The Seventy's Course in Theology, Fifth Year: Divine Immanence and the Holy GhostRoberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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The Seventy's Course in Theology, Fifth Year: Divine Immanence and the Holy Ghost
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
"That by reason of transgression cometh the fall, which fall bringeth
death, and inasmuch as ye were born into the world by water, and blood,
and the spirit, which I have made, and so became of dust a living soul,
even so ye must be born again into the kingdom of heaven, of water, and
of the Spirit, and be cleansed by blood, even the blood of mine Only
Begotten; that ye might be sanctified from all sin, and enjoy the words
of eternal life in this world, and eternal life in the world to come,
even immortal glory;
"For by the water ye keep the commandment; by the Spirit ye are
justified, and by the blood ye are sanctified;
"Therefore it is given to abide in you; the record of heaven; the
Comforter; the peaceable things of immortal glory; the truth of all
things; that which quickeneth all things, which maketh alive all
things; that which knoweth all things, and hath all power, according to
wisdom, mercy, truth, justice, and judgment.
"And now, behold, I say unto you: This is the plan of salvation unto
all men, through the blood of mine Only Begotten, who shall come in the
meridian of time.
"And behold, all things have their likeness, and all things are created
and made to bear record of me, both things which are temporal, and
things which are spiritual; things which are in the heavens above, and
things which are on the earth, and things which are in the earth, and
things which are under the earth, both above and beneath: all things
bear record of me.
"And it came to pass, when the Lord had spoken with Adam, our father,
that Adam cried unto the Lord, and he was caught away by the Spirit of
the Lord, and was carried down into the water, and was laid under the
water, and was brought forth out of the water.
"And thus he was baptized, and the Spirit of God descended upon him,
and thus he was born of the Spirit, and became quickened in the inner
man.
"And he heard a voice out of the heaven, saying: Thou art baptized with
fire, and with the Holy Ghost. This is the record of the Father, and
the Son, from henceforth and forever.
"And thou art after the order of him who was without beginning of days
or end of years, from all eternity to all eternity.
"Behold, thou art one in me, a son of God; and thus may all become my
sons. Amen."[A]
[Footnote A: Book of Moses (Pearl of Great Price), ch. vi:48-68.]
_3. One Faith and One Baptism--But Two Ordinances:_ The foregoing
scriptures at once establish the absolute necessity for both water and
Spirit baptism--being really but two phases of one fact--one baptism,
but both phases essential to the one fact, the one baptism.[A] Without
this baptism of water and of Spirit, it is evident, first, one cannot
enter into the kingdom of heaven; and of course, outside of the kingdom
of heaven there can be no salvation, nor perfect happiness; second, its
necessity appears from the very nature of things.
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