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The Book of Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; Selected From the Revelations of God
The Book of Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Selected From the Revelations of God Author:Joseph Smith General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1854 Original Publisher: Published for O. Pratt by S. W. Richards Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text... more ». When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LECTURE FOURTH. -- SECTION IV. 1. Having shown in the third lecture, that correct ideas of the character of God are necessary in order to the exercise of faith in him unto life and salvation ; and that without correct ideas of his character, the minds of men could not have sufficient power with God to the exercise of faith necessary to the enjoyment of eternal life ; and that correct ideas of his character lay a foundation, as far as his character is concerned, for the exercise of faith, so as to enjoy the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Jesus Christ, even that of eternal glory; we shall now proceed to show the connexion there is between correct ideas of the attributes of God, and the exercise of faith in him unto eternal life. 2. Let us here observe, that the real design which the God of heaven had in view in making the human family acquainted with his attributes, was, that they, through the ideas of the existence of his attributes, might be enabled to exercise faith in him, and through the exercise of faith in him, might obtain eternal life ; for without the idea of the existence of the attributes which belong to God, the minds of men could not have power to exercise faith on him so as to lay hold upon eternal life. The God of heaven, understanding most perfectly the constitution of human nature, and the weakness of man, knew what was necessary to be revealed, and what ideas must be planted in their minds in order that they might be enabled t...« less