Tag: Church Manual

  • Do Latter-day Saints believe that they will “get their own planet”?

    Do Latter-day Saints believe that they will “get their own planet”?

    Do Latter-day Saints believe that they will “get their own planet”?

    No. This idea is not taught in Latter-day Saint scripture, nor is it a doctrine of the Church. This misunderstanding stems from speculative comments unreflective of scriptural doctrine. Latter-day Saints believe that we are all sons and daughters of God and that all of us have the potential to grow during and after this life to become like our Heavenly Father (see Romans 8:16-17). The Church does not and has never purported to fully understand the specifics of Christ’s statement that “in my Father’s house are many mansions” (John 14:2).

    Frequently Asked Questions, Question 12: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/frequently-asked-questions & https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2010/10/commonly-asked-questions?lang=eng

    To live in the highest part of the celestial kingdom is called exaltation* or eternal life. To be able to live in this part of the celestial kingdom, people must have been married in the temple and must have kept the sacred promises they made in the temple. They will receive everything our Father in Heaven has and will become like Him. They will even be able to have spirit children and make new worlds for them to live on, and do all the things our Father in Heaven has done

    Gospel Fundamentals, Chapter 36 “Eternal Life”, page 201: (see pdf version) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/shared/content/english/pdf/language-materials/31129_eng.pdf
    Gospel Fundamentals, Chapter 36 “Eternal Life”, page 201.

  • Becoming White

    Becoming White

    Lesson 19, A white and Blessed People:[footnote]Manual for the Priests’ Quorum, Nephi Jensen – Deseret News Press, 1927 [/footnote]

    LESSON NINETEEN

    A WHITE AND BLESSED PEOPLE

    (a) Activity Period: (About 15 minutes.) Prayer.—Roll Call—Consider ways of getting attendance of absent members.—Report of assignments performed.—Assignments for ensuing week.—Social and fraternal activities.—Instructions by Bishop.

    (b) Lesson Period: (15 to 30 minutes.) Report of number who have read lesson.

    Statement of Facts.

    1. The Lamanites, because of the iniquity of their fathers, were cursed with a skin of darkness.
    2. They became an idle and a loathsome people, shut off largely from the blessings of the Lord.
    3. Prayers have been offered by servants of the Lord for their restoration.
    4. It has been prophesied that they shall one day become a white and delightsome and blessed people.
    5. Whenever they have obeyed the Gospel in the past, their dark skin has been removed, and they have become fair and beautiful and civilized.

    Argument.

    When the Indians or Lamanites receive and obey the Gospel in our day and from henceforth, they shall become as white and blessed a people as any in the Church today. This will take place before many generations have passed.

    A WHITE AND BLESSED PEOPLE

    For their rebellion and iniquity in hardening their hearts against the Lord and his chosen spokesmen, the Lord caused a curse to come upon the Lamanites, and those who intermarried with them. Before thy had…

     

     



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