Jesus Christ

Where did we come from? It’s a universally human question. We do not remember our infancy and have no seemingly concrete proof of our spiritual genesis. So the question Where did we come from? is a legitimate and important one. Many religions—Christian or otherwise—have theologies about where we go from here, but few have doctrine about where we were before our mortality. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often inadvertently referred to as the Mormon Church) is a faith that does have an answer to that question, an answer that is key to our purpose and place both in this life and in the one beyond. Where Mormons find their answer Mormons find the answer to this question in a book of scripture called The Pearl of Great Price. The Pearl of Great Price is a set of scripture translated by the Prophet Joseph Smith when Joseph was translating the Bible and contains a more complete account of Moses’s writings. These scriptures contain crucial... Read the rest of this entry »

Prophets Help Lead Us to Jesus Christ Daniel, a student at Brigham Young University and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (sometimes called “Mormon Church” by friends of other faiths), shares his insight to his scripture study of Moses 7:1-40. The book of Moses is found in The Pearl of Great Price, a book of scripture revered as sacred by Latter-day Saints. The book of Moses is an extract from the translation of the Bible as revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith. Moses 7:1-40 provides a narrative of Enoch’s interaction with God the Father as he is shown a vision of future events and a glimpse into the heart of our Father. From this narrative, I learned multiple things, asked several questions, considered the flow of the account, and came to understand better the role of Jesus Christ as Justifier and Advocate. The scriptures are filled with numerous accounts of prophets in various dispensations being shown in vision events... Read the rest of this entry »

Written by Brittany Spencer, a BYU student, studying a volume of scripture known as the Pearl of Great Price, which is written by prophets; members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints “Mormons” revere it as sacred text. This post comes from a book within the Pearl of Great Price known as The Book of Moses; it is an extraction from the translation of the Bible as revealed to Joseph Smith the Prophet, June 1830—February 1831. We Are All Blessed by Being Children of God the Father In a book of scripture, held sacred by Latter-day Saints “Mormons”, known as the Pearl of Great Price, we learn in Moses chapter one, that a vision Moses had begins after he has been caught up to a mountain. The phrase caught up seems to imply that Moses did not reach God’s presence entirely of his own accord. In addition, Moses could only endure God’s presence because “the glory of the Lord was upon [him]” (See Moses 1:31). These versus seem to... Read the rest of this entry »

Written by Daniel Derricott, a BYU student, studying a volume of scripture known as the Pearl of Great Price, which is written by prophets; members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints “Mormons” revere it as sacred text. This post comes from a book within the Pearl of Great Price known as The Book of Moses; it is an extraction from the translation of the Bible as revealed to Joseph Smith the Prophet, June 1830—February 1831. Moses Learns about His Relationship With Heavenly Father In Moses’ vision of God in the Pearl of Great Price (a book revered as scripture by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) and in the account of Moses 1:1-23, he learned a great deal about his relationship with God. Moses’ learns it is one of Father and son and of the familial relationship he has with the Jesus Christ, the Messiah. At least four times in these verses, Moses is referred to as a son of God, three of which come from... Read the rest of this entry »

Written by Amanda Keating, a BYU student, studying a volume of scripture known as the Pearl of Great Price, which is written by prophets; members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints “Mormons” revere it as sacred text. This post comes from a book within the Pearl of Great Price known as The Book of Moses; it is an extraction from the translation of the Bible as revealed to Joseph Smith the Prophet, June 1830—February 1831. Heavenly Father Knows Us All In a book of scripture, known as the Pearl of Great Price, Moses was shown the world by the very creator himself, Jesus Christ, and during this time he realized, to a degree, how insignificant he and all of mankind are compared to the greatness and many works of God (See Moses Chapter 1). This idea is supported by Moses saying “And for this cause I know that man is nothing, which thing I never had supposed” (see Moses 1:10). However, before Moses was shown some of the creations... Read the rest of this entry »

Hurricanes rage and tsunamis flood, killing people and destroying homes. Dictators oppress their people; destitute children beg in the streets of major cities throughout the world. Loved ones die, and family members suffer. If God is loving, we may ask, why is there suffering in the world? God Himself has answered these questions in the scriptures. Every moment of every day, He remembers us: Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands… (Isaiah49:15-16) But still the question remains: if He remembers us and loves us so completely, why does He allow us to suffer? God loves us, so He sent us to earth to choose between good and evil The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (inadvertently called “The Mormon Church” by the media) teaches that God has a plan for us. In The... Read the rest of this entry »