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Why Do I have to be a Member of the Church? Isn’t Being a Good Person Enough?

Monday, April 13th, 2009

The answer to this question is simple: Yes. Being a good person is good enough. It is good enough to keep us out of the Telestial kingdom (the bottom) and earn us a spot right in the Terrestrial (middle) kingdom for eternity. The Lord said that those who will inherit the Terrestrial kingdom “are honorable men of the earth” (D&C 76:75). But are we really aiming for the Terrestrial Kingdom? No. And that is the real answer to the question about just being a good person—it isn’t enough. Being a good person is not good enough if we want to make it to the celestial kingdom. Let us explain WHY through some math:

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Why Was I Born at this Time?

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

The timing of our birth is not accidental. Although we do not pretend to know all the factors that go into determining when we are born, we do know that God’s hand is in it. The following quote from President Ezra Taft Benson is insightful:

“For nearly six thousand years, God has held you in reserve to make your appearance in the final days before the Second Coming of the Lord. Every previous gospel dispensation has drifted into apostasy, but ours will not. … God has saved for the final inning some of his strongest children, who will help bear off the Kingdom triumphantly. And that is where you come in, for you are the generation that must be prepared to meet your God.

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