Elliaison.org - Forum: Current Church Doctrine » Is Home Teaching a Calling?

Home » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints » Current Church Doctrine » Is Home Teaching a Calling? (Questions, Questions)

Show: Today's Messages :: Polls :: Message Navigator
E-mail to friend

Re: Is Home Teaching a Calling? [message #2129 is a reply to message #2127]

Wed, 30 January 2013 09:02

Dragon
Messages: 499
Registered: June 2010
Location: Earth

Senior Member

How often do we ask God for a miracle and then get disappointed when our neighbor provides what we need instead of an angel? How many times do we look for God to lead us by the nose rather than follow our own intelligence and trust God to warn us if we've taken a wrong step?

Assuming the Spirit is strong enough in anyone on this Earth to know exactly who needs help all the time is fallacy. Many of the miracles wrought through Home Teaching/Visiting Teaching require months or even years of friendship between the parties to gain trust. The Lord has approved of Home Teaching and Visiting Teaching assignments as the best way to meet the needs of all the members of the ward. Remember, the LDS Church is not for perfected beings. It is for those shedding their Telestial life and learning to live the Terrestrial Laws, while being pointed to the path to the Celestial Kingdom. Therefore, order and organization are needed. It is like the Iron Rod. If people were capable of following the Spirit, or an Angel, as Lehi did in his vision, there would be no need for the Rod. Yet even Lehi lost sight of the Angel, and was nearly lost in the mist of darkness. Members of the LDS Church are not ready and will never be ready for the level of spiritual insights you speak of. Nor would it be helpful to allow Home Teaching to be directed the way you suggest. There would be no friendships created, only slaves to the Spirit. That is not God's plan.

okay. I'll put away the soap box now so you can return to your regularly scheduled program.

- Dragon

Report message to a moderator

[Message index]

		Is Home Teaching a Calling? By: Seeker on Sun, 23 December 2012 11:39
		Re: Is Home Teaching a Calling? By: FreddyV on Sun, 23 December 2012 16:30
		Re: Is Home Teaching a Calling? By: iWitness on Mon, 24 December 2012 12:55
		Re: Is Home Teaching a Calling? By: Dragon on Mon, 24 December 2012 17:02
		Re: Is Home Teaching a Calling? By: rdwhitaker on Tue, 15 January 2013 13:27
		Re: Is Home Teaching a Calling? By: Called to Serve on Sun, 27 January 2013 22:33
		Re: Is Home Teaching a Calling? By: rdwhitaker on Tue, 29 January 2013 00:12
		Re: Is Home Teaching a Calling? By: Called to Serve on Tue, 29 January 2013 20:24
		Re: Is Home Teaching a Calling? By: JulesGP on Tue, 29 January 2013 20:37
		Re: Is Home Teaching a Calling? By: Dragon on Wed, 30 January 2013 09:02
		Re: Is Home Teaching a Calling? By: JulesGP on Wed, 30 January 2013 11:09
		Re: Is Home Teaching a Calling? By: Jeremy on Wed, 30 January 2013 20:32
		Re: Is Home Teaching a Calling? By: Called to Serve on Thu, 31 January 2013 00:55
		Re: Is Home Teaching a Calling? By: Elejian on Thu, 08 August 2013 22:11
		Re: Is Home Teaching a Calling? By: InquiringMind808 on Wed, 14 January 2015 18:52

Previous Topic:	Can an Atheist be Moral?
Next Topic:	Believing or Knowing Jesus is the Christ

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [

] [

]

Current Time: Fri Nov 22 14:12:50 MST 2024