Greater Light and Knowledge

Joseph Smith

Mormons are taught about the possibility of having their Calling and Election Made Sure. I believe this means receiving the Greater Light and Knowledge, promised in their Temples, from Beloved Jesus and the Ascended Masters. As the Mormon scriptures teach: It is impossible for a man to be saved in ignorance. (Doctrine and Covenants 131:6) In the Book of Mormon there is a prophetic account of how the Gentiles will react to the additional words of God: And because my words shall hiss forth- many of the Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible. …Thou fool, that shall say: A Bible, we have got a Bible, and we need no more Bible. …Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more of my word? …I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and… I speak forth my words according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not finished. …Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose that it contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I have not caused more to be written. For out of the books which shall be written I will judge the world. (2 Nephi 29:3-11) The members of the Mormon Church have been given a revelation through Joseph Smith their Prophet which was designated as the olive leaf... plucked from the Tree of Paradise. In it the Lord’s message includes this advice: Seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom, seek learning, even by study and also by faith. (Doctrine and Covenants 88:118) This does not mean only the best Mormon books! I wonder how many Members of the Mormon Church take this advice or do they say: The Words of God! The Words of God! We have the Words of God! We don’t need any more of the Words of God from the Masters! We have the Words of our Prophets!



According to Joanna Cherry in her book Living Mastery (p7-9) Hardly any Master departed for lighter realms, has left a record of how and when he or she did it. The story of one modern Master, however, is quite clear! Her name is Annalee Skarin. Annalee was a dedicated Mormon. In mid-life, she had the temerity to write a dazzling… book ‘Ye Are Gods,’ whereupon she was excommunicated from the church. Not long afterward, she disappeared. …Annalee has published eight books in all, seven of them after her Ascension.



Protestantism in America: A Narrative History by Jerald C. Brauer



Chapter 1: The Churches Arrive



...in England, another group of believers were driven to seek haven in the New World. In 1608, a group of Protestants called the Separatists fled from England and settled in Holland. There they hoped to find freedom to worship as they believed.

"Separatist" was the name given to those people, a type of Puritan, who were dissatisfied with the worship and practice of the Church of England; consequently, they withdrew from the Church and formed their own congregations....

On July 21, 1620, the congregation met together for the last time. Their ship, The Speedwell, was ready in the port of Leyden. John Robinson preached a heart-warming farewell sermon and gave stirring advice to those departing. He reminded his congregation that they must follow him no farther than he followed Christ, and he urged them to be open to all truth from the ministry of others who live in Christ.
"Let us be certain, brethren, that the Lord hath more truth and light yet to break forth out of his holy Word. It cannot be possible that we have so recently come out of such great anti-Christian darkness and already stand in the full light of divine truth."Is it not a pity," he said, "that the Churches of the Reformation, starting so gloriously, have stopped short in their reforms? Lutherans stop with what Luther saw. Calvinists cannot be drawn beyond what was revealed and imparted to Calvin. God has not revealed his whole will to these men.

"If Luther and Calvin were living," he cried, "they would be as ready and willing to embrace further light, as that they had received. Search the Scriptures and learn the depth of the covenant God has worked out," he exhorted.

With the prophetic utterance ringing in their ears, "There shall yet be more light," the Pilgrims sailed for England, where, after abandoning the unseaworthy Speedwell, 101 of them crowded aboard the Mayflower and sailed for America...
(http://www.religion-online.org/showchapter.asp?title=1663&C=1655)