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The discussion cited Volume1, page61, noting Smith's statement that no person is predestined to sin or salvation, emphasizing agency.
Doctrines of Salvation, Volume1, page61. He said, No person was foreordained or appointed to sin or to perform a mission of evil. No person is ever predestined to salvation or damnation. Every person...
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The discussion cited Volume1, page61, noting Smith's statement that no person is predestined to sin or salvation, emphasizing agency.
Doctrines of Salvation, Volume1, page61. He said, No person was foreordained or appointed to sin or to perform a mission of evil. No person is ever predestined to salvation or damnation. Every person has agency.
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It was quoted from to explain that no one is predestined to sin or evil, and that Judas Iscariot had agency and was led by Lucifer. It was a counterpoint to the idea that Judas was prophesied to betray Jesus.
This is from Doctrines of Salvation, Volume 1, page 61.
Every soul coming into this world came here with the promise that through obedience he would receive the blessings of salvation. No person was foreordained or appointed to sin or to perform a mission of evil. No person is ever predestined to salvation or damnation. Every person has agency. Cain was promised by the Lord that if he would do well, he would be accepted. Judas had his agency and acted upon it. No pressure was brought to bear on him to cause him to betray the Lord, but he was led by Lucifer. If men were appointed to sin and betray their brethren, then justice could not demand that they be punished for sin and betrayal when they are guilty.
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It was mentioned as a source where the author shared his belief that endowments and ordinances were part of the experience on the Mount of Transfiguration, though not official doctrine.
He said, 'I'm convinced in my own mind that when the Savior took the three disciples up on the mount, I'm just going to stop and say here, when you get someone saying, "I'm convinced in my own mind," I think that's their way of saying, "I'm not pronouncing this as official doctrine. This is what I, as a very informed believer, believes." All right?'
That when the Savior took the three disciples up on the mount, which is spoken of as the Mount of Transfiguration, He there gave unto them the ordinances that pertain to the house of the Lord and that they were endowed.