In the previous post, I said that we receive knowledge a little bit at a time. When we act on knowledge, we prepare ourselves to receive more knowledge. Knowledge has been described in the scriptures as light and truth. Light has a strong metaphor for seeing. We use the word "enlightened" to denote a high level of understanding.
The truths that are most important are the truths that help us fulfill God's purposes. His main objective is to enable us to become like Him. We do not need to have all truth to do accomplish this. Our limited minds could not comprehend all truth anyway. We only need certain truths (such as the knowledge of the Atonement) that will lead us to do certain things (repent and be baptized). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only church to have every one of these truths. God leads the church through prophets to keep the truths pure because man is easily confused by mixing these doctrines with the philosophies of man. (Ephesians 2:20) No other church has prophets authorized to speak on behalf of God. Though they may have leaders that are partly inspired by God. The fact that the LDS church contains all of these truths does not mean that it has every truth, nor does it mean that it is the only one with truth.
God gives light and truth to all nations, but he gives them as much as they are ready to receive. (Alma 29:8) A 1978 First Presidency message of the church states: "the great religious leaders of the world such as Mohammed, Confucius, and the Reformers, as well as philosophers including Socrates, Plato, and others, received a portion of God’s light. Moral truths were given to them by God to enlighten whole nations and to bring a higher level of understanding to individuals." Many religions and philosophies have parts of the truth. Any truth that they have belongs to us, the Mormons. We claim all truths found in any religion whether it is Hindu, Buddhist, or Islam.
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