Fiona, you have a defeatist attitude. I am sure that Prison Chaplain is aware of the Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee(and if he isn't, I am sure he will be soon!). It's a really interesting study of Romans. It's really a study on the full ramifications of the atonement of Jesus Christ.
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I want to be 'Christ-like' and strive for perfection even though I know as a sinner, I will never be perfect like Christ.
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Your sins were already paid for by the atonement. When you repent from your sins and ask forgiveness they are no more. The whole point of Christ's atonement was to blot your sins so that you could approach Heavenly Father clean and blameless. When you say something like that, you are saying that Christ's atonement isn't enough for you.
Christ's atonement is enough. It's not only enough for you, but enough for everyone man, woman, and child is who has ever lived, is living now, and will ever live.
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So...I feel in heaven that even though we are created in God's image and will be able to inheret the kingdom of God, etc, he is still our one and only God, and we are not worthy to be deemed gods and godesses, even with a little 'g'.
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You'd do well to reread the quote from D&C posted earlier. In it, the definition of god is made....in this case:
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Then shall they be gods, because they have no end;
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This high council speaker....spoke about God as if he were just a next door neighbor or something. There was no reverence to his words about 'Father', just ramblings about how we should be good so we can be gods and godesses like 'Father'. It was like he put us on equal footing or someting. He couldn't even call him 'Heavenly Father' or GOD.
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If saying Father isn't reverent enough, why did Jesus teach us to say, "Our Father...." as the beginning of the Lord's prayer?
I learned about this doctrine before I even met with the missionaries in person the first time. I spent a couple of years studying and learning all that I could. This doctrine makes sense to me. It's one of many answers the D&C, Book of Mormon and other scriptures have answered for me.
I remember sitting once with an Evangelical friend who was doing a lot of studying of the Bible and seemed very wise. He said that he just loved going to church and singing and doing the altar calls and doing nothing but worship the Lord. He said that if you didn't like going to church, then you probably wouldn't like heaven. To me, it sounded like a waste.
After joining the Church, I now realize that everyone should have a calling and everyone contributes to the work of the Church. With my calling in the Church, I truly feel like I am doing my part to build up the Kingdom. I am not swooning at the feet of the Lord nor am I playing a harp all day long. If this is like the Celestial Kingdom will be, definitely count me in!
Maybe the member of the Stake High Council was trying to remind you that worshiping Our Father is also about doing good to our brothers and sisters.