LIVING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD OCTOBER 26, 2023

 LIVING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD OCTOBER 26, 2023

 

Greetings Dear Saints with some of the final words of Amaleki as found in Omni 1:46-47,

46 “And now, my beloved brethren, I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation and the power of his redemption. 47 Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth, ye will be saved.”

 

Keeping in mind that we find in Doctrine and Covenants 85:4a that the body and the spirit equals the soul. So if we offer our “whole soul” we are offering our body and spirit. That, of course, correlates to the First Great Commandment, which is _________________________________________________________.

 

The two great commandments are so important that they are mentioned in Matthew 22; Mark 12 and Luke 10. Did you also know these commandments or slight variations are found in Deuteronomy 6:5,6; 11:13; 13:3,4; 30:6, Joshua 22:5; I Samuel 12:20; 2 Chronicles 34:31, and Doctrine and Covenants 59:2? Coincidence? God does not work that way.

 

Why did God repeat them so many times? Each of us must answer that for ourselves. We might say, they were for different groups of God’s people and in different time periods. We could also say that God’s people were and are sometimes rebellious, slow to hear and slow to respond.

 

Most, if not all members of the Church can quote Doctrine and Covenants 140:5c “The work of preparation and the perfection of my Saints go forward slowly, and _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Did you notice similar wording in the message from Kirtland in 2022? Look at page two, paragraph six, last line. Write it in here ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

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One year and almost one month has now gone past. What will we do as individuals and a people in the next eleven months to be ready? We each need to examine our own life and seek God’s direction as to how we need to be ready. Another thing to keep in mind is what if we are called home before the eleven months elapses? When God calls us home, our time on earth is over and there are no more chances to “redeem ourselves” in the flesh. We cannot wait on someone else, even in our own families, but must do the very best we can to be permitted to go into the Wedding Feast.

 

We must not allow anything to be a hindrance or barrier to our everyday living in the Kingdom of God.

 

God bless,

Paul Gage