One cannot advance without
faith in correct principles
D & C 84:
54 And your minds in times past have been darkened because of unbelief, and because you have treated lightly the things you have received—
54 And your minds in times past have been darkened because of unbelief, and because you have treated lightly the things you have received—
55 Which vanity and unbelief have brought the whole
church under condemnation.
56 And this condemnation resteth upon the children of Zion, even all.
57 And they shall remain
under this condemnation until they repent and remember the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon and the former commandments which I have given them, not only to say, but to do according to that which I have
written—
For the Lords Sheep who hear his voice, they will again have the opportunity in 5 months, to come under Covenant; now that we again have a servant of the Lord on the Earth, with the High Priesthood to make such sealing and covenant in our behalf.
3 Nephi 21:
3 Nephi 21:
1 And verily I say unto you, I give unto you a sign, that ye may know the time when
these things shall be about to take place—that I shall gather in, from their
long dispersion, my people, O house of Israel, and shall establish again among
them my Zion;
2 And behold, this is the thing which I will give unto you for a
sign—for verily I say unto you that when these things which I declare unto you,
and which I shall declare unto you hereafter of myself, and by the power of the
Holy Ghost which shall be given unto you of the Father, shall be made known
unto the Gentiles that they may know concerning this people who are a remnant
of the house of Jacob, and concerning this my people who shall be scattered by
them;
3 Verily, verily, I say unto you, when these things shall be made known unto them of the Father, and shall
come forth of the Father, from
them unto you;
4 For it is wisdom in the Father that they should be established
in this land, and be set up as a free people by the power of the Father,
that these things might come forth from them unto a remnant of your seed, that
the covenant of the Father may be
fulfilled which he hath covenanted with his people, O house of Israel;
5 Therefore, when these works and the works which shall be wrought
among you hereafter shall come forth from the Gentiles, unto your seed which
shall dwindle in unbelief because of iniquity;
6 For thus it behooveth the Father that it should come forth from
the Gentiles, that he may show
forth his power unto the Gentiles, for this cause that the Gentiles, if they
will not harden their hearts, that they may
repent and come unto me and be baptized in my name and know of the true points
of my doctrine, that they may be numbered
among my people, O house of Israel;
7 And when these things come to pass that thy seed shall
begin to know these things—it shall be a sign unto them, that they may know
that the work of the Father hath already commenced unto the fulfilling of the
covenant which he hath made unto the people who are of the house of Israel.
8 And when that day shall come, it shall come to pass that kings
shall shut their mouths; for that which had not been told them shall they see;
and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
9 For in that day, for my sake shall the Father work a
work, which shall be a great and a marvelous work among
them; and there shall be among them those who will not believe it, although a
man shall declare it unto them.
10 But behold, the life of my servant shall be in my hand;
therefore they shall not hurt him, although he shall be marred because of them. Yet I will heal him,
for I will show unto them that my wisdom is greater than the cunning of
the devil.
11 Therefore it shall come to pass that whosoever will not believe
in my words, who am Jesus Christ, which the Father shall cause him to
bring forth unto the Gentiles,
and shall give unto him power that he shall bring them forth unto the Gentiles,
(it shall be done even as Moses said) they shall be cut off from among my people who are of the
covenant.