0:00:00 - 0:00:27 So, uh the topic of this video is miracles, angels, faith and salvation, we're pulling from 097. And the last video was pretty important to understand for this video. But I, I recommend you watch the whole series because these are sequential. Um OK, so the, the verses in this section um we, we skipped 0:00:27 - 0:00:47 over a couple of them because they were more relevant to laying hold of every good thing, which is the topic of the last video. But uh let's, let's jump right in verse 27 wherefore my beloved brethren hath miracles ceased because Christ hath ascended into heaven and hath sat down on the right hand of 0:00:47 - 0:01:05 God to claim of the father, his rights of mercy, which he hath upon the Children of men because because people believe this, that well, he did miracles when he was here, but he's not here anymore. So the miracles have ceased verse 29. And because he hath done this, my beloved brethren have miracles ceased 0:01:04 - 0:01:33 , behold, I sent you uh neither have angels ceased to minister unto the Children of men. These things are not separate items. He's, he's saying them together because they are coupled. What do I mean, let's keep reading verse 33. He gives a reason why there aren't miracles or if there aren't miracles 0:01:32 - 0:01:57 , the reason why he says Christ hath said, if you will have faith in me, you shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me. And how most people interpret this. If I wish hard enough, then God will do what I say. But it doesn't say that anywhere in any of the scriptures, faith in order to 0:01:57 - 0:02:19 have faith, you have to have a reason to believe what it is that you believe. And he says what we have to have faith in, in other words, what belief we have to have reasons for in me, faith in me. So you need to know something about Jesus and what Jesus wants and you have to have reasons to believe that 0:02:19 - 0:02:42 that's what He wants. And if you do, you'll have power to do it whatsoever thing is expedient in me, whatsoever thing is according to his will. So what he's saying is if you have an idea of what my will is and you have sufficient reasons to believe it's my will, you'll have power to do it. This fits 0:02:42 - 0:03:06 right into the theme of the entire, one of the themes of the entire chapter, which is this flow from heaven to earth and all along the way, the flow is defined in and through Jesus Christ, as he said, when he was talking about himself as the true vine. He said without me, you can do nothing. He didn't 0:03:05 - 0:03:27 just mean invite me to stand in the room while you do whatever it is you are going to do anyway. He's saying, come and learn of me and become more like I am. And as you become more like I am, you will do more of the things that I did. It's that simple verse 35 and now my beloved brethren, if this be 0:03:27 - 0:03:43 the case that these things are true, which I have spoken unto you and God will show unto you with power and great glory at the last day that they are true. And if they are true, has the day of miracles ceased or have angels ceased to appear unto the Children of men? Or has he withheld the power of the 0:03:43 - 0:04:03 Holy ghost from them? Or will he so long as time shall last? Or the earth shall stand or there shall be one man upon the face thereof to be saved? Why does he couple these things together? We read these and we're like, wow, these are all great gifts from God. That's just these are awesome. That's not 0:04:03 - 0:04:25 why he put them together. This isn't like the, I don't know the hall of Fame of spiritual gifts. All of these things are connected, angels speak by the power of the holy ghost. And what did they speak about Christ? Everything they say? And do is design. We read this last time to manifest concerning the 0:04:25 - 0:04:50 coming of Christ and that in Christ there should come. Every good thing their job is to say every good thing is found in Jesus. And let me tell you something about Jesus that you don't know. What's the job of the holy ghost? We don't have to guess the scriptures tell us Jesus says in the book of John 0:04:49 - 0:05:12 , he says, the holy ghost is gonna take of me and give it to you. He says, just as he, the son came to take from the father and give to the world, the holy, he's going back to the father. But the holy ghost would take of the son and give to the world. And what does he give the record of heaven? What 0:05:12 - 0:05:35 is that? It's Jesus, the word of God, you get it. So all of these things are connected. What's the connection to miracles? What is a miracle? It's to do the will of God on earth as it is in heaven? So why isn't it done already? Because all things, all of God's power happens through faith. And if there's 0:05:35 - 0:05:58 not a person to exercise the faith, there are certain things that cannot be done because that's the channel appointed through which it, it needs to flow. Continuing on verse 37. Behold, I say unto you, nay, he's answering the question. Will any of these things cease as long as there's faith or as long 0:05:58 - 0:06:16 as there's at least one person on the face of the earth that could be saved. No, for it is by faith that miracles are wrought and it is by faith that angels appear and minister unto men wherefore if these things have ceased woe be unto the Children of men. For it is because of unbelief in all is vain 0:06:16 - 0:06:36 . What does that mean? It means if these things have stopped completely, it means going back to the prior verse, there isn't even one person on the earth with the capacity to still be saved. What does that mean? It means that they've turned away from such plain light so fully that they no longer have 0:06:36 - 0:06:56 the capacity to recognize light. And God has no tools to extend light to them left because they've turned away so sh so strongly if you want to read more about that, go back to Genesis and read about the state of the world in Noah's Day. And uh even then there were eight people who weren't in that case 0:06:56 - 0:00:00 , but everyone else was destroyed. And that's what happens. So um all is vain. The earth is wasted because there's no one who can receive more light. And that's the purpose of the earth is to provide a space where mankind can come to know God more than they do and become more like Him than they are. 0:00:00 - 0:07:45 So um uh just drilling on this one more time where there shall be one man upon the face thereof to be saved. So there's the answer to the question of why am I not learning more about God? The answer is never because of God. It's never because of God. He has uncountable resources to extend more light 0:07:45 - 0:08:08 to you. The limitation is always in you. It's not in who is around you. It's not in your church, it's not in, you know, and all of these things can affect you because obviously what you do and who you spend your time with and the ideas you're filling your brain with those all affect you and and can do 0:08:07 - 0:00:00 so severely. But if you lack the connection you desire with God, there's one reason for that and that reason is because you're not living up to what he's already given you in the past. Yes, because at some point, you did turn away from something you knew better about. We all do. But right now today, 0:00:00 - 0:09:06 he never stops extending his arm to you. He will not stop as long as you're alive. The issue is the ways he's extending his arm to you. You are not listening to and he doesn't have other ways. So because he operates by law, he's doing everything he can to reach out to you. Um OK, for no man can be saved 0:09:05 - 0:09:37 according to the words of Christ, save, they shall have faith in his name. It's that simple salvation cannot be detached from knowing how Christ is and being like that. If these things have ceased, then has faith ceased also and awful is the state of man for they are as though there is no, there had 0:09:37 - 0:10:14 been no redemption, made God does and did what He did and does. But your ability to access the value of that is absolutely completely limited to the extent to which you listen to Him, to the extent to which you perceive receive and value what light he attempts to give you. Remember from the beginning 0:10:14 - 0:10:41 of this, he entices to toward good continually. That was up here continually. That which is of God invite and entice us to do good continually. God does this and everyone who serves Him does this, you're surrounded all the time by God and His agents who are constantly doing this. In fact, his entire 0:10:40 - 0:11:10 creation does this. Everything He created manifests Him some level, some way. Ok? But if you choose not to recognize God and how He shows himself to you through all these sources, you cut yourself off from the benefits of the redemption because it's one and the same, it's not separate, it's one and the 0:11:10 - 0:11:35 same as knowing Him and doing what you know, verse 39. But behold my beloved brethren, I judge better things of you for, I judge that ye have faith in Christ because of your meekness for if ye have not faith in Him, then ye are not fit to be numbered among the people of his church. This is one of very 0:11:34 - 0:11:56 many verses that are skipped over by the people that read it. It's, it's uh you just, you can't even see it. You gotta hit pause, you gotta dig this apart and you have to think about it because it's a really, really big deal verse 38. He said under these certain conditions, you are in the shape as if 0:11:56 - 0:12:20 you're in the situation as if Jesus never came. What is that? You don't listen to what he teaches you about himself and you don't do it. And how do you know you don't do it. This is why he says, uh if this is the case, it's terrible. I, I talked about that from a societal perspective. Let's talk about 0:12:20 - 0:12:47 an indi individual perspective. He says, you can know that you're in the state where for you, it's as if Jesus never came because you don't receive angels and you don't work miracles. That is exactly what he just said. He said these are outward signs of an inward state and relationship with God and they're 0:12:47 - 0:13:08 not what matters, they're just outward signs and vehicles for what matters, what matters is what's inside of you and how much like Jesus it is. But if it's not like Jesus, you're not gonna have these things in your life. And if you don't, then you're in an awful state because you do not have faith in 0:13:08 - 0:13:35 his name, period. And for you, it's as if it's as if there had no, there had been no redemption made. And because you don't have faith in Him, you're not fit to be numbered among the people of his church. And that's probably super offensive for you to hear. But instead of being offended at me for reading 0:13:35 - 0:13:54 a book to you that you say you believe in, maybe you should think about how you offend God by not doing what he says, even though you profess his name. And it's told you this plainly in this book that so many people have sacrificed so much to put in your hands and you've pretended to read it your whole 0:13:54 - 0:14:17 life and you've never done what it says. If you need further evidence, search the scriptures in your hands. Here's some, I'm just going to read them to you. I'm not going to comment on it. I don't have time right now. If you want to know more about repentance, you can read a book I wrote called Repentance 0:14:16 - 0:14:49 , Robert Smith. You'll find it on Amazon. You can get it for free PDF on my blog upper thought.blogspot.com. So uh Mosiah 2621 and he that will hear my voice shall be my sheep in him. Shall ye receive into the church and Him will I also receive Josiah 2622 for behold, this is my church. Whosoever is 0:14:49 - 0:15:15 baptized shall be baptized unto repentance. And whomsoever ye receive shall believe in my name and him while I freely forgive Josiah 2628. Therefore, I say unto you that he that will not hear my voice. The same shall ye not receive into my church for him? I will not receive at the last day, 35 1816 in 0:15:15 - 0:15:40 my church among my people who do repent and are baptized in my name. Behold, I am the light. I have set an example for you 35 27 8. And how be it my church. Save it be called in my name. For if a church be called in Moses name, then it be Moses church or if it be called in the name of a man, then it 0:15:40 - 0:16:04 be the church of a man. But if it be called in my name, then it is my church. And if it so be sorry, if it so be that they are built upon my gospel, Maroni six. And now I speak concerning baptism, behold, elders, priests and teachers were baptized and they were not baptized. Save, they brought forth 0:16:03 - 0:16:27 fruit, meet that they were worthy of it. Neither did they receive any unto baptism? Save, they came forth with the broken heart and a contrite spirit and witnessed unto the church that they truly had uh that they truly repented of all their sins and none were received unto baptism. Save they took upon 0:16:27 - 0:17:01 them the name of Christ having a determination to serve him to the end. This has been the deal from Adam until now. It's always the way his church. It consists of the people who learn about him and who do everything they learn about him. That's what it means. I'll leave it at that. I'll see you in the 0:00:00 - 0:00:27 So, uh the topic of this video is miracles, angels, faith and salvation, we're pulling from 097. And the last video was pretty important to understand for this video. But I, I recommend you watch the whole series because these are sequential. Um OK, so the, the verses in this section um we, we skipped 0:00:27 - 0:00:47 over a couple of them because they were more relevant to laying hold of every good thing, which is the topic of the last video. But uh let's, let's jump right in verse 27 wherefore my beloved brethren hath miracles ceased because Christ hath ascended into heaven and hath sat down on the right hand of 0:00:47 - 0:01:05 God to claim of the father, his rights of mercy, which he hath upon the Children of men because because people believe this, that well, he did miracles when he was here, but he's not here anymore. So the miracles have ceased verse 29. And because he hath done this, my beloved brethren have miracles ceased 0:01:04 - 0:01:33 , behold, I sent you uh neither have angels ceased to minister unto the Children of men. These things are not separate items. He's, he's saying them together because they are coupled. What do I mean, let's keep reading verse 33. He gives a reason why there aren't miracles or if there aren't miracles 0:01:32 - 0:01:57 , the reason why he says Christ hath said, if you will have faith in me, you shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me. And how most people interpret this. If I wish hard enough, then God will do what I say. But it doesn't say that anywhere in any of the scriptures, faith in order to 0:01:57 - 0:02:19 have faith, you have to have a reason to believe what it is that you believe. And he says what we have to have faith in, in other words, what belief we have to have reasons for in me, faith in me. So you need to know something about Jesus and what Jesus wants and you have to have reasons to believe that 0:02:19 - 0:02:42 that's what He wants. And if you do, you'll have power to do it whatsoever thing is expedient in me, whatsoever thing is according to his will. So what he's saying is if you have an idea of what my will is and you have sufficient reasons to believe it's my will, you'll have power to do it. This fits 0:02:42 - 0:03:06 right into the theme of the entire, one of the themes of the entire chapter, which is this flow from heaven to earth and all along the way, the flow is defined in and through Jesus Christ, as he said, when he was talking about himself as the true vine. He said without me, you can do nothing. He didn't 0:03:05 - 0:03:27 just mean invite me to stand in the room while you do whatever it is you are going to do anyway. He's saying, come and learn of me and become more like I am. And as you become more like I am, you will do more of the things that I did. It's that simple verse 35 and now my beloved brethren, if this be 0:03:27 - 0:03:43 the case that these things are true, which I have spoken unto you and God will show unto you with power and great glory at the last day that they are true. And if they are true, has the day of miracles ceased or have angels ceased to appear unto the Children of men? Or has he withheld the power of the 0:03:43 - 0:04:03 Holy ghost from them? Or will he so long as time shall last? Or the earth shall stand or there shall be one man upon the face thereof to be saved? Why does he couple these things together? We read these and we're like, wow, these are all great gifts from God. That's just these are awesome. That's not 0:04:03 - 0:04:25 why he put them together. This isn't like the, I don't know the hall of Fame of spiritual gifts. All of these things are connected, angels speak by the power of the holy ghost. And what did they speak about Christ? Everything they say? And do is design. We read this last time to manifest concerning the 0:04:25 - 0:04:50 coming of Christ and that in Christ there should come. Every good thing their job is to say every good thing is found in Jesus. And let me tell you something about Jesus that you don't know. What's the job of the holy ghost? We don't have to guess the scriptures tell us Jesus says in the book of John 0:04:49 - 0:05:12 , he says, the holy ghost is gonna take of me and give it to you. He says, just as he, the son came to take from the father and give to the world, the holy, he's going back to the father. But the holy ghost would take of the son and give to the world. And what does he give the record of heaven? What 0:05:12 - 0:05:35 is that? It's Jesus, the word of God, you get it. So all of these things are connected. What's the connection to miracles? What is a miracle? It's to do the will of God on earth as it is in heaven? So why isn't it done already? Because all things, all of God's power happens through faith. And if there's 0:05:35 - 0:05:58 not a person to exercise the faith, there are certain things that cannot be done because that's the channel appointed through which it, it needs to flow. Continuing on verse 37. Behold, I say unto you, nay, he's answering the question. Will any of these things cease as long as there's faith or as long 0:05:58 - 0:06:16 as there's at least one person on the face of the earth that could be saved. No, for it is by faith that miracles are wrought and it is by faith that angels appear and minister unto men wherefore if these things have ceased woe be unto the Children of men. For it is because of unbelief in all is vain 0:06:16 - 0:06:36 . What does that mean? It means if these things have stopped completely, it means going back to the prior verse, there isn't even one person on the earth with the capacity to still be saved. What does that mean? It means that they've turned away from such plain light so fully that they no longer have 0:06:36 - 0:06:56 the capacity to recognize light. And God has no tools to extend light to them left because they've turned away so sh so strongly if you want to read more about that, go back to Genesis and read about the state of the world in Noah's Day. And uh even then there were eight people who weren't in that case 0:06:56 - 0:00:00 , but everyone else was destroyed. And that's what happens. So um all is vain. The earth is wasted because there's no one who can receive more light. And that's the purpose of the earth is to provide a space where mankind can come to know God more than they do and become more like Him than they are. 0:00:00 - 0:07:45 So um uh just drilling on this one more time where there shall be one man upon the face thereof to be saved. So there's the answer to the question of why am I not learning more about God? The answer is never because of God. It's never because of God. He has uncountable resources to extend more light 0:07:45 - 0:08:08 to you. The limitation is always in you. It's not in who is around you. It's not in your church, it's not in, you know, and all of these things can affect you because obviously what you do and who you spend your time with and the ideas you're filling your brain with those all affect you and and can do 0:08:07 - 0:00:00 so severely. But if you lack the connection you desire with God, there's one reason for that and that reason is because you're not living up to what he's already given you in the past. Yes, because at some point, you did turn away from something you knew better about. We all do. But right now today, 0:00:00 - 0:09:06 he never stops extending his arm to you. He will not stop as long as you're alive. The issue is the ways he's extending his arm to you. You are not listening to and he doesn't have other ways. So because he operates by law, he's doing everything he can to reach out to you. Um OK, for no man can be saved 0:09:05 - 0:09:37 according to the words of Christ, save, they shall have faith in his name. It's that simple salvation cannot be detached from knowing how Christ is and being like that. If these things have ceased, then has faith ceased also and awful is the state of man for they are as though there is no, there had 0:09:37 - 0:10:14 been no redemption, made God does and did what He did and does. But your ability to access the value of that is absolutely completely limited to the extent to which you listen to Him, to the extent to which you perceive receive and value what light he attempts to give you. Remember from the beginning 0:10:14 - 0:10:41 of this, he entices to toward good continually. That was up here continually. That which is of God invite and entice us to do good continually. God does this and everyone who serves Him does this, you're surrounded all the time by God and His agents who are constantly doing this. In fact, his entire 0:10:40 - 0:11:10 creation does this. Everything He created manifests Him some level, some way. Ok? But if you choose not to recognize God and how He shows himself to you through all these sources, you cut yourself off from the benefits of the redemption because it's one and the same, it's not separate, it's one and the 0:11:10 - 0:11:35 same as knowing Him and doing what you know, verse 39. But behold my beloved brethren, I judge better things of you for, I judge that ye have faith in Christ because of your meekness for if ye have not faith in Him, then ye are not fit to be numbered among the people of his church. This is one of very 0:11:34 - 0:11:56 many verses that are skipped over by the people that read it. It's, it's uh you just, you can't even see it. You gotta hit pause, you gotta dig this apart and you have to think about it because it's a really, really big deal verse 38. He said under these certain conditions, you are in the shape as if 0:11:56 - 0:12:20 you're in the situation as if Jesus never came. What is that? You don't listen to what he teaches you about himself and you don't do it. And how do you know you don't do it. This is why he says, uh if this is the case, it's terrible. I, I talked about that from a societal perspective. Let's talk about 0:12:20 - 0:12:47 an indi individual perspective. He says, you can know that you're in the state where for you, it's as if Jesus never came because you don't receive angels and you don't work miracles. That is exactly what he just said. He said these are outward signs of an inward state and relationship with God and they're 0:12:47 - 0:13:08 not what matters, they're just outward signs and vehicles for what matters, what matters is what's inside of you and how much like Jesus it is. But if it's not like Jesus, you're not gonna have these things in your life. And if you don't, then you're in an awful state because you do not have faith in 0:13:08 - 0:13:35 his name, period. And for you, it's as if it's as if there had no, there had been no redemption made. And because you don't have faith in Him, you're not fit to be numbered among the people of his church. And that's probably super offensive for you to hear. But instead of being offended at me for reading 0:13:35 - 0:13:54 a book to you that you say you believe in, maybe you should think about how you offend God by not doing what he says, even though you profess his name. And it's told you this plainly in this book that so many people have sacrificed so much to put in your hands and you've pretended to read it your whole 0:13:54 - 0:14:17 life and you've never done what it says. If you need further evidence, search the scriptures in your hands. Here's some, I'm just going to read them to you. I'm not going to comment on it. I don't have time right now. If you want to know more about repentance, you can read a book I wrote called Repentance 0:14:16 - 0:14:49 , Robert Smith. You'll find it on Amazon. You can get it for free PDF on my blog upper thought.blogspot.com. So uh Mosiah 2621 and he that will hear my voice shall be my sheep in him. Shall ye receive into the church and Him will I also receive Josiah 2622 for behold, this is my church. Whosoever is 0:14:49 - 0:15:15 baptized shall be baptized unto repentance. And whomsoever ye receive shall believe in my name and him while I freely forgive Josiah 2628. Therefore, I say unto you that he that will not hear my voice. The same shall ye not receive into my church for him? I will not receive at the last day, 35 1816 in 0:15:15 - 0:15:40 my church among my people who do repent and are baptized in my name. Behold, I am the light. I have set an example for you 35 27 8. And how be it my church. Save it be called in my name. For if a church be called in Moses name, then it be Moses church or if it be called in the name of a man, then it 0:15:40 - 0:16:04 be the church of a man. But if it be called in my name, then it is my church. And if it so be sorry, if it so be that they are built upon my gospel, Maroni six. And now I speak concerning baptism, behold, elders, priests and teachers were baptized and they were not baptized. Save, they brought forth 0:16:03 - 0:16:27 fruit, meet that they were worthy of it. Neither did they receive any unto baptism? Save, they came forth with the broken heart and a contrite spirit and witnessed unto the church that they truly had uh that they truly repented of all their sins and none were received unto baptism. Save they took upon 0:16:27 - 0:17:01 them the name of Christ having a determination to serve him to the end. This has been the deal from Adam until now. It's always the way his church. It consists of the people who learn about him and who do everything they learn about him. That's what it means. I'll leave it at that. I'll see you in the 0:17:01 - 0:17:02 next one.