Class 11 – Section 89, 93Word of Wisdom, Obtaining a Fulness.ppt

Note the distinction between beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven… and wild animals… Joseh Smith and the massasauga cf the Shaker doctrine… Sounds like the Gospel of John… cf the Shaker doctrine… What is grace? What does it men to grow from grace to grace? What is grace? What does it men to grow from grace to grace? Grace is “gifts and power from God.” Brigham Young taught about moving from “perfection to perfection.” When we obtain proficiency at one level, we are given more and more is expected of us. – The bar is always raising. What is grace? What does it men to grow from grace to grace? Grace is “gifts and power from God.” Brigham Young taught about moving from “perfection to perfection.” When we obtain proficiency at one level, we are given more and more is expected of us. – The bar is always raising. What is truth? What is truth? Truth is “the knowledge…” Is truth then inside us rather than outside us? More about fulness… v. 27-28. And no man receiveth a fulness unless he keepeth his commandments. He that keepeth his commandments receiveth truth and light, until he is glorified in truth and knoweth all things. What are intelligences? What are intelligences? Entities without beginning. They are formed into spirits and then given bodies. 1) substance without individuality or personal characteristics which is a requisite part of a sprit body? 2) a primordial individual, a pre-spirit that has individual characteristics? What is intelligence? One meaning of intelligence… Light and truth… Light comes from God, truth comes from within. Intelligence is when God reveals things to us and we internalize his revelations so they become part of us. Concretely, how we obtain a fulness? When do we obtain a fulness? Who was Joseph Smith? /faculty/rees/325 Joseph Smith’s life was well documented. journals, letters, church history, scribes, interviews… Documentary History of the Church Collection of many documents, put in first person when edited. Dean Jes