Mormons belief in Jesus Christ - Mormon Neal Maxwell

[MajorJerk]

You dont have to go to a temple to live with God under mormon doctrine. Faith, repentance, baptism, recieving ths spirt, and enduring to the end is all that is necessary to return to God. The temple is necessary to recieve the greatest blessings God has to offer but not necessary to return to God in general. Im agnostic and know enough about mormon doctrine to understand that. Get your facts strait before you call someone a liar idiot.

[bobbyraejohnson]

What liars its funny how he says he believes jesus is hes savior but you still have to go to the temple to live with god

[mangmans]

You need to stop refering yourself as Mormon, go read 3rd Nephi 27, or President Packer talk in April Conference.

[LiveStrongM3]

Any religion that believes that Jesus had several wives, Jesus and Satan are brothers, Elohim has eternal sex in heaven, etc are not Christians. Mormonism is a cult, not Christianity!!!! Believing that Joseph Smith was a prophet is almost as crazy as believing in Scientology. Study the bible, not the book of Mormon!

[TrickTrolan]

@LiveStrongM3 Your comment couldn't be more wrong

[xieying2588]

@LiveStrongM3 Boooo

[taiatap]

UFO'S ARE REAL YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

[sldeyo]

"He [Adam] was the person who brought the animals and the seeds from other planets to this world...." -Brigham Young JoD vol 3 ch2 pg 319.

"We do not know how many inhabited worlds there are, or where they are. But certainly we are not alone."-Neal Maxwell Wonderful Flood of Light pg 25.

Aliens from other planets?!

[apologeticsman]

@sldeyo God created the world and the universe. The word created in Hebrew literally means something from nothing, as its corresponding word in Greek means the same thing. God did not bring seeds from other worlds and terraform the world, He created it and all life on it by speaking them into existence. Adam is not, never was and never shall be a god of any kind.

[sldeyo]

@apologeticsman : well Amen to that! I was posting Mormon teaching to cause Mormons to think about what they believe. Most Mormons don't believe because they don't teach that in their Sunday School classes,Relief Societies and whatnot... If I post the teaching,one can't skirt around the issue. The facts are there to look up with references. Thanks for responding. God bless ya. :)

[LDSfaithDefender]

I'm so grateful the Church had the opportunity to produce such a one-of-a-kind documentary before Elder Maxwell passed away. What a precious legacy from his lifetime! 

[lolitaphile]

what an awesome documentary! Thank you so much for posting it!

[omiolo]

Prior to joining the Quorum of Twelve Apostles in 1984, Elder Oaks served as justice on the Utah Supreme Court. He is also past president of Brigham Young University, a law professor at The University of Chicago Law School and as Law Clerk to Chief Justice Earl Warren in the United States Supreme Court.

[omiolo]

Before the Savior arrived, they had been "assembled awaiting the advent of the Son of God into the spirit world, to declare their redemption from the bands of death." In fact, they were already "rejoicing in the hour of their deliverance from the chains of death." (D&C 138:16, 18.)

[romivilnephi]

Where can i get a full copy of this video where all apostles speak? Ive seen this before and it brought tears..

[munke2112]

I miss Elder Maxwell, but he was too good, knowledgeable, and well on his way to being translated, from this planet.... But we still have 15 prophets living and they are all just as amazing, if not as well spoken as Maxwell.

[omiolo]

Trusting in that loving God is central to keep from being swept away by what could be faith-degrading information.

"Don't take your faith on whether or not God is blessing you or giving you all the answers you expect or want. Just trust him."

[omiolo]

These are not "picky, theological details," he said, "they are life-giving differences."

When a person considers how unique the church's understanding of core doctrine differs drastically from the rest of Christianity, "It shouldn't come as a big surprise that other Christian churches don't know quite what to do with us."

[omiolo]

Come to the Manger showcases hundreds of Nativity scenes

[omiolo]

The 60-minute event included musical selections by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square.

[trappedhere2]

What a wonderful testamony of the truth from an apostle of God.

[omiolo]

No Father would send His children off to a distant, dangerous land for a lifetime of testing where Lucifer was known to roam free without first providing them with a personal power of protection. He would also supply them with means to communicate with Him from Father to child and from child to Father. Every child of our Father sent to earth is provided with the Spirit of Christ, or the Light of Christ.1 We are, none of us, left here alone without hope of guidance and redemption.

[omiolo]

President Heber J. Grant (18561945) said, Without the devotion and absolute testimony of the living God in the hearts of our mothers, this Church would die And the writer of Proverbs said, Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it

President Gordon B. Hinckley counseled the women of the Church:

It is so tremendously important that the women of the Church stand strong and immovable for that which is correct and proper under the plan of the Lord.

[omiolo]

We call upon the women of the Church to stand together for righteousness. They must begin in their own homes. They can teach it in their classes. They can voice it in their communities

[trappedhere2]

@omiolo Praise be ot God and these his tender mercies.

[omiolo]

As we look at the history of this earth and at the history of the restored Church of Jesus Christ, it becomes obvious that women hold a special place in our Fathers plan for the eternal happiness and well-being of His children.

I hope that my dear sisters throughout the world—grandmothers, mothers, aunts, and friends—never underestimate the power of their influence for good, especially in the lives of our precious children and youth!

[omiolo]

ike the woman of Samaria whom Jesus met at the well of Sychar (see John 4), the ideal wife and mother described in Proverbs 31, and the faithful woman who was made whole just by touching the Saviors clothes (see Mark 5:2534).

[LightKindler]

Something rings in my whole being, after seeing this video. It is a true bonanza, and is verily true. I am happy beyond words for the privilege of viewing it.

[DefendingMormonism]

Neal A. Maxwell will always be one of my favorites!

[omiolo]

The Twelve Apostles are Special Witnesses of the name of Christ in all the world. This is an except from the 1 hour program, filmed in Jerusalem; the Sacred Grove, the Kirtland Temple; Nauvoo, Illinois; and other significant sites, features members of the Mormon First Presidency bearing personal testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ's divine mission.

[mormontube]

I love this apostle and prophet of our lord Jesus Christ and his words. He gives us a ssmall view out into the undescribabale universe, the worlds, that Jesus Christ created.

I know, that these words are true, without any doubt

You also can get this testimony, if you follow Jesus Christ and keep his commandments.

We can return to the presence of our heavenly father. He loves us with a great, everlasting love. Come to him and dont worry about tomorrow . He will keep you in his arms.

[strungout7777]

I have read LDS Holy Scriptures and understood LDS doctrine. I am a man of one book: The Book of Mormon. I especially enjoy the repetitive use of: ye shall come to pass. Brilliant!

Here's a wonderful verse I'd like to share with my breathern:

And here I go again on my own ...

Goin down the only road I've ever known ...

Like a hobo I was born to walk alone ...

And I've made up my mind ...

I aint wasting no more time ...

Nephi 3:16

[rtiffanytaylor]

"If we value the puruit of knowledge we

must be free to follow wherever that

search may lead us.The free mind

is not a barking dog,to be tethered on

a 10ft. chain."

A.Stevenson

[rtiffanytaylor]

'"Remember that not getting what

what you want is sometimes  a

wonderful stroke of luck."

[rtiffanytaylor]

' The human heart fells things

the eyes can not see, and knows

what the mind can not understand."

R. Vallett

[rtiffanytaylor]

" We know there are other planets like

earth. We are searching for them, we

have found other solar systems like ours,

it just stand to reason there are other

earths.' Quote from the space probe project scientist.

[Shulamitefire]

Is Jesus Christ the uncreated Creator of all creation or, as a great many LDS believe, a spirit brother of Lucifer? Was God the Father once a man like we are? A great many LDS have been taught so. Mormonism is captured by a multiple yet finite "god" conception. Let's be jealous and zealous by the Holy Spirit to extol the Deity and Glory of the One True God Jesus Christ. Contend according to Jude 3-4

[omiolo]

I guess when you walk through life trying to fight against the good of this world it is hard to know what the Holy Ghost is!

[omiolo]

if you read the LDS Holy Scriptures and understood LDS doctrine you would know that this scripture clarifies your random quotes

Moroni 10:5

"And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things. "

[omiolo]

The Twelve Apostles are Special Witnesses of the name of Christ in all the world. This is an except from the 1 hour program, filmed in Jerusalem; the Sacred Grove, the Kirtland Temple; Nauvoo, Illinois; and other significant sites, features members of the Mormon First Presidency bearing personal testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ's divine mission.

[Aerba54]

I see your comments all over the Church's videos. You are quite knowledgeable in terms and Church history.

[omiolo]

"You are quite knowledgeable in terms and Church history. "

if I am it is from watching all these educational LDS videos on youtube. There are a ton of them.

[rtiffanytaylor]

"Seeing by the lens of Faith."

[rtiffanytaylor]

"Time makes more converts

that reason."

Thomas Paine

[rtiffanytaylor]

It is so wonderful to hear this incredible

intelligent man who testifies the divinity

of Jesus Christ.

[omiolo]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints revealed more details Monday about the locations of five new temples announced by President Thomas S. Monson at the church's general conference this past Saturday:

[omiolo]

• The Philadelphia temple will be built in downtown Philadelphia, at North Broad Street between Hamilton Street and Noble Street.

[omiolo]

• For the temple serving the greater Kansas City area, the site will be in Clay County, Mo., on residential land within the Kansas City limits that is already being developed by the church. The development is known as Shoal Creek.

[omiolo]

The temple in Cordoba, Argentina, will be situated on the Belgrano meetinghouse site, next to the present mission home of the church.

[omiolo]

• The Calgary temple will be built on church-owned land next to an existing chapel in the northwest part of the city, at the intersection of Rocky Ridge Road and Royal Oak Road.

[omiolo]

• In Rome, the temple will occupy part of a 15-acre church-owned site near the ring road skirting the northeast section of the city.

[clintone24]

I'm a christian and i don't believe that we're the only ones out here in the universe. What i can't comprehend though is what their history would be and if they would need Jesus to die for them as well. My issue is though at 2:32 when he says "by obedience to his laws we can return to His presence". In ephesians chapter one the bible states that we are saved and given assurance of our salvation by the Holy Spirit being given to us when we believe in Christ as our savior. not when we are obedient

[mormons101]

Without the grace of Christ, nothing we did in this life would have any eternal value. All the obedience in the world cannot cleanse one of sin or conquer death - only the grace of Christ gives us such hope. See more about what Mormons believe with regards to the relationship of faith, grace, and works by visiting jefflindsay*.*com*/*faith_work­s*.*html

[godluvsmormons]

@mormons101 Nothing we do has any value in reference to eternity. The only thing we can "do" that will have any value is to trust fully and solely in Jesus. Trusting in a man named Joseph, or a church organization called the LDS church will get you nowhere but eternal torment. Trust in Jesus. Jesus. Jesus.

[LightKindler]

When I was a boy, it was quite a hike (across a stream, across a beaver dam, through an aspen grove, and a leap of faith to jump from shore to a very large rock just below a splendid waterfall. It was there that I could view the world from the present in all the beauty and refreshment that surrounded me. I had to make the hike, but it was worth it, for certain. Let's hike together and be friends, 'K? "Courage is being scared to death, and saddlin' up anyway" ~John Wayne~ Be my friend.

[clintone24]

ok, I'll be your friend.

[TrickTrolan]

@clintone24 Our Beloved Savior was and is our greatest exampler! He set the standards we are to follow while he was here in mortality.Jesus didn't just believe in God Our Father but spent His short life here bringing ppl unto Him.Even He who was perfect was baptized to fulfill ALL of Fathers purposes.He healed,comforted,and preached Our Fathers will unto all who would listen.Every single thing He did was to prove His obedience an love to The Almighty,such is yours an my purpose also.

[xieying2588]

@TrickTrolan Thank you for your response! It is inspiring.

[TrickTrolan]

@xieying2588 (:

[godluvsmormons]

@TrickTrolan The examples Jesus set could not, and can not ever be followed even close enough to merit one day in heaven. Jesus was not here to teach us to follow every law and commandment of God, He was here to teach us that we are utterly incapable of doing so successfully, and that on He was able to, thus only trust in Him can save us and make us right in God's eyes. Our works and ordinances do not add one second to our eternal life in heaven, not one. Only Jesus can save, sorry.

[TrickTrolan]

@godluvsmormons Have you read,pondered,studied,and prayed about the truthfulness of The Holy Bible~The Book of Mormon~Doctrine&Covenants~Pear­l of Great Price?Have you witnessed the miracles I've seen the Authority of the Priesthood perform.Do you feel love for every single soul on this earth,and for those who came before us?Until you humble urself before God and come unto Him with a broken heart&contrite Spirit in sincere prayer you will never experience the blessings of the Gospel of Our Savior

[TrickTrolan]

@godluvsmormons AND our Works and Ordinances and obeying and DOING Our Fathers Commandments Have EVERYTHING to do with us ever being able to live with Him again. No need to say sorry to me my brother...I'm doing my best which is all He asks of us.

[tanwil87]

@clintone24

If what you said is true than you aren't a Christian..All of you theologians need to either devote yourself to your religion or abandon it. Quit trying to take new evidence that opposes the existence of God and try to make it 'fit' into your religion..Finding another planet with life on it would not go along with Christianity. It would be a remarkable piece of corroborating evidence of the Bing Bang theory.

[apologeticsman]

@tanwil87 "Big bang" = God said it, and BANG, there it was.

[tanwil87]

@apologeticsman

I rest my case.

[apologeticsman]

the big bang & evolution are just convenient excuses for doing hard scientific research, & for patience. Saying "we look like apes, therefore we evolved from a lower form" is a silly sounding to us as someone just saying God did it to you. The difference between believers and atheists/agnostics is that we don't just say God did it, we find evidence and even proof that God did it. When we find that evidence, we present it to the world & they say "oh, God can't exist, therefore you are wrong"

[tanwil87]

@apologeticsman PROOF?! Then I guess you don't need FAITH anymore! Please cite your so called proof that god exists. I won't hold my breath. Your lack of knowledge is embarrassing. Science provides answers. Religion has to provide excuses because it truly offers no answers. Do whatever you need to do to make yourself feel better but do not try and pretend that you know so much about a yet to be proven existent god.

[godluvsmormons]

@tanwil87 uh, proof that God exists? Ok, take a deep breath.. there, there's your proof. That would not have been possible without God. It is a scientific and mathematical impossibility for life to have simply begun, without a supremely intelligent and even artistic being behind it. BTW, 500 years ago, scientists were sure that the earth was flat, now we know it is not because we have been able to get a better picture of it by exploration. The Bible told us the earth was a sphere, 3000 years ago

[tanwil87]

@godluvsmormons “Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence,” ---- Matthew 4:8 NAB. This would mean they believed the earth was flat. Please show me where the said it was round?

[godluvsmormons]

when the Devil showed Jesus the kingdoms, it was in a vision. Even on a flat earth, we could not see all the kingdoms of the world from even the highest vantage point. The verse in which the Bible states the earth is a sphere is in Isaiah 40:21-23 The word that is translated "circle" is the Hebrew word for sphere. Estimates put Isaiah's origins at about 740 B.C. so I was a little off there, but that was only when the book was compiled, it may have been written as many as 60 years earlier

[tanwil87]

@godluvsmormons You know a lot about circles, you go in a circle avoiding answers. Even by your own admission "we could not see all the kingdoms of the world from even the highest vantage point" even if the earth was flat. Then my question is how would they have seen them all if the world was a sphere? You are a real piece of work lol

[tanwil87]

@godluvsmormons also I want to comment on your scientific and mathematical impossibilities. If life beginning is highly improbable than a "supremely intelligent creator" would be infinitely more improbable than that. That's why I must say once again science absolutely does not go in any way with religion. It disproves more and more of the false claims made by religion every year.

[godluvsmormons]

@tanwil87 I have yet to see one scientific discovery that has cast even a slight shadow on a single Bible verse. Try again.

[tanwil87]

@godluvsmormons WOW you disgust me. You REALLY need to pick up the book Cosmos written by Carl Sagan. You could probably gain a wealth of knowledge if you would pick up just about any child's science book as well. You apparently have absolutely no education in religion, science, history, geography, or astronomy. I, however, am well educated on all of these subjects and it is pointless for me to continue with such a misinformed and uneducated opponent. Read a book..any book..PLEASE. Good day.

[tanwil87]

@godluvsmormons Also astronomers have known the earth was round since 6th century BC.

[godluvsmormons]

@tanwil87 maybe, but the ancient Hebrews were not astronomers, and the The Torah was written starting in around 2,000 BC

[tanwil87]

@godluvsmormons Once again...Astronomers knew it before the Torah was written. Therefore your response is once again worthless. The bible is a collection of stolen ideas, stories, and traditions. This is all fact. Please unless you have something intelligent to contribute don't reply. I am tired of having to respond to your absolute nonsense. You don't know anything about history. You continuously make false statements. You don't know the difference between fact and faith.

[godluvsmormons]

@tanwil87 Explain how a "primitive" nomadic people, 4,000 years ago knew that semen was what caused women to become pregnant? I have never run this experiment, but I would bet that if you went to 100 "primitive" tribes around the world, and asked them how it is a woman becomes pregnant, most if not all would give completely unscientific reasons, such as "the gods send the baby" or "she swallows a seed and it grows in her belly" They certainly would not know it was semen but the Jews did ...

[tanwil87]

@godluvsmormons Once again with all of your speculation. It's funny to see someone squirm around creating "facts" (what I call lying) just to give meaning to their absolutely blind faith.

[godluvsmormons]

@tanwil87 My faith is anything but blind. In fact, the so called "Christian" faith is the only defensible, factual faith on the planet. We do not depend on dragons and Spaghetti monsters, we have a real God, who really and factually interacted with humankind on many occasions, not the least of which was in Israel and Rome, circa 0-33 A.D. give or take. He really walked, really talked, really did miracles and really was killed on a Roman cross. He then really and truly rose from the dead.

[tanwil87]

@godluvsmormons YOU HAVE NO PROOF. Quit trying to state your FAITH as FACT. Faith means believing without factual evidence..you are going on hope alone. Every other religion believes just as strongly about their god/gods as you believe about your god. Christianity has more holes in it than almost any other religion. You are BLIND.

[godluvsmormons]

@tanwil87 The Jewish scripture in which the verse about the earth being a sphere was written more than 1,000 years BC, long before your astronomers "discovered" it. Not only that, but the modern practice of sterilizing surgical instruments was derived from the Bible's cleanliness commandments, less than 300 years ago. God knows science because He created the laws that science is governed by.

[tanwil87]

@godluvsmormons So 1000BC was before 6000BC? You can't do math either...you continue to astonish me. And also nice story about sterilization but once again you are wrong, which I've noticed is a trend with you.

[godluvsmormons]

@tanwil87 there were no astronomers in 6000 BC, there were barely people who could write, muchless people who had telescopes and tools necessary for studying the planets and stars. You said 600 BC before, then erased your comment, so that is your bad. If you don't believe me about sterilization of medical instruments, look it up. Before doctors sterilized their instruments, they used to lose a large percentage of their patients to staph infection. continued

[godluvsmormons]

most of the flawed so called scientists in our era begin with the assumption that there is no God, hence their conclusions are based on conjecture and personal bias rather than pure research. The paradigm of a spherical Earth was developed in Greek astronomy, beginning with Pythagoras (6th century BC), The Bible called the earth a sphere in 740-800 BC, nearly 200 years before the Greeks ever came to that conclusion. Instead of calling me stupid, how about actually refuting me?

[MightyCarnac]

@godluvsmormons If science assumed something for which there is no scientific evidence - a God, for example, then it would no longer be science. And it would be based on conjecture and bias. This is why science and religion are different. Science is based on observation and reason. Religion is based on authority.

[godluvsmormons]

@MightyCarnac If I see that there is order, intelligence and obvious purpose in the world and indeed the universe, that is an observation, thus is is scientifically viable to assert that order+ purpose + intelligence = God. The only way you could say otherwise is to DISprove my hypothesis scientifically. The burden is on you to show me scientifically that order, purpose and intelligence are but mere illusions or coincidence.

[MightyCarnac]

@godluvsmormons I'm not acquainted with any order, purpose or intelligence in this universe which implies or relies on LDS theology. Are you? Joseph Smith is but one of hundreds who've claimed to be the exclusive mouthpiece of God. I make no claims, I write no scriptures, I employ no missionaries. But I take leave to wonder why one should prefer Joseph Smith over Muhammad. If there's a burdon of proof it lies with folks like Joseph Smith & his successors, Muhammad, the popes & priests and so on.

[MrNirom]

slikshot: Worlds without end has he created.. like sands upon the seas.

Alien to our world... yes.. but not to him.

Do you really think we are alone here? Just little ole earth is this huge universe? All those planets and stars out there.. and we are it? Come on now.

[slikshot24]

"we are not alone in the universe, God is not just the God of one planet"

wait.....so are you saying that you believe in aliens?

[omiolo]

"wait.....so are you saying that you believe in aliens? "

Not to God they are NOT aliens!

[slikshot24]

wow...so you believe that there are more than us in this universe? You believe that God would put other life forms into the universe without telling us?

[omiolo]

slikshot,

wow, I have missed those huge leaps of conjecture and logic on your part!

seriously, are you like that in real life or just towards the LDS religion?

[slikshot24]

okay, here is my logic, the guy is talking about how we are not alone in the universe, saying that there are other life forms in this universe, saying that God created those other life forms, and I have found no scripture to support that, so why would God put other life forms in this universe and not tell us? Why does this guy even bring that up? Why does that matter to us?

[omiolo]

your leap of logic and conjecture is concluding that I believe or have the same opinion on the subject of other worlds as Elder Neal A. Maxwell.

[slikshot24]

so you are admitting to not believing something that an Elder, a member of the Quorom of the Twelve Apostles is telling you?

[omiolo]

"so you are admitting to not believing something that an Elder, a member of the Quorom of the Twelve Apostles is telling you? "

that should be obvious.

The only thing that we are required to believe is that which the Holy Spirit tells us is true. But you and I have been over this before.

Are we rehashing this for a specific purpose?

[cezza57]

if he is a prophet who speaks from god then we should believe him..right?

[omiolo]

"if he is a prophet who speaks from god then we should believe him..right? "

He is an honest man and that is why you should believe him. He is only a prophet when God speaks through him.

[harry4health]

omiolo-Sometimes there are those who haggle over words. They might say the prophet gave us counsel but that we are not obligated to follow it unless he says it is a commandment. But the Lord says of the Prophet Joseph, Thou shalt give heed unto *ALL his words and commandments* which he shall give unto you (D&C 21:4; italics[**] added). (Benson, Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Living Prophet, pp. 2728.)" (Teachings of the Living Prophets 4-7/p 21. LDS Church>LDSCatalog*com>#3249500­0

[harry4health]

omiolo-"'The living oracles speak in the name of the Lord or as moved upon by the Holy Ghost, HOWEVER, their utterances ARE then BINDING upon ALL who hear, and WHATEVER is said WILL WITHOUT ANY EXCEPTION be found to be in harmony with the standard works..'..Elder Marion G Romney explained that the Lord 'has not left us unguided to jangle over the interpretations of those revelations. ..He has given us living prophets to interpret those revelations.'"LDS:Teachings of the Living Prophets, 4-2/p 18

[omiolo]

I think it is great that you can quote ad nauseum some of these things and SPIN them to the best of your ability. However, you continually AVOID the LDS Holy Scriptures which contain LDS Doctrine.  Which is the equivalent of trying to figure out where you are going without opening your eyes!

[rtiffanytaylor]

I think I read that book! Dr. Seuss Oh the thinks you can thinks. " The things you'll not see if your eyes are shut>"

Seems to fit!

[omiolo]

"" The things you'll not see if your eyes are shut>"

Seems to fit! "

I used to just think it was too bad. Now I am scared for these people.