Comments on: Continuing Revelation https://mormonbeliefs.org/temples-and-prophets/living-prophets/continuing-revelation/ An Overview on Fundamental Mormon Beliefs Fri, 29 Aug 2014 19:06:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gale https://mormonbeliefs.org/temples-and-prophets/living-prophets/continuing-revelation/#comment-1514 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:23:26 +0000 http://www.mormonbeliefs.org/?page_id=197#comment-1514 It depends. We find examples in the scriptures. In the Book of Mormon the people of a wicked city, Amonihah, refused to heed the call of prophets to repent. Instead, they stoned or burned to death whole families of the righteous. Alma and Amulek had been sent to preach repentance and knew they had the priesthood power to save the suffering believers:

And it came to pass that they took Alma and Amulek, and carried them forth to the place of amartyrdom, that they might witness the destruction of those who were consumed by fire.

10And when Amulek saw the pains of the women and children who were consuming in the fire, he also was pained; and he said unto Alma: How can we witness this awful scene? Therefore let us stretch forth our hands, and exercise the apower of God which is in us, and save them from the flames.

11But Alma said unto him: The Spirit constraineth me that I must not stretch forth mine hand; for behold the Lord receiveth them up unto himself, in aglory; and he doth suffer that they may do this thing, or that the people may do this thing unto them, according to the hardness of their hearts, that the bjudgments which he shall exercise upon them in his wrath may be just; and the cblood of the dinnocent shall stand as a witness against them, yea, and cry mightily against them at the last day (Alma 14:9-11).

The Lord does everything possible to protect the free agency of man. Many of our choices cause suffering, which is allowed by the Lord not only to guarantee our free choice, but to manifest the character of the perpetrators so He can exact justice upon them. This can cause onlookers to scoff at the power of faith and the power of religion — certainly the wicked accused Alma and Amulek of being powerless, just as the wicked taunted Christ when He hung upon the cross, saying that He could save others, but He couldn’t save Himself.

]]> By: DARREL https://mormonbeliefs.org/temples-and-prophets/living-prophets/continuing-revelation/#comment-1513 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:39:13 +0000 http://www.mormonbeliefs.org/?page_id=197#comment-1513 Would a latter day prophet be CERTAIN to receive a revelation if it would be necessary to save innocent lives and keep the church’s name from being counted as being devilish?

]]> By: Gale https://mormonbeliefs.org/temples-and-prophets/living-prophets/continuing-revelation/#comment-1512 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:16:04 +0000 http://www.mormonbeliefs.org/?page_id=197#comment-1512 Thank you for sharing this. When Mormons say that the heavens are open, they are really saying two things — first, that there are prophets today and that the Lord guides His church through direct revelation. Second, our God is a personal God who has known each of us since before the creation of the world. He is no respecter of persons. He will enlighten all who allow Him to, He will answer the personal prayers of anyone who calls on Him with a sincere heart.

]]> By: Grace https://mormonbeliefs.org/temples-and-prophets/living-prophets/continuing-revelation/#comment-1511 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:21:43 +0000 http://www.mormonbeliefs.org/?page_id=197#comment-1511 I believe he speaks to us, just not outrght or verbley but more by givin us moments where something we need to understand just clicks. I’ve had it happen, I was angry because a friend of mine had died. With no one to blame for it and being very immature at the time I rebelled and directed all my anger and pain toward the God who had taken him from me.
Years later it was like a light went on in my mind and I finally understood. I knew with my mind and my soul that my friend had not been taken to heaven so young in order to punish me or his family but rather to lift him up and free him from his body and bring him to his real home. I knew that there was a lesson that I was meant to learn from all this: that God knows more than I do, that he cares even if the answer to my prayers isn’t always what I would have it be, that instead of anger I should feel greatfullness, that I had known my friend at all, that he was such a pure spirit that God had decided to end his pain, and especially for the truth that this didn’t have to be the end. That if I got back on a path of obeying, living, and believing in God’s word I too, could go home to him someday, and see my friend smile again.
So I guess in a way, God does still speak. I think a lot of my fellow Protestants would agree with that… We just think that those revelaions come in a less literal and less tangible form

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