Please read and ponder, accessing the path
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 2:11 am
First I will explain the two laboring in the field, and the two laboring in the mill. It is not the owner of the mill or field who are taken. As the owner would always have his mind upon how to best use his laborers, and the operation of the mill or farm. So now we are left with the two laboring out in the field or mill. Both a lowly occupation. They are just laboring so their mind is at rest, as the owner has done the thinking for them. Of the two laboring, ones mind is on his paycheck and the world and His plans for his fun at the works end. He most likely made bad decisions or had bad luck to be in the field. The other chose the lower path and is in communion with things of the spirit. All those who are involved in the world will not receive of the goodness of God. Those who don't respect the world, nor the things in it, but respect the Lord are taken care of.
Now please read The True Faith by Orson Pratt.
Now for my thoughts: Evidence < Faith < knowledge.
First to have true evidence, we must have evidence of the things of God. How do we gain that evidence? God has provided the scriptures that in them we might find true evidence. As we search the scriptures we learn evidence of how God interacts with mankind. He gives us evidence of all the ways, and conditions that we might run into in life to show us the correct response to all circumstances, and the reward for the proper response. He also shows us the improper response and the reward for improper response. False evidence. Evidence of the world. We start to learn evidence of good and bad action at an early age. Without evidence we could never develop faith, the next step. Faith is the result of having evidence and acting upon that evidence. Their are two kinds of faith. True and false faith. The truest thing here on earth is the Gospel of God. To build upon that Gospel would be to have true faith. To build upon other things would lead to a false faith. This is the key. I have heard many stand and proclaim their faith. But i see no evidence of that proclaimed faith. They speak of faith with their lips, but their action shows no faith at best, or a false faith at worst. Faith is a action word. It designates action. You can see faith by their action. How can someone claim faith in God if they do not show the action of that SAID faith? It is but words if their is no action. The book of Mormon tells us how we would live if we have faith in God. The Gospel norm is all things in common. It takes love and faith to live with all things in common. It takes faith to live without the things of the world. It takes faith to love your neighbor as your self. How can a person follow anyone who speaks of faith with their lips, yet their life and life style show no faith at best, a false faith at worse. FAITH IS TAKING WHAT THE SCRIPTURES SAY AND ACTING OUT THE SCRIPTURES IN YOUR OWN LIFE. IT CAN BE NO OTHER WAY. Therefore it is easy for God and man to see who has faith, and who just pretends to have faith. We show our faith (true or false) in each action we do. God has said, BY THEIR FRUITS YE MAY KNOW THEM. Its as easy to see those with no faith, as it is to see someone with egg on their face. DO THEY LIVE AS THE RIGHTEOUS IN THE SCRIPTURES LIVED. HAVE THEY ACTED UPON THE PRINCIPAL OF FAITH OR HAVE THEY ONLY PROFESSED, TO HAVE FAITH? God has told us that without faith, one cannot please God. How can a man show he has tried faith, and now has faith, and live in a million dollar home at the same time. The two are oil and water, they do not go together.
Now comes knowledge. Once one has learned evidence, then taken that evidence, and with faith, put it to work, the result is knowledge. As with faith I have heard many who profess to have knowledge. They say I KNOW THIS OR THAT IS TRUE. Yet there is no evidence of that professed faith or knowledge. When I tell people that I can tell the state of someones righteousness in just a few seconds after meeting them, most think that I can't really tell . There's no secret, its just so easy to tell. Can you see the results of their professed faith and knowledge. Or are the results of their supposed faith and knowledge non existent. God has said that you can not enter the kingdom of heaven without knowledge.
Now please read The True Faith by Orson Pratt.
Now for my thoughts: Evidence < Faith < knowledge.
First to have true evidence, we must have evidence of the things of God. How do we gain that evidence? God has provided the scriptures that in them we might find true evidence. As we search the scriptures we learn evidence of how God interacts with mankind. He gives us evidence of all the ways, and conditions that we might run into in life to show us the correct response to all circumstances, and the reward for the proper response. He also shows us the improper response and the reward for improper response. False evidence. Evidence of the world. We start to learn evidence of good and bad action at an early age. Without evidence we could never develop faith, the next step. Faith is the result of having evidence and acting upon that evidence. Their are two kinds of faith. True and false faith. The truest thing here on earth is the Gospel of God. To build upon that Gospel would be to have true faith. To build upon other things would lead to a false faith. This is the key. I have heard many stand and proclaim their faith. But i see no evidence of that proclaimed faith. They speak of faith with their lips, but their action shows no faith at best, or a false faith at worst. Faith is a action word. It designates action. You can see faith by their action. How can someone claim faith in God if they do not show the action of that SAID faith? It is but words if their is no action. The book of Mormon tells us how we would live if we have faith in God. The Gospel norm is all things in common. It takes love and faith to live with all things in common. It takes faith to live without the things of the world. It takes faith to love your neighbor as your self. How can a person follow anyone who speaks of faith with their lips, yet their life and life style show no faith at best, a false faith at worse. FAITH IS TAKING WHAT THE SCRIPTURES SAY AND ACTING OUT THE SCRIPTURES IN YOUR OWN LIFE. IT CAN BE NO OTHER WAY. Therefore it is easy for God and man to see who has faith, and who just pretends to have faith. We show our faith (true or false) in each action we do. God has said, BY THEIR FRUITS YE MAY KNOW THEM. Its as easy to see those with no faith, as it is to see someone with egg on their face. DO THEY LIVE AS THE RIGHTEOUS IN THE SCRIPTURES LIVED. HAVE THEY ACTED UPON THE PRINCIPAL OF FAITH OR HAVE THEY ONLY PROFESSED, TO HAVE FAITH? God has told us that without faith, one cannot please God. How can a man show he has tried faith, and now has faith, and live in a million dollar home at the same time. The two are oil and water, they do not go together.
Now comes knowledge. Once one has learned evidence, then taken that evidence, and with faith, put it to work, the result is knowledge. As with faith I have heard many who profess to have knowledge. They say I KNOW THIS OR THAT IS TRUE. Yet there is no evidence of that professed faith or knowledge. When I tell people that I can tell the state of someones righteousness in just a few seconds after meeting them, most think that I can't really tell . There's no secret, its just so easy to tell. Can you see the results of their professed faith and knowledge. Or are the results of their supposed faith and knowledge non existent. God has said that you can not enter the kingdom of heaven without knowledge.
God Bless.