The Need of a Prophet

   

Truth is a knowledge of things as they really are, were, and will be. It never changes with the conditions of time of the world. God is the source of ALL TRUTH. We have this faith in God because we know he will teach us only truth and he wants us all to know of his truth. Therefore, he calls Prophets and Apostles to reveal the truth necessary for our Salvation. He reveals truth to us personally by personal revelation and by reading scriptures daily.

Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. A Prophet is Called a God and this is how he reveals his truth his to his Prophet through the Holy Ghost. A Prophet is also a righteousness man and has great faith. The Prophet is commanded to teach the commandments and also the truth that he receives form God to all the world! Those who follow the revealed truth given to the prophet are blessed. 3 Nephi 12:2 And again, more blessed are they who shall believe in your words because that ye shall testify that ye have seen me, and that ye know that I am. Yea, blessed are they who shall believe in your words, and come down into the depths of humility and be baptized, for they shall be visited with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and shall receive a remission of their sins. 

 

Christ built his foundation of his church upon Apostles and Prophets. Ephesians 4:11-14 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; Apostles and Prophets are called of God and they lead this church under the direction of our Savior Jesus Christ to bring to all men the joy and happiness that they have. This is why God called a Prophet in our day, He called Joesph smith to be his Prophet in these last days and all his successors are also called of God to Lead us and Guide us in these last days! Those who listen to and follow the Counsel of the living Prophets and Apostles will not go go astray these teachings provide an anchor of eternal truth in the world of shifting values and help us avoid misery and sorrow and the world will not overwhelm us. We will enjoy the assurance of being in harmony with God’s will!

I know that these things are true! A short story i would like to share. When i was in my younger days about 13 or 14 the Prophet at the time always told us to get a food storage ready and to get out of debt. Well i didn't have any debt and well i wasn’t the boss of getting a food storage ready either but I'm grateful for my parents and doing that they had a food storage ready but they improved it and when the economy dropped we has some food when money got tight and we didn't have much to eat but i never went to bed hungry. I know that God loves all of us so he reveals truth and things that we need to do to prepare ourselves of danger in the future i know that today President Thomas S. Monson is the Prophet today and he leads us and guides us under the direction of Our savior so that we may enjoy peace and to also make sure we have ALL the TRUTH that we need for salvation.

To The Rescue!

    This weeks blog is going to be different! It was inspired my a talk given in our ward this last Sunday and the subject hit home to me and I had some of my own thoughts that I would like to share! It was about a hymn out of our hymn book hymn number 221 Dear to the hearts of the Shepard which is one of my personal favorites!

Verse 1. Dear to the heart of the Shepherd,
Dear are the sheep of his fold;
Dear is the love that he gives them,
Dearer than silver or gold.
Dear to the heart of the Shepherd,
Dear are his “other” lost sheep;
Over the mountains he follows,
Over the waters so deep.

In this verse I see that the Savior is looking for his lost sheep who is all of his children who hasn’t been living the right way or who is just not happy in life, but we learn that the Savior is right there with love ready to save us because we are worth more then silver or gold in his eyes and he will be willing to go over our mountains and to the deeps waters to save us all!

2.Dear to the heart of the Shepherd,
Dear are the lambs of his fold;
Some from the pastures are straying,
Hungry and helpless and cold.
See, the Good Shepherd is seeking,
Seeking the lambs that are lost,
Bringing them in with rejoicing,
Saved at such infinite cost.

Our brothers and sisters are straying at this point and most of the time it is because they are not getting the gospel nourishment that they need in there life. And we can feed them all we have to do is to comfort them because they are cold they may not fill like they fit in life or that they have friends at all so we need to go and simply give a smile or a hug and be there friends and welcome them back to his fold. And rejoice when they do come back because they were saved with much cost witch is the cost of the blood of the Savior who was willing to die for us so that we may live with him once more!

3.Dear to the heart of the Shepherd,
Dear are the “ninety and nine”;
Dear are the sheep that have wandered
Out in the desert to pine.
Hark! he is earnestly calling,
Tenderly pleading today:
“Will you not seek for my lost ones,
Off from my shelter astray?”

When I hear this verse it makes me think of a couple of things one that if I was that one who left the fold he would leave the ninety and nine to come and find just me! Another thing is that the savior is calling and pleading with us to come back and have the joy that he has and to find peace in this life and in the life to come. And last I see that the savior is ASKING US TO HELP HIM! Which that makes me think of John 21:15-1715 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
 16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. Let us put our name in for peters and this invitation apply’s to us today to go and help others come unto Christ!
4. Green are the pastures inviting;
Sweet are the waters and still.
Lord, we will answer thee gladly,
“Yes, blessed Master, we will!
Make us thy true under-shepherds;
Give us a love that is deep.
Send us out into the desert,
Seeking thy wandering sheep.”

Now if you didn't notice the first 3 verses is the Savior doing his works and

how to do it. The 3^rd verse he commits us all to follow him and to help him bring others to his fold! And the last verse is our reply “YES, blessed Master, we will!” and I will do my best at it with his help!

[Chorus]
Out in the desert they wander,
Hungry and helpless and cold;
Off to the rescue he hastens, (4th verse) we’ll hasten,
Bringing them back to the fold.
The chorus helps us find them and how urgent we should be in the work. Its not something we can just put off for tomorrow!
I know that this is true and that as we help the Savior and go to the Rescue we will have the most Joy, Peace and happiness in our life.

Where Did I Come from, Why Am I Here, And Where Am I Going?

               Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going? These are the Three biggest questions everyone has had or thought of in their life. Well what would you do if I told you that I have found the answers? well I did and I will share them with you!

Where Did I Come From?

               Before we came to earth we lived in the presents of our Heavenly Father as his spirit children where we learned from him and where we felt his love and care. he cares so much for us that he created a plan for us all to receive ALL the Blessing, happiness and Joy that he Enjoys this is his purpose for creating this plan the plan of happiness. God gave us are agency or the right to choose good from evil. so after we those who accepted this plan and those that didn't and were casted out of heaven God created the earth so that we may gain a body. While on earth we are physically out of Gods presents to see if we will really follow him because we walk by faith not by sight.    

Why Am I Here?

               Well it all starts with the story of Adam and Eve they were created in the Image of God flesh and bones and had two choices multiply and replenish the earth and to not eat from the tree of good and evil. they had to choose they had agency. Satan came around and tempted them and Adam and Eve choose to eat of the fruit and was casted out of the garden they did so that we might have joy. 2 Nephi 2: 22-25 22 And now, behold, if Adam had not transgressed he would not have fallen, but he would have remained in the garden of Eden. And all things which were created must have remained in the same state in which they were after they were created; and they must have remained forever, and had no end. 23 And they would have had no children; wherefore they would have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they knew no misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin. 24 But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things.25 Adam fell that men might be; and men care, that they might have joy. We are on this earth to be tested and to see where are faith stands to either follow Christ or Satan. So life really is what we make it we have to choose what we are going to to Obey God and do his will or to sin and follow Satan which brings unhappiness and sorrow. The only way that we are able to overcome sin is through Jesus Christ and his Atonement and this helps us to repent and follow him more fully 2 Nephi 2: 26 And the Messiah cometh in the fullness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall. And because that they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil; to act for themselves and not to be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the law at the great and last day, according to the commandments which God hath given.

Where Am I Going?

               Death is the process of transforming from mortality to immortality. After death we go to the Spirit world where we wait for the second coming of Christ. death however doesn't change are desire to do good or evil or are personality. those who will obey gods will, will be in a state of happiness, and joy and those who don't and rebel against god will be in pain and sorrow and fill  unhappy. Alma 40:11-14 11 Now, concerning the state of the soul between death and the resurrection—Behold, it has been made known unto me by an angel, that the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body, yea, the spirits of all men, whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life. 12 And then shall it come to pass, that the spirits of those who are righteous are received into a state of happiness, which is called paradise, a state of rest, a state of peace, where they shall rest from all their troubles and from all care, and sorrow.13 And then shall it come to pass, that the spirits of the wicked, yea, who are evil—for behold, they have no part nor portion of the Spirit of the Lord; for behold, they chose evil works rather than good; therefore the spirit of the devil did enter into them, and take possession of their house—and these shall be cast out into outer darkness; there shall be weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth, and this because of their own iniquity, being led captive by the will of the devil.14 Now this is the state of the souls of the wicked, yea, in darkness, and a state of awful, fearful looking for the fiery indignation of the wrath of God upon them; thus they remain in this estate, as well as the righteous in paradise, until the time of their resurrection. After Christ coming we will all be resurrected and have are spirits and body be joined together again just like Christ did we will be judged to enter to the kingdom of glory that we worked for. there are Three kingdoms and we find them in the Bible 1 Cor 15:40-42  40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:  The Celestial kingdom is where people that will obey god and do all the things that God has commanded us to do! The terrestrial is where those that Obey but don't do everything that they can do or they just didn't repent and do what was right always. And those who go to stars or the telestial Kingdom is where those that knew of Christ and accepted him but never followed him or what he asked us to do.

               I know that this is true this is the plan that God has for all of us and as well flow this plan and do all that we can to live with him again in the Celestial Kingdom we will have the most joy that we can be looking for! and if you want to learn more visit Mormon.org

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