Sunday, March 15, 2015
Quickened by Love
Something I would like to talk about this Sunday is Ephesians 2: 4-5, which talks about how through God's love for us we are saved. What I feel this means is that, assuming we don't do the great taboo of meeting God face to face and then saying to his face he doesn't exist, we will all be saved in some degree. This is the term quickened by love. What it means is that somehow we will be saved, even if the degrees in which we are saved are different. This relates to how we are guaranteed to go to a manifestation of glory, assuming we don't deny God to his face. In my religion (LDS), this makes sense as we believe in three manifestations of glory, or three kingdoms in heaven. Unless you do the taboo this I talked about earlier (which is impossible without being a prophet), everyone is guaranteed to be saved in some way by the love of the lord, and the level of glory we receive depends on the choices we make in our lives. The three levels in order of lowest to highest in terms of glory are Telestial, Terrestrial, and Celestial. What I am going to focus on is the Telestial, the lowest kingdom, since it relates the most to the scriptures I cited. As I and many others in my faith believe, everyone on Earth chose to come here and have a body. This choice is what permits us to have Grace. Because we have chosen to try ourselves in this period we call Life, we are able to be resurrected through God's grace. Even if we don't remember, we made the choice to be tried here on earth and as such are guaranteed to at least go to the Telestial kingdom, which is described to have glory beyond our imagination despite still being the lowest of the three kingdoms. This is something I personally find comforting, as I know that everyone I have met wont instantly go to hell as others believe, but will be able to live in glory. Does that mean its good to sin? Not at all, as you will still be accountable for your sins. But I can testify that we will feel God's love and grace, no matter who we are. This is what I feel it means to be quickened by love. It means to be loved and guaranteed at least somewhere to go.
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