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VIEW PERSONAL BELIEFS
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POSTED BY:
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Gargantuan
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DATE:
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12.08.2009 |
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SUBJECT:
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Joseph Smith Gives to Us |
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LOCATION:
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Orem,
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Joseph Smith Opened Up Communication with the Heavens
"Because he was willing to ask God directly, the Prophet Joseph--and each of us through him--learned eternal truths about the nature of God and the current status of God's kingdom on earth. He learned that the forces of the adversary are real and combat all that is righteous and pure. Joseph also learned that the Father and the resurrected Lord are separate beings who knew him and spoke to him by way of instruction. He learned that none of the churches on the earth at that time had the truth and that he should join none of them. In his book Here We Stand, Joseph Fielding McConkie underscored the personal implications the First Vision holds for each of us:
The way we answer questions about our faith ought to be by finding the quickest and most direct route to the Sacred Grove. That is our ground. It is sacred ground. It is where the heavens are opened and the God of heaven speaks. It is where testimonies are born and the greatest truths of heaven are unveiled." [Here We Stand (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1995), 6]
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