We have no claim in our eternal compact, in relation to eternal things, unless our actions and contracts and all things tend to this. The Quorum met at my house: Orson Hyde received his second anointing. 2105 S. Park Ranch Rd. [illustration] Illustrated by Scott Rockwood The full name is taken from the Letter to the Hebrews, in the Bible: Legal paperwork filed by defense attorneys in 1996 for a church member accused in the faith healing death of his son stated that, at that time, the church had about 100 congregations nationwide, with between 16,000 to 20,000 members. 3: 325.) The General Assembly Church of the Firstborn. He further stated that the triumph over ones enemies would come only through a knowledge of the priesthood. . The resources we highlight reflect a variety of perspectives. Blessing eight: We have power, through the priesthood, to gain eternal life, the greatest of all the gifts of God. And now, Melchizedek was a priest of this order; therefore he obtained peace in Salem, and was called the Prince of peace. Is this worth having? J. Levi W. Shurtliff Weber The Church of the Firstborn is Christ's heavenly church, and its members are exalted beings who gain an inheritance in the highest heaven of the celestial world and for whom the family continues in eternity. And with reference to all others who also receive the Melchizedek Priesthood, the scripture saith: And all those who are ordained unto this priesthood are made like unto the Son of God, abiding a priest continually. (JST, Heb. . Inasmuch as the calling and election made sure is the greatest of all blessings received in this life, what greater counsel may Latter-day Saints receive than the following from the Prophet Joseph Smith: May 8, 1899, in St. George, Utah on Tithing Talk Tour. 31 I met with the Quorum at my house. The ordinance of the washing of feet was then introduced by the Lord as the means whereby someone could be rendered clean from the blood of this generation (D&C 88:138141), and when Joseph Smith administered this ordinance, he stated that those who received it were not only clean in a ritual sense but were also sealed up unto eternal life (HC, 1:323-24; see also MD, 829-32) (see also Matthew B. Ephraim is my firstborn, Jer. The Church of the Firstborn is the divine patriarchal order in its eternal form. Among the number, my father presented himself, but before I washed his feet, I asked of him a fathers blessing, which he granted by laying his hands upon my head, in the name of Jesus Christ, and declaring that I should continue in the Priests office until Christ comes. For behold, this is my work and my gloryto bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. (Moses 1:39.) Because Joseph Smith received the keys of the mysteries of those things which have been sealed (D&C 35:18), and because these keys remain with the prophet of the Church today, the member who keeps the commandments may receive the mysteries of my kingdom, and the same shall be in him a well of living water, springing up unto everlasting life. (D&C 63:23; see also D&C 42:65.) 2:13; 307 9, 311 12. As a general rule, such recommends are issued only in behalf of those who have had endowments in lifetime, and have been sealed and lived together faithfully as husband and wife, [p. 53] and who have been valiant in the defense of truth and active in all good works. (Joseph F. Smith, Messages of the First Presidency, 1918, Vol. Dalton is the president of the Holy Ghost of the Church of the Firstborn of the General Assembly of Heaven, a group of former Mormons who fled Utah last year after federal authorities raided their headquarters. This group claims no affiliation with the various Mormon fundamentalist groups with similar "Firstborn" names. Behold, thou art one in me, a son of God; and thus may all become my sons. (Moses 6:6768.) 5:1. firstborn of our sons bring to the house of our God, Neh. 57 And are priests of the Most High, after the order of Melchizedek, which was after the order of Enoch, which was after the order of the Only Begotten Son. We are his agents; we represent him; we are expected to do and say what he would do and say if he personally were ministering among men at this time. Concerning this instruction and testimony from Peter, Joseph Smith said: Though they might hear the voice of God and know that Jesus was the Son of God, this would be no evidence that their election and calling was made sure. We were told to come again the next day, fasting and with our bodies washed clean. There was a proclamation made during the time that the foundation of the Temple was laid to that effect, and there are provisions made until the work is completed, so that men may receive their endowments and be made kings and priests unto the Most High God, having nothing to do with temporal things, but their whole time will be taken up with things pertaining to the house of God. W W. Cluff Summit Authorities were investigating the death of a 2-day-old boy whose parents belong to a religious group . . He served as a missionary; so can we. . Tubs, water, and towels were prepared, and I called the house to order, and the Presidency proceeded to wash the feet of the Twelve, pronouncing many prophecies and blessings upon them in the name of the Lord Jesus; and then the Twelve proceeded to wash the feet of the Presidents of the several quorums. The Holy Ghost is a revelator; he bears witness of the Father and the Son, those Holy Beings whom to know is eternal life. 110:4.) Reuben the firstborn defiled his father's bed, 1 Chr. Enter your email address to subscribe. He evangelized and established churches in the Rocky and Fay, Oklahoma communities about 1902. Those of whom I speak have never had much of wealth. And seald by the spirit of promise to life, But there must be a holy place prepared for that purpose. I covenant to keep the commandments, to live by every word that proceedeth forth from the mouth of God. (D&C 84:44.) Those who magnify their callings in the priesthood are sanctified by the Spirit unto the renewing of their bodies. (D&C 84:33.) Because their status is transcendently greater than ours, we stand in awe at the thought of one day becoming as they. C.G. I seal upon you your exaltation: D&C 132:49; In season and out of season, in sunshine and in storm, in defeat as well as in victory, they have kept their eyes at the right end of the lens, magnifying their callings and bringing closer, as it were, the sacred and eternal things of God. The assurance of being accepted of the Lord was also known to many of the Nephites: Enos (see Enos 1:27), Alma the Elder (see Mosiah 26:20), the Three Nephites (see 3 Ne. The doctrines which we teach are true, and by obedience to them we can enjoy the words of eternal life here and now and be inheritors of immortal glory hereafter. ), -Well wash and be washed, and with oil be anointed, ), -The question is frequently asked, Can we not be saved without going through with all those ordinances? McDonald was baptized, and ordained to preach the gospel by John N. Burton and Elias Brewer, in Otoe county, Nebraska, about 1870. Thou art after the order of him who was without beginning of days or end of years, from all eternity to all eternity, the Lord said to Adam. . For no man has seen God at any time in the flesh, except quickened by the Spirit of God. [p. 51]), -Letter by First Presidency to Pres. Roy W. Doxey, dean emeritus of Religious Instruction at Brigham Young University, serves as a Regional Representative of the Council of the Twelve. Silas S. Smith San Luis What, then, is the calling and election made sure? Even as the first principles and ordinances, including baptism in water and the reception of the Holy Ghost, constitute the gate into the earthly Church of Jesus Christ, so higher ordinances of the priesthood constitute the gate into the Church of the Firstborn. 22 But ye are come unto mount aSion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of bangels. It seems the couple stood by as their child suffered and died. Building the priesthood family order on this earth by receiving sealings in the temple is a preparation and foundation for this blessing in eternity (see Gospel of Abraham). (Lorenzo Snow The way to this blessing, he said, is through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue. (2 Pet. I also think it is implicit in this statement of the late Apostle Alonzo A. Hinckley which he wrote in a letter to the First Presidency after he had been advised by his physician that his illness would be fatal: I assure you I am not deeply disturbed over the final results. Like Jesus (from whom is this highest reward), I shall speak of these blessingsthe ten priesthood blessingswhich are available to all of us who hold the holy Melchizedek Priesthood. And thus, having been approved of God, he was ordained an high priest after the order of the covenant which God made with Enoch, 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the apeaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are bexercised thereby. Nevertheless, we are begotten spirit children of the Eternal Fatherborn in the lineage of the godsand we have within us the power, through the atonement of Jesus Christ, to rise to the heights of godhood. 59 Wherefore, all things are theirs, whether life or death, or things present, or things to come, all are theirs and they are Christs, and Christ is Gods. 1:3.) 31:9. give my firstborn for my transgression, Micah 6:7. till she had brought forth her firstborn son, Matt. 52 That by keeping the commandments they might be washed and cleansed from all their sins, and receive the Holy Spirit by the laying on of the hands of him who is ordained and sealed unto this power; From the first existence of man, the faith necessary unto the enjoyment of life and salvation never could be obtained without the sacrifice of all earthly things. In other words, the Lords work is to bring about the resurrection (immortality) of all of his Fathers children and to make it possible for them to receive exaltation or godhood (eternal life). According to this meaning, by partaking of the sacrament we witness our willingness to participate in the sacred ordinances of the temple and to receive the highest blessings available through the name and by the authority of the Savior when he chooses to confer them upon us. Church service is held Sunday at 10:30 AM from house to house. The Revelator says that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy; so by your own mouth you are condemned. 346.) . I pronounce you clean from the blood of this generation and say unto you, your sins are forgiven you and I seal upon you every blessing, gift, right and authority pertaining to this holy ordinance and I do it in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The Holy Ghost is the Sanctifier. It consists, first, of the continuation of the family unit in eternity, and second, of an inheritance of the fulness of the glory of the Father. 158. Email: * Check here to receive email updates. Wm Budge Prest of Bear Lake Stake Yelp is a fun and easy way to find, recommend and talk about what's great and not so great in Fullerton and beyond. It is the right to receive revelation, to see visions, to be in tune with the Infinite. They have served as bishops and presidents of stakes. 19:56; ( Rev. No one can truly say he knows God until he has handled something, and this can only be in the holiest of holies. Grant), -21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; By the ordinance truly of laying on hands. What, then, is necessary to make ones calling and election sure? Under these circumstances, then, he can obtain the faith necessary for him to lay hold on eternal life. (Lectures on Faith, 6:58; see also D&C 98:1115 and Teachings, p. Then, following entry into the kingdom of God by baptism of water and of the Spirit, comes the need to overcome by faith to enter into certain sacred covenants by the power of the priesthood and be sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, which the Father sheds forth upon all those who are just and true (D&C 76:53), and to endure faithfully to the end in these covenants. As to the future, I have no misgivings. 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his aholiness. And then were baptizd, as a man always was, 152 likes. Jesus, who was an high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek, baptized with the Holy Ghost and with fire. By 1880, several hundred members existed in the state of Kansas,[4] though they always met in homes or school houses. Revelations to the Prophet Joseph Smith supplement those of the New Testament to indicate that the Church of the Firstborn consists of those who have the inheritance of the Firstborn and become joint-heirs with Christ in receiving all that the Father has (Rom. Offerings. . Wed, July 20th to Mon, July 25th, 2022. BY ROY W. DOXEY see https://www.lds.org/ensign/1976/07/accepted-of-the-lord-the-doctrine-of-making-your-calling-and-election-sure?lang=eng), -We are the servants of the Lord, his agents, his representatives. ), -I know there are those in our midst who will seek the lives of the Twelve as they did the lives of Joseph and Hyrum. To have ones calling and election made sure is to be sealed up unto eternal life; it is to have the unconditional guarantee of exaltation in the highest heaven of the celestial world; it is to receive the assurance of godhood; it is, in effect, to have the day of judgment advanced, so that an inheritance of all the glory and honor of the Fathers kingdom is assured prior to the day when the faithful actually enter into the divine presence to sit with Christ in his throne, even as he is set down with his Father in his throne. (Rev. After the sacrament we retired to a lower room and on returning were saluted [p. 41] by Prest Taylor with the words prescribed in Section VII of the D. & C. Prest George Q. Cannon in behalf of the members answered the salutation, We were then dismissed by prayer. 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