LDS Last Days Prophecy and Gospel Discussions

SUSTAINING AND FOLLOWING THE BRETHREN, Chapter 13 of Holy Priesthood Volume 5 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=128 Pages 182 to 194 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey. (Romans 6:16) When used in this context, to sustain means to “support” and “uphold;” to help “keep in existence;” to assist someone in his office and calling. It doesn’t...

http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30   A HOUSE IN CONFUSION, Chapter 12 of Holy Priesthood Volume 5   Pages 168 to 181   Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. (Ezek. 12:2) Churches are composed of many personalities and nationalities. They are like a schoolhouse with man...

   THENEED FOR DEVILS AND FALSE PROPHETS, Chapter 11 of Holy Priesthood Volume 5   Pages 147 to 167   There is evil in the world, and there is also good. Was there ever a counterfeit without a true coin? No. (Brigham Young, JD 7:240) It is sometimes difficult to understand why God created such a beautiful world and then allowed evil, sin and wickedness to have so much dominion over it. “Where does...

  CAN LEADERS LEAD ASTRAY? Chapter 10 of Holy Priesthood Volume 5 Pages 126 to 146 You cannot lead a person astray unless that person is willing to be led astray. (Heber C. Kimball, JD 12:189) During a seven-mile cross-country race in Malaysia, the lead runner took a wrong turn, and all the other racers followed him–running about ten miles before the race officials found them. We think how stupid...

THE GIFT OF PROPHECY AND REVELATION, Part 2 of Ch9 of Holy Priesthood Vol 5   http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Pages 115 to 125   Article 5 of our Articles of Faith clearly states that, “We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy….” and revelation–not by “nomination,” “approval,” “vote,” and “seniority.” The majority of active members believes the LDS Church is being run by constant...

THE GIFT OF PROPHECY AND REVELATION, Ch9 of Holy Priesthood Vol 5     Pages 101 to 116 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Now it was the custom among all the Nephites to appoint for their chief captains, . . . some one that had the spirit of revelation and also prophecy; . . . (3 Ne. 3:19) If all the nations and churches selected leaders who had the gift of prophecy and revelation, what a great wor...

  It would be a poor lighthouse that gave off a different signal to guide every ship entering a harbor. (Spencer W. Kimball, Conf. Rept., Apr. 1976, p. 7) A schism has developed within the Church–not so much among the members as among its leaders–past and present. The contemporary leaders seem to have little difficulty in rationalizing their current position even though it contradicts that of the...

JOSEPH SMITH’S ADMONITION, Chapter 7 of Holy Priesthood Volume 5 Pages 75 to 85 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Joseph Smith said to this people, that all the wisdom he had was received from the hand of the Lord. (Brigham Young, JD 1:78) All Mormons respect the name and position of Joseph Smith, but only a few really appreciate and comprehend what he taught. Said Brigham Young, who was one of hi...

THE REFORMERS’ ATTEMPT TO REFORM, Chapter 6 of Holy Priesthood Volume 5 Pages 58 to 74 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 No faithful man ought to follow either the pope himself or any of the holy men, but in such points as he hath followed the Lord Jesus Christ…. (John Wycliffe, The Great Controversy, E. G. White, p. 102) Ecclesiastical history is checkered with accounts of scholastic theologians...

CHRIST AND THE JEWISH LEADERS, Chapter 5 of Holy Priesthood Volume 5 Pages 48 to 57 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. (John 5:30) Jesus started His ministry by saying, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” (Matt. 4:4) One interpretation of this could be that the words...

TRUSTING IN THE LORD, Chapter 4 of Holy Priesthood Volume 5   Pages 38 to 47 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Serve God and trust in Him. You cannot serve man, nor make flesh your arm, for your salvation. (Wilford Woodruff, Coll. Disc. vol. 2, Apr. 6, 1890) When I was a child, we played a very popular game called “Follow the Leader.” It was fun trying to do everything the leader did; however, som...

  FALLIBILITY AND INFALLIBILITY, Chapter 3 of Holy Priesthood Volume 5 Pages 26 to 37 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30   For there is not a just man upon the earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. (Ecclesiastes 7:20) In order to write a chapter on this subject, it is necessary to first define the terms. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, 1984– Fallible: (a) liable to be mistaken or de...

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, Chapter 2 of Holy Priesthood Volume 5 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 pages 18 to 25   . . . choose you this day whom ye will serve; . . . but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. (Joshua 24:15) When Jesus came into mortality, He did more than make an atonement for all mankind–He also set an example for them. He established the Gospel and then lived it as it s...

Trusting in the Arm of Flesh, Chapter 1 of Holy Priesthood Volume 5 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Trusting in The Arm of Flesh Next to the committing of sin, there is no more fruitful cause of apostasy among the Latter-day Saints than when we put our trust in the arm of flesh. (Heber J. Grant, Gospel Standards, p. 31) February 1996 PREFACE Within the LDS Church the instruction is all too frequ...

CONCLUSION, Part 2 of Chapter 16 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4   Pages 239 to 247 Destructions and Cleansing   The evidence is clear that for many years we have lived in Babylon–but the day will come when it will be said, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen.” (Rev. 18:2) The Lord will have to destroy all its wickedness to prepare for the re-establishment of His Kingdom on the earth.   Why does t...

  CONCLUSION, Part 1 of Chapter 16 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4   Pages 229 to 247   A Principle, Ordinance, Covenant and Law   It has been very interesting and informative to see how many nations have benefited from their acceptance of a plural marriage lifestyle. Several non-Christian nations, such as China and India, and some in the Near East, such as Arabia, Syria, Persia and Africa, have, on t...

THE MORMONS, Plural Marriage 1885, Part 3 of Chapter 15 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Pages 211 1885   Prosecutions continued as Federal officials paid rewards and bribes for information on “co-habs”. Many polygamists were imprisoned, went into hiding, or moved to Mexico. In President John Taylor’s last public address (Feb. 1, 1885), he said:   These are precious pr...

THE MORMONS, Plural Marriage , Part 2 of Chapter 15 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4 Pages 200 to 21 When the law of celestial marriage was first whispered to him, he opposed it, exclaiming, “It is of the devil,” but God knew his heart and in open day a messenger from heaven with three women clothed in white raiment stood before him several feet from the ground and addressed him thus, “You never can re...

  THE MORMONS, Plural Marriage 1829 to 1880, Part 1 of Chapter 15 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4   Pages 189 to 208   The Restoration of Plural Marriage   In the foregoing chapters of this book we have studied the history and attitudes of many different people and nations toward the principle of plural marriage. Kings and paupers, prophets and priests, rich and poor have recognized the beneficent att...

  THE AMERICANS, Chapter 14 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Pages 174 to 188   Land of “Religious Freedom”?   Both governments and religions were growing like mushrooms, and some lasted about as long. Religions wanted control over governments, and governments tried to get control over religions. Unfortunately, God usually had little to do with either. Their laws and t...

John Leyser, Part 3 Chapter 13 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4. http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Pages 165 to 173   From the time of Christ to the latter part of the 16th century, there were alternate efforts to either outlaw plural marriage or to promote it. Both the Popes and Protestant leaders took turns on both sides of the issue. With the aid of the Gutenburg printing press and the availability...

King Philip of Hesse, Part 2 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=126 Pages 154 to 165   The three powerhouses that ramrodded the Reformation were Luther, Melanchthon, and Bucer–the latter being an eminent theologian, friend and advisor to King Philip, the Landgrave. Bucer was “utterly horrified” when he learned that his good friend, Philip, who was one of the most important...

    THE REFORMERS, Part 1 of Chapter 13 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=126 Pages 144 to 154   Polygamy–More Secret than Public   The Reformation supposedly started about 1517, but many men before then had preached, written and given their lives in support of a reform in the Catholic Church. The Reformation caused a split in the church because of their many changed and p...

      THE MUNSTERS,   Chapter 12 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=126 Pages 131 to 143 Defended Polygamy with their Lives   Of the several different polygamous advocates and societies, none has proved as unusual and interesting as that of John Bockelson (John of Leyden) and his Anabaptist followers in Munster, Germany, during the mid-1500’s. “Anabaptists” was the name giv...

      THE CATHOLICS, Part 3 of Chapter 11 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Pages 120 to 130   For as the eternal law–that is, the will of God the Creator of all–for the preservation of the natural order, permits the indulgence of the bodily appetite under the guidance of reason in sexual intercourse, not for the gratification of passion, but for the continuance of the...