Do some difficulties that we experience in life come to us to prove our worthiness and others come as a result of disobedience?
Question Dear Gramps, I accidentally clicked on a link that inadvertently led me to a question posed about how foreordination/predestination and freedom to choose can be non-mutually exclusive. I write to you today to share with you my thoughts and see if you...Were we born on the this earth as punishment for bad deeds in the pre-mortal spirit world?
Question Dear Gramps, I have been reading the questions about other worlds and how the Savior atoned for the sins of all the different worlds. I knew that He was the only Savior but what I want to know is, why was I or you or anyone placed on this world? You...In the pre-mortal spirit world do we select who our parents will be in mortality?
Question Dear Gramps, I had always heard that we picked who our parents were going to be in the Pre-existence. And then on the other hand I was told that we could have married ANYONE and had children and been happy. So did we know that we were going to come to...Will spirit children born after the great war in heaven come under the saving grace of the Savior’s great atoning sacrifice?
Satan’s plan was to save all the children of the Father by forcing them to comply with the Father’s will. Satan’s plan was rejected and its proponents were banished from heaven.
Is there revelation concerning family arrangements made in pre-mortality?
There is no scriptural reference to pre-mortal family arrangements, but many patriarchal blessings have made reference to them.
How can so many people be in open rebellion against God if they originally followed Christ before coming to earth?
It is difficult to forgive someone who has hurt us or someone we love but the Lord said “Vengeance is mine.” We do ourselves more damage when we do not forgive.
Can newborns remember their pre-earth life?
Personal experience seems to agree that newborns and toddlers may remember something of their pre-earth life.
What purpose do people with intellectual handicaps have in this lifetime?
Mormons believe that people with physical or intellectual handicaps are in no way disadvantaged in their eternal potential. Such handicaps do not necessarily stem from some pre-mortal worthiness or unworthiness.
Does Mormonism teach anything about the kind of weapons used in the War in Heaven?
Mormonism suggests that the weapons used in the War in Heaven were probably associated with the mind and will, or with the power of righteousness and faith.