The entire purpose of the restoration was to restore the knowledge of
how to come into the presence of God the Eternal Father. Nothing more,
nothing less.
Many seem to forget that the entire restoration was to restore the knowledge of how to come into the presence of God the Eternal Father. This is the knowledge that was restored to the prophet Joseph Smith, and what he tried to give to all those who would accept it.
A church was established as a vehicle to move people from the world to the presence of God. The church is only a society to give people an opportunity to follow the pattern and perfect themselves, to work on those traits that would bring them into the very presence of the Saviour in this mortality.
The true purpose of the restoration is to restore the correct knowledge of God, and then to offer to all who will, to come into the presence of God. Nothing more, nothing less.
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This is good Joseph, but incomplete. The goal is not to get into the Father's presence, but to become like him. Being in his presence does not make us like him. And if we are not like him, then we cannot dwell where he is, and we cannot do what he does. Many have seen him, talked with him, learned from him, but still fell short of his glory. We must become like he is, no more, no less.
ReplyDeleteYes Lorin, I would agree that is the goal, which is why we needed the restoration of the Gospel. Certainly we cannot stop just because we get into the presence of the Father, but we must keep going and become like Him. I certainly didn't mean to infer otherwise. It is only by being taught directly from the Father where we learn the things to become like Him.
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