Do Mormons believe that if you are not baptized a Mormon that you won’t go to heaven?
Gramps, I heard that Mormons think that if you are not baptized a Mormon than you won't be able to go to heaven. Is that true? Also, I heard that you think if you are sealed in the temple, then you will becomes gods/goddesses in the afterlife????? Ashley, from Nevada...
If intelligences are finite in number, how did we exist prior to the birth through our heavenly parents?
Gramps If intelligences are finite in number, therefore all the same age, how did we exist prior to the birth through our heavenly parents? In what kind of state, a little ball of light, a human form of some type? Lynda, from Minnesota Dear Lynda, Perhaps we could...
How can the Holy Ghost be a companion to more than one person at a time?
Question Gramps, As I understand it, the Holy Ghost is spirit and can only be at one place at any given time. I know the Godhead are three personages and all are one in purpose. And I believe the Light of Christ can be as an influence to all throughout the history of...
What is humility and how do you obtain it?
Question Dear Gramps, A couple questions. I know that I am supposed to have humility in order to be humble. But what is humility and how do you get it? What does it mean to be humble? Thanks. Cindy Answer Dear Cindy, Words can often be described by comparison...
Who was the first mortal to be bestowed with the gift of the Holy Ghost?
Dear Gramps, I have just prepared and taught lesson eight, "The Holy Ghost". I found it to both instructive and inspiring. Particularly, gaining an understanding how Peter could have denied the knowing of the Saviour and the apostles losing heart following the...
How can I prove with the Bible that we can become like our Father in Heaven?
Gramps, I have a friend in my business who thinks that it is ludicrous that we can grow to become like our Father in Heaven and attain to the state of Godhood as He is now if we are faithful. He wants me to prove it to him with the Bible. I quote him Psalm 82:6, and...
Doesn’t prayer interfere with agency?
Question Hi Gramps, I hope I can phrase my question properly. I understand that we all have free agency. I also understand that we can pray to Heavenly Father for blessings, help, guidance, etc., both material and spiritual things can be asked for. We can pray...
Was Judas Iscariot set up to betray Christ? Where was his agency if it was already known he would do this?
Dear Gramps, Recently I heard someone ask a question about Judas Iscariot and his free agency which I would like to hear your opinion about since I couldn't give this person a satisfying answer. Since Jesus Christ already knew in the pre-existence that it was his...
What are the Savior’s guidelines in how many times we should allow a person to unforgivingly do something before we take action?
Gramps, I realize that when the Savior said that we are to forgive seventy times seven, the number is not as much realistic as it is symbolic, meaning a limitless amount of times. However, I have heard that the Lord has placed a limit to the number of times we should...
If Christ is going to usher in the 7th dispensation, does there have to be another falling away before his return?
Gramps, In 2 Thess 2:3, it talks about a falling away before a restoration of the gospel. Before each dispensation, there has been a falling away before a new prophet was delivered. If Christ is going to usher in the 7th dispensation, does there have to be another...
