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- ...hat God Almighty has revealed it to him, that she should be his (Joseph's) Spiritual wife; for it was right anciently,and God will tolerate it again: but we mus ...nst flesh, blood, nor bones; but against principalities and power, against spiritual wickedness in high places and therefore we will not use carnal weapons save72 KB (12,886 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...ze what they have been missing, repent, and make great contribution to the spiritual life of their community. The reason I believe this can take place is that, ...s very much like the feeling of loving someone who is physically ill. The spiritual peril devout Church members perceive their "wayward" family members to be i19 KB (3,151 words) - 18:12, 30 April 2024
- ...h is temporal, and that which is temporal in the likeness of that which is spiritual.' He made the tadpole and the ape, the lion and the elephant; but he did no Adam's fall brought temporal (natural) and spiritual death into the world. The temporal or natural death means that body and spi27 KB (4,776 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...ation-the-gift-the-test-and-the-promise?lang=eng "Personal Revelation: The Gift, the Test, and the Promise,"] ''Ensign'' 24, no. 11 (November 1994): 59&nda ...ation-the-gift-the-test-and-the-promise?lang=eng "Personal Revelation: The Gift, the Test, and the Promise,"] ''Ensign'' (November 1994).</ref>9 KB (1,563 words) - 21:34, 12 April 2024
- ..., and the Holy Ghost; the necessity of faith, repentance, baptism, and the gift of the Holy Ghost; etc.), but there were various differences among them. ...Church of Christ; (3) the gathering of lost Israel and the restoration of spiritual gifts to her; (4) the Second Coming of Christ; and (5) the resurrection and7 KB (1,068 words) - 15:37, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Can a person receive a spiritual witness about any book?== ...a testimony or when we have become aware of the proposition of receiving a spiritual witness, it is our choice to accept that testimony/proposition and to move6 KB (983 words) - 15:11, 13 April 2024
- ...faith in Christ, repentance and baptism for the remission of sins, and the gift of the holy ghost by the laying on of hands, after which I administered the ...been baptised [baptized] for the remission of sins, and have received the gift of the Holy Spirit, by the laying on of the hands of some one who had autho67 KB (11,841 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- ...nd Precious Book of Mormon doctrines#Faith.2C Repentance.2C Baptism.2C the gift of the Holy Ghost and Enduring to the End|Book of Mormon doctrines on:]] ...st in Him your pain of sins and believing in Him we receive salvation as a gift." - Dr. Phil Roberts (President, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)</44 KB (7,529 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...hen rendering it in a second language. Joseph, however, translated "by the gift and power of God" ({{s||D&C|135|3}}) — he did not know the language o ...as the most accurate book in existence. If this book was translated by the gift and power of God we must ask the question why have there been thousands of12 KB (1,933 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...ly stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.({{b|1|Peter|2|5}}) ...th His life and power, as it were). These lively stones are built into a "spiritual house" with the "living stone" (Christ) as the cornerstone.14 KB (2,187 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ===Remember that sometime in the past you received a spiritual witness to some extent about some aspect of church doctrine=== First of all, remember that sometime in the past you received a spiritual witness to some extent about some aspect of church doctrine. Building upon5 KB (870 words) - 15:21, 13 April 2024
- |L12=Response to claim: "20. Since the word grace means a free gift that can't be earned, why does the Book of Mormon state "for we know that i ...aven when 1 Corinthians 15:46 says that the physical body comes before the spiritual?"13 KB (2,209 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- ;Gift of the Holy Ghost: The right to have, whenever one is worthy, the companion *{{E|Gift of the Holy Ghost|2=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOR27 KB (4,268 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Why might someone not be able to see their spiritual impressions come to successful, obvious, and/or beautiful fruition?== One woman has told the author that she received a spiritual impression at one point that Joseph Smith absolutely did ''not'' practice p40 KB (6,655 words) - 15:39, 13 April 2024
- ...gs of which I have read, are things pertaining to things both temporal and spiritual: for it appears that the House of Israel, sooner or later, will be scattere In saying this we do not call in question the morality, the sincerity, or the spiritual enjoyment of individuals belonging to any religious system. On the contrary73 KB (12,947 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...ness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. ({{b||Romans|6|1-2,6, ...ent for ever and ever. James 1:17 says, 'Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no v27 KB (4,758 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ===Throughout history, women as well as men have developed the gift of prophecy as told and foretold by the scriptures=== ...this gift as told and foretold by the scriptures. However, the spiritual gift of prophecy is different from the calling the First Presidency and the Quor6 KB (1,020 words) - 15:37, 13 April 2024
- ...dvocated what he called a 'community of property and of wives,' in a more 'spiritual generation.' Mormons avoided the idiom but not the practice." "…Mormon c #Van Wagoner and Walker, "Joseph Smith: 'The Gift of Seeing,' ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'' 15 (Summer 1982): 2:558 KB (8,618 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...Holy Ghost, in the name of Jesus Christ, on all subjects pertaining to our spiritual welfare; if it so be that we keep his commandments, so as to render ourselv ...sins as well as in the doctrine of repentance; and in the doctrine of the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, as well as baptism for the rem65 KB (11,746 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...im: 87, 517n26 - "Smith's long association with occultism also helped draw spiritual 'seekers' into Mormonism" ...to claim: 95, 522n74 (HB) - Did Martin Harris claim that "all temporal and spiritual power would be given over to The Prophet Joseph Smith"?16 KB (2,387 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...}). The presentation of a purported historical document is not a spiritual gift, either in the D&C, or in the Bible (see {{b|1|Corinthians|12|1-11}}). ...some degree and to the faithful saints in particular is given the spirit, gift, and power of discernment. This ability is conferred upon people generally3 KB (571 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...of the paragraph. They remove Lucy's report that Joseph spoke primarily of spiritual tutoring and his increasing understanding of the forthcoming restoration, a ...ed, that this nation may read it." Do you not see, by Joseph receiving the gift that was conferred upon him, you and I have that record?7 KB (1,253 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- ...-133, n71 - the LDS church claims exclusive receipt of the Holy Ghost as a gift {{:Question: Do other religions confirm their beliefs through spiritual witness?}}22 KB (3,320 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- ...It is claimed that David Whitmer indicated that the visit of the angel was spiritual rather than real {{:Source:Revelations in Context on history.lds.org:Oliver Cowdery's Gift:Cowdery was among those who believed in and used a divining rod}}33 KB (5,205 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- {{:Source:Anderson:By the Gift and Power of God:Ensign:September 1977:Joseph Smith may have used a bible d {{:Question: Did Joseph attempt to translate the Kinderhook Plates using the "gift and power of God?"}}53 KB (8,529 words) - 14:18, 13 April 2024
- ...e to claim: 108 - Martin Harris said that he only saw the plates with his "spiritual eyes" ...e to claim: 108 - Martin Harris said that he only saw the plates with his "spiritual eyes"==33 KB (5,227 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- Eternal life is a gift from God. He promises us this gift if we enter into and keep a covenant with Christ. This covenant is made th Quite simply, there is no "objective" test for a spiritual reality that will convince another person. A conservative Protestant's rea24 KB (4,127 words) - 15:40, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../2|Spiritual Communication]] ...nding work for years to come. It contains articles written on baptism, the Gift of the Holy Ghost, the necessity of gathering together, and all the leading45 KB (8,661 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...he Bible, and other revelations of God, are true; that they know it by the gift and power of God; that they have conversed with angels, have had the power ...acles. In reality there can be no miracle, only to the ignorant. There are spiritual agents, invisible to the natural eye, not only in us, but in the elements,24 KB (4,534 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- I desire your prayers, that my body may be strengthened, and also for the Gift of the Holy Spirit, without which no man can edify his fellow man. ...sectarians would—"You are entirely mistaken, my kingdom will always be a spiritual kingdom; and you will be very much disappointed if you look for anything el45 KB (8,398 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...maelites, or of whatever nation, have a right to remission of sins and the Gift of the Holy Spirit, through their ministry, on conditions of faith, repenta ...of salvation to build up, govern, organize, and administer in temporal and spiritual salvation to the ends of the earth, are now restored, and held by the chose25 KB (4,540 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...ut nevertheless, I feel it my duty to impart my testimony, and exercise my gift among my brethren, according to my calling; I therefore shall address you f ...r, in the name of Jesus, or whereby they are filled with the spirit of any gift, renewed in their utterance, strengthened in their powers of intellect, so42 KB (7,756 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...also temporal beings, and have to do with temporal things, as well as with spiritual or eternal things. Taking this view of the subject, it is of very little im ...r and fountain of their existence, and the giver of every good and perfect gift, yielding submission to the powers of the adversary in a state of darkness38 KB (7,058 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- ...joyful feeling, that buoys us above the cares and anxieties of this world. Spiritual things are our hope of a glorious inheritance in the Kingdom of God in the ...e made by the same Omnipotent hand, and they are all His, and they are all spiritual, because they are as eternal as God Himself, for there can be no annihilati32 KB (6,111 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- |H=SPIRITUAL GIFTS—HELL—THE SPIRIT WORLD—THE ELDERS AND THE NATIONS—THE LAMANITE |T=Journal of Discourses 2: SPIRITUAL GIFTS—HELL—THE SPIRIT WORLD—THE ELDERS AND THE NATIONS—THE LAMANITE31 KB (5,949 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- |H=OBEDIENCE—THE PRIESTHOOD—SPIRITUAL COMMUNICATION—THE SAINTS AND THE WORLD |T=Journal of Discourses 2: OBEDIENCE—THE PRIESTHOOD—SPIRITUAL COMMUNICATION—THE SAINTS AND THE WORLD16 KB (3,164 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../36|Obedience—The Priesthood—Spiritual Communication—The Saints and the World]] ...e name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and t28 KB (5,269 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...wever, realize sometimes, more than at others, the necessity of having the gift of the Holy Spirit resting upon me in order to instruct and teach the peopl ...he great principles that are ordained for the generation of living beings, spiritual beings, brings them forth with capacities capable of being enlarged or exte46 KB (8,660 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...ication, and professedly believed in the ministering of angels, and in the gift of the Holy Ghost, and that it was the privilege of Christians to enjoy the ...them, and they become cold and fruitless, and pine away into darkness and spiritual death, and finally leave us. Will this continue? Yes.38 KB (7,119 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...will become of one heart and of one mind in temporal things, as well as in spiritual: they will as individuals be identified with the Church, and all they posse ...through those who are sent forth and ordained unto this power through the gift of the Holy Ghost shed forth upon them, for the revelations of Jesus Christ27 KB (5,128 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...meet from distant points, and see each other, and hear, learn, and receive spiritual strength. ...t a small part of the duties pertaining to the Gospel of salvation and the Gift of eternal life. We ought to prepare ourselves to live in the flesh, and ov18 KB (3,502 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...ave his associates; for they have been engaged {{page break|336|top}} in a spiritual warfare for many ages, endeavoring to bring into captivity the spirits of m ...d captivity; and when the mind is brought into subjection, there will be a spiritual misery, and this is one of the greatest causes of misery.46 KB (8,750 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...tion, to another the gifts of tongues, to another prophecy, to another the gift of miracles, but one man is deprived of obtaining them all, if he has the p ...and himself in temporal matters, or spiritual if you please, for it is all spiritual and all temporal according to my feelings. I preach the Gospel, it is tempo22 KB (4,377 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...airs and effects where they belong, and bring their minds to bear upon the spiritual things of the kingdom of God. Then they can have their minds enlightened by ...." I presume many of you would give your pet cow, ox, or horse, if by that gift you could know that brother Brigham is a Prophet. He is what he professes t49 KB (9,285 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...ll the gifts of the Gospel that are mentioned in the Holy Scriptures—the gift of godliness and of patience and charity, and all those good gifts that are ...get re-baptized for the remission of sins, and have hands laid on for the gift of the Holy Ghost, and obey it strictly in all things, before we can get th17 KB (3,231 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...as for me to take a bag of sand and baptize it, lay hands upon it for the gift of the Holy Ghost, wash it and anoint, and then seal it up to eternal lives ...you will cultivate a spirit of apostacy. If you oppose what is called the "spiritual wife doctrine," the Patriarchal Order, which is of God, that course will co7 KB (1,340 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...e learned man from a college to tell you what that means, and give you the spiritual sense of it? It had but one sense, and that a child could understand. ...subject more fully, and illustrate the Gospel; the remission of sins; the gift of the Holy Ghost, and the ordinances pertaining thereto, as well as a good43 KB (8,126 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...xaltation. It is the only name by which man can get remission of sins, the gift of the Holy Spirit, and all its attendant blessings. It is the only name by ...his seat upon the right hand of God his Father, and he then shed forth the gift of the Holy Ghost, and bestowed gifts upon men.49 KB (9,394 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- |H=THE GIFT OF PROPHECY AND TONGUES—THE FORMER CIRCUMSTANCES AND PRESENT CONDITION OF |T=Journal of Discourses 3: THE GIFT OF PROPHECY AND TONGUES—THE FORMER CIRCUMSTANCES AND PRESENT CONDITION OF48 KB (9,359 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...t]hrough the medium of the Urim and Thummim I translated the record by the gift, the power of God." {{Harv|Smith|1842|p=707}}. There is debate as to whethe ...ranslation was performed, other than that it was accomplished through the "gift and power of God." It was David Whitmer who claimed that Joseph saw actual75 KB (11,044 words) - 20:10, 11 May 2024
- by quashing the new converts' exuberant exhibition of [[spiritual gift]]s. *Bushman, p. 151: "Joseph had to restrain the excesses without discouraging spiritual gifts altogether."51 KB (7,331 words) - 20:13, 11 May 2024
- ...including on her deathbed where she stated "No such thing as polygamy, or spiritual wifery, was taught, publicly or privately, before my husband's death, that ...her son, [[Joseph Smith III]]. Emma never denied Joseph Smith's prophetic gift or repudiated her belief in the authenticity of the Book of Mormon.37 KB (5,298 words) - 20:12, 11 May 2024
- |H=OVERCOME THE POWERS OF DARKNESS BY PRAYER—SPIRITUAL THINGS FIRST IN IMPORTANCE—CLEANLINESS |T=Journal of Discourses 4: OVERCOME THE POWERS OF DARKNESS BY PRAYER—SPIRITUAL THINGS FIRST IN IMPORTANCE—CLEANLINESS12 KB (2,288 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../32|Overcome the Powers of Darkness by Prayer—Spiritual Things First in Importance—Cleanliness]] ...ce and necessity, and that great diligence is required, and much faith and spiritual energy, in order to obtain immediate possession of gifts and powers, which,20 KB (3,816 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...s given us; they must be put into exercise. Then, being enlightened by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost, we may get those ideas and that intelligence, ...to that state and fulness of knowledge, and to that perfection which their spiritual organizations are susceptible of receiving or arriving at. There are certai24 KB (4,443 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...ss; when we do this there is no blessing, there is no good, no exaltation, gift, grace, desire, or anything that a good man can wish that is profitable, an ...and power, and true refinement, in light and knowledge, and in every good gift that will prepare the minds of men for the Society of their Heavenly Father25 KB (4,746 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...Intelligence a Gift, Increased by Imparting—Spirit of God—Variety in Spiritual as Well as in Natural Organizations—God the Father of the Spirits of All22 KB (4,043 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...INTELLIGENCE A GIFT, INCREASED BY IMPARTING—SPIRIT OF GOD—VARIETY IN SPIRITUAL AS WELL AS IN NATURAL ORGANIZATIONS—GOD THE FATHER OF THE SPIRITS OF ALL ...INTELLIGENCE A GIFT, INCREASED BY IMPARTING—SPIRIT OF GOD—VARIETY IN SPIRITUAL AS WELL AS IN NATURAL ORGANIZATIONS—GOD THE FATHER OF THE SPIRITS OF ALL30 KB (5,768 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...Intelligence a Gift, Increased by Imparting—Spirit of God—Variety in Spiritual as Well as in Natural Organizations—God the Father of the Spirits of All22 KB (4,219 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...organization, I will preserve to myself eternal life. This is the greatest gift that ever was bestowed on mankind, to know how to preserve their identity. ...hings as they exist. To those who have their minds open to eternal things, spiritual and temporal things are all one.22 KB (4,242 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...as a by-word among such, if you are the instrument in bringing it, by the gift of God, to the knowledge of the people." Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ; according as he hath chosen us in h66 KB (11,923 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- ...nce, baptism for the remission of sins, and the laying-on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. Our people have not been seeking the influence of the wo ...ust not read that." But it is in the Bible. "True," say they; "but it is a spiritual thing: it means those that are sick spiritually—they shall be healed. "It39 KB (7,123 words) - 14:52, 13 April 2024
- ...ons in the eternal worlds,—if men can understand these principles by the gift of the Holy Ghost and the revelations of the Most High, and are enabled to ...and State, but it is all one now. Thank God, we have no more temporal and spiritual! We have got Church and State together, and we used to talk of baptism and28 KB (5,317 words) - 14:52, 13 April 2024
- .../55|Testimony of the Spirit—Revelation Given According to Requirements—Spiritual Warfare and Conquest, etc.]] ...sed for the remission of your sins, receive the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, and the Holy Ghost has been poured out upon you, did you17 KB (3,127 words) - 14:52, 13 April 2024
- In our capacity, we are privileged, in a spiritual point of view, precisely as we are in a temporal point of view. We have the ..., the voice of God to man, saying that he shall inherit eternal lives. The gift of eternal life is the greatest of all gifts that can be bestowed upon mank55 KB (10,368 words) - 14:53, 13 April 2024
- ...days of Jesus, even faith, repentance, and the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, and the ordaining of Apostles, Prophets, Teachers, Evang ...d and have to deal with spirits. All things pertaining to this world, both spiritual and temporal, will be dictated by the Prophet of God—by our President. He20 KB (3,897 words) - 14:54, 13 April 2024
- ...ts and gave us bodies and life upon the earth—that all blessings are the gift of the Lord, then we have profited by the experience now offered; and now i ...actions as well as in doctrine?—for there is no dividing between matters spiritual and temporal. There is no act of a Latter-day Saint—no duty required—no16 KB (2,931 words) - 14:53, 13 April 2024
- ...rophets." If they had been, it would have required a great many having the gift to discern the spirits of the Prophets to know which were true. So it will60 KB (11,245 words) - 14:54, 13 April 2024
- ...hension, and how much greater will be the work that he can accomplish in a spiritual point of view? That is, when the Spirit of the living God rests upon him. I ...if we are walking up to our privileges before God, we are entitled to the gift of the Holy Ghost, which is the Spirit of revelation, which, when we proper10 KB (1,875 words) - 14:54, 13 April 2024
- ...to bear record of me, both things which are temporal and things which are spiritual, things which are in the heavens above, and things which are on the earth, ...es's translators, but by the Prophet of the living God—translated by the gift and power of inspiration from on high:—55 KB (10,426 words) - 14:54, 13 April 2024
- ...hurch to rightly administer in temporal things. A Bishop also ministers in spiritual things, and is required to devote time to the wellbeing and prosperity of h ...top}} is the Author of our existence—the Giver of every good and perfect gift, and he must be obeyed, If he has restored the holy Priesthood to the child20 KB (3,713 words) - 14:54, 13 April 2024
- ...and in truth? Yes; I understand it to be, to all intents and purposes, the gift of God. Yet eternal life is not attained without compliance on our part wit ...ause of his transgression. He partook of a spiritual death. That which was spiritual was first, and afterwards that which was temporal. Again, says the revelati29 KB (5,447 words) - 14:54, 13 April 2024
- ...ame of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and they should receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Why? Because, says he, "The promise is to you and your c37 KB (7,012 words) - 14:54, 13 April 2024
- ...cceptable in the sight of Heaven, unless we were dictated by the power and gift of the Holy Ghost. Our words would have no effect upon the hearts of the pe ...these things, without the gift of revelation directly to ourselves, or the gift of the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven to rest upon us as speakers and hea29 KB (5,464 words) - 14:55, 13 April 2024
- |>=[[../56|Mental Improvement and Spiritual Advancement, &c.]] ...name of the Lord, preaching the Gospel and promising those who obey it the gift of the Holy Ghost? Where is the man that has authority for laying hands upo9 KB (1,809 words) - 14:55, 13 April 2024
- |H=MENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND SPIRITUAL ADVANCEMENT, &c. |T=Journal of Discourses 8: MENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND SPIRITUAL ADVANCEMENT, &c.17 KB (3,091 words) - 14:55, 13 April 2024
- We have received the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, and the vail of darkness, of d ...ings, unless they have partaken of that life which is made manifest by the gift and influence of the Holy Ghost. And we have an abundance of evidence to pr19 KB (3,587 words) - 14:56, 13 April 2024
- |>=[[../79|True Source of Happiness—Riches, Temporal & Spiritual]] ...f God. It is a spirit and influence that will break down and destroy every gift that is calculated to bind man to man, and that would enable them to live i30 KB (5,541 words) - 14:56, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../79|True Source of Happiness—Riches, Temporal & Spiritual]] ...he wisdom, ability, and talent displayed among the children of men are the gift of God to them. He has given us ability to make ourselves comfortable and h13 KB (2,526 words) - 14:56, 13 April 2024
- ...he associates. I really think we do not fully appreciate this blessing and gift as we should. If I can communicate to the audience what I wish to, so that ...that we have received in various ways, according to the understanding and gift of communication in those who have communicated this principle to us. But t32 KB (6,196 words) - 14:56, 13 April 2024
- ...Some will lose a great deal by neglecting the Giver and by worshipping the gift. Such will find that they will meet with losses. .... The sacrament is being administered, and we would like to talk about the spiritual welfare of the people; but if we cannot save ourselves temporally, we may d30 KB (5,856 words) - 14:57, 13 April 2024
- ...f eternal life, and the greatest gift that can be bestowed upon man is the gift of eternal life. It is our privilege to progress in the knowledge of God, a ...d, and strive in faith to bring down the blessings of heaven. Faith is the gift of God; and if we will promote that in our bosoms, we shall increase in the26 KB (4,972 words) - 14:56, 13 April 2024
- ...our duty faithfully in the building up of the kingdom of God? We think in spiritual "Mormonism" we need direction and constant instruction by the authorized se ...alleys of the mountains, or upon the subject of laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. We all believe alike on these subjects. But when it come24 KB (4,618 words) - 14:56, 13 April 2024
- ...know what right is. This is a great lesson to learn. It is also a precious gift, that some people seem to be possessed of, to have knowledge enough not to ...ne who has authority to say 'Thus saith the Lord' to the people concerning spiritual things." The Doctrine and Covenants teaches us whom they are to be decided26 KB (4,939 words) - 14:56, 13 April 2024
- ...xaltation; it is the only name by which man can get remission of sins, the gift of the Holy Spirit and all its attendant blessings; it is the only name by ...his seat upon the right hand of God his father, and he then shed forth the gift of the Holy Ghost and bestowed gifts upon men.49 KB (9,374 words) - 14:57, 13 April 2024
- ...according to the discretion and wisdom of God and our faithfulness; which gift brings all things to our remembrance, past, present, and to come that are n ...e Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands; the Holy Ghost is then the special gift of the Father, and is his minister. He also gives intelligence by angels, a18 KB (3,343 words) - 14:57, 13 April 2024
- Jesus came to establish his spiritual kingdom, or to introduce a code of morals that would exalt the spirits of t ...gh aided by all their learning and worldly influence in the absence of the gift of the Holy Ghost. When the spirit of the preacher is embued with the Spiri32 KB (6,055 words) - 14:57, 13 April 2024
- ...ft of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands. The remission of sins, the gift of the Holy Ghost, and the favour of God cannot be obtained in any other wa ...the Union? Time will show. There is no man can see, unless he sees by the gift and power of revelation, that every move that has been made by the Governme23 KB (4,176 words) - 14:57, 13 April 2024
- ...ne seed in the country. Where is your care for Israel? You will preach the spiritual things of the kingdom, and let your bodies and the bodies of the people go ...the world would not satisfy the cravings of the immortal soul of man. The gift of the Holy Spirit of the Lord alone can produce a good, wholesome, content14 KB (2,553 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024
- ...that in all our affairs, whether they relate to things temporal or things spiritual, as we have been in the habit of calling them, we shall be under the direct ...r instance, there are ordinances to attend to of what has been termed of a spiritual nature; we are required to build a Temple, this labor we have got to perfor21 KB (4,025 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../47|Advancement of the Saints—Unity of the Temporal and Spiritual Interests of the People—Faith and Works Inseperably Connected, Etc.]] ...can increase in the knowledge of God, in the spirit of revelation, in the gift of prophecy, in visions or in dreams, unless they cleave unto God with full30 KB (5,704 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- |>=[[../54|Temporal and Spiritual Affairs—God the Source of All Intelligence—the Governments of the Earth ...ns among us who have borne testimony of the truth of their religion by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost, who again fall backwards into darkness by begi32 KB (6,125 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024
- |H=TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL AFFAIRS—GOD THE SOURCE OF ALL INTELLIGENCE—THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE EARTH |T=Journal of Discourses 54: TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL AFFAIRS—GOD THE SOURCE OF ALL INTELLIGENCE—THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE EARTH26 KB (4,927 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024
- ...t every blessing which they receive, whether spiritual or temporal, is the gift of God. Blessed are they who are poor in spirit, or blessed are they who fe ...Him, and be able to see and judge all things as they are, for, "He that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man." "But the anointing27 KB (5,051 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024
- ...children when I have been absent and returned. There has been a mental and spiritual growth that has given me an assurance that they are continually advancing i ...If we have set out to obtain Celestial glory, the precious and inestimable gift of eternal lives, there is no trial necessary for our purification and perf28 KB (5,361 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024
- ...Resulting From Proper Parental Authority—Connection Betwixt Temporal and Spiritual Things,—Character of Joseph the Prophet—All Blessings From the Lord]] ...s to convey thoughts, when he is inspired by the power of God, through the gift of the Holy Ghost, and is full of the revelations of Jesus. It is written "17 KB (3,229 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024
- ...RESULTING FROM PROPER PARENTAL AUTHORITY—CONNECTION BETWIXT TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL THINGS—CHARACTER OF JOSEPH THE PROPHET—ALL BLESSINGS FROM THE LORD ...RESULTING FROM PROPER PARENTAL AUTHORITY—CONNECTION BETWIXT TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL THINGS—CHARACTER OF JOSEPH THE PROPHET—ALL BLESSINGS FROM THE LORD25 KB (4,621 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024
- ...aith—We Must Importune for Our Rights—Necessity for Good Lawyers—The Gift of Wisdom—Persecution Will Tend to Unite Us]] by F. D. Richards (98-104) ...Make Them a Great People—The Principle of Life and Eternal Increase is a Spiritual Power—Modern Christendom Opposed to Large Families—The Edmunds Law Pass17 KB (2,749 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...nd perceive what God our Father is, the Being who is the progenitor of our spiritual {{page break|21|top}} existence, the being from whom we have sprung. We bei ...im, could look at our bodies and see that they are in form like our living spiritual realities.38 KB (7,206 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...and he saw his master ascend in his sight to heaven, and undoubtedly that gift that he had asked for, and that Elijah said should be granted unto him if h ...n, knew by the manifestations of that spirit, and by the outpouring of the gift of God upon that man, that he was the chosen one, and that upon him rested38 KB (7,136 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024