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43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. That is, do good to all (not the just the righteous, for example). We are told to be perfect by showing love to those who do evil to us, because this is what the Father does. To answer SU, I am not a worshiper at the C.S. Lewis alter, but I do think he makes a good point when he says that we often imagine a pain free world would prove that God loves us when the reverse may be true. It is hard to account for all the suffering in the world.
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I do not believe it is possible to "offend" God.
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JS-H 1:25 I had seen a vision; I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I could not deny it, neither dared I do it; at least I knew that by so doing I would offend God, and come under condemnation. D&C 121: 37 [W]hen we undertake to cover our sins, or to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to exercise control or dominion or compulsion upon the souls of the children of men, in any degree of unrighteousness, behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and when it is withdrawn, Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man. Neal Maxwell, 1988: "We offend God not only by our ingratitude, brothers and sisters, but also by not confessing His competent hand in bringing to pass His transcending purposes on the earth." Gordon Hinckley, 1978: "[A]kin to these are those vicious men and women who exploit children for pornographic purposes. I wish only to say that no man who is a professed follower of Christ and no man who is a professed member of this church can engage in such practices without offending God and repudiating the teachings of his Son." Boyd Packer, 1981: "To willfully destroy a marriage, either your own or that of another couple, is to offend our God."
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08-23-2008, 07:51 PM | #89 |
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I see that we have some scriptural literalists here. Every word of scripture should be taken at face value. The fall of man literally came about because a woman bit into a piece of fruit, how awesome is that?
So here is a new question directed towards the scriptorian literalists: -A person must be a worthy, clean vessel in order to "walk with God" -All of mankind is fallen, yea every one -Unless a man keeps the commandments he will offend God -It is impossible for man to keep all of the commandments So how does anyone, anywhere, at anytime receive the spirit, since none are worthy? |
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