Elsie .... Sometimes you surprise me.
Just about the time when I peg you for my arch-enemy, you do something that shows that you have at least half of a heart.
The truth is, we all have much to learn about God. The best we can do is to love him and follow his commandments in order to keep our hearts pure so that we can receive inspiration from him line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little until we receive his grace and meet him face to face.
It sure helps to look in the right places for that information.
The best we can do is to love him and follow his commandments in order to keep our hearts pure so that we can receive inspiration from him line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little until we receive his grace and meet him face to face.
I'll have to disagree.
WE receive His grace BEFORE we can learn of Him.
God's Word itself gives us the answer, and the reason.
Is the unbeliever who stands in a pulpit or teaches in a seminary classroom able to expound Scripture with understanding?
Is your unsaved friend, neighbor, or family member truly able to understand the Word?
First Corinthians 2:14 gives us the answer, and the reason:
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Do you know when Joseph Smith felt that he had gone along the path long enough to finally decide the he was; indeed; saved by Jesus?