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From the Beginning

From the beginning of time . . . no, not Adam and Eve, from the beginning of where we became spirit children of our Heavenly Father we were free to act accordingly to the dictates of our desires. Some desired to become like our heavenly parents, and some did not. Some were better and quicker at it than others, like Jesus Christ, others were not. But we know this because of modern revelation: “The spirits of men were not equal. They may have had an equal start, and we know they were all innocent in the beginning; but the right … Continue reading →

Promise Me

Have you ever wondered what was going through our minds as we contemplated earth life from our lofty view in the heavens? Have you ever wondered if you quailed at certain tasks, man’s inhumanity to man, or Satan’s apparent influence over all the earth? Did you ever stop to think about the possibility that you would be so intelligent you may not learn to rely on the Lord as is necessary for our eternal salvation? Was it possible that you would explain away God with the frailties of mortal science? Did you look at your mortal life, laid before you … Continue reading →

We Lived Before

“Adam, our great progenitor, “the first man,” was, like Christ, a pre-existent spirit, and like Christ he took upon him an appropriate body, the body of a man, and so became a “living soul.” The doctrine of the pre-existence,—revealed so plainly, particularly in latter days, pours a wonderful flood of light upon the otherwise mysterious problem of man’s origin. It shows that man, as a spirit, was begotten and born of heavenly parents, and reared to maturity in the eternal mansions of the Father, prior to coming upon the earth in a temporal body to undergo an experience in mortality. … Continue reading →