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Re: Identity of the Holy Ghost [message #2606 is a reply to message #895] Fri, 12 July 2013 12:42 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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it is the universal Spirit in a higher degree that is conferred


I know, right? That totally makes sense. But let's throw some synonyms at that quote to maybe get a better feel for the message. Like, could we replace "higher degree" with something like, "more abundantly", as in John 10:10 I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Or maybe we could use a computer technology analogy like "higher degree" meaning "higher bandwidth". I mean, imagine that we are all born into the world with like a 1200 baud dialup modem access to the holy ghost installed as part of our factory standard package. And then when one gets upgraded to the gift of the holy ghost, that is like getting our equipment upgraded from a crappy modem to an always-on, broadband high-speed bandwidth access. In fact, I kind of like that analogy because it brings up something else that I've been thinking about in regards to accessing the holy ghost.

Luke 17:20-21 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

So maybe our holy ghost access portal is universal in that it is right there built into each and everyone of us; a biomechanism waiting to be activated. Maybe the gift that the holy ghost gives is something far more than just a perk of church membership. I mean, John, the 3 Nephites and other holy men have stuck around for a very long time prior to Joseph Smith turning people onto something, and just maybe that something is the gospel of Jesus Christ ie. high bandwidth access to the holy ghost.

It is kind of like a client-server architecture in which the client device is part of our human physiology and the server that we access is the holy ghost just like a web server that serves up web pages upon request by a client computer (ie. a human) and can showeth ALL things to a requesting client over the divine internet infrastructure.

Full access to the holy ghost IS the gospel and upon that rock one must build, everything else being a sandy foundation that will be washed away. And in our day which may well be the worst age of deception ever to be seen by planet earth, how could the foundational rock be anything other than the pure access to light and truth from the one being certified to know all and never lie? And man do we ever need that! I really wonder if our government indeed even has the ability anymore to not lie, spin, slant, twist, pervert or make secret - everything.
 
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