Video[1] Transcript for Agents of God’s Image and Likeness [pdf copy] Greetings, and welcome to this presentation[2] about agents of God’s image and likeness. In the beginning, God created us in His own image and likeness![3] By creating us after this manner, God made us: agents or stewards of His image and likeness,[4] and thus […]
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Why We Live in an Open Enrollment
Preface: The original posting of this study letter was on January 2, 2022. An expanded version was posted on January 30, 2022. Printable pdf documents: [Original, Condensed Version] [Revised & Expanded Version] The following is an excerpt from the opening sections of an update to the Expanded version. Open enrollment is a term familiar to […]
Why We Must Believe on the Given Name of Jesus Christ
[pdf version] What is the name of our Savior, the Anointed One spoken of by the prophets and apostles?[1] Does it matter what we call Him? When calling upon the Father, does it matter what name we use for Him? The Lord answered all such questions when restoring His latter-day church. He said our heavenly […]
Why Three Glories: Part 3 – Called To Glory
By creating us in His image God created us for glory, His glory. And, as Peter has testified, in these last days God has renewed this call to glory through the intercession and advocacy of Jesus Christ. I Peter 5:8-11 IV (KJV) – Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring […]
Why divisions – Part 2
Why divisions – Part 2: “There must be also divisions among you” (Updated February 14, 2016) The underlying source of divisions in the church was introduced in its scriptural context in the first part of this series, Why Divisions – Part 1. The matter was summed up by Paul, the Apostle of Jesus Christ, when […]
Why divisions – Part 1
Why divisions – Part 1: “Are Ye Not Carnal?” (Updated February 14, 2016) Why are there so many divisions in the church? Is it not because we are yet carnal? This was the reason Paul, the Apostle of Jesus Christ, identified for the divisions in the church at Corinth (cf. I Corinthians 1:10). For ye are […]
An Appointment with the Woman I Would Marry
Upon arriving at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, in the fall of 1978 I had a dream of the woman I would marry someday that continues to increase my understanding and appreciation of marriage. Most importantly, it continues to focus my attention on our Lord’s commitment to marriage and His personal involvement in this sacred […]
Why no little children are lost
Jesus said that it is not the will of our heavenly Father that little children should perish. How think ye? If a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains and seeketh that which is gone astray? And […]
Why the Book of Mormon is the new covenant
Printable Version In his sermon on April 19, 2015, Seventy Gary Whiting spoke on D&C 83:8 and, in particular, on how the restored church is under condemnation for taking lightly the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon, as stated in verse 8b. D&C 83 8a) And your minds in times past have been darkened […]
Why Three Glories: Part 2 – What God is Seeking
To understand why there are three glories, we must first come to understand what God is seeking from each one of us and why. And the individual to whom we must look for this understanding is the individual God sent into the world to manifest or reveal Himself to us, meaning His Only Begotten Son, […]
Why Three Glories – Part 1
Part 1: Eyes to See & Ears to Hear Printable Version Paul, the Apostle of Jesus Christ, explained that in the resurrection of the dead three glories will be revealed. I Corinthians 15:41-45 IV (KJV) – There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for […]
“Time is of the essence”
Early this morning (December 31, 2014) I was awakened with the words “Time is running out,” giving me the distinct impression that time is short! As I pondered the meaning of these words, the parable of the ten virgins was brought presently to mind; and with it came an urgent yet reassuring sense of our […]
Why weakness
Jesus Christ tells us that He gives us weakness and that He does so for a specific purpose: that we may be humble before Him. I give unto men weakness, that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and […]
“Why are you so many good things and are not the most important thing of all?”
In a message he gave at a VOM conference in March of 1997, the late Pastor Richard Wurmbrand spoke of a strange personal experience in which he was taken to the high peak of a mountain and asked a curious and delicate question by a celestial being of unspeakable beauty. This heavenly messenger asked Pastor Wurmbrand: As […]
Why be a doer of God’s Word
Love not the world, neither the things that are of the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all in the world that is of the lusts of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, […]
Why be baptized
By admin on June 29, 2014 in Born Again, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Redemption, Resurrection
Before ascending into heaven, Jesus Christ gave the following instructions to His disciples. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy […]
Why be holy
Why be holy… (audio link) Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. (Psalm 73:24) In a brief summary statement in the concluding chapter of the Bible we are told what will become of each of us after the final judgment: He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; […]
Why remember
All who have fought to obtain and preserve our liberty are worthy of our most honorable remembrance and our recognition offered with sincerest of gratitude. Liberty is ultimately founded in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, the captain of our salvation. Thy name, O Lord, endureth forever; and thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations. (Psalm […]
Why Jesus
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. All power has been given unto Him in heaven and in earth. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the […]
Why Be Born Again?
A great division exits in the world today. One side is dominated by the carnal mind and its limited abilities. The other side is governed by the spiritual mind and the infinite God who gives us life. All people are born with a carnal mind. Those who are born again of God’s Spirit in Jesus […]