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Are We Required to Live the Law of Consecration, Now?

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I hear this a lot from members of the Church.  In fact just two days ago, I had someone ask me this very question after reading some of the quotes from Nibley in Approaching Zion:

 “So then are we required to live the law of concecration now?“

To that question I would pose a counter question, that might help us arrive at an appropriate answer.  When God reveals a law to man, is it required of man to live it if he wishes to return to live with God?  When viewed from this perspective, I think the answer can be none other than an unequivocal “Yes!” [Read more…]

Living the Law of Consecration – Part 3: All Things are the Lord’s

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All Things on Earth are the Lord's

All Things on Earth are the Lord’s

(Continued from Part 2)

In order to properly understand the law of consecration, we must first keep in mind two foundational gospel principles:

  1. All things are ultimately the Lord’s
  2. We are to love God with all our heart, soul, might, mind, and strength

Once we understand these two principles we will be prepared to understand how the law of consecration works, and how we are able to live it today.  Hopefully some of my thoughts here will help us in that effort.  We will begin with the first principle.

All Things are the Lord’s

Nothing that we have is our own.  Just because we have something in our possession does not mean that we have true ownership of it, and this is particularly the case when we view our “things” through a gospel lens.  The Lord has declared:  [Read more…]