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brrgilbert
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Moroni 10: 32 and 33
32 Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in HIM, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and IF ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect IN Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect IN Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.
33 And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect IN Christ, and deny not his power, THEN are ye sanctified IN Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot.
Perfection IN Christ involves the proper application and reception of His gifts . . . in ENDOWMENT.
The initial gift that was received in the Pre-Mortal Endowment was the Light of Christ to all of those who accepted Father's Plan and the Savior's vicarious offering. Too, we, each, received our Patriarchal Blessing from the hands of Our Divine Parents, bequeathing unto us unique spiritual gifts. Those who wished to consecrate themselves in God's service received the Priesthood.
The Revelation of the Endowment is as follows:
The Light of Christ, (our conscience) which is a Pre-mortal Endowment, The Holy Ghost, a Mortal Endowment upon baptism by fire (justification by grace: spiritual re-birth to innocence and cleansing), The Spirit of Christ, (sanctification through the Sacrament by setting oneself apart and "remembering.") It is through this "reflection" that we initially learn about forgiveness, but later, it takes on a new role as we realize that in so doing we are inflicting the Savior with our pain. It is at this juncture that we learn how to Love HIM and seek to "raise the Sufferer up" and become more responsible - "when I was a child, I thought as a child," but now I am no longer a child. We culturally believe that the Sacrament is to wipe the slate clean every Sunday, but in reality and through abiding by the clauses of Sanctification (The Sacramental Prayers,) we learn about the true nature of LOVE and consecration. "We love Him because He first loved us." The more familiarity that we gain with His Spirit (Not the Holy Ghost,) the more we become like Him . . . we take something of Him within us at the encounter. The next endowment happens when we pierce the veil and receive not the Holy Spirit of Promise, but the Holy Spirit of Presence and we stand before Him. We will see Him when we are like Him. So, there are three stages: justification, sanctification and purification . . . and there is a great deal to say about these things . . . they are found in the scriptures and I include a brief synopsis with the following illustration:
"I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies."
The Little Prince by St. Exupery
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