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God has told us latter-day saints that we shall be condemned if we do not enter into that principle of polygamy; and yet i have heard now and then (i am very glad to say that only a low such instances have come under my notice) a brother or a sister say, 'i am a latter-day saint, but i do not believe in polygamy.' oh, what an absurd expression! what an absurd idea! a person might as well say, 'i am a follower of the lord jesus christ, but i do not believe in him.'

-Orson Pratt

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God Has Told Us Latter-day Saints That

Orson Pratt

God has told us latter-day saints that we shall be condemned if we do not enter into that principle of polygamy; and yet i have heard now and then (i am very glad to say that only a low such instances have come under my notice) a brother or a sister say, 'i am a latter-day saint, but i do not believe in polygamy.' oh, what an absurd expression! what an absurd idea! a person might as well say, 'i am a follower of the lord jesus christ, but i do not believe in him.'

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Christ be with me, christ within me, christ behind me, christ before me, christ beside me, christ to win me, christ to comfort me and restore me, christ beneath me, christ above me, christ in quiet, christ in danger, christ in hearts of all that love me, christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

Saint augustine cries, lord i cannot love you, but come in and love yourself in me. according to saint paul, we must put off our own natural form and put on the form of god, and saint augustine tells us to discard our own mode of nature; then the divine nature will flow in and be revealed. saint augustine says, those who seek and find, find not. he who seeks and finds not, he alone finds. saint paul says, what i was, was not i, it was god in me.

To follow jesus implies that we enter into a way of life that is given character and shape and direction by the one who calls us. to follow jesus means picking up rhythms and ways of doing things that are often unsaid but always derivative from jesus, formed by the influence of jesus. to follow jesus means that we can't separate what jesus is saying from what jesus is doing and the way that he is doing it. to follow jesus is as much, or maybe even more, about feet as it is about ears and eyes" (the way of jesus, eugene h. peterson, 22).

The old testament records the preparation for the coming of the messiah. the gospels record the coming of the messiah, jesus christ our lord. the book of acts records the propagation of the gospel (the good news) concerning jesus christ. the epistles (letters) explain the gospel and its implications for our lives. the book of revelation anticipates and describes the second coming of jesus christ and the establishment of his eternal kingdom. from beginning to end, the bible glorifies jesus christ and centers on him. its christ-centeredness is one of its wonderful features.

Reflect on death as in jesus christ, not as without jesus christ. without jesus christ it is dreadful, it is alarming, it is the terror of nature. in jesus christ it is fair and lovely, it is good and holy, it is the joy of saints.

Here we are told that christ really lives in me, if i have accepted christ as my savior. in other words, we have the words of jesus to the thief of the cross, 'today thou wilt be with me in paradise.' christ can say, 'today thou wilt be with me in paradise,' and mean it. to die is to be with the lord. it is not just an idea, it is a reality. but at the same time, christ, the same christ who gives the promise just as definitely, that when i have accepted christ as my savior, he lives in me.

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