Art Bulla

 

Those Who Reject Further Light and Knowledge
Extinguish, to a Degree, the Light in Themselves

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  God speaks to mankind through the agency of his power, by legal administrators, for he will not receive that which he has not sent and ordained. Those who reject the light and knowledge offered by these extinguish, to a degree, the light that is already in them, but those who receive the teachings of these legal administrators and hearken and obey, humbling themselves before God to become as a little child, will, if they continue in the word, increase in light until they shine in glory greater than the sun at noonday, for their bodies will be filled with light, saith the Lord. Those who reject the further light, for every man is born into the world with the light of Christ, purchased for them through the blood of Jesus Christ, will become darkened in their minds, subject to evil and they become the plaything of devils who lead them in strong delusion, such as Negroes in Ferguson, who had a predilection in the pre-existence, for the devil to rule and reign. Therefore they were cursed with a black skin, and a race of servants. Even so. Amen.

"...for a man called and inspired of God can both preach and write by the power of the Holy Ghost; and when the honest humble soul either hears or reads that which is given by the Spirit, the light that is in him witnesseth that it is of God; for light cleaves to light, and truth to truth; the Spirit gives light to every man that comes into the world, and if he love the light that is within himself, he will love all other light that is presented to his mind, and embrace it.  Light cannot be presented to the mind of a candid, honest person, without being per­ceived to be light; but if he receive it not, he extinguishes in a degree  the light that is in him, and darkness still greater ensues, and he is left  to commit evils of a greater magnitude, until the light that was in him has entirely fled, and darkness reigns triumphantly:  this darkness brings misery and wretch­ed­ness in this world and eternal torment in the world to come.  This is the state of man who rejects light and truth, and will not exercise faith in that which the light that is in him teaches him is true.

            "The word and the evidences accompanying it are both the gifts of God; but be­sides these, the light that is in every man who comes into the world is also the gift of God through Christ.  For if Christ had not pur­chased this gift for man by his atoning blood, man would have been destitute of all light.  Darkness alone would have reigned and our world would have been a  hell-- the miserable abode of fallen spirits and fallen man..."  Orson Pratt;  The Seer; published 1853:  Washington, D.C.

 

 

• The Revelations of Jesus Christ: http://bookstore.iuniverse.com/Products/SKU-000020307/The-Revelations-of-Jesus-Christ.aspx
• "But we ask, does it remain for a people who never had faith enough to call down one scrap of revelation from heaven, and for all they have now are indebted to the faith of another people...does it remain for them to say how much God has spoken and how much He has not spoken?"  Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Two 1834-37 Pg.60
•  Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six 1843-44 Pg.365
     When a man goes about prophesying, and commands men to obey his teachings, he must either be a true or false prophet. 
•  Our website: http://www.artbulla.com
•  "All men are liars who say they are of the true Church without the revelations of Jesus Christ and the Priesthood of Melchizedek, which is after the order of the Son of God."  Joseph Smith; TPJS p. 376
• "He that can mark the power of Omnipotence, inscribed upon the heavens, can also see God's own handwriting in the sacred volume: and he who reads it oftenest will like it best, and he who is acquainted with it, will know the hand wherever he can see it...." (T.P.J.S., p. 56)

·         10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. (New Testament | Galatians 1:10 - 12)