings consistently. We hardly even get
sick at home and we are growing from grace to grace. I see my children grow and I fix the stuff
that need to be fixed.I even had mown
my own lawn and a few others from time to time.I have enhanced the gift or ability to say things that come do not from
me, but from the spirit of the LORD which is in me; and I am not ashamed
because it is the truth and the power of God unto salvation. I have completed a lot of
genealogy work and that is priceless. I
lack hair some physical strength and stamina now, but I have increased faith,
happiness, power in the priesthood, and I have become somewhat quick to
observe. I can see heavenly patterns and
I guide my life by them. I do not know about today, because the devil is always
snaring, but if I had died yesterday, I would have gone directly to paradise. I
now work for the LORD Jesus Christ only.
I
graduated from High School by equivalency examination when I was at grade ten,
so I am not a learned man, but now it is as I am instructed every single day
without a vacation in of the school of the prophets.I have been given the tongue of the learned;
and right or wrong, I record pretty much everything, even my own thoughts. Since
October 2007, I have written some 11 blogs with over 530 unedited long articles
in them and counting. To me those blogs
are as vast gleaning fields of pasture for my children that in case of need, if
faith does not fail me, they could even feed the whole world spiritually until
the kingdom comes. Because in these blogs I publish the name of the LORD and
his words. Or, as the prophets speak for GOD, I plagiarize their words to the
ends of the earth so saint and sinner could hear them. They are the wise, I am
their voice. They are to me as Moses and
I am to them as Aaron. And all that came thru the windows of heaven that you
see as my face here this very day.
And
I did not notice it much before, even how subtle are these blessings until the
prophet of GOD confirmed the faith of many in public during general conference.
That day I knew that I had not labored in vain. I know, I myself have even seen and heard the
windows of heaven. I solemnly testify this
day in public that God spoke thru the prophet. Therefore I have reason to rejoice in the gifs
and the giver of the gifts and to say up loud. I THANK THEE OH GOD FOR A
PROPHET.
The
talks that our leaders give com with references or scriptures or little numbers
by some phrases the prophets utter to give us some deeper insight if we search
them with eyes of faith. In those things I learned the ways of the LORD for in
them as the prophets said the LORD spoke saying:
For my thoughts are
not your thoughts, neither are your
ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as
the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow
from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it
bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the
eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not
return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall
prosper in the thing whereto I sent
it.
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with
peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their
hands.
(Old
Testament | Isaiah 55:8 - 12)
And
this I say humbly and joyfully in the sacred name of Jesus Christ amen.
I
thought I had said enough about it not knowing what the LORD had in store for
me.
Last
week I was asked by the Elder Quorum President to teach in the Elder’s quorum
that very same speech tomorrow.I had
heard that speech in General conference. I read it for the first that Sunday in
Spanish; and then read it again a couple
of times at home both in Spanish and in English to grasp the will of the spirit.
And I did not have the inspiration to
teach about it because I did not recognize all the blessings of which Elder
Bernad spoke about. Maybe I grasped a few but not all.The LORD works in his own way and in his own
time and according to his own will.This
morning I woke up demoralized because of the horrible dreams I had. And I woke
up at six and went to facebook.The
Mormon.org site in facebook had posted a link concerning gratitude. And then
everything that I had read last night came to remembrance and I posted a
message and a link that says:
“Gratitude
is a gift, a blessing that comes to us thru the windows of heaven that radiates
our lives when we obey the law of tithing. I know. And you can too, see for
yourselves. We thank thee God for a prophet.”
After
this I visited the facebook page of elder Bednard and from there I played the speech
he gave so I could hear it again and it was marvelous. I enumerated a great
many blessings that we take for granted when we pay tithes. So I began to write
what you read above. And now I have been
thinking about that speech all day. I believe I left many things unsaid.The most important is that before, when I
paid tithes on and off and kept not the commandments as much as I now do, I did
suffer greatly because of unrighteousness and nothings shameful happened to me;
now I suffer even more exquisitely but for righteousness sake and I rejoice exceedingly when I am counted worthy
to be taken for righteousness sake. Before
I did hide from my church brethren, I did not have much disposition to serve
others.Now I take great pleasure in
serving others.Before, I read the book
of Mormon and the other scriptures to learn knowledge, now I live by its
precepts and have a more perfect testimony of the divinity of Christ and the
truth. Before, I worked on Sundays to
make more hours and earn more in over time pay; and now I would not trade a
Sunday for work nor for all the money in the world.Before I believed that GOD was a god of far,
and now he is a GOD of near. Before I hid my evil thoughts and deeds and did
run away from GOD and his striped when he undertook to chastise me, now I no
longer turn my back on him but draw nearer and ask him to search my heart and
thought and clean me with hyssop my unrighteousness.Before I had trouble being faithful or
keeping the commandments and now I ask for more commandments.Before
I attended to church meetings, now I attend church to receive revelation.Before, I planned my life five years in
advance and had great anxieties to live providently, now I am like the wind, I
do not know where I will go or where the spirit will take me. I truly live day
by day. And the list of blessings can go on and on.And last but not least, before I thought I
was one of the ninety nine righteous, and now I know that it was me who was
lost and that Jesus Christ suffered and died for me.
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest
the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth:
so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
(New
Testament | John 3:8)
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that
there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now
herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of
heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there
shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke
the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your
ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field,
saith the LORD of hosts. And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall
be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
Your words have been stout against me, saith the
LORD.Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance,
and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?And now we call the
proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Then they that feared the LORD spake
often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written
before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of
hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man
spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return,
and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God
and him that serveth him not.
(Old
Testament | Malachi 3:10 - 18)
I
am very grateful for all these and many other spiritual blessings. I did not intend to prove the LORD and take
his challenge as recorded in Malachi 3 , but I now know by my own testimony that
the windows of heaven are wide open. And when I am cornered and have no way
out, the LORD opens a door than no man can shut. And these are but a portion of
my many blessings. And the eternity is not enough to thank and ascribe
greatness unto my GOD. And these things I say humbly and meekly in his holy
name, even in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
But remember that all my judgments are not given
unto men; and as the words have gone forth out of my mouth even so shall they
be fulfilled, that the first shall be last, and that the last shall be first in
all things whatsoever I have created by the word of my power, which is the
power of my Spirit.
The prophet said that we
are moral beings and agents unto ourselves. And the LORD has said that the house
of God is a house of order and not of a house of confusion.What does this language mean? It means that
there cannot be order or free agency or liberty without law.Therefore the kingdom of GOD
is governed by law and magistrates or officer as any other known kingdom to man;
only that god’s kingdom is governed in a more perfect union and
fraternity.Where there is no law, there
is no freedom. Therefore, as a result of knowing all existing laws and being
able to keep them all which is righteousness, GOD has or possesses ultimate freedom
to be or to act.Thus, the extent of our
freedom is in direct proportion to the number of laws we know and are able to
keep. This can be betters explained by
the words of the prophets as recorded in the following video.
THE COMMADMENTS OF GOD
Now
in any moral government, there are commandments, laws, statutes, justice and judgments.
It is important that we give heed or pay attention in order to understand the
difference of these factors. Since the first law of heaven is obedience, the
commandments of GOD are the highest law of the faithful.Hence the prophet said, it is better to obey
than to sacrifice and to listen than the fat of rams.First of all, the commandments of GOD are for
all of us to keep or observe at all times without any discrimination
whatsoever. They are the foundation of live both in this world and the world to
come.Take the foundation of any house
or the life of the body which is the blood and the house will fall and the body
will perish. Therefore commandments are like one o the fundamental forces of
the universe, they apply to men and women, to old and young, to rich and poor, to
sovereign or plebeian, to healthy and the sic, etc.As such we have the known Ten Commandments
plus one which all together can be summarized into two.
1
Thou shalt have no other gods before
me (Exodus 20:3).
2
Thou shalt not make unto thee any
graven image (Exodus
20:4).
3
Thou shalt not take the name of the
Lord thy God in vain (Exodus 20:7).
4
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it
holy (Exodus 20:8).
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one
another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
(New Testament | John
13:34)
12
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength:
this is the first commandment.
13
And
the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself.There is none
other commandment greater than these.
(New Testament | Mark 12:30 - 31)
It matters not if we are
Jews, Christians or of any other faith or denomination or even in the secular
or pagan world.We all know that by breaking any of
these commandments brings chaos, anarchy or disorder and the judgments of GOD either by his own hand
or by the effects of natural law.
In the
Book of Amos in the OLD testament or the Bible, the LORD has enumerated the many
of the sins of all nations and the judgments for breaking them according to the
nature of the sins which in one way or another, relate to the greater
commandments.The wages or penalty of
sin is death. Therefore, to break a commandment of GOD is one too many. At that
very moment that we have sinned, we have already unleash a sequence of events that
will bring about the next apocalypse in our individual, familiar, communal,
national or cosmopolitan life or world.But the
LORD in just justice and kindness has provided other practical laws and the
mechanism of the atonement under the conditions of repentance and restitution
to amend or lessen the effects or the consequences of sin so that our lives are prolonged unto repentance and they do not
become necessarily fatal.We cannot
expect the law to save us when we have broken it, for this is why we need a
savior or a redeemer that fully satisfy the demands of both temporal and
eternal justice.
Since GOD is in essence and potency an eternal being, all his
commandments are eternal in nature and therefore the justice and judgments or
his punishments and sanctions are of eternal nature. Therefore, as the living
prophet has impressed upon us all. Decisions determine destiny. We cannot make
eternal decisions without eternal consequences.When we break an eternal law or commandment, we can try to fix it or
amend it but without a savior we cannot.And even with a savior in place, for three transgressions and a fourth,
the LORD himself has said, or despite how much he loves us, the LORD will not deviate his punishment upon the
individual or nation. The law is good when applied judiciously or
lawfully.And GOD is a just GOD and he
would cease to be GOD if he does not keep pr enforce his own laws. It is just like the great giant of the seas,
even the TITANIC.When the ship violated
or trespassed the known laws of maritime navigation among others; and hit the
iceberg, three or four of the ten or more floating compartments were damaged beyond repair. Despite the best wishes or effort to try to save it, it broke and sank. SO it is with the
laws of GOD. For him to whim much is given, much is required; and he that sins
against more light, greater is his condemnation. Or, he that knew not and did
things worthy of stripes shall be striped a little, and he that sinned much
will be stripped much. Therefore, woe unto him to whom the law is given and has
all the commandments like unto us and transgress them and wastes his or her
life and repents not for their state is terrible and if they do not repent
speedily they shall perish.For the LORD
has plainly and unequivocally said:
Thus saith the LORD; For three
transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will
not turn away the punishment thereof; because
they have threshed Gilead with threshing
instruments of iron:
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,
which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad. I will break also the bar of
Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that
holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and
the people of Syria
shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.
Thus saith the LORD; For three
transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not
turn away the punishment thereof; because
they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which
shall devour the palaces thereof:And I
will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from
Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the
Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
Thus saith the LORD; For three
transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because
they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly
covenant: But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the
palaces thereof. Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for
four, I will not turn away the punishment
thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all
pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: But I
will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Thus saith the LORD; For three
transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because
they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge
their border: But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall
devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest
in the day of the whirlwind: And their king shall go into captivity, he and his
princes together, saith the LORD.
(Old Testament | Amos 1:3 - 15)
THUS saith the LORD; For three
transgressions of Moab, and
for four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall
devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: And I
will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes
thereof with him, saith the LORD.
Thus saith the LORD; For three
transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because
they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and
their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked: But I
will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Thus saith the LORD; For three
transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because
they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; That pant
after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of
the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name: And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to
pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. Yet destroyed
I the Amorite before them, whose height was
like the height of the cedars, and he was
strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from
beneath. Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the
Amorite. And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for. Nazarites.Is it
not even thus, O ye children of Israel?saith the LORD. But ye gave the Nazarites
wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. Behold, I am
pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that
is full of sheaves. Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and
the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver
himself: Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself. And
he that is courageous among the
mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
(Old Testament | Amos 2:1 - 16)
But he that knew not, and did commit
things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever
much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed
much, of him they will ask the more.
(New Testament | Luke 12:48)
For of him unto whom much is given much
is required; and he who sins against the greater light shall receive the
greater condemnation.
(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 82:3)
But wo unto him that has the law given, yea, that
has all the commandments of God, like unto us, and that transgresseth them, and
that wasteth the days of his probation, for awful is his state!
(Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 9:27)
THE LAWS OF GOD
The
laws on the other hands are established only for those that break them.I cannot require a law to be kept from
somebody who is not accountable or responsible before the Law because that
person is not sufficiently instructed to know the law and keep it except miraculously. In the kingdom of GOD,
we have the law of tithing and the law of the gospel for instance.I cannot require a Baby or little children to
keep such a laws because it is based upon interest or work related earnings and
of the ability to commit sin responsibly. It will be unjust and it will make irsison of
the plan of salvation atonement of Jesus Christ for he died and resurrected for
such.He that is whole does not need a
physician and little children are whole in the eyes of GOD because for these he
died and took back his life again. Since little children cannot work or sin, they
are exempt from the law until they are taught the law and are accountable
before GOD.
Listen to the words of Christ, your Redeemer, your
Lord and your God.Behold, I came into the world not to call the righteous but
sinners to repentance; the whole need no physician, but they that are
sick; wherefore, little children are whole, for they
are not capable of committing sin; wherefore the curse of Adam is taken
from them in me, that it hath no power over them; and the law of circumcision
is done away in me.
(Book of Mormon | Moroni 8:8)
And after this manner did the Holy Ghost manifest
the word of God unto me; wherefore, my beloved son, I know that it is solemn
mockery before God, that ye should baptize little children. Behold I say unto
you that this thing shall ye teach—repentance and baptism unto those who are
accountable and capable of committing sin; yea, teach parents that they must
repent and be baptized, and humble themselves as their little children, and
they shall all be saved with their little children. And their little children
need no repentance, neither baptism.Behold, baptism is unto repentance to the fulfilling the commandments
unto the remission of sins.
But little children are alive in Christ, even from
the foundation of the world; if not so, God is a partial God, and also a
changeable God, and a respecter to persons; for how many little children have
died without baptism! Wherefore, if little children could not be saved without
baptism, these must have gone to an endless hell.
Behold I say unto you, that he that supposeth that
little children need baptism is in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity;
for he hath neither faith, hope, nor charity; wherefore, should he be cut off
while in the thought, he must go down to hell. For awful is the wickedness to
suppose that God saveth one child because of baptism, and the other must perish
because he hath no baptism.
Wo be unto them that shall pervert the ways of the
Lord after this manner, for they shall perish except they repent.Behold, I speak with boldness, having
authority from God; and I fear not what man can do; for perfect love casteth
out all fear.
And I am filled with charity, which is everlasting
love; wherefore, all children are alike unto me; wherefore, I love little
children with a perfect love; and they are all alike and partakers of
salvation. For I know that God is not a partial God, neither a changeable
being; but he is unchangeable from all eternity to all eternity. Little
children cannot repent; wherefore, it is awful wickedness to deny the pure
mercies of God unto them, for they are all alive in him because of his mercy.
And he that saith that little children need baptism
denieth the mercies of Christ, and setteth at naught the atonement of him and
the power of his redemption. Wo unto such, for they are in danger of death,
hell, and an endless torment.I speak it
boldly; God hath commanded me.Listen
unto them and give heed, or they stand against you at the judgment–seat of
Christ.For behold that all little
children are alive in Christ, and also all they that are without the law.For the power of redemption cometh on all them
that have no law; wherefore, he that is not condemned, or he that is under no
condemnation, cannot repent; and unto such baptism availeth nothing—
But it is mockery before God, denying the mercies
of Christ, and the power of his Holy Spirit, and putting trust in dead works.
Behold, my son, this thing ought not to be; for repentance is unto them that
are under condemnation and under the curse of a broken law. And the first
fruits of repentance is baptism; and baptism cometh by faith unto the
fulfilling the commandments; and the fulfilling the commandments bringeth
remission of sins; And the remission of sins bringeth meekness, and lowliness
of heart; and because of meekness and lowliness of heart cometh the visitation
of the Holy Ghost, which Comforter filleth with hope and perfect love, which
love endureth by diligence unto prayer, until the end shall come, when all the
saints shall dwell with God.
Behold, my son, I will write unto you again if I go
not out soon against the Lamanites.Behold, the pride of this nation, or the people of the Nephites, hath
proven their destruction except they should repent. Pray for them, my son, that
repentance may come unto them.But
behold, I fear lest the Spirit hath ceased striving with them; and in this part
of the land they are also seeking to put down all power and authority which
cometh from God; and they are denying the Holy Ghost. And after rejecting so
great a knowledge, my son, they must perish soon, unto the fulfilling of the
prophecies which were spoken by the prophets, as well as the words of our
Savior himself. Farewell, my son, until I shall write unto you, or shall meet
you again.Amen.
(Book of Mormon | Moroni 8:9 - 30)
In the kingdom or
government of GOD under heaven and his church we have been knowledge of several
laws which many of us have received by covenant and are under solemn
obligation to keep them or else, for GOD will not be mocked. These laws go above
and beyond the basic commandments of GOD, which are the standard and basic
necessities of all people. These laws are:
LAW
of OBEDIENCE to all of God’s
commandments.
THE
LAW of SACRIFICE, which are
required of all us even when we are obedient in all things, but more
particularly when we break either a commandment, or a law or a statute of
law according to the faith, truth, justice and mercy of GOD.
THE
LAW of THE GOSPEL, which is
the pan of happiness and which is centered in two principles and two
ordinances. Fist, faith in the LORD Jesus Christ, Second Repentance, And
Baptism by immersion for the remission of sin and the bestowal of the gift
of the Holy Ghost by the Lying on of hands.
THE
Law of CHASTITY which is to
abstain from any and all sexual relationships except with our husband or
wife to whom we are legally and lawfully married; and whether we are
married or not, TO AVOIDany unholy and impure practice.
THE LAW of CONSACRATION. This law, in connection with the law of
tithing and the other above cited laws indicate that we consecrate all that we posses and all things with
which we have been blessed or will be blessed for the building up of the Kingdom of GOD
and for the establishment of Zion
which is a more perfect union and fraternity.
Thus
we can discern the difference between commandments and laws. And since little
children cannot sin, or since they are not breaking any commandment or law,
they are as if they had never sinned or as if they are keeping it for they are
not breaking it.
THE STATUTES OF LAW
Statutes
are merely rules, guidelines or general observances or requirements according
to the LAW in our jurisdiction or locality. The STATUTES OF LAW serve the
purpose of teaching us and preparing us in all things that are pertaining for
us to know in order to live in an organized and orderly society. These include
the individual and collective obligations of all moral being in any given society
of teaching each other and to learn by our own initiative the commandments, the
laws, the statutes themselves and the truth, justice and the judgments of GOD. forget to pray and you will soon fall into temptation which leads to greater transgressions and to sorrow, captivity and even death.
In
a secular government we have many statutes that are for instance the road signs
and traffic lights which we are support to observe to maintain order and rights
of all drivers and walkers. It differentiates from commandments which are afixed,
unchangeable and irrevocable; and from laws which are firm and unbreakable or
held inviolate to maintain order, peace, liberty and right.The statutes are more arbitrary rules or
measures that exist to help us to measure and govern the general and everyday
affairs of the people, but they can be modified according to foreseeable and
enforceable circumstances in the locality which we live.
The
speed limit of a highway can be altered to accommodate traffic and to reduce
fatalities of both careful and careless drivers at any given time. It is different in many places also, for there is no one statute that fits all. And if an officer of the law is present, he
can also judge the feasibility of certain statutes without inflicting upon us
or incurring in an established penalty.
For instance: if the road is under construction or blocked of the
traffic light does not work an officer authority supersedes the statute
circumstantially, for we know he can make us change course of forbid us altogether
from going in a particular rule. And he can also warn us or fine us at his
discretion or upon investigation for repetitive offenses. He can judge or
decide whether we are deliberate or not upon the circumstances. Thus we are
generally supposed to know and observe the statutes of law according to our
jurisdiction and/or locality.If I live
in Florida, I am not required to keep the
statutes of California
or vise verse because the conditions and circumstances change. California
for instance, may requires all motorcycle drivers to wear a helmet but in Florida it is advisable
but it is not required. For instance also, primary education or the observance
of daylight saving during spring and autumn and the special holidays or feasts
are certain statutes that generally help the peopledefine who they are and remember the
beginning and the end of cropping cycles among other things. Many of the statutes
are based on customary or traditional activities that help us to remember our
duty to the state, to ourselves and to our fellow citizens.
Likewise
we have statutes in the kingdom and in the church of GOD
for both our temporal and eternal benefit. For instance, we are commanded to pray always
both verbally and in secret and those that fail to do this will be held
accountable before the Bishop or chief officer. The LORD even rebuked severely a holy prophet
for three hours because the prophet forgot to pray or to call upon GOD for three
or four whole years.
Watch ye therefore, and
pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things
that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
(New Testament | Luke 21:36)
Praying always with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and
supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me,
that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, For
which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought
to speak.
(New Testament | Ephesians 6:18 - 20)
But behold, I say unto you that
ye must pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing
unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name
of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy
performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.
(Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 32:9)
And it came to pass at the end of four years that
the Lord came again unto the brother of Jared, and stood in a cloud and talked
with him.And
for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and
chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord.
And the brother of Jared repented of the evil which he had done, and did call
upon the name of the Lord for his brethren who were with him.And the Lord said unto him: I will forgive
thee and thy brethren of their sins; but thou shalt not sin any more, for ye
shall remember that my Spirit will not always strive with man; wherefore, if ye
will sin until ye are fully ripe ye shall be cut off from the presence of the
Lord.And these are my thoughts upon the
land which I shall give you for your inheritance; for it shall be a land choice
above all other lands.
(Book of Mormon | Ether 2:14 - 15)
And a commandment I give unto them—that he that observeth not his prayers before the Lord in the
season thereof, let him be had in remembrance before the judge of my people.
(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 68:33)
Pray in your families unto the Father,
always in my name, that your wives and your children may be blessed.
(Book of
Mormon | 3 Nephi 18:21)
Besides
this we are to teach one another the doctrines of the kingdom, to serve, to attend,
to celebrate and to participate and enjoy in many general, customary or
traditional religious activities that would help us remember our duty to GOD
and our fellow man. For instance, we are
commanded to keep the Sabbath day holy at all times and in all places, for it
is a commandment of GOD, but as a statute we are also required to meet often or
to attend meetings to give and receive counsel. We are required to Have Family Home Evenings
on Mondays, but if for one reason or another we cannot, we can have it on
another day as long as we have the. We
are counseled to attend certain educational meeting and to participate general
conferences or celebrations of the church as it was common among the children
of Israel
anciently and not to anciently.
And behold, ye shall meet together oft;
and ye shall not forbid any man from coming unto you when ye shall meet
together, but suffer them that they may come unto you and
forbid them not; But ye shall pray for them, and shall not cast them out; and
if it so be that they come unto you oft ye shall pray for them unto the Father,
in my name. Therefore, hold up your light that it may shine unto the
world.Behold I am the light which ye
shall hold up—that which ye have seen me do.Behold ye see that I have prayed unto the Father, and ye all have
witnessed.
(Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 18:22 - 24)
THE proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of
Israel; To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment,
and equity; To give subtilty to the simple, to
the young man knowledge and discretion.
(Old Testament | Proverbs 1:1 - 4)
For to one is given by the Spirit the
word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same
Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by
the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to
another discerning of spirits; to another divers
kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: But all these
worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he
will.
(New Testament | 1 Corinthians 12:8 - 11)
We
have what we have the law of health of the LORD for our well being and happiness,
which is called the word of wisdom. It
is just as ancient times, which was given then more particularly to the High
Priest and Nazarenes or saints but now it is for us all to keep and observe. And
it pleases the LORD that we do. It was given to us by revelation directly by the LORD not by
way of commandment but by way of greeting. In the word of wisdom, we are not specifically
forbidden anything, but we are counseled, warned and forewarned that not supposed to ingest or participate in anything that
will bring harm o to our spirit, mind and body such as alcoholic beverages, hot
drinks such as coffee and tea and Tobacco and illicit drugs among others. And also to use
every things that the LORD has given us for the use of man judiciously or as indented. The word of
wisdom comprehends a great many things, including going to bed early and waking
up early for the particular benefit of our mind and body. It also tells us not to be idle or to work when we are able and be self sufficient, being continually engaged out of our own initiative in a good cause for the power to do these things is in us.
A WORD OF WISDOM, for the benefit of the
council of high priests, assembled in Kirtland, and the church, and also the
saints in Zion— To be sent greeting; not by commandment or constraint, but by
revelation and the word of wisdom, showing forth the order and will of God in
the temporal salvation of all saints in the last days— Given
for a principle with promise, adapted to the capacity of the weak and the
weakest of all saints, who are or can be called saints.
(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 89:1 - 3)
Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord unto
you: In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the
hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have
warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by
revelation— That inasmuch as any man drinketh
wine or strong drink among you, behold it is not good, neither meet in the
sight of your Father, only in assembling yourselves together to offer up your
sacraments before him. And, behold, this should be wine, yea, pure wine
of the grape of the vine, of your own make.
And, again, strong drinks are not for the
belly, but for the washing of your bodies.
And again, tobacco is not for the body,
neither for the belly, and is not good for man, but is an herb for bruises and all
sick cattle, to be used with judgment and skill.
And again, hot drinks are not for the
body or belly.
And again, verily I say unto you, all wholesome herbs God hath ordained for the constitution,
nature, and use of man— Every herb in the season thereof, and every fruit in
the season thereof; all these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving.
Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air,
I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless
they are to be used sparingly; And it is pleasing unto me that they
should not be used, only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine.
All grain is ordained for the use of man
and of beasts, to be the staff of life, not only for man but for the beasts of
the field, and the fowls of heaven, and all wild animals that run or creep on
the earth; And these hath God made for the use of man only
in times of famine and excess of hunger. All grain is good for
the food of man; as also the fruit of the vine; that which yieldeth fruit,
whether in the ground or above the ground—Nevertheless, wheat for man,
and corn for the ox, and oats for the horse, and rye for the fowls and for
swine, and for all beasts of the field, and barley for all useful animals, and
for mild drinks, as also other grain.
And all saints who remember to keep and
do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments, shall receive
health in their navel and marrow to their bones; And shall find wisdom and great
treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures; And shall run and not be weary,
and shall walk and not faint.
And I, the Lord, give unto them a
promise, that the destroying angel shall pass by them, as the children of Israel, and not
slay them.Amen.
(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 89:4 - 21)
See that ye love one another; cease to be covetous;
learn to impart one to another as the gospel requires. Cease to be idle; cease
to be unclean; cease to find fault one with another; cease to sleep longer than
is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early,
that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated. And above all things,
clothe yourselves with the bond of charity, as with a mantle, which is the bond
of perfectness and peace. Pray always, that ye may not faint, until I
come.Behold, and lo, I will come
quickly, and receive you unto myself.Amen.
(Doctrine
and Covenants | Section 88:123 - 126)
THE FAITH, TRUTH, JUSTICE, JUDGEMENT AND MERCY OF
GOD
Thus I have just given you all to the best of my
ability an idea of what the commandments, the laws and the Statues of GOD are. And
the ignorant or deliberate breaking of the commandment, the laws and the
statutes of GOD bring about sooner or later his justice and judgment upon us like unto the
children of Israel for the testimony of the apostles and the prophets is still in
full force.
The LORD did not come to abrogate or to destroy the
law and the prophets but to fulfill them. He gave the law and he fulfilled it. And
as a result, some of the laws were changed or modified respectively, more particularly those
of carnal or temporal character or nature where changed to and spiritual eternal
character or nature. The original commandments remained and more were given to us. Before it was
required of us to offer the first fruits of the earth and the firstling of certain
animals or blood sacrifices; which sacrifices
were from the beginning until the death of Jesus, the Christ, which ended sacrifices
by the shedding of blood. But sacrifices in itself did not end. We are required
to offer alms or sacrifices do still exist or they were modified. Instead the
LORD requires tithing, repentance, service, fasting and a broken heart and a
contrite spirit as an acceptable sacrifices.
Think not that I am come to destroy the
law or the prophets.I am not come to
destroy but to fulfil; For verily I say unto you, one jot nor one tittle
hath not passed away from the law, but in me it hath all been fulfilled.
(Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 12:17 - 18)
Behold, now it is called today until the coming of
the Son of Man, and verily it is a day of sacrifice,
and a day for the tithing of my people; for he that is tithed shall not be
burned at his coming. For after today cometh the burning—this is
speaking after the manner of the Lord—for verily I say,
tomorrow all the proud and they that do wickedly shall be as stubble; and I
will burn them up, for I am the Lord of Hosts; and I will not spare any that
remain in Babylon. Wherefore, if ye believe me, ye will labor while it
is called today.
(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 64:23 - 25)
And behold, I have given you the law and
the commandments of my Father, that ye shall believe in me, and that ye shall
repent of your sins, and come unto me with a broken heart and a contrite
spirit.
Behold, ye have the commandments before you, and
the law is fulfilled.
Therefore come unto me and be ye saved; for verily
I say unto you, that except ye shall keep my commandments, which I have
commanded you at this time, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of
heaven.
Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old
time, and it is also written before you, that thou shalt not kill, and
whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment of God; But I say unto
you, that whosoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of his judgment.And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca,
shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be
in danger of hell fire.
Therefore, if ye shall come unto me, or shall
desire to come unto me, and rememberest that thy brother hath aught against
thee— Go thy way unto thy brother, and first be reconciled to thy brother, and
then come unto me with full purpose of heart, and I will receive you.
Agree with thine adversary quickly while thou art
in the way with him, lest at any time he shall get thee, and thou shalt be cast
into prison. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out
thence until thou hast paid the uttermost senine.And while ye are in prison can ye pay even
one senine?Verily, verily, I say unto
you, Nay.
Behold, it is written by them of old time, that
thou shalt not commit adultery; But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a
woman, to lust after her, hath committed adultery already in his heart.
Behold, I give unto you a commandment, that ye
suffer none of these things to enter into your heart; For it is better that ye
should deny yourselves of these things, wherein ye will take up your cross,
than that ye should be cast into hell. It hath been written, that whosoever
shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that whosoever
shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to
commit adultery; and whoso shall marry her who is divorced committeth adultery.
And again it is written, thou shalt not forswear
thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths; But verily, verily, I say
unto you, swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; Nor by
the earth, for it is his footstool; Neither shalt thou swear by thy head,
because thou canst not make one hair black or white; But let your communication
be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever cometh of more than these is evil.
And behold, it is written, an eye for an eye, and a
tooth for a tooth; But I say unto you,
that ye shall not resist evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right
cheek, turn to him the other also; And if any man will sue thee at the law and
take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also; And whosoever shall compel
thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that
would borrow of thee turn thou not away.
And behold it is written also, that thou shalt love
thy neighbor and hate thine enemy; But behold I say unto you, love your
enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for
them who despitefully use you and persecute you; That ye may be the children of
your Father who is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on
the good. Therefore those things which were of old time, which were under the
law, in me are all fulfilled. Old things are done away, and all things have
become new. Therefore I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your
Father who is in heaven is perfect.
(Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 12:19 - 48)
Now if we keep the laws of GOD we have no need to
break the laws of man because the laws of heaven are higher. And whether it be the
laws of GOD or of the land, those which are just and constitutional and that promote freedom and liberty for all flesh; if we
break them, unless we speedily repent and amend our ways in accordance to the
laws of the gospel, we must incur and suffer the vengeance of a just and
offended GOD both by his hand and by the laws of nature. We can read a more comprehensive list
blessings and curses in the booked of Deuteronomy in the old testament of the
bible from chapter 26 and upwards. Here is
but a brief statement made by God himself thru Moses, his mouthpiece on earth
at that time; and which was given to us,
who were not born yet when he said listen o heaven and to those who where
living then upon the earth when he said give heed o earth. And we all heard and
it was recorded in heaven.
GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak;
and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
(Old
Testament | Deuteronomy 32:1)
AND it shall come to pass, when all these things
are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee,
and thou shalt call them to mind
among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, And shalt
return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I
command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with
all thy soul; That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have
compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations,
whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
If any of thine be driven out unto the
outmost parts of heaven, from thence
will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: And the
LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and
thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy
fathers. And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy
seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul,
that thou mayest live. And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon
thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
And thou
shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which
I command thee this day.
And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in
every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy
cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice
over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: If thou shalt hearken unto
the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which
are written in this book of the law, and
if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
For this commandment which I command thee this day,
it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us
to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou
shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we
may hear it, and do it? But the word is
very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
See, I have set before thee this day life and good,
and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God,
to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his
judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless
thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. But if thine heart turn
away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other
gods, and serve them; I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely
perish, and that ye shall not prolong
your days upon the land, whither thou
passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
I call heaven and earth to record this
day against you, that I have set
before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that
both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and
that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is
thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which
the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give
them.
(Old
Testament | Deuteronomy 30:1 - 20)
Disobedience to the commandments, laws, statutes is
what brought the fall of man in the beginning; this is what brought about the
great deluge in the days of Noah; this is that brought about the captivity of
the Israelites after they departed from the counsel of God under our father Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. This is what brought
about the dispersion of Israel
after Moses and the prophets; this is what brought about the great Apostasy or
the days of obscurantism, violence and debaucher after Jesus Christ and his holy
apostles. And this is what will cause or
bring the destruction of the world by fire according to Joseph Smith and his
companions. The world without GOD or the pagans have also had from antiquity until this very day, their fair share of justice and judgment
by the hand of the almighty GOD and by the effects of natural law. Just see the news of today and you will know the truth with your very own eyes. Its no mystery. It has happened from generation to generation upon all people.
THEREFORE THE LORD AND THE LIVING PROPHET OF GOD has WARNED
US AND FORWARNED US TODAY of things as they are, as they have been and as they are to
come as those recorded in the Book of Deuteronomy during the times of Moses, and in the Revelations of God in
the Bible as recorded by the apostles and prophets. And in the Book of Commandments called Doctrine And Covenants which is the revelation for our day and age thru the prophet Joseph Smith and his fellows.
Thus the LORD has spoken by living prophet of this day who has said:
"In the decades since the end of World
War II, standards of morality have lowered again and again. Crime spirals
upward; decency careens downward. Many are on a giant roller coaster of
disaster, seeking the thrills of the moment while sacrificing the joys of
eternity. Thus we forfeit peace.
We forget how the Greeks and Romans
prevailed magnificently in a barbaric world and how that triumph ended—how a
slackness and softness finally overcame them to their ruin. In the end, more
than they wanted freedom, they wanted security and a comfortable life; and they
lost all—comfort and security and freedom.
Do not yield to Satan’s enticements; rather, stand
firm for truth. The unsatisfied yearnings of the soul will not be met by a
never-ending quest for joy amidst the thrills of sensation and vice. Vice never
leads to virtue. Hate never promotes love. Cowardice never gives courage. Doubt
never inspires faith.
Some find it difficult to withstand the mocking and
unsavory remarks of foolish ones who ridicule chastity, honesty, and obedience
to God’s commands. But the world has ever belittled adherence to principle. When Noah was instructed to build an ark, the foolish
populace looked at the cloudless sky and then scoffed and jeered—until the rain
came.
Must we learn such costly lessons over
and over again? Times change, but truth persists. When we fail to profit from
the experiences of the past, we are doomed to repeat them with all their
heartache, suffering, and anguish. Haven’t we the wisdom to obey Him who knows
the beginning from the end—our Lord, who designed the plan of salvation—rather
than that serpent, who despised its beauty?"
Again, If you want to have an idea of the precise justice
and judgment of GOD upon the individual and the collective, please read very
carefully and compare history and what has perhaps happened in your very own
life with the described blessing and curses upon the children of Israel as
described in the book of Deuteronomy from Chapter 26 or 27 and upwards and also
the book of Malachi. But always remembering that all the judgments of GOD are
not given unto man. Wherefore the LORD counsels
us to search or remember these very same things when he says:
FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall
burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be
stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts,that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of
righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow
up as calves of the stall. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall
be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant,
which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
(Old Testament | Malachi 4:1 - 4)
Thanks to the promises of the ancient covenant, I
Miguel Angel Tinoco Rodriguez have enjoyed my share of blessings under the hand
of a pleased GOD when I have been humble, meek and obedient to his laws and commandments.
And I also have suffered under his
pleasing hand my share of chastisement or curses under the hand of GOD or by natural law. But I have considered at last these things,
even as the LORD prophesied thru Moses himself. And thanks
to the mercy and grace of heaven and the faithfulness of GOD to our fathers, Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, I, Miguel, have repented of my sins and have turned my
heart unto the heart of my fathers and more particularly unto my GOD. He circumcised my heart.And he commanded me expressly to study and
search the scriptures daily and to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ to my children
to the very best of my ability or the sins of my children will fall upon my own
head. They have a mission to fulfill
also, which is to prepare the way for the second coming of Christ. And with
this errand I am accomplishing that mission and sacred task so that they know
him who knows the end from the Beginning, even the LORD Jesus Christ who at
this very moment is supervising my handy work. And whom I serve diligently, and
whom I love above all things and who has said to me even today that what he
says unto one he says unto all.
And now, verily I say unto you, and
what I say unto one I say unto all, be of good cheer, little children; for I am
in your midst, and I have not forsaken you; And inasmuch as you have humbled
yourselves before me, the blessings of the kingdom are yours. Gird up your
loins and be watchful and be sober, looking forth for the coming of the Son of
Man, for he cometh in an hour you think not. Pray always that you enter not
into temptation, that you may abide the day of his coming, whether in life or
in death.Even so.Amen.
(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 61:36 - 39)
But remember that all my judgments are
not given unto men; and as the words have gone forth out of my mouth even so
shall they be fulfilled, that the first shall be last, and that the last
shall be first in all things whatsoever I have created by the word of my power,
which is the power of my Spirit.
(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 29:30)
I can never think or suppose that I can say enough in
behalf of my GOD. I write by the gift and power of GOD or inspired by the Holy
Ghost. When I am under his influence as today, I can do this all day or to write
forever. For I know that all things are written by the father. And this is the
end of my errand for this day which I leave with you my children, my family or
next of kin, my friends and companions. I testify of the truthfulness of these
things. And I do this humbly and with a single eye for the honor and glory of
GOD the Father in the glorious name of his only begotten son, of whose divinity
I testify as one having authority in the sacred name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Attentively yours from un unworthy servant in the hands
of Christ,
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that
there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now
herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of
heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there
shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke
the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your
ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field,
saith the LORD of hosts. And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall
be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
