The Sure Thing

Multiple Callings and Multiple Elections:






It amazes me how intelligent and cunning Heavenly Father really is. He won't allow Himself to be mocked or tricked or abused.






We have all been issued a Calling to come back to Heavenly Father. The associated Election or the Gift takes place when God grants and promises the recipient Eternal Life. It's supposed to be a comfort and a support to the individual, and it's supposed to open a New Door, New Possibilities, or New Callings that were not possible to the recipient before the Election or Gift was granted or given. It becomes truly Sure when the recipient of that particular Election actually steps into the Celestial Kingdom in the next life instead of going to Outer Darkness in the next life.






Some people are so focused on that one particular Gift or Election (the promise of Eternal Life) that they ignore all the others that God offers. They are so focused on becoming members of the Church of the Firstborn, that once they believe that they have achieved that particular Election then they think that they have graduated from the LDS Church and no longer need any of the other Blessings or Elections that God offers to us through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I sometimes wonder if God meant for it to be that way, in order to test the people's faith, loyalty, and staying power. Most people can't see that God offers more than one Election or Gift or Blessing through membership in the Church of Jesus Christ.






So many people get the one that they want, and then they leave the LDS Church and leave all of the other Elections and Blessings on the table fully satisfied that they got the one they wanted and that they don't need any more Blessings or Callings from God. Remember, there is more than one sin or shortcoming that Jesus Christ atoned for; and thus, there is more than one blessing or Election or gift that He offers to us.






We have each heard of the people who proudly announce to their Bishop or Hometeacher that they no longer need to attend the LDS Church and no longer have to accept any more callings in the LDS Church because they have had their Calling and Election Made Sure. They can't even see the fallacy or the flaw in their logic or declaration. They are confident that they know exactly what they are talking about and have received from God all that they need to receive. These people have been tricked by Satan who has gotten them to stop looking for any more Blessings from God. Satan doesn't want them to have any more Elections or Blessings from God and will even make their Calling and Election Sure so that they will stop looking for any more blessings or gifts from God.






Notice what happens next each and every time in the LDS Scriptures whenever a Prophet has an Election Made Sure or is Given a Gift from God. God issues a New Calling to the individual. Elections open New Doors or New Possibilities. Every time God gives an individual a Gift, that newly re-made individual can now do things that were impossible for him to do before receiving the Election or Gift from God. Every time God gives a person a Gift or an Election, God expects that person and Calls that person to go and use that Gift to feed Christ's sheep. What incentive does God have to give a person a Gift if God knows that that person has no intention of using that Election or Gift to feed Christ's Sheep? Study the Parable of the Talents or the Parable of the Elections. What happens when someone refuses to use a Gift from God to feed Christ's sheep? That Election or Gift or Talent is taken away from the individual and given to another individual who will use the Talent to feed Christ's sheep.






If a person says that he has had his Calling and Election Made Sure, yet that person received no New Calling from God and refuses to accept any new callings in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, then that serves as a sign that the person either made it all up or that Satan made that person's Calling and Election Sure. Having one's Calling and Election made Sure has no value to a person if the gift came from Satan instead of God. Satan doesn't have the power to grant anyone Eternal Life or entry into the Celestial Kingdom.






Over the years, I have noticed some Latter-day Saints go public with the claim that they have received the Second Comforter. The ones that I have noticed who have gone public with such a claim are now years later making the claim that they no longer need the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, because they have received such a wonderful Gift or Election from God and have now gone further than any living LDS Apostle has gone. As I see it though, the recipients of the Second Comforter should instead be asking, “What's next?” LDS Theology makes brief mention of a Third Comforter.






Each Election or Gift from God always opens a New Door to another possible Calling or Election. The LDS Scriptures counsel us not to be satisfied with the Gifts or the Elections that we have already received, and instead, counsel us to seek for even more. We are told to increase our Talents or to increase our Elections. We are told to covet the best gifts from God. This applies not only to Spiritual Gifts but also to the Best Callings and the Best Elections. There is only one time when it is righteous to covet, and that's when we are coveting to become even more like God the Father and Jesus Christ. If you receive an Election or Gift from God, the natural question to be asking is, “What's next?”






On various LDS forums and in LDS magazines, there is ongoing talk of a Second Endowment, a Second Anointing, a Second Washing, a New Calling, a New Name, and so forth. A simple Google search brings it all up, so we can see how it is all being ridiculed and mocked and distorted. I have periodically found myself asking, “Why is God doubling up and then tripling up on all of these things?” Then I read of those who have received The Second Comforter, and they have decided to leave the LDS Church or have been excommunicated from the LDS Church. I read of others who have received the Second Endowment or Second Anointing, and then they decide to leave the LDS Church for whatever reason. Then I suddenly have my answer as to why God is tripling up on some of these things. Those who don't figure out how to properly handle or incorporate the Second One will not be around to receive the Third One.






The Holy Ghost gives us our First One, of whatever Gift or Election it is that we receive in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Our next Election in the series is given to us or sealed by Jesus Christ. The Third One in the series is handled by God the Father. It's a progression or a ladder. All throughout the process we have to remain a member of the Church of Jesus Christ, or the progression comes to an end. If you have received the First One in an Election or Gift series, you should be asking, “What's next?” If you have received the Second One in an Election series, then you should be asking, “What's next?”






It's all leading towards returning to God the Father. Until you have entered into the presence of God the Father to remain for the rest of Eternity, then you are NOT done or finished yet. What did the Resurrected Jesus Christ have to do before other people were allowed to touch Him? He had to return to the Presence of God the Father. Jesus had to be completed or finished by God the Father. In all things, we are told to do as Jesus Christ has done, including returning to the presence of God the Father one day for the final perfecting or the final completion. If that hasn't happened to you yet, then you are not done; and, you still have need for the Church of Jesus Christ. It might not need you, but you still need it.






Let me ask you a simple question. Have you stood in the presence of God the Father in a resurrected body and been completed or finished or perfected by God the Father? If not, then you are NOT done yet; and therefore, you still have need for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The truth is simple and plain. The Third Comforter, the Third Endowment, the Third Anointing, and the Third Election in any Election Series all take place in the Presence of God the Father. God the Father is the one who will complete you or finish you and make you perfect. With maybe the exception of the Third Comforter, all of these other “Third Elections” are only available after we have been resurrected from the dead. It's one thing to have the Holy Ghost or Jesus Christ promise you Eternal Life; but, it's a whole other ballgame when God the Father actually gives you Eternal Life.






My advice is not to apostatize from the LDS Church, until after you have received all of the possible Elections or Blessings from God that you can get through membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and know for sure that all of them are yours for the rest of Eternity. Don't jump over the cliff until you know that you have a safe place to land. You want to make Sure that you don't leave any Blessings or Elections behind when you decide to pack it all in and go someplace else. There's only one problem. How can you really be sure that you have received all of the Blessings and Gifts and Elections that God has available to give you through His Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? How can you be sure that you are not leaving something valuable behind when you decide to leave the LDS Church and never come back?






Remember, every day in the spirit world, people willingly and eagerly join the Church of Jesus Christ so that they can move from Spirit Prison into Paradise. Even they have a need for membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, even though they are no longer mortal. Remember, you are still going to have a need for your LDS Ordinances, LDS Temple Blessings, LDS Priesthood, and LDS Covenants long after you are dead and have found yourself in the spirit world. Any other Elections or Gifts from God that you have received from God will come in handy too, while you are in the spirit world, unless you have deliberately walked away from them in this life.






Scriptures to Consider:






2 Nephi 29: 9: And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not yet finished; neither shall it be until the end of man, neither from that time henceforth and forever.






Likening this Scripture unto This Topic:






2 Nephi 29: 9: And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I give forth my Gifts and Elections according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have given one Election ye need not suppose that I cannot give another Election; for my work is not yet finished; neither shall it be until the end of man when he is no longer a mortal man but a Resurrected God, neither from that time henceforth and forever.






The Summation:






2 Nephi 31: 15-21:


15 And I heard a voice from the Father, saying: Yea, the words of my Beloved are true and faithful. He that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.


16 And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Son of the living God, he cannot be saved.


17 Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have seen that your Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this cause have they been shown unto me, that ye might know the gate by which ye should enter. For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost.


18 And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made, that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive.


19 And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.


20 Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.


21 And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end. Amen.






It's one thing when the Holy Ghost tells you that you are going to have Eternal Life. It's another thing when Jesus Christ tells you that you are going to have Eternal Life. It's a Third Thing when God the Father tells you that you are going to have Eternal Life. But, it's a Sure Thing when God the Father actually gives you Eternal Life.




Best wishes to all of you,


Mark My Words








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Doubling and Tripling Elections:






Whenever God the Father starts doubling up on and then tripling up on a single Election, then we know that God is trying to make that Election Sure. God is trying to perfect it. God is trying to perfect it in our lives. God is trying to make that Election an integral part of who and what we really are.






There's a progression going on here, like climbing a ladder to Heaven. One Election leads to the Next One, which leads to the Next One. And, all the Elections or Gifts from God lead to God the Father. You have to choose to climb the ladder to the Celestial Kingdom, and choose to keep climbing, or you will never reach the top of the ladder.






The Elections build upon each other. The current Election builds upon the previous Election, which builds upon the previous Election. You start with a proper foundation, and then you keep building until you have built your own Mansion in Heaven. The sad truth is that you can choose to stop building anywhere along the way, and thus your Mansion in the Celestial Kingdom will never be built.






There's nothing strange or new about any of this. This is the way God has been operating all along. Jesus Christ has told us all about it in the LDS Scriptures. It's there for those who are willing to look and see. The only thing strange is that people are unable to see it, mostly because they don't want to see it.





It seems to me that half of the Latter-day Saints are trying to figure out how to get excommunicated from the LDS Church rather than trying to figure out how to make their next Election Sure.


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I created this "Callings and Elections" blog in response to the LDS apostates on LDS Freedom Forum who seem to be distorting the Calling and Election made Sure in an attempt to justify their apostasy or excommunication from the LDS Church.

Revisiting the Calling and Election Made Sure

Revisiting the Calling and Election Made Sure:

The Disturbing Introduction:

The subject of making one's Calling and Election Sure keeps coming up over and over again, because it is an integral part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Gospel of Christ. Day after day all across the globe, Latter-day Saints and LDS General Authorities are having their Calling and Election Made Sure.

There are a couple of things about this process that disturb me though, things that are being misapplied or done incorrectly by some.

It bothers me on so many different levels whenever someone comes online or goes public and says, “I just made my Calling and Election Sure”.

Why does it disturb me?

These are things that are between the person and the Lord, and the person is only permitted by the Lord to reveal the details of the situation to a few that the Lord directs the person to speak to about it – NEVER to the general public. Whenever the LDS General Authorities have their Calling and Election Made Sure or receive the Second Comforter or receive the Second Endowment, the Lord commands them not to speak about it in public. They can talk about it in private to a few members of their family and to a few LDS friends that they have been given permission to speak to them about it. That's it.

The True Pattern is that the Lord will command the individual who has received these things to reveal it in private to only certain people, and only one on one. The Lord seldom gives the command to reveal these things in public, unless the Lord is trying to establish a new dispensation of the Gospel.

I Did It:

It seriously bothers me whenever a person says, “I made my Calling and Election Sure.” Why? Well, that mortal fallen person did NO such thing at all. What does it mean for something to be Sure? It means that it is permanent, Eternal, and Everlasting. Is there a mortal fallen person on this earth who can make anything permanent, Eternal, and Everlasting? Is there a mortal fallen person who can make anything Sure? NO!

So, who is the one who is making the Calling and Election Sure? It is God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. They are One. They are united in the decision. They are the ones who can make a Calling and Election permanent or Sure. No mortal man can do it.

There are many different callings that God the Father can give. When is the calling completed or made sure? When God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost declare that the calling has been completed, finished, or made sure. They become Sure when they are sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise. There are many different Elections that God the Father can give. These Elections become sure when God, Christ, and the Holy Ghost make them Sure, and not a moment sooner.

Being baptized into the LDS Church is an Election. When we are baptized into the LDS Church, we receive an election or an offer or an ordinance granting us the right to enter into the Celestial Kingdom of God. So later on during our journey, God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost can reveal to us that we will receive Eternal Life in the Celestial Kingdom. But, when does this promise really, truly, and honestly become Sure? It becomes Sure the moment we enter into the Celestial Kingdom, and not a moment before. If you have already entered into the Celestial Kingdom, then it's a Sure thing.

Misdirection:

The next thing that bothers me about all of this is that the ones who are out there in public telling us that they have had their Calling and Election Made Sure are also telling us that we will no longer need the LDS Church, the LDS General Authorities, and the LDS Ordinances once we have had our Calling and Election made Sure. NO SO! Nevertheless, these people are out there trying to build a following and trying to convert people to their personal cause, while at the same time telling us that the LDS General Authorities have lost their way and have been rejected by Christ.

The Latter-day Saints I have met (and the former Saints I have read about) who have had their Calling and Election Made Sure are still in the LDS Church while they are also in the Church of the Firstborn. They work through the LDS Church to bring people into the Church of the Firstborn.

You might notice that I don't quote scripture all that much. Have you ever wondered why? It's because all of the LDS apostates and all those who have been excommunicated from the LDS Church quote the Book of Mormon, D&C, Bible, and other LDS Scriptures; and then, they twist the words, distort the ideas, and change the meaning so that none of what they say matches with the Official LDS Church Doctrines or the interpretations of the LDS Scriptures that we have received from the LDS Apostles over the decades. What good is it to quote the LDS Scriptures if the only intention is to distort or change their true meaning?

What good is it to have one's Calling and Election Made Sure if it is Satan who making it Sure? Can Satan make any of these sacred things permanent, Eternal, and Everlasting?

Quoting Scripture:

Now, I am going to quote a scripture with the intent of revealing its true meaning rather than with the intent of distorting or changing its meaning.

Ephesians 4: 9-15:

9 Now that he ascended (Jesus Christ), what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.

11 And he (Jesus Christ) gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.

Who is the one who gave us Apostles, Prophets, Missionaries, Bishops, Teachers, and Deacons?

Jesus Christ is the one who gave us these people.

When did Jesus Christ give us these people?

Well, we know for certain that Jesus Christ gave us Apostles, Prophets, and a First Presidency during the time of Christ, during Christ's mortal ministry.

When else did Jesus Christ give us Apostles and Prophets and Bishops? Well, Jesus Christ gave us these people once again during the Restoration of the Gospel of Christ in 1830.

Who gave us Moses?

Christ Jehovah.

Did Moses have a First Presidency? Who might have been Moses' counselors in the First Presidency at the time? Did Moses have a Quorum of Seventy or Seventy Melchizedek Priesthood holders or Seventy Ordained Elders at his disposal at the time of his Gospel Dispensation? Yes. What happened to those Seventy Elders? They were taken up Mount Sinai and introduced to the Lord face-to-face.

We know that Enoch was the President of the Church of Christ during his lifetime. We know that Enoch finished or completed a City of Zion, a full completion of the Gospel of Christ or the Church of the Firstborn. So, let me ask you some questions. Did the City of Enoch have Temples? Did the City of Zion have Melchizedek Priesthood holders? Did the City of Enoch have a First Presidency of the Church? Did the City of Zion have a quorum of Twelve Apostles? Did the City of Zion have a quorum of the Seventy?

If the City of Zion had any of these things, then who would have given these things to them?

Christ Jehovah.

Over and over again, Jesus Christ gives us Apostles, Prophets, Bishops, Missionaries, Teachers, Patriarchs, and so forth.

Why?

Ephesians 4: 12 says first of all, “For the Perfecting or the Completing of the Saints.”

Now wait a minute here! How can a bunch of mortal, fallen, imperfect men ever Perfect the Saints? How's that even possible?

It becomes possible on the merits and the grace and the power of the One who gave the Apostles and Prophets to us.

Don't ever let the fact that the Apostles and Prophets are fallen, mortal, and imperfect men drive you away from the One who gave them or the Church of the One who gave them.

So many Latter-day Saints get hung up on the fact that their Bishop is imperfect or the LDS Apostles are imperfect, so much so, that they willingly and deliberately walk away from the One who gave us the Apostles and Prophets.

Jesus Christ's Atonement is powerful enough to compensate for the inadequacies and imperfections of the LDS General Authorities. Trust that it is so. This is what it means to have Faith in Christ. Trust and believe that Christ can perfect us and save us and exalt us through the guidance of our LDS Leaders and despite the imperfections of our LDS Leaders. This is what it means to have Faith in Christ. Trust that Christ is powerful to save.

The Example:

I once ran into a person who claimed to have had his Calling and Election made Sure. I believed that he was the Real Deal, the Genuine Item, until that person started mocking and ridiculing the testimony, witnesses, assistance, and love that I had received from my local Ward Leaders and the local Latter-day Saints. When that person told me that is was relying upon the arm of flesh and trusting in the arm of flesh whenever I was sustaining my local LDS Ward Leaders or sustaining the LDS General Authorities, I knew for a fact that that person was also mocking the One who had given me the Apostles, Prophets, Bishops, and LDS Missionaries. The person had revealed to me his true nature and his true mission. His goal was NOT the perfecting of the Saints. His goal was NOT to complete or finish the Saints. His goal was NOT to build my testimony of the LDS Prophets and the LDS Church. His goal was NOT to convert anyone to the LDS Church. He had something else in mind.

Let me share another useful tidbit. Whenever a Stake President and the High Council of the Stake excommunicates a member of the LDS Church, what do they tell that person after the event? To they tell that person to shut up, go away, and never come back? Or do they tell the person to come to church next Sunday? There is a whole revelation right there for those who are willing to look and see.

Building the Church of Jesus Christ:

So why else did Jesus Christ give us LDS Apostles, LDS Prophets, LDS Bishops, LDS Missionaries, and LDS Church Members?

Well, what's next on the list in Ephesians 4: 12?

The work of the ministry and the edifying of the body of Christ.

Jesus Christ gave us Apostles and Prophets to work the ministry, to run the missionary work, and to build the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The body of Christ is the Church of Christ. What does it mean to edify? It means to build. Jesus Christ gave us Apostle and Prophets to build the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to organize and lead the missionary work to all the world. That's one of the reasons Jesus Christ gave the Apostles, Prophets, and Bishops to us.

To Bring Us to God the Father:

Why else did Jesus Christ give us the LDS Apostles and the LDS Prophets?

Well, Ephesians 4: 13 gets into the very sacred reasons why Jesus Christ gave us these men and commanded us to sustain them. In this verse, we see things like becoming One with God the Father, being completed or perfected or finished by Christ, having our Calling and Election Made Sure by the Holy Spirit of Promise, receiving the Second Comforter and the Second Endowment, and returning home to the Celestial Kingdom?

How do all of these things become possible?

They become possible through the Apostles and Prophets and the LDS Church that Jesus Christ gave us.

To Keep the Doctrine of Christ Clean, Pure, and True:

Why else did Jesus Christ give us Apostles and Prophets?

Ephesians 4: 14 tells us that Christ gives us the LDS Apostles and the LDS Prophets to keep the Doctrine pure and sound. The Apostles and Prophets are periodically commanded to correlate or to organize and expound on the Doctrine of Christ so that these Prophets form a united front, so that the Saints are not exposed to false doctrines or easily deceived. Thus, you will see correlation taking place among the Apostles and Prophets, an attempt to keep the Doctrine of Christ clean, united, pure, and true. The Apostles and Prophets will often give us inspired interpretations or explanations of the LDS Scriptures.

Therefore, whenever you encounter anyone who is claiming to have had his Calling and Election Made Sure or claiming to have received the Second Comforter, and then that person starts mocking and ridiculing the LDS General Authorities, then you know with a surety (it is a sure sign) that that person's current message is NOT coming from the One who gave us the Apostles and Prophets in the first place.

It is NOT a pure message, clean message, or true message, if the message is telling us to reject the Apostles and Prophets that Jesus Christ gave us.

The Divinely Established Pattern:

I have periodically stated that I have encountered Latter-day Saints who I believe have had their Calling and Election Made Sure, have received the Second Endowment, and have received the Second Comforter. I think it would be helpful to discuss the pattern or the way in which these various discussions have taken place.

My missionary companion and I were visiting with an elderly LDS sister who had never been married and had never had children; but, she had received her Temple Endowment. While my companion was in the other room talking on the phone with his family, this lady came up to me and said to me, “The Lord has told me to reveal some things to you.” She then told me about some of the visions, revelations, manifestations, and experiences she had had throughout her life.

What was the pattern or the key? First of all, this sister was commanded by God to tell me her story. Second of all, this whole conversation took place in private. There was nobody else there besides me and her. Third, there was an implied understanding that none of this would be spoken of in public until after she was dead; and most certainly, I would never mention her name in public should I ever discuss or mention what she told me. This lady should be dead by now, and I will never mention her name in public; but now, I feel guardedly free to talk about this experience whenever I am impressed upon that I should do so. Notice what I did here. I didn't go into all the details of the discussion. Instead, I used the discussion to serve as notice or guidance of the pattern or the key that was involved in it all.

Notice the Pattern:

Another example. I periodically converse with a Latter-day Saint who has had some of these kinds of sacred experiences, like a Calling and Election Made Sure, or the Second Endowment, or the Second Comforter. These conversations are very interesting in that this person will periodically take a break to pray and ask the Lord what he or she can reveal to me and what should be kept private for now. What is revealed to me is very detailed and very informative and extremely inspirational. Every one of these conversations takes place in private. It's just between me and this person. It's for nobody else.

Another very important thing to notice is that I have no proof and have never been told whether this person has in fact had the Calling and Election Made Sure or received the Second Comfort or any of that. Why? Over and over again during our conversations over the weeks, months, and years, the Spirit of God commands me NOT to ask this person if any of these things have happened to this person. The person does not have a right or the permission to even tell me if any of these things have happened; and, the Spirit of God tells me not to even ask. So, I never ask.

I might ask God some questions; but, I never ask the person to confirm or deny any of these sacred things, because those things are between the person and the Lord, and they are none of my business. Instead, I patiently wait for God to command the person to tell me what God wants that person to tell me; and, I am satisfied with that. I trust that there will be more told to me when I am ready to receive more.

Notice that I refuse to mention this person's name. I will never mention this person's name in public. That's just simply understood. Furthermore, notice that I never went into any of the details of what was said to me, because what was said to me was for me alone. What I am wanting to show here is the True Pattern of it.

Every time anything like this happens to me, and it has happened quite a bit, the person will come up to me in private and say, “The Lord told me that I'm supposed to tell you something.” Then the person delivers the message; and then, the person and the Spirit confirm to me that the message is for me alone. I'm to never mention the name of the person; and, I'm to take the message to the grave with me, unless God commands me to do otherwise. Whenever I have been commanded to reveal the sacred message(s) in detail to someone else, it has typically been after the story-teller was dead and it is ALWAYS person to person in person.

Whenever I do mention it in public, it is usually to show the Pattern of it, or the way God intends for this to work. I don't go into much detail about what was actually revealed to me, certainly not while the person is still alive.

Conclusion:

The thing I can tell you is that to this very day there are Latter-day Saints and LDS General Authorities who are having their Calling and Election Made Sure, have received the Second Endowment, and have received the Second Comforter because I have read some of their writings or have met them in person.

It is also very useful to note that I have no problem discussing in public the things that I have NOT received from the Lord and His Saints. However, I refuse to reveal in detail the sacred things that I have received from the Lord and His Saints. It's a learning process, and it's an extremely important lesson to learn.

I have given you some life-saving keys, patterns, types, and signs here in this essay; but, they will only have value to you if you choose to make them your own. Be wise as serpents, or be as wise as the serpents.

When it comes to the things that have been revealed to me, this is very important and very sacred material, but it is for me alone. You have to go get your own. All good things in their own due time according to the Lord's Timing!

Please don't let anyone lead you away from the LDS Church and the LDS General Authorities. Be wiser than that, please! I have been there already, and trust me, it is no place that you want to go. Let the Apostles and Prophets lead you to the One who gave the Apostles and Prophets to us. Trust that the Lord Jesus Christ knows exactly what He is doing and why He is doing it.

The Calling and Election Made Sure

The Calling and Election Made Sure:

Whenever an Ordinance or Ordination truly comes from God the Father, then some part of that Ordinance or Ordination is meant to go onward with the person after the person has died here in mortality.  Some part of the Ordinance or Ordination is meant to be Eternal and Everlasting. Whenever we receive an Ordinance or Ordination, we receive a lasting RIGHT unto the things that are directly applicable to the Ordinance or Ordination. Therefore, Ordinances and Ordinations have to make logical sense, so that some part of them can become an Eternal and Everlasting part of who and what we really are.

So, what is having one's Calling and Election made Sure really all about. Well, when a person goes through this process, the Holy Spirit of Promise seals a person's LDS Ordinances and LDS Ordinations so that those Ordinances and Ordinations should surely become a permanent, Eternal, and Everlasting part of who and what a person really is. A person does NOT stop being a Latter-day Saint when they have their Calling and Election made sure. Instead, a person has his LDS Church Ordinances and his LDS Church Ordinations made Sure, thus hopefully making them a permanent part of who and what the person really is.

MOST of the people that I have encountered who have had their Calling and Election made Sure and entered the Church of the Firstborn actually start mocking the LDS General Authorities and start mocking and ridiculing the Revelations that the LDS Apostles have received and do now receive. Why would they do such a thing? Well, these people believe that they can now sin all they want and mock the Prophets of God all they want, and they will still be saved and exalted in the Celestial Kingdom because their Calling and Election has been made sure. They now believe that they actually belong to the Church of the Firstborn instead of the Church of Jesus Christ, so they no longer need to follow and obey the LDS Apostles, no longer need their LDS Ordinances or Baptismal Covenants, and no longer need to keep the commandments of God or honor their Temple Covenants or Priesthood Oaths, because their Calling and Election has been made Sure. They believe that they can party and sin all they want now, and God will beat them with a few stripes, and they will enter the Celestial Kingdom anyway.

The thing they don't realize is that there is a caveat or a loophole in place where all of this is concerned. God has left Himself an out. If these people deny the Holy Ghost, in order words turn against the Prophecies and Counsel and Revelations that the LDS Apostles receive from God and the Holy Ghost, then their Calling and Election can be revoked; and, these people will indeed go to hell even though their Calling and Election has been made sure.

Cain had his Calling and Election made Sure. He was receiving revelations from God and receiving angels and all of that. There are indications that Cain was even walking and talking with God. So, what did Cain do? He denied the Holy Ghost. He turned against the Sure Witness that he had received. He turned against the Prophets, Adam and Abel. And Cain even murdered Abel. So, where is Cain now? He is in Outer Darkness. Remember, every one of the Sons of Perdition at one time in their life had had their Calling and Election made Sure and had entered the Church of the Firstborn; every one of them! As D&C 84: 43 says, beware concerning yourself, especially if you have already had your Calling and Election made Sure.

Once you have had your Calling and Election made Sure and have entered into the Church of the Firstborn, you are now a candidate to become a Son of Perdition and end up in Outer Darkness as a result, if you don't take care. If in your arrogance and pride, you turn against the LDS Apostles and the Revelations from God that they receive from the Holy Ghost, deny the Holy Ghost and the Holy Priesthood of God, break your Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood, stop going to church and stop paying tithing and get yourself excommunicated from the LDS Church, then you are well on your way to Outer Darkness as a Son of Perdition, especially if you have already had your Calling and Election made Sure. Beware concerning yourself!

Having one's Calling and Election made Sure is nothing guaranteed, especially if a person uses it to get himself into Outer Darkness as a Son of Perdition.

The following scripture in the Book of Mormon is actually talking more about the Church of the Firstborn than it is about the ordinary Latter-day Saints.

2 Nephi 28: 7-9:

7 Yea, and there shall be many [Church of the Firstborn in the latter days] which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die; and it shall be well with us.

8 And there shall also be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry; nevertheless, fear God – he will justify in committing a little sin; yea, lie a little, take the advantage of one because of his words, dig a pit for thy neighbor; there is no harm in this; and do all these things, for tomorrow we die; and if it so be that we are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes, and at last we shall be saved in the kingdom of God.

9 Yea, and there shall be many [of the Church of the Firstborn] which shall teach after this manner, false and vain and foolish doctrines, and shall be puffed up in their hearts, and shall seek deep to hide their counsels from the Lord; and their works shall be in the dark.

Many of the Latter-day Saints who have had their Calling and Election made Sure and entered the Church of the Firstborn will actually fall under the control or purview of this scripture; and, this scripture tells us what will be the result of their rebellion against the duly authorized and anointed Prophets of God and their LDS Church Covenants.

Continuing in 2 Nephi 28: 10-12:

10 And the blood of the saints shall cry from the ground against them [the Sons of Perdition and the former members of the Church of the Firstborn].

11 Yea, they have all gone out of the way; they have become corrupted.

12 Because of pride, and because of false teachers, and false doctrine, their churches have become corrupted, and their churches are lifted up; because of pride they are puffed up.

These are members of the Church of the Firstborn that Nephi is talking about here, people who have had their Calling and Election made Sure. Where greater blessings have been given, greater responsibility is required. The greater the blessing, the greater the temptation to sin and rebel against The Holy Ghost as a result.

A fast-track to one's Calling and Election made Sure is NOT a blessing, especially if a person is not ready for it and is not ready for the additional temptation that Satan will then pour onto the individual trying to get the individual to turn against the LDS Church, the LDS Apostles, the Revelations of God, Christ, and the Holy Ghost. Once a person has had his Calling and Election made Sure, it is now Satan's turn to try to turn that person into a Son of Perdition. Watch out! 2 Nephi 8 tells us that many of the Church of the Firstborn will actually fail this test.

What will be the leading cause of their failure that will actually turn them into a Son of Perdition? Pride. They believe that they have become a law unto themselves; and thus, they believe that they no longer have to follow the Prophets of God, no longer have to keep the Commandments of God, no longer have to keep their LDS Covenants current by attending sacrament meeting and renewing their covenants with God, no longer have to pay tithing, and no longer have to remain faithful Latter-day Saints in order to be saved and exalted in the Celestial Kingdom. They believe that they can do anything they want now, and they will still be saved and exalted in the Kingdom of God, the Celestial Kingdom, because they have had their Calling and Election made Sure. In truth, though, they have now opened themselves up to become Sons of Perdition instead.

I have also been surprised to discover that I actually know more about the Priesthood of God than what many of the members of the Church of the Firstborn seem to know. I seem to know more about how the Priesthood Works and how God intends for His Priesthood to be used and by whom than many of the Church of the Firstborn which I have met actually seem to know. It has surprised me how little some of them know about the Gospel of Christ, the LDS Church, LDS Church Doctrine, or the teachings of the LDS General Authorities. Yes, the Church of the Firstborn often quote the stuff, but they don't seem to truly understand it or what it really means. Here I am, a former apostate and atheist, a repentant sinner, and a nobody; yet, for some strange reason, I have delved into it deeper and seem to understand it better than many of the Church of the Firstborn do. Maybe my pride isn't getting in the way? Maybe I continue to attend the LDS Church, and they don't? Maybe I continue to study it, and they don't. I don't know. I can't quite put my finger on it.

The Church of the Firstborn have partaken of the fruit of the Tree of Life, but then some of them deliberately turn away from it and walk away from it back into the mists of darkness and onward into the Large and Spacious building, where they now start pointing the finger and mocking the Apostles of God and the Revelations of God. Because they now believe that they are immune to the Commandments of God and the Teachings of the LDS Apostles, some of them don't even realize and can't even see that Satan already has them in his trap. They are blind to it all. Scary, huh?

In contrast, I believe that I have met two or three Latter-day Saints who have had their Calling and Election made sure; and, they have actually chosen to remain true and faithful to the LDS Apostles, the LDS Doctrine, their LDS Temple Covenants, and the LDS Church until the very end of their lives. I believe that they are the real deal, because all of the fruits and the signs are there. I believe that they really will go to the Celestial Kingdom or have already gone to Paradise on their way to the Celestial Kingdom. I believe these people, male and female, are the real item.

They have at times felt prompted to tell me about the miracles that have happened in their lives, the revelations they have received, the visions and spirits of the dead they have seen, the miracles they have performed using the Priesthood of God, their visits to the spirit world, and the missionary work they have done here on earth; but, they each stop and refuse to say anything about their Calling and Election or their experiences with the Second Comforter. Instead, they go on to tell me to remain true and faithful to the LDS Church, my Covenants with God, the LDS Church Doctrine, my Ordinances in the LDS Church, my Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood, and the Teachings of the LDS General Authorities. All of the evidence is there that they have indeed made their Calling and Election Sure and that they intend to remain true and faithful to it all (even the LDS Church and the LDS Apostles) to the very end of their lives.

Their knowledge of the Gospel of Christ, their service in the LDS Church, and their experiences with the Priesthood of God are infinitely greater than mine, and I can feel it. They radiate the Love of Christ. They bear witness to me every chance they get and with every word that they say that Christ lives and that the LDS Church is true. They never brag about their experiences but instead take every chance they get to use their experiences to teach me and help me to see that Christ lives and that the LDS Church is true. They always tell me to hearken unto the LDS Apostles and to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God through His Chosen Servants the LDS General Authorities.

Yes, they are indeed members of the Church of the Firstborn, but they also remain true and faithful Latter-day Saints in every way possible. They are living missionaries for both Churches, the LDS Church and the Church of the Firstborn, because they seem to see these Churches as one and the same thing. They simply refuse to speak evil of the Lord's Anointed, whether local or general. They are there every Sunday in the LDS Church partaking of the sacrament and supporting and sustaining their local leaders. They humbly magnify their (at times) rather unimpressive callings in the LDS Church. By their fruits and teachings ye shall know them; and, I'm coming to see and know that they are the real deal and starting to hope that they will never go the other way and become Sons of Perdition instead.

The members of the Church of the Firstborn that I believe to be the real deal and believe not to be headed towards becoming Sons of Perdition are in fact constantly telling me, in person, to get my Temple Recommend back and keep it. Like I wrote above, they are telling me to remain true and faithful to my Temple Covenants. The others, though they might indeed have had their Calling and Election made Sure, are often telling me online that I will no longer need my LDS Church Ordinances and will no longer need to be a member of the LDS Church once I have become a member of the Church of the Firstborn.

One of my most favorite accounts of someone receiving his Calling and Election made Sure is in Mosiah Chapter 26. Alma the Elder was just going around business as usual serving God and the Saints. He wasn't seeking for his C&E or even thinking about it when the Lord gave it to him. Instead, Alma was trying to find better ways of helping and serving and saving the Saints of God.

Mosiah 26:20
20 Thou art my servant [Alma]; and I covenant with thee that thou shalt have eternal life; and thou shalt serve me and go forth in my name, and shalt gather together my sheep.

It was a simple thing, a natural consequence of Alma's ongoing life of service in the Church. Notice that Alma did NOT then go out and stop being a member of the Church of Christ now that he had become a member of the Church of the Firstborn. Instead, Alma went on business as usual doing what he was already doing before.

The Callings and the Elections

The Callings and the Elections:

When it comes to the Callings and the Elections being made Sure, it is of paramount value to study the various Callings and the various Elections that we receive as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The ones I will discuss here are only available through the Church of Jesus Christ, in our case the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

When a boy or a man is baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he receives a Calling to one day be Ordained into the Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood of God the Father. At the point of a man's baptism into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the man receives a Calling to come to a complete fullness of the Melchizedek Priesthood or Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood at one day in his future. Later that boy or man is Elected or Ordained to the Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood of God the Father when he is given the Aaronic Priesthood.

When a girl or a woman is baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she receives a Calling to one day be Ordained into the Matriarchal Order of the Priestess-hood of Goddess the Mather. At the point of a woman's baptism into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the woman receives a Calling to come to a complete fullness of the Matriarchal Order of the Priestess-hood at one day in her future, a Calling to become like Goddess the Mother in every way possible. Later that girl or woman is Elected or Ordained to the Matriarchal Order of the Priestess-hood of Goddess the Mather when she is ordained to the Priestess-hood in the LDS Temples.

Men receive their Calling to a fullness of the Priesthood when they are baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Women receive their Calling to a fullness of the Priestess-hood when they are baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

It's all very orderly, because God the Father and Goddess the Mother ordained it or set it in this order.

It is my ongoing personal claim that women receive all of their Fore-Ordinations and all of their future Ordinations or Elections into the Priestess-hood and the Matriarchal Order while in the Celestial Kingdom in Heaven.

Notice that Hugh Nibley repeatedly teaches us in his books that the LDS Temples are a little piece of Heaven here on earth. The LDS Temples are Heavenly Soil, or little pieces of the Celestial Kingdom here on this earth. Notice that baptized LDS Women receive their Ordinations or Elections into the Priestess-hood or the Matriarchal Order of the Priesthood there in the LDS Temple, there in the piece of the Celestial Kingdom that is here on this earth. The Ordinations or Elections of Women into the Priestess-hood or the Matriarchal Order of the Priesthood all take place out of the sight of the world where nobody is supposed to see them happening.

Notice the order or the logic of it, because God the Father and Heavenly Mother ordained it to be this way or elected for it to be this way.

The Ordinations or Elections of the women take place in private in the Celestial Kingdom. So, there is no direct readable revelation as to the terms of those Ordinations or Elections, but we can assume their their Ordinations or Elections mirror those that the men receive.

However, there is plenty of material revealed to us about the Ordinations or the Elections that the men receive into the Priesthood, including the terms of the contract and the associated blessings that are promised. To see it all and understand it all, you need to read and then re-read and then pray about the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood as found in D&C 84.

Notice carefully that the D&C is accepted by Covenant and is made Binding upon us (male and female) during the Endowment of Power that takes place in the LDS Temples.

Now for the scripture. Read it, re-read it, study it, ponder it, and pray about it, because it is Revelation direct from God the Father. It discusses the Ordination or the Election of men to the Patriarchal Priesthood of God the Father.

D&C 84: 33-43:

33 For whoso is faithful unto the obtaining these two priesthoods of which I have spoken, and the magnifying their calling, are sanctified by the Spirit unto the renewing of their bodies.

34 They become the sons of Moses and of Aaron and the seed of Abraham, and the church and kingdom, and the elect of God.

35 And also all they who receive this priesthood receive me, saith the Lord;

36 For he that receiveth my servants receiveth me;

37 And he that receiveth me receiveth my Father;

38 And he that receiveth my Father receiveth my Father's kingdom; therefore all that my Father hath shall be given unto him.

39 And this is according to the oath and covenant which belongeth to the priesthood.

40 Therefore, all those who receive the priesthood, receive this oath and covenant of my Father, which he cannot break, neither can it be moved.

41 But whoso breaketh this covenant after he hath received it, and altogether turneth therefrom, shall not have forgiveness of sins in this world nor in the world to come.

42 And wo unto all those who come not unto this priesthood which ye have received, which I now confirm upon you who are present this day, by mine own voice out of the heavens; and even I have given the heavenly hosts and mine angels charge concerning you.

43 And I now give unto you a commandment to beware concerning yourselves, to give diligent heed to the words of eternal life.

What are the men Elected to when they receive the Priesthood or the Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood? They are Elected to God or given the right to become the Elect of God; they are Elected to Godhood; they are Elected to become one day like God the Father.

What are the men Promised when they receive the Priesthood or the Patriarchal Order? They are Promised all that the Father has and all that the Father IS. The men are Promised to become Gods or God the Father one day.

When is this particular Election made Sure? It is made Sure when a man becomes God the Father over his own Kingdom one day. That's as Sure as it gets.

Now, lets look at the mirror side of it all. I will base the mirror side of it or the complementary side of it off of the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood that the men receive.

What are the women Elected to when they receive the Priestess-hood or the Matriarchal Order of the Priesthood? They are Elected to Goddess-hood or given the right to become the Elect of God; they are Elected to Priestess-hood; the women are Elected to become one day like Heavenly Mother.

What are the women Promised when they receive the Priestess-hood or the Matriarchal Order? The women are Promised or Elected to all that Heavenly Mother has and to all that Heavenly Mather IS. The women are Promised to become Queens or Goddesses or to become Heavenly Mother one day.

When is this particular Election made Sure? It is made Sure when a woman becomes Goddess the Mother and a Queen over her own Kingdom one day. That's as Sure as it gets.

It's all very orderly and logical, because God the Father and Heavenly Mother ordained it and fore-ordained it to be this way. God's House is a House of Order, a House of Ordinations and Ordinances. Ordinations are Elections. Ordinances are also Elections.

Notice that there are many different Callings and many different Elections that we can have made Sure. Who are the ones who make them Sure? God the Father and Heavenly Mother. How do we know that our Callings and our Elections have been made Sure? When the men become like God the Father and the women become like Heavenly Mother, when we step into their shoes and become them.

Notice that it is completely illogical and completely inappropriate for a man to be Ordained into the Matriarchal Order or the Priestess-hood. It is not appropriate for a man to be Ordained or Elected to become a Queen.

Likewise, it is completely illogical and completely inappropriate for a woman to be Ordained into the Patriarchal Order or the Priesthood. It is not appropriate for a woman to be Ordained or Elected to become a King or a Man of Holiness.

The Priestess-hood is for the women, and the Priesthood is for the men, because God the Father and Heavenly Mother ordained or elected for it to be that way.

Notice that all Ordinations and Ordinances in the LDS Church are Elections of some kind, the transferal of Heavenly Rights to the recipient. It's all designed to help the men to become exactly like God the Father; and, it's all designed to help the women to become exactly like Heavenly Mother. It all makes logical sense, because the Gods ordained or elected for it to be that way.