Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read about how Manasseh began to reign when he was 12 years old and how he did evil in the sight of the Lord. He built up the high places that his father had destroyed and built altars to Baal in the house of the Lord. He made his son pass through fire and dealt with wizards and familiar spirits. He brought to pass much wickedness and provoked the Lord to anger. 2 Kgs. 21: 1-6 "Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger."

In the D&C I read that all who are willing to believe in Jesus Christ, be baptized, and endure in faith to the end will be saved. This not only includes people who lived in Jesus' day, but also all those who lived before that day, who believed in the Holy Prophets who testified of Him, as well as people who lived after Him, which includes people in our own day. God loves all people in all dispensations of time and gives all of them the opportunity to be saved. D&C 20: 25-27 "That as many as would believe and be baptized in his holy name, and endure in faith to the end, should be saved— Not only those who believed after he came in the meridian of time, in the flesh, but all those from the beginning, even as many as were before he came, who believed in the words of the holy prophets, who spake as they were inspired by the gift of the Holy Ghost, who truly testified of him in all things, should have eternal life, As well as those who should come after, who should believe in the gifts and callings of God by the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of the Father and of the Son;"


A verse from a thought booklet tells us that even though God's eternal power and nature might be invisible, we can clearly see and understand them from seeing the things He has created. So we're left without excuse. How can anyone see the beauties of nature and all the wonderful creations of God and not be in awe of the power of our Heavenly Father? All a person has to do is look around him to see that all these wonderful things had to have had a creator. Rom. 1: 20 "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:"

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