The Rise and Fall of NauvooRoberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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The Rise and Fall of Nauvoo
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo; Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History
and Lords many, and that makes a plurality of Gods, in spite of the
whims of all men. Without a revelation I am not going to give them
the knowledge of the God of heaven. You know and I testify that
Paul had no allusion to the heathen gods. I have it from God, and
get over it if you can. I have a witness of the Holy Ghost, and a
testimony that Paul had no allusion to the heathen gods in the text.
BY THE PHILOSOPHY OF ABRAHAM.
I want to reason a little on this subject. I learned it by
translating the papyrus which is now in my house. I learned a
testimony concerning Abraham, and he reasoned concerning the God
of heaven. "In order to do that," said he, "suppose we have two
facts; that supposes another fact may exist--two men on the earth,
one wiser than the other, would logically show that another who is
wiser than the wiser one may exist. Intelligences exist one above
another, so that there is no end to them. If Abraham reasoned thus:
If Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and John discovered that God,
the Father of Jesus Christ, had a Father, you may suppose that He
had a Father also. Where was there ever a son without a father? And
where was there ever a father without first being a son? Whenever
did a tree or anything spring into existence without a progenitor?
And everything comes in this way. Paul says that which is earthly
is in the likeness of that which is heavenly. Hence, if Jesus had a
Father, can we not believe that He had a Father also? I despise the
idea of being scared to death at such doctrine, for the Bible is
full of it.
BY THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS.
I believe all that God ever revealed, and I never hear of a man
being damned for believing too much; but they are damned for
unbelief. They found fault with Jesus Christ because He said He
was the Son of God, and made Himself equal with God. They say of
me like they did of the Apostles of old, that I must be put down.
What did Jesus say? "Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are
Gods? If he called them Gods unto whom the word of God came, and
the Scripture cannot be broken, say ye of him whom the Father has
sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I
said I am the Son of God?" It was through Him that they drank of
the spiritual rock.
Of course He would take the honor Himself. Jesus, if they were
called Gods unto whom the word of God came, why should it be
thought blasphemy that I should say I am the Son of God? [3]
HOW GOD CAME TO BE A GOD.
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