Tag: Bekah Ellsworth

Advocate Definition: 

One who pleads the cause of another; specifically :  one who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court.

One who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy. synonyms: protector, champion, supporter, proponent, promoter, patron

Redeem Definition: 

1. To recover ownership by buying back; to repurchase or reclaim
2. To free from sin and its consequences
3. To exchange for something of value
4. To make worthwhile; retrieve
5. To make up for; make amends for; to compensate for some fault or deficiency
6. To make good or fulfill (a pledge, promise, etc.)
7. To free from captivity by payment of ransom
8. To save, rescue
9. To clear or release from debt or blame 
10. To repair or restore  
11. To reform or change (for the better)
12. To restore the honor, worth or reputation of something
13. Antonyms: Abandon

“The sacrament truly helps us know our Savior. It also reminds us of His innocent suffering. If life were truly fair, you and I would never be resurrected; you and I would never be able to stand clean before God. In this respect, I am grateful that life is not fair.” – Elder Dale G. Renlund, “That I Might Draw All Men Unto Me,” April 2016 General Conference

Notes on D&C Section 88 and 93

“The things of God are of deep import; and time, and experience, and careful and ponderous and solemn thoughts can only find them out. Thy mind, O man! if thou wilt lead a soul unto salvation, must stretch as high as the utmost heavens, and search into and contemplate the darkest abyss, and the broad expanse of eternity—thou must commune with God.” – Joseph Smith, History of the Church, 3:295–96 (from a letter from Joseph Smith and others to Edward Partridge and the Church, Mar. 20, 1839, Liberty Jail, Liberty, Missouri)

“Joseph’s revelation declared that ‘the glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth.’ To become like God, as the word ‘fulness’ implied, was to grow in light and truth – to be filled with intelligence. Holiness was not an end in itself but the avenue to intelligence. One kept the commandments in order to receive light and truth.”

“By the time of the May 1833 revelation, a variety of meanings clustered around the idea of exaltation. ‘The Vision’ [D&C 76] had introduced the term ‘fulness’ into the conception of celestial life. The revelation said the Saints would inherit a fulness of God’s glory. All that the Father had would be theirs. The texts put no limits on the extent of this fulness. The revelation on priesthood [D&C 84] said that ‘all that my Father hath shall be given unto him.’ These passages altered the idea of salvation from making peace with God to becoming like God. The words ‘salvation’ and ‘exaltation’ contained a world of difference. One implied escape–from sin or hell or Satan–and the other elevation to glory and godhood.”

– Richard Bushman, Rough Stone Rolling, p. 208, 210 (emphasis added)