Tuesday, December 3, 2019.
Even Satan has organized his associations and calls them his "priesthoods" because they are in fellowship with him. Whenever a priesthood results in condemning and not raising others up to salvation they might be regarded as one of Satan's priesthoods, because the association does not and cannot save souls. (Denver Snuffer, 40 Years in Mormonism, Lecture 5, Priesthood)
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I m reading from page 322 of The Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith:
Respecting the Melchizedek Priesthood...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018.
Many want to, or have an idea that it's possible to come into the presence of God and be saved. The Lectures on Faith state that to have this kind of saving faith, a correct knowledge of the nature of God must be understood — before you can be saved in His presence. Can you have saving faith in God if you miscalculate his nature? Paul taught about the curse of the Law and the paroxysms it caused. There was indeed a Law of Moses and a constantly condemned people that grew out of it, but the "Law...