Category: General Conference

What is The True Nature of God?

God our Eternal Father in Heaven lives and loves us for we are His children.

  1. It is life eternal to know God Our Eternal Father in Heaven and His Beloved Son, Jehovah Jesus Christ, Yeshua, The Holy Messiah.
  2. There are three separate Gods in heaven with whom we have affinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. Of God the Father we testify:
  3. “There is a God in heaven, who is infinite and eternal, from everlasting to everlasting the same unchangeable God, the framer of heaven and earth, and all things which are in them.” (D. & C. 20:17.)
  4. He is not a progressive being in the sense that liberal religionists profess to believe.
  5. He was not created by man.
  6. He was not a God of vengeance and war in Old Testament times and a God of love and mercy in a later New Testament era.
  7. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
  8. God is known only by revelation.
  9. He stands revealed or remains forever unknown.
  10. He cannot be discovered in the laboratory.
  11. He cannot be discovered by viewing all immensity through giant telescopes.
  12. He cannot be discovered by cataloging all the laws of nature that do or have existed.
  13. A knowledge of his powers and the laws of nature which he has ordained does not reveal his personality and attributes to men. This kind of knowledge comes only by revelation from the Holy Ghost as a consequence of obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel.
  14. Man’s purpose in life is to learn the nature and kind of being that God is, and then, by conformity to his laws and ordinances, to progress to that high state of exaltation wherein man becomes perfect as the Father is perfect. (Matt. 5:48; Teachings, pp. 342-362.)
  15. He is God Almighty.
  16. He is THE ALMIGHTY God.
  17. He is not an amorphous personage of Spirit. He is not properly defined by apostate creeds.
  18. Apostate creeds teach that God is a spirit essence that fills the immensity of space and is everywhere and nowhere in particular present.
  19. In a vain attempt to support this doctrine that God is a spirit essence, formulated by councils in the early days of the great apostasy, it is common for apologists to point to the statement in the King James Bible which says, “God is a Spirit.” (John 4:22-24.) The fact is that this passage is mistranslated; instead, the correct statement, quoted in context reads: “The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship him. For unto such hath God promised his Spirit. And they who worship him, must worship in spirit and in truth.” (Inspired Version, John 4:25-26.)
  20. It is true that God may be said to be a Spirit, but this statement must be understood to mean that he is a Spirit in the same sense that a resurrected man is a spirit.
  21. When the apostles, beholding the resurrected Lord, “were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit” (Luke 24:36-43), there was not the slightest intimation that the “spirit” was a vaporous nothingness that filled immensity. Spirits are personages. God the Father is a glorified and perfected Man, a Personage of flesh and bones (D. & C. 130:22), in which tangible body an eternal spirit is housed. It is in this sense that God is a Spirit.
  • HIS NATURE IS DIVINE AND ETERNAL.
  • God the Eternal Father, our Father in Heaven, is an exalted, perfected, and glorified Personage having a tangible body of flesh and bones. (D. & C. 130:22.)
  • See Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith – History Chapter 1. (Freely available at www.churchofjesuschrist.org.
  • All men, Christ included, were born as Heavenly Father’s spirit children in pre-mortality. (D. & C. 93:21-23; Moses l; 2; 3; 4; Abra. 3:22-28.)
  • God the Father is married for eternity and we have a Heavenly Mother.
  • He is the Great Creator. Through His Son He created, which is to say organized, our universe. All things are round about and known by God the Father including past, present, and future.
  • He embodies all virtues perfectly – honesty, trustworthiness, faith, hope, charity, love, kindness, long-suffering, courage, chastity, purity, knowledge, wisdom, happiness and joy.
  • BECAUSE WE ARE HIS CHILDREN, HE ASKS THAT WE LOVE HIM AND LOVE HIS SON AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
  • He asks that we show our love for Him by helping Him bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of his children.
  • He asks that we show our love for Him by repenting of our sins and by keeping His commandments.
  • He asks that we show our love for Him by visiting with Him in prayer multiple times daily.
  • WE LOVE HIM BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US.
  • He desires to exalt his children by giving them experience in mortality, death, the resurrection, and exaltation
  • He gave his only begotten beloved son that we might not perish.
  • He sent Christ into the world to save the world not to condemn the world.
  • He forgives our sins conditional on our acceptance of Christ Jesus as our Savior and repentance of our sins.
  • He is GOD the First in the godhead.
  • He is bound by law.
  • He is Holy, Holy, Holy.
  • He is immortal which is to say He cannot and will not die.
  • He has a resurrected, glorified, perfect body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s.
  • He is an exalted being.
  • He is Perfect in Spirit, Mind, and Body.
  • He is Omnicharitable (all loving).
  • He is Omnipotent (all powerful).
  • He is Omnipresent (all present, in and through and able to communicate with all things).
  • He is Omniscient (all knowing).
  • His is the great plan of His and our Happiness.
  • In pre-mortal counsels, He announced and implemented His great plan of joy and happiness, salvation and exaltation.
  • He holds the keys of presidency of our universe.
  • He holds the keys of creation including those delegated to His Son.
  • He holds the keys of the priesthood from eternity to all eternity including those delegated to His Son.
  • He holds the keys of the resurrection delegated to His Son.
  • His Son mirrors Him in person and attributes.
  • He looks like the Son.
  • The Son looks like the Father.
  • If you know the Son, you know the Father.
  • Like His Son, He is a God of mighty miracles.

  • We come to the Father only through His Beloved Son.
  • It is the Son’s prerogative to reveal the Father to us.
  • He is our Father in Heaven.
  • He is our Holy Father.
  • He is the Father of our spirits.
  • Like His Son, He is the God of truth and cannot lie.
  • Like His Son, He is the Great Creator of our universe.
  • All of his billions if not trillions of creations were organized by His Son and are known, named and numbered to both of them.
  • We worship the Father in the name of the Holy Son.
  • We also worship the Son.
  • Heavenly Father is the only true God whom we worship in the name of His Son.
  • He is the source of good.
  • He is the supreme being in our universe.
  • He is the Supreme God we worship in the name of his son Jesus Christ.
  • He lives in eternal celestial burnings.
  • He lives in the center of our universe near great governing stars.
  • He receives and answers our prayers proferred in the name of the Son.
  • He too has a father and a mother as was rightly taught by The Prophet Joseph Smith.
  • Lucifer opposed Him and His Son.
  • In pre-existent counsels, He was opposed by his son Lucifer.
  • By Jehovah and Michael, Heavenly Father banished Lucifer with “a one third part” not “one third of” His rebellious children.
  • As consequence, Lucifer with his fallen angels became Satan the god of evil on earth together with his evil minions.
  • The Father’s Son Jesus Christ is in His express image.
  • In addition to the fact that all men are brothers in the sense that all have descended from Adam, they are also brothers in that they have the same personal Father who begat them in the spirit.
  • Pre-existence. Pre-mortal life.
  • In heaven, The Father convened the grand council and other councils to discuss the plan of salvation and exaltation.

  • Sacrament.
  • In the name of Jesus Christ, The Father blesses the sacrament as we remember His son’s atoning sacrifice, including His broken body and shed blood.
  • Fatherhood of God
  • It is only by understanding the real and literal sense in which God is our Father that we are able to understand what is meant by the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man.
  • Our Lord had reference to this when he said, “Go to my brethren, arid say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.” (John 20:17.)
  • The designation Father is to be taken literally; it signifies that the Supreme Being is the literal Parent or Father of the spirits of all men. (Heb. 12:9.)
  • This is one reason men are commanded to approach Deity in prayer by saying, “Our Father which art in heaven.” (Matt. 6:9.)
  • We are His and our Heavenly Mother’s spirit children.
  • Beatitudes and Ten Commandments
  • Through His Son, He is the source of the beatitudes.
  • Through His Son, Jehovah, He is the source of the ten commandments
  • Godhead.
  • There are three Gods-the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost-who, though separate in personality, are united as one in purpose, in plan, and in all the attributes of perfection. Thus anything, in these fields, which is revealed with reference to any of them is equally true of each of the others; and hence no attempt need be made in these fields to distinguish between them.
  • By definition, . God (generally meaning the Father) is the one supreme and absolute Being; the ultimate source of our universe; the all powerlul, all-knowing, all-good Creator, Ruler, and Preserver of all things.
  • Of him, when considering the object upon which faith rests, the Prophet observes “that God is the only supreme governor and independent Being in whom all fulness and perfection dwell; who is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient; without beginning of days or end of life; and that in him every good gift and every good principle dwell; and that he is the Father of lights; in him the principle of faith dwells independently, and he is the object in whom the faith of all other rational and accountable beings centers for life and salvation.” (Lectures on Faith, p. 9.)
  • The godhead is comprised of three glorified, exalted, and perfected personages. They are the supreme presidency of the universe. (Doctrines of Salvation, vol. I, pp. 1-55.)
  • They are: God the Father; God the Son; God the Holy Ghost. (First Article of Faith.) “Everlasting covenant was made between three personages,” the Prophet said, “before the organization of this earth, and relates to their dispensation of things to men on the earth; these personages, according to Abraham’s record, are called God the first, the Creator; God the second, the Redeemer; and God the third, the witness or Testator.” (Teachings, p. 190.)
  • Though each God in the Godhead is a personage, separate and distinct from each of the others, yet they are “one God” (Testimony of Three Witnesses in Book of Mormon), meaning that they are united as one in the attributes of perfection. For instance, each has the fulness of truth, knowledge, charity, power, justice, judgment, mercy, and faith. Accordingly these three separate persons think, act, speak, and are alike in all things; and yet they are three separate and distinct entities. Each occupies space and is and can be in but one place at one time, but each has power and influence that is everywhere present. The oneness of the Gods is the same unity that should exist among the saints: (John 17; 3 Ne. 28:10-11.)
  • Perhaps no better statement defining the Godhead and showing the relationship of its members to each other has been written in this dispensation than that given by the Prophet Joseph Smith in the Lectures on Faith. “There are two personages who constitute the great, matchless, governing, and · supreme, power over all things, by whom all things were created and made, that are created and made, whether visible or invisible, whether in heaven, on earth, or in the earth, under the earth, or throughout the immensity of space. They are the Father and the Son, the Father being a personage of spirit meaning that he has a spiritual body which by revealed definition is a resurrected body of flesh and bones (I Cor. 15:44-45; D. & C. 88 :27)], glory, and power, possessing aII perfection and fullness.
  • The Son, who was in the bosom of the Father, is a personage of tabernacle, made or fashioned like unto man, or being in the form and likeness of man, or rather man was formed after his likeness and in his image; he is also the express ·image and likeness of the personage of the Father, possessing all the fullness of the Father, or the same fullness with the Father; being begotten of him, and ordained from before the foundation of the world to be a propitiation for the sins of all those who should believe on his name, and is called the Son because of the flesh, and descended in suffering below that which man can suffer; or, in other words, suffered greater sufferings, and was exposed to more powerful contradictions than any man can be. “But, notwithstanding all this, he kept the law of God, and remained without sin, showing thereby that it is in the power of man to keep the law and remain also without sin; and also, that by him a righteous judgment might come upon all flesh, and that all who walk not in the law of God may justly be condemned by the law, and have no excuse for their sins. “And he being the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth, and having overcome, received a fullness of the glory of the Father, possessing the same mind with the Father, which mind is the Holy Spirit, that bears record of the Father and the Son, and these three are one; or, in other words, these three constitute the great, matchless, governing and supreme, power over all things; by whom all things were created and made that were created and made, and these three constitute the Godhead, and are one; the Father and the Son possessing the same mind, the same wisdom, glory, power, and fullness-filling all in all; the Son being filled with the fullness of the mind, glory, and power; or, in other words, the spirit, glory, and power, of the Father, possessing all knowledge and glory, and the same kingdom, sitting at the right hand of power, in the express image and likeness of the Father, mediator for man, being filled with the fullness of the mind of the Father; or, in other words, the Spirit of the Father, which Spirit is shed forth upon all who believe on his name and keep his commandments. “And all those who keep his commandments shall grow up from grace to grace, and become heirs of the heavenly kingdom, and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ; possessing the same mind, being transformed into the same image or likeness, even the express image of him who fills all in all; being filled with the fullness of his glory, and become one in him, even as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are one.” (Lectures on Faith, pp. 50-51.)
  • That exaltation which the saints of all ages have so devoutly sought is godhood itself. Godhood is to have the character, possess the attributes, and enjoy the perfections which the Father has. It is to do what he does, have the powers resident in him, and live as he lives, having eternal increase. (D. & C. 132:17-20, 37.) It is to know him in the full and complete sense, and no one can fully know God except another exalted personage who is like him in all respects. Those attaining this supreme height are sons of God (D. & C. 76:50-60); they receive the fullness of the Father and find membership in the Church of the Firstborn (D. 294 GODHOOD & C. 93:17-22); they are joint-heirs with Christ (Rom. 8:14-18), inheriting with him all that the Father hath. (D. & C. 84:33-41.) They are gods. (Ps. 82:1, 6; John 10:34-36; Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 2, pp. 35-79; Gospel Kingdom, pp. 27-30.) Joseph Smith said: “God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! … I am going to tell you how God came to be God. We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea, and take away the veil, so that you may see …. It is the first principle of the gospel to know for a certainty the character of God, and to know that we may converse with him as one man converses with another, and that he was once a· man like us; yea, that God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth, ·the same as Jesus Christ himself did; and I will show it from the Bible . . .. “Here, then, is eternal life-to know the only wise and true God; and you have got to learn how to be gods yourselves, and to be kings and priests to God, the same as all gods have done before you, namely, by going from one small degree to another, and from a small capacity to a great one; from grace to grace, from exaltation to exaltation, until you attain to the resurrection of the dead, and are able to dwell in everlasting burnings, and to sit in glory, as do those who sit enthroned in everlasting power … . [Such persons are] heirs of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ. What is it? To inherit the same power, the same glory and the same exaltation, until you arrive at the station of a god, and ascend the throne of eternal power, the same as those who have gone before.” (Teachings, pp. 345-347.) Again: “Every man who reigns in celestial glory is a god to his dominions.” (Teachings, p. 374,)
  • . Christ is the God of, our Fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (D. & C. 136:21-22; Ex. 3:1-16.) It was he who appeared to and covenanted with Abraham (Abra. 2:6-11), who was the one by whom salvation should come (I Ne. 6:4), and who was destined in due course to come into the world and be crucified for the sins of the world. (I Ne. 19:7-17.) 2. Since Abraham, who had the fulness of the gospel, worshiped both the Father and the Son, Peter and others have taken occasion, quite properly, to refer to the Father also as the God of our Fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Acts 3:13; 5:30; 22:14.)
  • “Every man who reigns in celestial glory is a god to his dominions,” the Prophet said. (Teachings, p. 374.) Hence, the Father, who shall continue to all eternity as the God of exalted beings, is a God of Gods. Further, as the Prophet also taught, there is “a God above the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ . … If Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and John discovered that God the Father of Jesus Christ had a Father, you may suppose that he had a Father also. Where was there ever a son without a father? … Hence if Jesus had a Father, can we not believe that he had a Father also?” (Teachings, pp. 370, 373.) In this way both the Father and the Son, as also all exalted beings, are now or in due course will become Gods of Gods. (Teachings, pp. 342- 376.)
  • Christ [the Son] is the God of Israel (I Ne. 19:7-17; 3 Ne. Il:7-17), the God of Jacob (Ps. 146:5; Isa. 2:3; D. & C. 136:21), the Lord God, the Mighty One of Israel (D. & C. 36:1), the Lord God of the Hebrews. (Ex. 3:18.) These names signify both that he came of Israel himself and also his personal, attentive care toward that chosen race. They point to his “great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his Ioving kindnesses.” (Isa. 63:7-9; D. & C. 133:52-53.) Christ is the God of Jeshurun (Deut. 33:26), meaning that he is the God of Israel. Jeshurun or Jesurun, translated as upright one, is used by Moses and Isaiah as a symbolical name for Israel. (Deut. 32: 15; 33:4-5; Isa. 44:2.) Many who do not profess belief in God as he is revealed in the scriptures, or even as he is described in the false creeds of sectarianism, yet recognizing that law prevails in the universe and among all forms of life, speak of the manifestations of this law as the God of Nature. In reality, Christ [the Son] is the God of Nature (l Ne. 19:12), for it is in and through his almighty power that all things are created, upheld, governed, and controlled. Our Father in Heaven (Matt. 6:9) is the God of Spirits (Num. 16:22; 27:16) or the Father of Spirits (Heb. 12:9), meaning that he is the literal Parent of the Spirit Christ and of all other spirits. Inasmuch, however, as Christ attained Godhood while yet in preexistence, he too stood as a God to the other spirits, but this relationship was not the same one of personal parenthood that prevailed between the Father and his offspring. Christ is the God of the Whole Earth (Isa. 54 :5; 3 Ne. 11 :14), an appellation he carries to bear record of his universal interest in all men and their salvation. He is not alone the God of the Jews, or of Israel, or of the Latter-day Saints, but of the whole earth and all life on its face. This world of carnality and lust, of every lascivious and · evil thing, belongs to Satan. He created it; he is its father and its god. All those who belong to it-all those who are carnal, sensual, and devilish- are _his children, the children of disobedience. The earth itself is the Lord’s, and he is its ruler; but the world (the corrupt society on earth) is under the rule of him who is the god of this world. “If our gospel be hid,” Paul wrote, “it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” (2 Cor. 4:3-4.) Christ is a God of Truth (Ex. 34:6; Deut. 32:4; Ps. 31 :5), meaning he is the embodiment and personification of truth. In the same sense he is the God of grace, mercy, love, righteousness, charity, integrity, and all of the attributes of godliness.
  • Sources: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Scriptures – Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, Pearl of Great Price; www.churchofjesuschrist.org; Joseph Smith, Lectures on Faith; McConkie Mormon Doctrine; The Encyclopedia of Mormonism.

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Will you have bread and water and heat and light and funds during the next emergency or disaster? Now is the time to prepare to protect yourself and your family keeping in mind that Jesus Christ is the Bread and Water of Life.

  1. There Was Bread
  2. By Bishop W. Christopher Waddell
  3. First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
  4. As we seek to become temporally prepared, we can face the trials of life with increased confidence.
  5. Prior to travel restrictions caused by the current pandemic, I was returning home from an international assignment which, due to scheduling issues, created a Sunday layover. I had time between flights to attend a local sacrament meeting, where I was also able to share a brief message. Following the meeting, an enthusiastic deacon approached me and asked if I knew President Nelson and if I had ever had a chance to shake his hand. I answered that I did know him, that I had shaken his hand, and that, as a member of the Presiding Bishopric, I had the opportunity to meet with President Nelson and his counselors a couple of times each week. The young deacon then sat down on a chair, threw his hands in the air, and shouted, “This is the greatest day of my life!” Brothers and sisters, I may not throw my hands in the air and shout, but I am eternally grateful for a living prophet and for the direction we receive from prophets, seers, and revelators, especially during these times of challenge.
  6. From the beginning of time, the Lord has provided direction to help His people prepare spiritually and temporally against the calamities and trials that He knows will come as part of this mortal experience.
  7. These calamities may be personal or general in nature, but the Lord’s guidance will provide protection and support to the extent that we heed and act upon His counsel.
  8. A wonderful example is provided in an account from the book of Genesis, where we learn of Joseph in Egypt and his inspired interpretation of Pharaoh’s dream.
  9. “And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, … God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. …
  10. “Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
  11. “And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt.”1
  12. Pharaoh listened to Joseph, responded to what God had showed him in a dream, and immediately set about preparing for what was to come. The scriptures then record:
  13. “And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
  14. “And he gathered up all the food of the seven years. …
  15. “And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, … until he left numbering; for it was without number.”2
  16. Once the seven years of plenty had passed, we are told that “seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.”3
  17. Today we are blessed to be led by prophets who understand the need for us to prepare against the calamities “which should come”4 and who also recognize the limitations or restrictions that we may encounter in striving to follow their counsel.
  18. There is a clear understanding that the effects of COVID-19, as well as devastating natural disasters, are no respecter of persons and cross ethnic, social, and religious boundaries on every continent.
  19. Jobs have been lost and incomes reduced as the opportunity to work has been affected by layoffs and the ability to work has been impacted by health and legal challenges.
  20. To all who have been affected, we express understanding and concern for your situation, as well as a firm conviction that better days are ahead.
  21. You have been blessed with bishops and branch presidents who seek out members of their congregations with temporal needs and who have access to tools and resources that can help you reestablish your lives and place you on the path to self-reliance as you apply principles of preparedness.
  22. In today’s environment, with a pandemic that has devastated whole economies as well as individual lives, it would be inconsistent with a compassionate Savior to ignore the reality that many are struggling and ask them to begin building a reserve of food and money for the future.
  23. However, that does not mean that we should permanently ignore principles of preparation—only that these principles should be applied “in wisdom and order”5 so that in the future we might say, as did Joseph in Egypt, “There was bread.”6
  24. The Lord does not expect us to do more than we can do, but He does expect us to do what we can do, when we can do it.
  25. As President Nelson reminded us in our last general conference, “The Lord loves effort.”7
  26. Church leaders have often encouraged Latter-day Saints “to prepare for adversity in life by having a basic supply of food and water and some money in savings.”8 
  27. At the same time, we are encouraged to “be wise” and “not go to extremes”9 in our efforts to establish a home storage supply and a financial reserve.
  28. A resource entitled Personal Finances for Self-Reliance, published in 2017 and currently available on the Church website in 36 languages, begins with a message from the First Presidency, which states:
  29. “The Lord has declared, ‘It is my purpose to provide for my saints’ [Doctrine and Covenants 104:15].
  30. This revelation is a promise from the Lord that He will provide temporal blessings and open the door of self-reliance. …
  31. “… Accepting and living these principles will better enable you to receive the temporal blessings promised by the Lord.
  32. “We invite you to diligently study and apply these principles and teach them to your family members.
  33. As you do so, your life will be blessed … [because] you are a child of our Father in Heaven.
  34. He loves you and will never forsake you.
  35. He knows you and is ready to extend to you the spiritual and temporal blessings of self-reliance.”10
  36. This resource includes chapters devoted to
  37. creating and living within a budget,
  38. protecting your family against hardship,
  39. managing a financial crisis,
  40. investing for the future,
  41. and many more and is available for everyone on the Church website or through your local leaders.
  42. When considering the principle of preparedness, we can look back to Joseph in Egypt for inspiration.
  43. Knowing what would happen would not have been sufficient to carry them through the “lean” years without a degree of sacrifice during the years of abundance.
  44. Rather than consume all that Pharaoh’s subjects could produce, limits were established and followed, providing sufficient for their immediate, as well as their future, needs.
  45. It was not enough to know that challenging times would come.
  46. They had to act, and because of their effort, “there was bread.”11
  47. This leads to an important question: “Therefore, what?”
  48. A good place to begin is to understand that all things are spiritual to the Lord, “and not at any time” has He given us “a law which was temporal.”12 
  49. Everything, then, points to Jesus Christ as the foundation upon which we must build even our temporal preparedness.
  50. Being temporally prepared and self-reliant means “believing that through the grace, or enabling power, of Jesus Christ and our own effort, we are able to obtain all the spiritual and temporal necessities of life we require for ourselves and our families.”13
  51. Additional aspects of a spiritual foundation for temporal preparedness include acting “in wisdom and order,”14 which implies a gradual buildup of food storage and savings over time, as well as embracing “small and simple” means,15 which is a demonstration of faith that the Lord will magnify our small but consistent efforts.
  52. With a spiritual foundation in place,
  53. we can then successfully apply two important elements of temporal preparedness—
  54. managing finances
  55. and home storage.
  56. Key principles to manage your finances include
  57. the payment of tithes and offerings,
  58. eliminating and avoiding debt,
  59. preparing and living within a budget,
  60. and saving for the future.
  61. Key home storage principles include
  62. the storage of food,
  63. the storage of water,
  64. and the storage of other necessities based on individual and family needs,
  65. all because “the best storehouse”16 is the home,
  66. which becomes the “most accessible reserve in times of need.”17
  67. As we embrace spiritual principles and seek inspiration from the Lord, we will be guided to know the Lord’s will for us, individually and as families, and how best to apply the important principles of temporal preparedness.
  68. The most important step of all is to begin.
  69. Elder David A. Bednar taught this principle when he said:
  70. “Taking action is the exercise of faith. 
  71. … True faith is focused in and on the Lord Jesus Christ
  72. and always leads to action.”18
  73. Brothers and sisters, in an ever-changing world,
  74. we must prepare for uncertainties.
  75. Even with better days ahead,
  76. we know that the temporal peaks and valleys of mortality will continue.
  77. As we seek to become temporally prepared,
  78. we can face the trials of life
  79. with increased confidence,
  80. peace in our hearts,
  81. and like Joseph in Egypt, we will be able to say, even in stressful circumstances, “There was bread.”19 
  82. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
  1. Set of Preparation Questions for your consideration? Use these questions to audit your own situation and then build your own list of things to do so you and your family are prepared.
    1. The Principle: D&C 38:30? If ye are prepared, ye shall not _ _ _ _?
    1. The Principle: Conduct your own periodic audit and make preparedness adjustments accordingly.
    1. Disasters? Accident? Roadside assistance? AAA? Towing?
    1. Disasters? Active Shooter?
    1. Disasters? Assault? Battery?
    1. Disasters? Civic unrest?
    1. Disasters? Crime? Theft? Burglary?
    1. Disasters? Drought?
    1. Disasters? Earthquake?
    1. Disasters? Fires? Wildfires? Home fires? Business fires?
    1. Disasters? Flood? Landslide? Mudslide? Volcanic?
    1. Disasters? Hazmat?
    1. Disasters? Hurricane? Tornado?
    1. Disasters? Insect or snake or animal invasion?
    1. Disasters? Job loss? Income loss?
    1. Disasters? Pandemic?
    1. Disasters? Poison?
    1. Disasters? Power outage? Water or Food supply shortage?
    1. Disasters Prevention?
    1. Disasters Preparation?
    1. Disasters Response?
    1. Disasters Rehabilitation?
    1. Disasters? Severe Illness?
    1. Disasters? Snow? Ice? Wind storm?
    1. Animals?
    1. Anxiety? Fear? Paralysis? Inaction?
    1. Backpacks?
    1. Bedding?
    1. Bedding sleeping bags? Cots?
    1. Buy and sell limitations? Ability to Trade? Silver coins? Food? Other items?
    1. Camping?
    1. Camping equipment and supplies?
    1. Church contacts and Church action plan?
    1. Church? Temple?
    1. Clean up?
    1. Cleaning supplies?
    1. Clothing? Shoes? Socks? Undergarments? Coats? Sweaters? Ponchos?
    1. Communication cell phones?
    1. Communication internet?
    1. Communication radio and television?
    1. Communication ham radio?
    1. Community contacts and action plan? First Responders – Police – Fire – Poison Control?
    1. Cooking?
    1. Cooking recipes?
    1. Cooking equipment?
    1. Cooking pots, pans, utensils?
    1. Cooperation?
    1. Finances Debt elimination?
    1. Finances Investments?
    1. Finances Savings?
    1. Finances Some Cash on hand?
    1. Documents and photos and records and any coins or jewelry or art or precious items? Will? Trust?
    1. Electricity EMT?
    1. Electricity power outage?
    1. Emotional response?
    1. Equipment? Computers? Backup physical? Backup cloud?
    1. Family contact plan calling tree?
    1. Family preparation plan? Death? Funeral? Burial?
    1. Fire and Flood audit?
    1. Fire drills?
    1. Fire evacuation?
    1. Fire extinguishers?
    1. First Aid? Materials? Supplies?
    1. First Aid? Training? Practice?
    1. First Aid? Medical and Dental providers?
    1. First Responders? Police? Fire? Poison control?
    1. Follow evacuation directives?
    1. Follow FEMA directives?
    1. Follow local leaders?
    1. Food? Cooking?
    1. Food? MREs?
    1. Food? perishables?
    1. Food? preparation? Cooking?
    1. Food? Types?
    1. Food storage?
    1. Food storage? Grain? Wheat? Rice? Pasta? Flour?
    1. Garbage?
    1. Garbage? Human waste disposal?
    1. Garden? Vegetables? Berry bushes? Fruit trees?
    1. Garden greenhouse?
    1. Garden fertilizer?
    1. Garden seeds? Plant Perrennials vs Annuals?
    1. Garden sprays?
    1. Garden squarefoot? Container? Vertical?
    1. Garden tools?
    1. Garden water? Fertilizer? Potting soil?
    1. Heat?
    1. Heat? Fuel? Wood? Propane?
    1. Heat? Fuel? Misuse and Danger?
    1. Heat? Standby generator?
    1. Heat? Generator?
    1. Law and order?
    1. Legal Will and Trust? Deeds? Insurance? Various kinds?
    1. Light?
    1. Materials? Maintenance?
    1. Materials? Building?
    1. Materials? Tarps – plastic – other?
    1. Materials? Tools?
    1. Medical help? Dental help?
    1. Medicine?
    1. Mold? Water damage?
    1. Muck out?
    1. Neighbors? List? Contact? Help plan?
    1. News? Equipment? Sources?
    1. Pandemic? Masks? Social Distancing? Vaccinations?
    1. Phone Numbers and addresses? Keys? Computer passwords?
    1. Prayer? Faith?
    1. Response to accident?
    1. Response to active shooter?
    1. Response to civil unrest?
    1. Response to earthquake?
    1. Response to fire?
    1. Response to flood?
    1. Response to pandemic?
    1. Response to rain, snow, wind?
    1. Response to sickness?
    1. Sanitation?
    1. Sanitation toilet paper?
    1. Sanitation waste disposal?
    1. Schooling?
    1. Search and rescue?
    1. Security? Animals?
    1. Security? Babies? Children?
    1. Security? Data?
    1. Security? Personal? Family? Weapons?
    1. Security? Neighbors?
    1. Security? Those with special needs?
    1. Security? Wife? Husband?
    1. Security? Women in general?
    1. Security? Yourself?
    1. Shelter? Above ground?
    1. Shelter? Underground?
    1. Shelter car?
    1. Shelter tent?
    1. Shelter with family?
    1. Special needs?
    1. Special needs babies and young children?
    1. Special needs elderly?
    1. Special needs sick?
    1. Tools? Equipment? Chain saw?
    1. Transportation? Cars? Bicycles? Motorcycles?
    1. Vermin? Flies, rats, mice?
    1. Water?
    1. Water heater?
    1. Water purification?
    1. Water storage?
    1. Water swimming pool? Stream?

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If you are stressed about the political or financial situation, keep in mind that Jesus is the Living Christ who is the light and the life and the peace of the world. I personally invite you to join THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, THE RESTORED TRUE CHURCH OF JESUS ONCE MORE WITH LIVING PROPHETS AND APOSTLES. Richard Linford.


(P.S. You can contact me if you want to at r.linford@comcast.net and I will help you meet with a pair of wonderful missionaries and attend Church and learn about Jesus.
Or contact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by clicking here https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us

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He is your Resurrection and Eternal Life.
“And this is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” (John 17:3)
Contact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by clicking here https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us
Or CALL 1-240-1000 or
CALL 801-240-3500 or
CALL 1-240-2222
or check your internet or phone directory for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
If you would like, Missionaries can contact you to share with you the principles of the gospel, to help you repent of any sins, and to schedule your baptism by immersion for the remission of your sins, and laying on of hands for your confirmation as a member of the Church, and your reception of the Gift of the Holy Ghost,
Contact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by clicking here https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us to
Attend a Sunday Service
Enter your address to find your local church. You can get in touch with leaders and representatives. Or, better yet, worship Jesus Christ with us by attending services. You’ll meet new neighbors and make some friends! Click here to learn more about what to expect at church.
Contact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by clicking here https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us to
Find a church near you
For LocationSearch Click Here https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us to Contact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Find a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints near you.
I know you will gain peace and joy by meeting with two wonderful missionaries in person or online such as by Zoom or GotoMeeting or Facetime to study the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Missionaries would love to meet with you in person or online and answer any of your questions.
And if Missionaries meet with you in person, most of these missionaries are young people ages 18 or 19 or close, they come bearing gifts!
If you’d like free copies of the Book of Mormon or the Bible, they’d be happy to bring one or both when they come. 
So please take time to Request a Visit ›
Feel like something is missing in your life?
Invite local missionaries to your home to learn about the teachings of Jesus Christ and how you can follow them.
Request a Book of Mormon
›Two missionaries can stop by with a FREE Book of Mormon and teach you about it.
They will be happy to answer your questions.
Request a Bible ›Request a Bible. Missionaries will bring it by and share an uplifting message.
You can keep the Bible and if you like what you hear, they can come back and teach you more.
And if you would like, you can receive an Inspirational message in your inbox
Get an uplifting message each week via email. https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us
Regarding the subject of the Resurrection – here are scriptures for your consideration.
he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up, 1 Sam. 2:6.
If a man die, shall he live again, Job 14:14.
destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God, Job 19:26 (Moses 5:10).
swallow up death in victory, Isa. 25:8.
together with my dead body shall they arise, Isa. 26:19.
I will open your graves, and cause you to come up, Ezek. 37:12.
sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Dan. 12:2.
ransom them from the power of the grave, Hosea 13:14.
Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, Matt. 22:23 (Mark 12:18; Luke 20:27; Acts 23:8).
graves were opened; and many bodies … arose, Matt. 27:52 (3 Ne. 23:9).
as touching the dead, that they rise, Mark 12:26.
thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection, Luke 14:14.
spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have, Luke 24:39.
Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them, John 5:21 (Rom. 4:17; 1 Tim. 6:13).
come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, John 5:29 (D&C 76:17).
raise him up at the last day, John 6:54.
I am the resurrection, and the life, John 11:25.
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains, Acts 2:24.
apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord, Acts 4:33.
they heard of the resurrection of the dead, Acts 17:32.
resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust, Acts 24:15.
Why … incredible … that God should raise the dead, Acts 26:8.
we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection, Rom. 6:5.
he … shall also quicken your mortal bodies, Rom. 8:11.
God … will also raise up us by his own power, 1 Cor. 6:14.
by man came also the resurrection of the dead, 1 Cor. 15:21.
Christ the firstfruits, 1 Cor. 15:23.
So also is the resurrection of the dead, 1 Cor. 15:42.
it is raised a spiritual body, 1 Cor. 15:44 (D&C 88:27).
trust … in God which raiseth the dead, 2 Cor. 1:9.
quickened us together with Christ, Eph. 2:5.
change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his, Philip. 3:21.
you … hath he quickened together with him, Col. 2:13.
dead in Christ shall rise first, 1 Thes. 4:16.
erred, saying that the resurrection is past, 2 Tim. 2:18.
that they might obtain a better resurrection, Heb. 11:35.
unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus, 1 Pet. 1:3.
doth also now save us … by the resurrection of Jesus, 1 Pet. 3:21.
when he shall appear, we shall be like him, 1 Jn. 3:2.
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection, Rev. 20:6.
after he had been slain he should rise from the dead, 1 Ne. 10:11.
that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, 2 Ne. 2:8 (Alma 33:22; 40:3; Hel. 14:15; Morm. 7:6; D&C 88:14).
bodies and the spirits of men will be restored, 2 Ne. 9:12.
obtain a resurrection, according to the power, Jacob 4:11.
they are the first resurrection, Mosiah 15:22.
there is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath no victory, Mosiah 16:8.
day cometh that all shall rise from the dead, Alma 11:41.
body is raised … the whole becoming spiritual, Alma 11:45.
all things shall be restored to their proper order, Alma 41:4.
many saints who should arise from the dead, 3 Ne. 23:9.
death of Christ bringeth to pass the resurrection, Morm. 9:13.
my spirit and body shall again reunite, Moro. 10:34.
then shall all the dead awake, D&C 29:26.
he might be raised in immortality unto eternal life, D&C 29:43.
shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, D&C 43:32 (101:31).
they that knew no law shall have part in the first resurrection, D&C 45:54.
rise from the dead and shall not die after, D&C 63:49.
have slept in their graves shall come forth, D&C 88:97.
spirit and element, inseparably connected, D&C 93:33.
Angels, who are resurrected personages, having bodies of flesh and bones, D&C 129:1.
intelligence … will rise with us in the resurrection, D&C 130:18.
graves of the saints shall be opened, D&C 133:56.
departed the mortal life, firm in the hope of a glorious resurrection, D&C 138:14.
dry bones, which were to be clothed upon with flesh, D&C 138:43.
bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man, Moses 1:39.
See also Deut. 32:39; Ps. 16:9; 17:15; Matt. 25:46; Heb. 6:2; Rev. 20:12; D&C 43:18.

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IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE WORLD IS GOING, KEEP IN MIND THAT Jesus Christ is Yeshua Jehovah The Holy Messiah and Savior of the World who will soon come in Power and Great Glory. I personally invite you to join THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, THE TRUE RESTORED CHURCH OF CHRIST LED BY LIVING PROPHETS AND APOSTLES. IT WILL BE YOUR KEY SOURCE OF PEACE AND JOY AND HAPPINESS IN THIS TROUBLED WORLD. Richard Linford.

I personally invite you to join THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. To do so you simply need to contact the Church and

  1. Accept the fact that God the Father and His Beloved Son Jesus Christ are two separate exalted glorified perfect persons with resurrected immortal bodies of flesh and bones.
  2. Accept the fact that you are a child of God the Father and that you lived before this very short mortal test which has been designed by God to see if you will do good during your lifetime and accept the fact that you will continue to live after you die.
  3. Accept the fact that Jesus Christ suffered and paid the price in Gethsemane and on the cross for your sins if you accept Christ and repent of your sins.
  4. Accept the fact that Joseph Smith was visited by The Father and The Son and that they commissioned him to be the great prophet of the Restoration of the true Church of Jesus Christ, once more with a foundation of living apostles and prophets who hold the true priesthood keys and who are the conduits for Christ’s true doctrine of eternal life.
  5. Accept the Bible as the word of God and the Book of Mormon as the word of God.
  6. Be baptized by water immersion for the remission of your sins and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands – by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who hold Christ’s priesthood authority.
  7. Attend Church, partake of the sacrament, keep Christ’s commandments, including pay tithing and fast offerings.
  8. (P.S. You can contact me if you want to at r.linford@comcast.net and I will answer your questions and help you meet with wonderful missionaries and attend Church and learn about Jesus, The Holy Messiah, Yeshua, who soon will come in Power and Great Glory.

Or you can contact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by clicking here https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/video/2016-03-0002-resurrection-of-the-dead?lang=eng CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO! YOU CAN READ THE BOOK OF MORMON OR BIBLE FOR FREE – AT NO COST – AT THIS WEBSITE http://www.churchofjesuschrist.org

Keep in mind that Christ is your and my Resurrection and Eternal Life.

“And this is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” (John 17:3)

Contact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by clicking here https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us

Or CALL 1-240-1000 or

CALL 801-240-3500 or

CALL 1-240-2222

or check your internet or phone directory for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Because of COVID, if you would like, Missionaries can contact you by phone or facetime or zoom or GotoMeeting or the like to share with you the principles of the gospel, to help you repent of any sins, and to schedule your baptism by immersion for the remission of your sins, and the laying on of hands for your confirmation as a member of the Church, and your reception of the Gift of the Holy Ghost,

Contact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by clicking here https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us to

Attend a Sunday Service

Enter your address to find your local church. You can get in touch with leaders and representatives. Or, better yet, worship Jesus Christ with us by attending services. You’ll meet new neighbors and make some friends! Click here to learn more about what to expect at church.

Contact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by clicking here https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us to

Find a church near you

For LocationSearch Click Here https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us to Contact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Find a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints near you.

I know you will gain peace and joy by meeting with two wonderful missionaries in person or online such as by Zoom or GotoMeeting or Facetime to study the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Missionaries would love to meet with you in person or online and answer any of your questions.

And if Missionaries meet with you in person, most of these missionaries are young men and women ages 18 or 19 or close, they come bearing gifts!

If you’d like free copies of the Book of Mormon or the Bible, they’d be happy to bring or send one or both when they come. 

So please take time to Request a Visit ›

Feel like something is missing in your life?

Invite local missionaries to your home to learn about the teachings of Jesus Christ and how you can follow them.

Request a Book of Mormon

›Two missionaries can stop by with a FREE Book of Mormon and teach you about it.

They will be happy to answer your questions.

Request a Bible ›Request a Bible. Missionaries will bring it by and share an uplifting message.

You can keep the Bible and if you like what you hear, they can come back and teach you more.

And if you would like, you can receive an Inspirational message in your inbox

If you so desire, you can also get an uplifting message each week via email. https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us

On the subject of your Resurrection – here are doctrinal scriptures for your consideration.

  • he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up, 1 Sam. 2:6.
  • If a man die, shall he live again, Job 14:14.
  • destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God, Job 19:26 (Moses 5:10).
  • swallow up death in victory, Isa. 25:8.
  • together with my dead body shall they arise, Isa. 26:19.
  • I will open your graves, and cause you to come up, Ezek. 37:12.
  • sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Dan. 12:2.
  • ransom them from the power of the grave, Hosea 13:14.
  • then shall all the dead awake, D&C 29:26.
  • he might be raised in immortality unto eternal life, D&C 29:43.
  • shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, D&C 43:32 (101:31).
  • they that knew no law shall have part in the first resurrection, D&C 45:54.
  • rise from the dead and shall not die after, D&C 63:49.
  • have slept in their graves shall come forth, D&C 88:97.
  • spirit and element, inseparably connected, D&C 93:33.
  • Angels, who are resurrected personages, having bodies of flesh and bones, D&C 129:1.
  • intelligence … will rise with us in the resurrection, D&C 130:18.
  • graves of the saints shall be opened, D&C 133:56.
  • departed the mortal life, firm in the hope of a glorious resurrection, D&C 138:14.
  • dry bones, which were to be clothed upon with flesh, D&C 138:43.
  • bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man, Moses 1:39.

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The Resurrected Perfect Jesus Christ is Able.

Jesus is the Christ, Yeshua, The Holy Messiah who soon will come in power and great glory.

Able.

  1. Christ is “Able … to save [us] to the uttermost [if we] come unto [God the Father] by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for [us].” (Hebrews 7:25)  He is “Able to do all things according to his will, for [us], if it so be that [we] exercise faith in him …”.  (1 Nephi 7:12) “For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is Able to succour [we who] are tempted.” (Hebrews 2:18)
  2. “Our God [Jehovah] whom we serve is Able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace” and from the lions. (Daniel 3:17; 3; 6) As he has “promised, he [is] Able also to perform.”  (Romans 4:21)
  3. Our “God is Able to make all grace abound toward [us].” (2 Corinthians 9:8) Jesus Christ “is Able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.”(Ephesians 3:20, 21)
  4. “For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is Able even to subdue all things unto himself.” (Philippians 3:20-21)  
  5. He is “the Lord [who] is Able to do all things according to his will, for the children of men, if it so be that they exercise faith in him.  Wherefore, let us be faithful to him.” (1 Nephi 7:12)
  6. For He said: “I am Able to do mine own work.” (2 Nephi 27:20)   Indeed, He “is Able to keep [us] from falling, and to present [us] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.” (Jude 1:24-25) Through our repentance, he is Able to lift us up when we fall. 
  7. “Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is Able to save your souls” (James 1:21) both temporally and spiritually.
  8. The Father and The Holy Ghost are also Able.

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He was Resurrected. You will be Resurrected. I invite you to study the gospel with the missionaries, to attend a Sabbath day Church service near you, to learn to love Jesus the Christ the Holy Messiah more deeply, to be baptized by immersion for the remission of your sins, to receive The Gift of the Holy Ghost, and to be confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Richard Linford

(P.S. You can contact me if you want to at r.linford@comcast.net and I will help you meet with these wonderful missionaries and attend Church and learn about Jesus.

Or contact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by clicking here https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/video/2016-03-0002-resurrection-of-the-dead?lang=eng CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO! YOU CAN READ THE BOOK OF MORMON OR BIBLE FOR FREE – AT NO COST – AT THIS WEBSITE http://www.churchofjesuschrist.org

He is your Resurrection and Eternal Life.

“And this is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” (John 17:3)

Contact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by clicking here https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us

Or CALL 1-240-1000 or

CALL 801-240-3500 or

CALL 1-240-2222

or check your internet or phone directory for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

If you would like, Missionaries can contact you to share with you the principles of the gospel, to help you repent of any sins, and to schedule your baptism by immersion for the remission of your sins, and laying on of hands for your confirmation as a member of the Church, and your reception of the Gift of the Holy Ghost,

Contact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by clicking here https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us to

Attend a Sunday Service

Enter your address to find your local church. You can get in touch with leaders and representatives. Or, better yet, worship Jesus Christ with us by attending services. You’ll meet new neighbors and make some friends! Click here to learn more about what to expect at church.

Contact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by clicking here https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us to

Find a church near you

For LocationSearch Click Here https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us to Contact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Find a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints near you.

I know you will gain peace and joy by meeting with two wonderful missionaries in person or online such as by Zoom or GotoMeeting or Facetime to study the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Missionaries would love to meet with you in person or online and answer any of your questions.

And if Missionaries meet with you in person, most of these missionaries are young people ages 18 or 19 or close, they come bearing gifts!

If you’d like free copies of the Book of Mormon or the Bible, they’d be happy to bring one or both when they come. 

So please take time to Request a Visit ›

Feel like something is missing in your life?

Invite local missionaries to your home to learn about the teachings of Jesus Christ and how you can follow them.

Request a Book of Mormon

›Two missionaries can stop by with a FREE Book of Mormon and teach you about it.

They will be happy to answer your questions.

Request a Bible ›Request a Bible. Missionaries will bring it by and share an uplifting message.

You can keep the Bible and if you like what you hear, they can come back and teach you more.

And if you would like, you can receive an Inspirational message in your inbox

Get an uplifting message each week via email. https://www.comeuntochrist.org/contact-us

Back to the subject of the Resurrection – here are scriptures for your consideration.

  • he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up, 1 Sam. 2:6.
  • If a man die, shall he live again, Job 14:14.
  • destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God, Job 19:26 (Moses 5:10).
  • swallow up death in victory, Isa. 25:8.
  • together with my dead body shall they arise, Isa. 26:19.
  • I will open your graves, and cause you to come up, Ezek. 37:12.
  • sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Dan. 12:2.
  • ransom them from the power of the grave, Hosea 13:14.
  • then shall all the dead awake, D&C 29:26.
  • he might be raised in immortality unto eternal life, D&C 29:43.
  • shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, D&C 43:32 (101:31).
  • they that knew no law shall have part in the first resurrection, D&C 45:54.
  • rise from the dead and shall not die after, D&C 63:49.
  • have slept in their graves shall come forth, D&C 88:97.
  • spirit and element, inseparably connected, D&C 93:33.
  • Angels, who are resurrected personages, having bodies of flesh and bones, D&C 129:1.
  • intelligence … will rise with us in the resurrection, D&C 130:18.
  • graves of the saints shall be opened, D&C 133:56.
  • departed the mortal life, firm in the hope of a glorious resurrection, D&C 138:14.
  • dry bones, which were to be clothed upon with flesh, D&C 138:43.
  • bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man, Moses 1:39.

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Love your enemies. I invite you to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jesus is The Christ, the Holy Messiah.

  1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
  2. often informally known as the LDS Church
  3. or the Mormon Church,
  4. is a nontrinitarian,
  5. Christian
  6. restorationist
  7. church
  8. that is the restored original church
  9. founded by Jesus Christ
  10. built upon a foundation of living apostles,
  11. prophets, seers, and revelators,
  12. Christ being the Chief cornerstone, and
  13. Our Heavenly Father being the Chief capstone. 
  14. The Father has a glorified resurrected body
  15. of flesh and bones
  16. as tangible as man’s,
  17. the Son also.
  18. The Holy Ghost is a man with a spirit body
  19. who bears witness of the Father and the Son.
  20. The Father and the Son appeared to The Prophet Joseph Smith
  21. and commissioned him as the Great Prophet of the Restoration
  22. through whom was revealed the Book of Mormon and
  23. sacred revelations, keys, covenants and authorities,
  24. including priesthood power to baptize by immersion,
  25. to lay on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost,
  26. to confer the priesthood authority on worthy men,
  27. to seal husband and wife and children together for eternity,
  28. providing vicarious baptism and other sacred ordinances
  29. for ancestors,
  30. thus restoring the original Church of Jesus Christ.
  31. I invite you to read The Book of Mormon,
  32. which is a second witness that Jesus is the Christ,
  33. and physical and spiritual proof Joseph Smith was
  34. the great Prophet as claimed.
  35. I invite you to contact the Church and study the gospel of Christ
  36. such that you have faith in Christ,
  37. repent of your sins and are baptized by one having proper priesthood.
  38. A free copy of the Book of Mormon is available at www.churchofjesuschrist.org under the heading scriptures.
  39. You can contact the Church
  40. and arrange for two missionaries
  41. to teach you and help you attend Church and be baptized
  42. by calling 1-801-240-1000.
  43. We honor and love you.
  44. Please let me Richard Linford know when you are baptized
  45. at r.linford@comcast.net.

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Do Good to those who hurt you. Jesus is the Resurrected Living Christ Messiah Yeshua. His resurrection was glorious. All will receive a resurrection. The Father has a glorified, perfect, resurrected body as tangible as man’s. The Son has a glorified, perfect, resurrected body as tangible as man’s. I invite you to contact the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints www.churchofjesuschrsit.org and learn the gospel and be baptized.

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  1. Jesus is The Resurrected Living Christ Messiah Yeshua. His Resurrection was glorious. All will receive a resurrection.
  2. See also Atone, Atonement; Body; Death, Physical; Immortal, Immortality; Jesus Christ; Spirit
  3. The reuniting of the spirit body with the physical body of flesh and bones after death.
  4. After resurrection, the spirit and body will never again be separated,
  5. and the person will become immortal.
  6. Every person born on earth will be resurrected because Jesus Christ overcame death (1 Cor. 15:20–22).
  7. Jesus Christ was the first person to be resurrected on this earth (Acts 26:23; Col. 1:18; Rev. 1:5).
  8. The New Testament gives ample evidence that Jesus rose with His physical body:
  9. His tomb was empty,
  10. He ate fish and honey,
  11. He had a body of flesh and bones,
  12. people touched Him,
  13. and the angels said He had risen (Mark 16:1–6; Luke 24:1–12, 36–43; John 20:1–18).
  14. Latter-day revelation confirms the reality of the Resurrection of Christ
  15. and of all mankind (Alma 11:40–45; 40; 3 Ne. 11:1–17; D&C 76; Moses 7:62).
  16. All people will not be resurrected to the same glory (1 Cor. 15:39–42; D&C 76:89–98),
  17. nor will all be resurrected at the same time (1 Cor. 15:22–23; Alma 40:8; D&C 76:64–65, 85; 88:96–102).
  18. Many Saints were resurrected after Christ’s Resurrection (Matt. 27:52).
  19. The righteous will be resurrected before the wicked
  20. and will come forth in the First Resurrection (1 Thes. 4:16);
  21. the unrepentant sinners will come forth in the last resurrection (Rev. 20:5–13; D&C 76:85).
  22. Though this body be destroyed,
  23. yet in my flesh shall I see God, Job 19:26 (Moses 5:10).
  24. I will open your graves, and cause you to come up, Ezek. 37:12.
  25. Graves were opened, and many bodies arose, Matt. 27:52–53 (3 Ne. 23:9).
  26. The Lord is risen, Luke 24:34.
  27. A spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have, Luke 24:39.
  28. I am the resurrection
  29. and the life, John 11:25.
  30. The Twelve Apostles taught that Jesus had risen, Acts 1:21–22 (Acts 2:32; 3:15; 4:33).
  31. In Christ shall all be made alive, 1 Cor. 15:1–22.
  32. The dead in Christ shall rise first, 1 Thes. 4:16.
  33. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection, Rev. 20:6.
  34. Christ layeth down his life
  35. and taketh it again
  36. that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, 2 Ne. 2:8 (Mosiah 13:35; 15:20; Alma 33:22; 40:3; Hel. 14:15).
  37. Without resurrection,
  38. we would become subject to Satan, 2 Ne. 9:6–9.
  39. Resurrection will pass upon all men, 2 Ne. 9:22.
  40. The Book of Mormon prophet Abinadi taught about the first resurrection, Mosiah 15:21–26.
  41. The wicked remain as though there had been no redemption,
  42. except for the loosing of the bands of death, Alma 11:41–45.
  43. Alma explained the state of souls between death and resurrection, Alma 40:6, 11–24.
  44. At the Lord’s coming,
  45. the dead which died in Christ will come forth, D&C 29:13 (D&C 45:45–46; 88:97–98; 133:56).
  46. Weep especially for those who have not hope of a glorious resurrection, D&C 42:45.
  47. They that knew no law shall have part in this first resurrection, D&C 45:54.
  48. They shall rise from the dead and shall not die after, D&C 63:49.
  49. The resurrection from the dead is the redemption of the soul, D&C 88:14–16.
  50. Spirit and element, inseparably connected, receive a fulness of joy, D&C 93:33.
  51. Angels who are resurrected beings have bodies of flesh and bones, D&C 129:1.
  52. Whatsoever intelligence we attain in this life will rise with us in the resurrection, D&C 130:18–19

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Be kind to those who do or say unkind things. Jesus of Nazareth is Yeshua the Resurrected Living Christ.

Jesus of Nazaareth is Yeshua the Resurrected Living Christ who soon will come in power and great glory to cleanse the earth of sin and rule as KING of Kings and LORD of Lords so repent of your sins, pray to the Father in the holy name of Jesus, learn of Him by studying the scriptures, and keep His commandments to Love God with all your heart, might, mind and strength and to love your neighbor as you love yourself.

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