On Truth
I've been seeing a lot of disturbing things lately. A lot of good people falling away from truth, simply because it's the path of least resistance. The path of truth is by far the easiest way. It's most often the hardest.
Why can there be only one true church? The answer is this. Because there is but one God, who is everlasting and ever constant. He changes not a whit from what he is, and his teachings have remained constant throughout all time, the only difference being the willingness of the people to recieve it. He has outlined what his will for his people is, and what his church must be like. Truth is eternal, though perhaps beyond the scope of any man to understand in it's entirety while in a worldly state. But if a man would know truth he must go to the place where he can find the most of it, grasp it, and never let it go.
If I knew of any other path that could teach me as much as I have learned and plan on yet learning through the teachings of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, I swear I would pursue it. But all of my investigations into the other ways of other people have led me to believe that their foundations are based on pieces and parts of truth, which have been stretched and pulled and prodded until they fit into a semblance of rightness. I do not condemn the efforts of mankind to be righteous, but I do condemn the laxadaisical belief that because a church's teachings are easier to live, then it must be the right way.
I have given friends, family, mental health, love, heartbreak, and precious years of my life to this work. I would gladly do it all again for half of what I have become because of it. I am stronger because of my struggles.
A good friend once told me, "Whatever you want out of this life, you can get it, but it's your responsibility to find a way to do so, for nobody else will hand it to you until you make the effort first."
I've heard the adage of the man who said "Give me the fire first, and then I will give it wood to burn." That's not the way it works. This is the test of a truth, to try it in our own lives, and see what fruit it yields. If it makes us better, and we all have an inner gauge to tell us whether we have grown or diminished in character, then we will know that surely, this is a teaching of truth. If we are less, we know it's a falsehood. If there is no reading from it, then we haven't tested it long enough. It's really that simple. If you're not certain about something, try it out in your own life for a while.
If anyone tells you that religious belief should be based on anything other than faith and trial, they're overcomplicating things, and doing it a harder way. The world is not as complex as we have been led to believe it is. That which is good is good, and that which is evil is evil. Truth is eternal and universal.
Sorry for the rant tonight. I've needed to get this off my chest fonight. Sometimes I know how Alma felt when he wished he were an angel, who could speak and be heard. People hear the words of men and shrug them off as just that. If you're having struggles with things spiritual, there's a 24 hour hotline to heaven waiting for you just past your knees.
Ask and ye shall recieve, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
Why can there be only one true church? The answer is this. Because there is but one God, who is everlasting and ever constant. He changes not a whit from what he is, and his teachings have remained constant throughout all time, the only difference being the willingness of the people to recieve it. He has outlined what his will for his people is, and what his church must be like. Truth is eternal, though perhaps beyond the scope of any man to understand in it's entirety while in a worldly state. But if a man would know truth he must go to the place where he can find the most of it, grasp it, and never let it go.
If I knew of any other path that could teach me as much as I have learned and plan on yet learning through the teachings of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, I swear I would pursue it. But all of my investigations into the other ways of other people have led me to believe that their foundations are based on pieces and parts of truth, which have been stretched and pulled and prodded until they fit into a semblance of rightness. I do not condemn the efforts of mankind to be righteous, but I do condemn the laxadaisical belief that because a church's teachings are easier to live, then it must be the right way.
I have given friends, family, mental health, love, heartbreak, and precious years of my life to this work. I would gladly do it all again for half of what I have become because of it. I am stronger because of my struggles.
A good friend once told me, "Whatever you want out of this life, you can get it, but it's your responsibility to find a way to do so, for nobody else will hand it to you until you make the effort first."
I've heard the adage of the man who said "Give me the fire first, and then I will give it wood to burn." That's not the way it works. This is the test of a truth, to try it in our own lives, and see what fruit it yields. If it makes us better, and we all have an inner gauge to tell us whether we have grown or diminished in character, then we will know that surely, this is a teaching of truth. If we are less, we know it's a falsehood. If there is no reading from it, then we haven't tested it long enough. It's really that simple. If you're not certain about something, try it out in your own life for a while.
If anyone tells you that religious belief should be based on anything other than faith and trial, they're overcomplicating things, and doing it a harder way. The world is not as complex as we have been led to believe it is. That which is good is good, and that which is evil is evil. Truth is eternal and universal.
Sorry for the rant tonight. I've needed to get this off my chest fonight. Sometimes I know how Alma felt when he wished he were an angel, who could speak and be heard. People hear the words of men and shrug them off as just that. If you're having struggles with things spiritual, there's a 24 hour hotline to heaven waiting for you just past your knees.
Ask and ye shall recieve, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
posted by Matt at 12:31 AM
2 Comments:
Thank you. I love you.
I have to echo what "pammy" said. Thank you very very much for this post. I'm going to go tap into that hotline right now. You're the greatest.
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