And the Lord said unto him:
Because of thy faith thou hast seen that
I shall take upon me flesh and blood;
and never has man come before me
with such exceeding faith as thou hast.
And the Lord said unto him:
Believest thou the words
which I shall speak?
And he answered: Yea, Lord,
I know that thou speakest the truth,
for thou art a God of truth, and canst not lie.
And when he had said these words,
behold, the Lord showed himself unto him,
and said: Because thou knowest these things
ye are redeemed from the fall; therefore
ye are brought back into my presence;
therefore I show myself unto you.
Behold, I am he
who was prepared from
the foundation of the world
to redeem my people.
Behold, I am Jesus Christ.
I am the Father and the Son.
In me shall all mankind have life,
and that eternally, even they
who shall believe on my name;
and they shall become
my sons and my daughters.
And never have I showed myself unto
man whom I have created, for never
has man believed in me as thou hast.
Seest thou that ye are created
after mine own image?
Yea, even all men were created
in the beginning after mine own image.
Behold, this body,
which ye now behold,
is the body of my spirit;
and man have I created
after the body of my spirit;
and even as I appear unto thee
to be in the spirit will I appear
unto my people in the flesh.
He is Jesus Christ
Through faith on Christ
And behold, these things
which we have desired
concerning our brethren,
yea, even their restoration
to the knowledge of Christ,
are according to the prayers
of all the saints
who have dwelt in the land.
And may the Lord Jesus Christ
grant that their prayers
may be answered
according to their faith;
and may God the Father
remember the covenant
which he hath made
with the house of Israel;
and may he bless them forever,
through faith on
the name of Jesus Christ.
In the name of Christ
See that ye are
not baptized unworthily;
see that ye partake not of
the sacrament of Christ unworthily;
but see that ye
do all things in worthiness, and
do it in the name of Jesus Christ,
the Son of the living God;
and if ye do this,
and endure to the end,
ye will in nowise be cast out.
Despise not the Christ
And now, behold,
who can stand against
the works of the Lord?
Who can deny his sayings?
Who will rise up against
the almighty power of the Lord?
Who will despise
the works of the Lord?
Who will despise
the children of Christ?
Behold, all ye who are despisers
of the works of the Lord,
for ye shall wonder and perish.
O then despise not,
and wonder not,
but hearken
unto the words of the Lord.
Ask the Father
in the name of Jesus
for what things soever
ye shall stand in need.
Doubt not, but be believing,
and begin as in times of old,
and come unto the Lord
with all your heart, and
work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling before him.
This promise in Christ
Behold, I say unto you that
whoso believeth in Christ,
doubting nothing,
whatsoever he shall
ask the Father
in the name of Christ
it shall be granted him;
and this promise is unto all,
even unto the ends of the earth.
For behold, thus said
Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
unto his disciples:
Go ye into all the world,
and preach the gospel
to every creature;
And he that believeth and
is baptized shall be saved,
but he that believeth not
shall be damned.
And whosoever shall
believe in my name,
doubting nothing,
unto him will I confirm
all my words, even
unto the ends of the earth.
Christ - A God of miracles
Behold,
are not the things
that God hath wrought
marvelous in our eyes?
And who shall say
that Jesus Christ
did not do
many mighty miracles?
Redemption through Christ alone
By Adam came the fall of man.
And because of the fall of man
came Jesus Christ,
even the Father and the Son;
and because of Jesus Christ
came the redemption of man.
And because of
the redemption of man,
which came by Jesus Christ,
they are brought back into
the presence of the Lord;
yea, this is wherein
all men are redeemed,
because the death of Christ
bringeth to pass the resurrection,
which bringeth to pass
a redemption from an endless sleep,
from which sleep all men shall be
awakened by the power of God
when the trump shall sound;
and they shall come forth,
both small and great, and
all shall stand before his bar,
being redeemed and loosed
from this eternal band of death,
which death is a temporal death.
And then cometh the judgment
of the Holy One upon them;
and then cometh the time
that he that is filthy
shall be filthy still;
and he that is righteous
shall be righteous still;
he that is happy
shall be happy still;
and he that is unhappy
shall be unhappy still.
The gifts of Christ
And again I speak unto you
who deny the revelations of God,
and say that they are done away,
that there are no revelations,
nor prophecies, nor gifts,
nor healing, nor speaking with tongues,
and the interpretation of tongues;
Behold I say unto you,
he that denieth these things
knoweth not the gospel of Christ;
yea, he has not read the scriptures;
if so, he does not understand them.
For do we not read that God is the same
yesterday, today, and forever,
and in him there is no variableness
neither shadow of changing?
Can ye behold the Lamb of God?
And now, I speak also
concerning those who
do not believe in Christ.
Behold, will ye believe
in the day of your visitation—
behold,
when the Lord shall come,
yea, even that great day
when the earth shall be
rolled together as a scroll,
and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat, yea,
in that great day when
ye shall be brought to stand
before the Lamb of God—
then will ye say
that there is no God?
Then will ye longer
deny the Christ,
or can ye behold
the Lamb of God?
Do ye suppose that
ye shall dwell with him
under a consciousness
of your guilt?
Do ye suppose that
ye could be happy to
dwell with that holy Being,
when your souls are racked
with a consciousness of guilt
that ye have ever
abused his laws?
Behold, I say unto you that
ye would be more miserable
to dwell with a holy and just God,
under a consciousness of
your filthiness before him,
than ye would to dwell
with the damned souls in hell.
For behold, when ye shall
be brought to see
your nakedness before God,
and also the glory of God, and
the holiness of Jesus Christ,
it will kindle a flame
of unquenchable fire upon you.
O then ye unbelieving,
turn ye unto the Lord;
cry mightily unto the Father
in the name of Jesus,
that perhaps ye may be found
spotless, pure, fair, and white,
having been cleansed
by the blood of the Lamb,
at that great and last day.
Take the name of Christ
Behold, I speak unto you
as if ye were present,
and yet ye are not.
But behold, Jesus Christ
hath shown you unto me,
and I know your doing.
Why are ye ashamed
to take upon you
the name of Christ?
The gospel of Christ
Repent, and be baptized
in the name of Jesus,
and lay hold upon
the gospel of Christ,
which shall be
set before you,
not only in this record
but also in the record
which shall come
unto the Gentiles
from the Jews.
And if it so be that
ye believe in Christ,
and are baptized,
first with water,
then with fire and
with the Holy Ghost,
following the example
of our Savior,
according to that which
he hath commanded us,
it shall be well with you
in the day of judgment.
Salvation through Christ
Ye must come to
the knowledge of your fathers,
and repent of all
your sins and iniquities,
and believe in Jesus Christ,
that he is the Son of God, and
that he was slain by the Jews,
and by the power of the Father
he hath risen again,
whereby he hath gained the
victory over the grave;
and also in him is
the sting of death
swallowed up.
And he bringeth to pass
the resurrection of the dead,
whereby man must be raised to
stand before his judgment-seat.
And he hath brought to pass
the redemption of the world.
All through Christ
The day soon cometh
that your mortal
must put on immortality,
and these bodies
which are now
moldering in corruption
must soon become
incorruptible bodies;
and then ye must
stand before
the judgment-seat of Christ,
to be judged
according to your works.
Christ's open arms
O ye fair ones,
how could ye
have rejected
that Jesus,
who stood
with open arms
to receive you!
Christ is our shepherd
Behold, the Spirit of the Lord
hath already ceased to
strive with their fathers;
and they are without
Christ and God
in the world;
and they are driven about
as chaff before the wind.
They were once
a delightsome people,
and they had Christ
for their shepherd.
Be persuaded
Now these things
are written and
for this intent
shall they go—
that they may
be persuaded that
Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of the living God;
that the Father
may bring about,
through his most Beloved,
his great and eternal purpose.
Standing before Christ
And for this cause
I write unto you,
that ye may know
that ye must all
stand before the
judgment-seat of Christ,
yea, every soul
who belongs to
the whole human family
of Adam; and
ye must stand
to be judged
of your works,
whether they
be good or evil;
And also that ye may believe
the gospel of Jesus Christ,
which ye shall have among you;
and also that the Jews,
the covenant people of the Lord,
shall have other witness
besides him whom
they saw and heard,
that Jesus, whom they slew,
was the very Christ
and the very God.
And I would
that I could persuade
all ye ends of the earth
to repent and prepare
to stand before
the judgment-seat of Christ.
Righteousness in Christ
And it came to pass
that in this year
there arose a people
who were true believers
in Christ.
And it came to pass that
they who rejected the gospel
did not dwindle in unbelief,
but they did wilfully rebel
against the gospel of Christ.
And there were none
that were righteous
save it were
the disciples of Jesus.
Many churches
And it came to pass that
there were many churches
which professed to know the Christ,
and yet they did deny
the more parts of his gospel
and they did persecute
the true church of Christ,
because of their humility
and their belief in Christ;
and they did despise them
because of the many miracles
which were wrought among them.