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We Speak That We Do Know and Have Seen

John 3:11 and 32 - "We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen ; ..." In the Lord's Church we say that we know and testify that we have seen the hand of the Lord daily in our lives. We are taught to testify that we know the things that the Spirit has taught us. We believe, until the Spirit testifies, then we know. Also, this gospel is a gospel of events, things that happen; things that have happened, are happening, and will happen. If we have seen a miracle, we testify that we have seen a miracle. If we have seen the hand of the Lord in all things we testify that we have seen it. When prophecy is fulfilled, we testify that we know and have seen. This is the same church as in Christ's day we teach and learn the gospel the same way now as they did then. In the records of the early church there were some philosophers attending a street meeting of the church. They attempted to philosophize with Barnabas but Barnabas stopped them and stated "We come here ...

The Unity of God

The principle of God's oneness and unity was had among the early church, was lost, and was restored again through the prophet Joseph Smith. The premise upon which I would like to build here, is that we know that when God gives us a commandment, He will provide a way for us to accomplish that commandment ; for God cannot lie and would not deceive us into thinking that we could accomplish a commandment that He gives, if we could not actually accomplish it. The famous, well known (but assumed by many impossible) commandment is to be perfect . Those who choose to obey this commandment can and will become perfect based on the premise. Jesus said "A disciple is not above his master ; " and so it is. We cannot switch places with God. Satan tried to do this and, as we see in the scriptures, failed miserably . The same result would come upon us should we attempt to do the same. But the Lord continues: "but everyone that is perfect shall be as his master . " That means...