Gods Eternal Plan

Well as we continue to progress in Gods Plan, we can truly see the love that God has for all of us as his Children. How He wants us to return to be with him and how important the growth in this life is. Today I would like to discuss what happens to us after we are judged. My personal feeling is that this part is one of the greatest part on Gods Plan.

We believe that after we are judged according or works by our perfect judges, Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. We will be placed in a place that best fits what we have done. We call these The Kingdoms of Glory. They are separated into 3 kingdom; The Celestial, The Terrestial, and The Telestial. They are all considered Heaven, but like it stats in 1 Corinthians 15: 41; "one star (or kingdom) differs from the other".

The Celestial Kingdom is the highest Glory that we can receive. This is compared to the glory of the Sun. Just like today if we look at the sun, it is the brightest and we can't really look at it for a long period of time. I think this is how the Celestial Kingdom is, it is the brightest, purist. Why? Cause that is where our Heavenly Father presides, only the best for the ultimate creator, our Heavenly Father. This is where we can be in the presence of God, and Jesus Christ. And also where we can be with our family together forever. This is the place for those that followed the Example of Jesus Christ, accepted His Gospel and lived it, and always followed The commandments of God.

The Terrestial Kingdom is the 2nd Glory. This is compared to the glory of the moon. I like to think it as, how we can look at it for a very long time unlike the sun, but it gives off a good portion of light that we can see around us. So it still is a good place but of course there is something a little better, such as the sun. This is the place that those that lived honorable lives but just didn't live the Gospel of Jesus Christ as well as they should have.

The Telestial Kingdom is the 3rd Glory. This is compared the the glory of the stars. As we go down the list, the sun the brightest, the moon a little less brighter and then the stars, they still give off light but not nearly as much light as the moon and the sun. This is the glory that those that never accepted Christ Church and that never repented of their sins will receive.

Whatever Glory we receive, we will be happy with that one. We always have to remember it all is because of our desires and works here on earth that we receive that glory. That again is why it is so important to live worthy of Gods spirit on this earth. To help lead and guide us in this life so we can receive the greatest Glory. The Celestial Glory. To be in Gods presence and the be the happiest we can be.

I know that this is Gods Eternal Plan for all of us. As we think, ponder and pray about "Where did I come from, Why am I here, and Where am I going" we can truly see Gods loving hand in all our lives and how we needed a perfect plan so we can be like our Heavenly Father. I know as we strive to live faithful lives and follow the example of Jesus Christ, that we to can one day return to be in Gods presence again, He wants all of us back. We need to remember that at all times, when times are rough, think about that. We can get through them, and we will also know that everything we face is part of Gods Plan. I hope and pray that what I have focused on and talked on for the past week or so, has opened all of your eyes to see that God does truly love you all. I say these things in the name of Jesus Chrsit, Amen.

Gods Eternal Plan

Well today I continue on the Wonderful Plan that God has for us.

After the Spirit World, the waiting room, we will all be Resurrected and Judged according to our works and desires here on earth.

The Resurrection is a wonderful gift that has been given to us all from our Savior Jesus Christ. Christ, Himself was resurrected and so we too shall be resurrected. What is the Resurrection? You might say, well the Resurrection is the reuniting of the Body and Spirit. In the Book of Mormon it explains the resurrection perfectly. It is found in Alma 11: 41-44, " For behold, the day cometh that all shall rise from the dead and stand before God, and be judged according to their works.

 42Now, there is a death which is called a temporal death; and the death of Christ shall loose the bands of this temporal death, that all shall be raised from this temporal death.

 43The spirit and the body shall be reunited again in its perfect form; both limb and joint shall be restored to its proper frame, even as we now are at this time; and we shall be brought to stand before God, knowing even as we know now, and have a bright recollection of all our guilt.

 44Now, this restoration shall come to all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female, both the wicked and the righteous; and even there shall not so much as a hair of their heads be lost; but every thing shall be restored to its perfect frame, as it is now, or in the body." So as it says in 43 reunited again in a perfect form. that is amazing, that God would give us that gift to be free from any sickness, pains etc.. How great that is to have that.

As I think about the resurrection, oh how much I look forward to that, we all have aches and pains which if you think about it, makes us not perfect. There is that word again. Part of Gods Plan, to become like Him. PERFECT!!! And so with the Resurrection given to us all, we have that extra step of becoming like our Heavenly Father.

As you continue to read on in Alma 11, it talks about how we will all be "Judged according to our works." That is where we will all stand face to face with the Perfect Judge Himself, Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father. They know everything that we have done, are doing and will do, and we will be Judged according to what we have done in this life. That is why doing your best in this life is so key. Don't just wait till its to late. We always have to remember our Savior Jesus Christ and His ultimate Sacrifice that he made for us, as we do that we will continue to want to be like him. We just need to continue to strive to follow His example and better our lives.

I know as we remember Jesus Christ and why He truly came down to this earth. Fulfilling the Resurrection and being the example for all of us. The answers to why we all need to be resurrected and also why it is so important to "start now" on our works to trying to be like him.  We will see the importance of this life for the life to come. I know that everyone of us will be Resurrected like our Savior Jesus Christ, into a perfect form and we will also be judged according to our works and desires here on earth. It truly is important to "Start Now", so we can have eternal happiness.

My next address will talk about what we will receive for our works and desires!

Gods Eternal Plan

Today i would like to address, Where we are going? Its a fact of life, We all are going to die eventually. But where do we go when we die. Do we just close our eye's and in a sense just sleep a very very long time, or what. What happens to our Spirits, our bodies, everything what happens to us? Well over the next couple days again I would like to focus on that. And I hope what I have to say helps you understand completely Gods Plan for us after we die.

In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, we believe that after we die we go to a place called the Spirit World. This place is a Waiting Room, for the Resurrection, (which I will address in a later day). In the Spirit World, we learn and we grow just like we did in this life on Earth. And we also get the opportunity to hear about Jesus Christ and accept his Gospel. Not everyone in the World has even heard about Jesus Christ or God.

Its great to know that God loves each and everyone of us and wants us all to know and hear about Him and His Gospel. With Christ being the Center of Gods Plan, and He is the only way we can be saved or return to be with our Heavenly Father, we need to hear about him, and grow in his Gospel. That is why the Spirit World is so important in Gods Plan, because those that haven't had that opportunity to accept Christ in their lives then they would not have a chance of returning to be with their Heavenly Father.

And with everything that i have talked about before this, I said How God loves us and He wants us back, So we need every way that we can to accept Christ and the Spirit World is one of those ways.

I know that The Spirit World is nessasary to us returning to be with our Heavenly Father. In Matthew 5:48 it says, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. God wants us to be perfect like He is, but we are not perfect in this life, but as we continue to strive to be as He is then after this life in the Spirit World we will be able to prgress even more to becoming like he is.

Gods Eternal Plan

To continue on with Gods wonderful Plan for all of us, Today I would like to address our stay here on earth. And why its this life is so important.

We all have had experiences; the good, the bad, and the ugly. Why is that? Is that really part of Gods plan for us to face the bad and the uglies? Well, If we turn back to Adam & Eve, they made a mistake, they fell. What for? God gave them an amazing gift, its called Agency, or Freedom to choice good or bad. And so with them having that agency. We all have that agency too. God wants us to be happy but sorry to say, sometimes we choose to do wrong or bad things in this life. In other words, we sin. So sinning brings sorrow into our lives. We all have faced that. Its a fact of life. If we did not experience the good and bad. This life would be boring. We would not grow. And that is why we are here on this earth. To learn and to grow from the good things and the bad things we face in life. Those things that we face in life prepare us to be like God.

I have often asked myself, why am I here? There is a great scripture in the Book of Mormon that tells us why we are here. It is found in Alma 34:32, For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors.

That is why we are truly here, we are to prepare to meet Him, by learning, growing and striving to live as He is. And of course to perform our labors, to do work. As it states in the Bible we are going to one day be judged according to our works. So we go through this life, always thinking about that end result, Returning to our Heavenly Father. But darn it we keep making mistakes, WHY? How am going to return to my Heavenly Father if I continue to make mistakes.

Well let me tell you, we all have an older brother, His name is Jesus Christ. Oh, how greatful I am for Him. He came into the world out of Love for all of us. To pay the ultimate price, And die for all of us. He took upon himself everything that we have, are and will ever go through. That means the pains, sicknesses, afflictions, temptations, and sins. Everything, its truly amazing to know that he did that, Why? cause he loved us.

God new that we would not be able to return to be with him, having agency to choose good or bad. He knew that we would all fall in a sense and make mistakes. So he sent his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. To fulfill the ultimate Sacrifice, The Atonement so we could indeed return to be with him someday.

We always have to remember our Savior Jesus Christ's Atonement, as we go through this life. As we accept his sacrifice into our lives, and repent of all our sins then we can indeed one day return to our Heavenly Father. How greatful I am again for My Savior Jesus Christ, our Heavenly Father, for giving us this chance to come to this earth life, to learn and grow, and so we can become like Him. I feel His loving arms around me every single day, showing me my path which way I should go. I know that we all can one day return to be with Him, and it all begins in this life as the ultimate test. 

                                     

Because God cares about us, we don’t need to wander through life, wondering what our purpose is.

                     

Gods Eternal Plan

Yesterday I addressed Where did we come from? Today I wanted to start to address Why am I here? 
Most of us face challenges and struggles in this life to make us as why am I even here, Why do I have to go through all of these hard, difficult times. Believe me, I have asked those same questions. Over the next couple of days I would like to address these questions that we all have about Why are we here?  As i talked about in my last post, I said God wanted us to have a plan so we can become like Him, and so that plan had to consist of us gaining a Physical Body as he did. So we needed to come down and to do so.

Jesus Christ under the direction of God created this earth that we live on this day. You can find that in Genesis 1-2.

With the Creation completed God sent our very first two parents Adam & Eve down to the earth. Most of us know the story of our first two parents. They were in Gods presence and then got tempted and partook of the fruit. This brought sin into the world, and it also got Adam & Eve cast out of the Garden of Eden. Was this a bad thing? Yes, it was in a sense but God he controls everything and so he made something bad into something good. In the Book of Mormon it talks about Adam & Eve in 2 Nephi 2. There are some key verses that we need to focus on for why The Fall of Adam & Eve had to happen. In verses 19-23 it says,   19And after Adam and Eve had partaken of the forbidden fruit they were driven out of the garden of Eden, to till the earth. 20And they have brought forth children; yea, even the family of all the earth.

 21And the days of the children of men were prolonged, according to the will of God, that they might repent while in the flesh; wherefore, their state became a state of probation, and their time was lengthened, according to the commandments which the Lord God gave unto the children of men. For he gave commandment that all men must repent; for he showed unto all men that they were lost, because of the transgression of their parents. 22And now, behold, if Adam had not transgressed he would not have fallen, but he would have remained in the garden of Eden. And all things which were created must have remained in the same state in which they were after they were created; and they must have remained forever, and had no end.23And they would have had no children; wherefore they would have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they knew no misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin.

These verses state why it was necessary for Adam & Eve to fall. When they were in Gods presence, they were innocence, they did not know the difference from good or bad, and they could not have have any children. And so if God wanted us as his children to come to earth and become like him then there needed to be a fall. So we could indeed come into the World. In 2 Nephi 2: 25; Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy. This is exactly why the fall needed to happen. Before the fall we had no way of coming down to this earth and gaining a physical body of flesh and bone like our Heavenly Father and we would have never experienced Joy, which is one of the most greatest thing that we can have in this life. So with the fall happening, We could be able to have that, that opened the gate for us to progress through Gods Plan.

I know that the Creation of the Earth was needed for Gods Eternal Plan to continue on, and also The Fall of Adam & Eve was necessary for Gods plan to continue. With them Falling, gave us the opportunity to come to this earth and to experience everything that we already have, are, and will experience throughout our lives. And this is what I will address next time.

God's Eternal Plan

We all go through life asking the simple but profound questions; Where did we come from? Why are we here? And Where are we going? Well for the next couple of days I would like to focus on just that. To help us as Gods children realize that He has a Great Plan for all of us.

WHERE DID I COME FROM?

The simple but difficult question that I have often asked myself and many of you also have asked before. As I have grown up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, that question has been answered. God has a simple and direct Plan that shows us that we lived before this life. And God himself knew each and everyone of us as his spirit children. In the Bible in Jeremiah 1:5 it says, Before i formed thee in the belly i knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee, and i ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. So from that scripture we learn that God knew each and everyone of us. And he also had a purpose for each and everyone of us before we came into the world and was born.

You might be wondering, Well why if we were with God before this life did we have to come down to earth and be born? Well God is our Father, He loves us all, & He wants us to be like Him. But When we were in His presents before this life, we were different then him. He had a physical body of flesh and bone and we were just spirits. So there needed to be a plan or something that gave us that opportunity to be like Him. So He presented a Plan, The Plan of Happiness to all of us. Jesus Christ, Gods son, was the center of that plan, because it is only through Jesus Christ that we can return to be with our Heavenly Father. So with Gods Plan presented to all of us before this life, we all had to make a choice either to follow Gods Plan or to reject it. With us being here on this earth today, it shows that we accepted His Plan and His Son, Jesus Christ.

Its great to know that God has a Plan for all of us. That we lived with him before this life and he has a purpose for all of us on this earth today. I encourage you all to read this, ponder it over and think about, Why am i here? I will address this topic tomorrow. 

The Mediator

This video has so much meaning. As we go through life we face hardships, trials, and difficulties. Big choices in life all come our way. What should we do? Buy it, Get it, Save it, whatever the case might be, we all have them as we go through life. And we all have to make our own choices. Such as this man in this video. He faced a major challenge, and he knew that it would be difficult to pay off the debt, but he thought that it was a long way off till the debt was due. In life that is what we do also, we do stuff that we think that it will not hurt us at the time being, and it won't be something that we have to worry about for a while. Till the time comes to late. We keep pushing it off, trying to forget about it, so it will never come to a close. But in all reality, its right in front of us. Returning to our Eternal Father.

We will all be judged and looked upon on the things that we have done in this life; the good, the bad, everything. Of course we all have made mistakes, sinned and wronged someone else. Its a fact of life. That is part of the learning and growing process. Thank goodness for The Mediator, Our Savior, the one that can help us out. Step in front with all the mercy that he has and take the justice. Just like in this video. His friend was in trouble, but the Mediator stepped up and helped out to satisfy the demands of justice. Alma 34:16, "And thus mercy can satisfy the demands of justice, and encircles them in the arms of safety". That is what Jesus Christ did, when he came into the world, He fulfilled the Atonement. Taking upon Himself the pains, the sicknesses, afflictions etc.. everything that we go through in our lives. So when we do make those mistakes in this life, we can look upon our Mediator for that help. He can truly take those things away, as long as we accept His atonement into our lives and we follow Him in every way we can. We can all truly feel His loving arms around us and feel the mercy that He brings into our lives.

As you watch this video, just think, what can I do better. Where has the Mediator stepped into my life to help me out. We all have Him right there. We just have to take the step to let Him in, to feel of his love. One of my favorite scriptures in Revelations 3 says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and ^aopen the door, I will ^bcome in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." He is there, I testify that he is, I continually feel the Loving Mercy that He has for me everyday. He Lives, He loves us all, in the name of His name, Jesus Christ, Amen!

We talk of Christ

As we read in the Book of Mormon in 2 Nephi 25:26 it says, "And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins".

As a lot of people might be wondering, "What is the Book of Mormon, What does it contain, What does it help us all do?"

Well as that verse above says, it contains the Words of Christ, and it gives us the information that we need in life to have a remission of our sins. As it states on the Cover of the Book of Mormon, It is Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It all points back to our Savior Jesus Christ and how we can live our lives just as he has lived His life. How greatful I am for His love, His example, and Most importantly His ultimate Sacrifice. Without His life and His sacrifice that scripture above would mean nothing, we would have no way of rejoicing, preaching or finding a way for a remission of our sins.

The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ can help us find that. As a Representative of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I would just like to let each and everyone of you that read this that the Book of Mormon is the Word of God, Just as the Bible is. As we read the Bible, we learn we grow on our Saviors teachings, the Book of Mormon does the exact same. I can tell you as you all reflect on the Book of Mormon and you read it "With Real intent, having faith in Jesus Christ" you will feel the closeness of your Heavenly Father and you will also feel the truthfulness of this Book. Cause remember the Book of Mormon "talks of Christ, Rejoices in Christ, and Preaches of Christ". Why you might ask? So we can all "know to what source we may look  for a remission of our sins".

I challenge you all to read the Book of Mormon, Pray and Act on the impressions you feel.