- “President Joseph F. Smith, who declared the three great dangers that “threaten the Church within” are false educational ideas, sexual impurity, and the flattery of prominent men in the world (Gospel Doctrine, 313)” Men of Influence
- “If the Latter-day Saints think, when the Kingdom of God (Government under God’s law) is established on the earth, that all the inhabitants of the earth will join the church called Latter-day Saints, they are egregiously mistaken. I presume there will be as many sects and parties then as now.” (Brigham Young) The genius of God’s law is that everyone is treated with respect and their rights are protected. As an epistle from the Quorum of the Twelve clearly stated in 1847: “The Kingdom of God consists in correct principles; and it mattereth not what a man’s religious faith is; whether he be a Presbyterian, or a Methodist, or a Baptist, or a Latter-day Saint…or a Catholic or Episcopalian…if he will bow the knee and with his tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ, and will support good and wholesome laws for the regulation of society- we hail him as a brother….” The Cleansing of America, Skousen, Page 30.
- “Enter this door as if the floor…were gold; and every wall of jewels all of wealth untold; as if a choir in robes of fire were singing here; nor shout, nor rush, but hush…for God is here.” (Orson F. Whitney, Ensign, Jan. 1977, 7)
- Alma 15:17…Attend church, watch and pray continually and you’ll be delivered from Satan, death and destruction
- Alma 29: 8…Each nation is taught the word in wisdom all that THE LORD seeth fit for that nation
- Mosiah 25: 19-21…Churches need to be organized because (1) So many people can’t be governed by one teacher (2) They all couldn’t gather in one place
- Mosiah 25: 22…The true church is united in all it teaches
- Alma 16: 21…You get the victory over the devil and the Lord pours blessings on you when (1) The church is established throughout the land (2) The word of God is being preached in its purity in all the land
- 3 Nephi 27:7-10…Name of Christ’s Church
- 2 Nephi 28:2-3…Book of Mormon will help you know true church
- Alma 6:6…Attend church to strengthen selves
- 3 Nephi 18:22-23, 32-33…Don’t cast anyone out of chapels
- Mosiah 27:3…Churches shouldn’t fight
- Alma 1:21…Don’t persecute others from different churches
- Mormon 8:32-33…Pay to be forgiven? Wicked churches
- 3 Nephi 27:3-8…What should be the name of Christ’s church?
- 4 Nephi 1:24-26…How the church starts to fall apart – pride
- 3 Nephi 27:3-10…Moses’ church – Moses name; Christ’s church – Christ’s name
- D&C 21…Organization of the church
- 4 Nephi 1:17…We’re all one in church of Christ
- Galatians 3:26-29…We’re all one in church of Christ
- Mormon 8:28…Churches today – leaders envy members; lots of pride
- Mormon 8:32-41…Churches in the Last Days
- Malachi 3:6…Unchangeable God (Church won’t change)
- Hebrews 13:8… Unchangeable God (Church won’t change)
- Acts 2:47…The church doesn’t save? wrong, it does
- Alma 32:9-13…Only worship God in Church? No, all days
- 1 Corinthians 12:27-28…The Organization of the true church
- 1 Nephi 22:13…Great and Abominable church will fight amongst selves.
- 1 Nephi 22:23…Wicked, worldly churches shall be brought low and consumed
- 2 Nephi 28:3-9…What false churches will say in last days (what they are saying)
- 2 Nephi 25:14…Don’t fight against God nor his Church
- 2 Nephi 26:26…Don’t kick people out of the churches
- “In the teachings and practices of the restored gospel, the family and the Church help and strengthen each other. To qualify for the blessings of eternal life, families need to learn the doctrines and receive the priesthood ordinances that are available only through the Church. To be a strong and vital organization, the Church needs righteous families.” Families and the Church in God’s Plan Handbook 2: Administering the Church
- 2 Nephi 9:50... Come, my brethren, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come buy and eat; yea, come buy wine and milk without money and without price.
- “Enter this door as if the floor…were gold; and every wall of jewels all of wealth untold; as if a choir in robes of fire were singing here; nor shout, nor rush, but hush…for God is here.” (Orson F. Whitney, Ensign, Jan. 1977, 7)
- D&C 43:8…And now, behold, I give unto you a commandment, that when ye are assembled together ye shall instruct and edify each other, that ye may know how to act and direct my church, how to act upon the points of my law and commandments, which I have given.
- “In the teachings and practices of the restored gospel, the family and the Church help and strengthen each other. To qualify for the blessings of eternal life, families need to learn the doctrines and receive the priesthood ordinances that are available only through the Church. To be a strong and vital organization, the Church needs righteous families.” Manual Handbook 2: Administering the Church, Families and the Church in God’s Plan