It has been used to convince that there is no Christ, like there is no Santa, by saying that all the miracles that happen in your life are caused by others. Well, duh!
The whole idea is that we learn to live like Jesus would and serve one another. That was always intended. We tell little children that Santa may not do everything, everywhere, and so he needs helpers. I say this is the same thing with Christ only he doesn't need us to serve one another because he cannot do it himself. The fact that another person caused your miracle does in no way diminish the reality of God. He always intended for us to love and serve on another. It is infact, so important to him. He NEEDS us to be his hands and he sent his son to be an example to us in hiw we should act toward one another. But, if that is not enough, he also gives us the same power that He has called the priesthood so that we could perform all the wonders he expects of us, his children.
One of the best things I was told by a friend who was assigned to the same host family in Switzerland was, "well, it is really sad when you realize it, and it almost seems unfair. But, the way we are exoected to live boils down to us or you (Cathloics or Mormons) because despite how doctrines make you feel, either the priesthood never left the earth and was handed down through Peter like the Bible says, or it needed to be restored, and your church says that Peter actually came back and gave the priesthood again, weird." It is obvious what she believed, and one could not help but respect such knowledge from a 14 yr old. And that is why I believe that it was also intended that there were many faiths to teach truths how and where ever they might grow.
I researched for a lesson I gave one summer in Provo, UT. about how part of our duty as being born members of this church is not to abolish what is good, but to gather it in. Because I quoted from scholars and such, like Einstein, my words were mocked and made fun of, until I quoted Brigham Young, then they listened and I realized that was a power and authority given to prophets. Not, to be greater knowers or even sayers of anything different, but as a mouth piece of God there is more to what they say than the words themselves.
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On myvway home I was thinking, well, if the priesthood is working the miracle, then it is still God whoch lead two subsequent thoughts:
1)the point or purpose of the aaronic priesthood, and 2) God is omnipotent because he is not the power but holds all the keys!
First, the aronic priesthood, which sadly, I do not know how to spell correctly. They do all of the physical tasks like passing sacrament, collecting tithes and offerings, helping people move, or what not. Basically, it is their responsibility to do the things that require a body to do.
Next, maybe God is not the one doing anything, it is just called "The power of God" referring to someone else who has used the power knowingly. I mean, everyone knows that somehow God created the Earth and us. Alright, the second one is not readily accepted, regardless what is true. But, for LDS we call a priesthood after Melchezedic, but things done, like bless the sacramemt, are not things that Melchezedic did. And as a member of that church I believe that a prophet, this is not all his title is. I believe that a prophet of God holds what we refer to as keys, and that the prophet owns all that are on the earth today.
Regarding keys...the best lesson thatwise comes from a thing my father said when he was released as a bishop. I can explain it best through a video to the Song Nickelback titled "Savin' me" where numbers are seen above someone's head, but they are not seen by everyone. My dad said that he could feel a power leave him when he was released from this call. So, he could no longer see those numbers, figuratively speaking. A former Stake president, here, gave a talk where he said that he used to just know everyone and their concerns, etc. I imagined hom seeing it floating above our heads, but it was a real downer when he was released because he did not know anything really, it was a "mantle" that came with his power then.
So, even though the power to bind things on earth might reside with a prophet, everything that is bound is not actually done by the prophet himself. However, if you were seeking a particular power, if it is available on the earth, he has it.
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