Subscribe RSS FeedOne of my favorite teachers recently published an article on the effects of teaching true doctrine that I greatly enjoyed.
I love true doctrine. Something about the absolute truths contained in true doctrine get me excited. Teachings such as:
“All men will be resurected.”
And
“All children that die before the age of accountability will inherit the celestial kingdom.”
Are just a few of my favorites. Others, such as
“I suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they repent.”
and the truth of a life after death also bring great comfort. The absolute clarity these truths bring as well as the comfort and harmony that accompanies living in accordance with them brings amazing peace and happiness.
While many such truths can be found in the scriptures. The truths of the restored gospel as revealed by modern day apostles and prophets are at times the clearest. What I find particularly interesting, and what slightly unsettled me when I was younger, and drove me to investigate further, is the degree to which all of the varried apostles and prophets of the LDS church throughout time were able to reach a concensus on such varying matters. You would believe that hundreds of men all writing and conjecturing in gret detail on the same topic would frequently be at conflict one with another. But that is not the case. They reflect a unity in doctrine and purpose that you would only expect to find if they were in fact revealing truths about something that does in fact exist and they have an intimate knowedge of, rather then usual writings by men attmepting to discover something yet unknown, or trying to convince others of the existence of something they are only vaguely framiliar with. This was one of many things I observed that led me to obtain a strong belief in and even faith in what is taught.