Quote 10

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“Here was an act of justice”

Genesis 6 : 14-22


Let us suppose that you and I were there as spirits, awaiting the privilege of taking bodies, and that we could see the wickedness and corruption that was going on upon the earth, and that we could see prophets going about teaching the principles of righteousness and warning the people of judgments that should come, of the flood that should overwhelm them, and of the prisons prepared in which the ungodly should be cast. And we say, "Father, you see the people on the earth that they are wicked and depraved, fallen and corrupt! Yes. Is it right and just that we who have done no wrong should have to enter into such corrupt bodies and partake of the influences with which they are surrounded?" "No," says the Father, "it is not just, and I will cut them off; I will cause the floods to come upon them to destroy them, and I will send those wicked and disobedient spirits into prison," which he did.

Here was an act of justice. Some men who profess to be very wise, think God was unjust in thus destroying so many of his creatures. They know nothing about it because they do not comprehend the law of God and the purposes of God.

-President John Taylor, Improvement Era 1941


Future reading : Feb. 7 - 13

Genesis 12 - 17

Abraham 1 - 2


Future reading : Feb. 14 - 20

Genesis 18 - 23


Prepare by doing the following:

Read the scriptures

Read Come Follow Me

Ponder