My Testimony

             
                All of us who are born on this earth, no matter our circumstances, ask ourselves certain questions, especially when we grow up, branch out, and learn about the environment in which we live.  I think a common one would be: why am I here?  We also ask ourselves, where did I come from and how did I get here?  Many wonder if there more after we die.  Do we continue to exist after death, if so where do we go and what do we do?

                In fact there are many who quarrel about the answers to these questions.  No matter how well someone may contend their answers are correct the truth will not change.  Truth doesn't change.  It is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 

                I would like to share some truth with you that I have been given and am now sure of its reality.   The way I learned these things to be true are through communications from a higher power, God.  He communicated these things to me through the Holy Ghost.   The Holy Ghost speaks to us in our minds and in our hearts.  He communicates an idea or a simple truth to our minds and then he assures us it is true by bringing good feelings to our hearts.  Then we can experiment on that idea communicated and find that it brings joy and happiness to our lives.  Now I’m not the only one who receives these communications there are many others and in fact God promises to speak to all of us through this manner.  In fact if you have evr felt a desire to do something nice for someone, that is a communication from the Holy Spirit.  This is how I know the veracity of these statements of truth I will now share with you.

There is a God.  He is the father of the whole human race.  Within our bodies dwells our spirit.  We are spirit begotten sons and daughters of God.  He has a physical body and we have been created in his image. He is immortal and lives perfectly.  He knows all things that were, are, and will be.  He has all power. He cannot lie.  He is unchangeable.  He is completely just and merciful.  He is not a respecter of persons and loves all of us equally no matter our actions.  He has a purpose and it is to teach us and to aid us to become like him and live as he does. 

This is one of the greatest truths of all time, “As man is, god once was.  As god is, man may become.” He wants us to become like him.  That is why we are here.  I know this is true.

We used to live with him before we came here.  We did not have physical bodies as he does and as we do now.  We also did not have the same character and knowledge that he has.  He proposed a plan that would help us become like him.  This plan involved coming to this planet so we might learn how to be like him and to prove that we love him and want to live like him.  We all agreed to this plan. 

It was decided that, in our experience on this earth there needed to be opposition.  There was one who opposed god’s plan, now known as Satan, and influenced others to oppose it as well.  There was a war and they were expelled from our earlier home.  They are now here and have become the opposition.  They will stay as spirits and as punishment will never receive a body.  While we are here they entice us to do bad and God invites us to do good.  We are free to choose which path we will take. 

                God is perfectly just.  Justice means we receive consequences for our actions.  If we obey him, there are good consequences and if we disobey him and follow Satan, there are bad consequences.  One of the consequences is permanent separation from God.  If we were permanently separated from God we would never become like him.

                God sent Jesus Christ, his only Begotten Son in the flesh, to save us from these consequences if we will believe in him and do our best to follow him.   He lived perfectly while here and suffered for our sins and pains.  He was crucified for us and he rose from the dead and has power to save us. 

I know that Jesus Christ is one in purpose with the Father.  They share the same characteristics, omnipotent, omniscient, all loving, entirely just, completely merciful, and of being unchangeable.  Jesus Christ lives today and has an immortal body.  He has power to save us and bring us to the Father.  They can help us to be happy like them.

I know the things I’ve shared are true, because the Holy Ghost has let me know they are.  You may know them to be true as well.  If you pray to the Father of our spirits and ask, in faith, believing that you’ll receive, in the name of Christ, if these things are true, He will make them known to you through the power of the Holy Ghost. 

And upon knowing these things, let us come to know Jesus Christ and God our Father and follow them so we might become like them.  I share these things in Jesus Christ’s name, amen.