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This site is operated by Ron Cearley. The purpose of this site is to present the teachings of the RLDS Church as it was taught in former years. This is a fundamentalist site. No liberal elements will be posted here if possible. My goal is simply to present the old time Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Page started April 30, 2000 Page last updated May 9, 2000
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Beliefs

I will be adding beliefs to this spot. It will be updated often. If you find a comment that seems incorrect, please email and let me know or post at the temp. post site.

"We believe that Jesus is the Christ, the crucified and resurrected Lord through whom salvation is made possible. In the beginning He created the heavens and the earth, and our first parents, Adam and Eve. And we believe that Jesus Christ will return to reclaim and restore those who choose to follow Him through faithful obedience to His commandments which He has given us, as contained in the Bible, Book of Mormon, and the book of Doctrine & Covenants. We assert that Jesus Christ lives, and continues to manifest Himself to those whom He chooses to visit, whether by miracles or the visitation of the Holy Ghost or in person, according to His own will.
Among those things which He commanded us, we hold firm to the doctrine which Christ gave in His ministry, that a man must repent, have faith, be baptized in water for the remission of sins, receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost through the laying on of hands, and continue faithful in Christ until death. And we believe that the ordinances which Christ gave the apostles, namely: baptism in water, baptism through the laying on of hands, communion, blessing of children, etc., must be conducted by those whom Christ gives authority to do so, including elders and priests whose duties and responsibilities differ according to the gifts and callings of God which He bestows upon men of His choosing.
And we also assert that faithful obedience to Christ will be rewarded with hope in this life, and eternal life in the world to come, when we shall stand before God to be judged according to our works.
We believe that the scriptures contain many prophecies which are yet to be fulfilled, such as the gathering of the tribes of Israel and the coming forth of additional scriptures which will testify of God's work among other peoples in other nations, and that the Book of Mormon is one such record, the Bible is another, and book of Doctrine and Covenants is yet another among the many. We believe that the word of God shall not return to Him void, but shall all be fulfilled through the working of His matchless and omnipotent power and grace.
We believe that God's love for us is shown in the sacrifice of Christ, whose selfless sacrifice broke the bands of death so that men might be reconciled to God, and that by the power of Christ's resurrection they may stand without sin in His presence when their mortality shall be made immortal in the resurrection of the Just. And we believe that a fearful looking forth remains for those who are disobedient, for their resurrection from the dead will not bring them peace, but is just prior to an everlasting destruction whose likeness cannot be found in this life. Yet by Christ's love and grace and power, all men can be saved if they would but turn to Him and not procrastinate the day of their repentance until death.
And furthermore we believe that Eternal Life is the most precious and powerful and wonderful gift of God which He gives to man, and that it is everlasting, never to be taken from us once it is given. We believe that Eternal Life is not a gift of life before death, but of life after death. We believe that all this is possible through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
Posted by Jared D. Edson

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Book of Mormon

If you want to add something about the BOM to this site, please post at the temporary site and then I will consider transferring to this area.

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The First Book of Nephi
Chapter 1 verses 1-74
Chapter 2 verses 1-102
Chapter 3 verses 1-256
Chapter 4 verses 1-64
Chapter 5 verses 1-264
Chapter 6 verses 1-56
Chapter 7 verses 1-70
Second Book of Nephi
Chapter 1 verses 1-128
Chapter 2 verses 1-50
Chapter 3 verses 1-66
Chapter 4 verses 1-51
Chapter 5 verses 1-114
Chapter 6 verses 1-106
Chapter 7 verses 1-44
Chapter 8 verses 1-100
Chapter 9 verses 1-137
Chapter 10 verses 1-54
Chapter 11 verses 1-160
Chapter 12 verses 1-100
Chapter 13 verses 1-32
Chapter 14 verses 1-12
Chapter 15 verses 1-18
The Book of Jacob
Chapter 1 verses 1-20
Chapter 2 verses 1-70
Chapter 3 verses 1-153
Chapter 4 verses 1-18
Chapter 5 verses 1-48
The Book of Enos Chapter 1 verses 1-46
The Book of Jarom
Chapter 1 verses 1-32
The Book of Omni
Chapter 1 verses 1-54
The Words of Mormon
Chapter 1 verses 1-27
The Book of Mosiah
Chapter 1 verses 1-130
Chapter 2 verses 1-50
Chapter 3 verses 1-21
Chapter 4 verses 1-11
Chapter 5 verses 1-86
Chapter 6 verses 1-58
Chpater 7 verses 1-91
Chapter 8 verses 1-91
Chapter 9 verses 1-181
Chapter 10 verses 1-19
Chapter 11 verses 1-207
Chapter 12 verses 1-26
Chapter 13 verses 1-68
The Book of Alma
Chapter 1 verses 1-130
Chapter 2 verses 1-28
Chapter 3 verses 1-108
Chapter 4 verses 1-10
Chapter 5 verses 1-44
Chapter 6 verses 1-42
Chapter 7 verses 1-51
Chapter 8 verses 1-109
Chapter 9 verses 1-73
Chapter 10 verses 1-111
Chapter 11 verses 1-33
Chapter 12 verses 1-221
Chapter 13 verses 1-82
Chapter 14 verses 1-128
Chapter 15 verses 1-69
Chapter 16 verses 1-261
Chapter 17 verses 1-84
Chapter 18 verses 1-18
Chapter 19 verses 1-117
Chapter 20 verses 1-100
Chapter 21 verses 1-186
Chapter 22 verses 1-44
Chapter 23 verses 1-44
Chapter 24 verses 1-79
Chapter 25 verses 1-63
Chapter 26 verses 1-170
Chapter 27 verses 1-59
Chapter 28 verses 1-27
Chapter 29 verses 1-21
The Book of Helaman
Chapter 1 verses 1-52
Chapter 2 verses 1-168
Chapter 3 verses 1-132
Chapter 4 verses 1-73
Chapter 5 verses 1-140
The Third Book of Nephi
Chapter 1 verses 1-57
Chapter 2 verses 1-109
Chapter 3 verses 1-70
Chapter 4 verses 1-75
Chapter 5 verses 1-115
Chapter 6 verses 1-37
Chapter 7 verses 1-45
Chapter 8 verses 1-75
Chapter 9 verses 1-106
Chapter 10 verses 1-41
Chapter 11 verses 1-33
Chapter 12 verses 1-35
Chapter 13 verses 1-62
Chapter 14 verses 1-3
Fourth Book of Nephi
Chapter 1 verses 1-59
The Book of Mormon
Chapter 1 verses 1-89
Chapter 2 verses 1-54
Chapter 3 verses 1-33
Chapter 4 verses 1-103
The Book of Ether
Chapter 1 verses 1-117
Chapter 2 verses 1-5
Chapter 3 verses 1-102
Chapter 4 verses 1-115
Chapter 5 verses 1-41
Chapter 6 verses 1-109
The Book of Moroni
Chapter 1 verses 1-4
Chapter 2 verses 1-3
Chapter 3 verses 1-3
Chapter 4 verses 1-5
Chapter 5 verses 1-3
Chapter 6 verses 1-9
Chapter 7 verses 1-53
Chapter 8 verses 1-35
Chapter 9 verses 1-28
Chapter 10 verses 1-31
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Discussions Worth Repeating

"Concerning this record the Prophet Joseph Smith said: "I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of of religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by his precepts, than from any other book."
"I DO believe the BOM to be the authentic word of God, translated as JS claims, by the use of the Urim and Thummin "seer stones", and an actual, accurate record of the Nephites and Lamanites on the American continent.
Mamusz

I agree. I also wish to state that the main purpose of the Book of Mormon is to remember the covenant that we must make with God. The call of the Book of Mormon is to "Come unto Me"
Kathy

That the Prophet/President of the RLDS church had to be a descendant of Joseph Smith Jr. It was also taught and believed that only men can be priesthood holders and the RLDS church was a Patriarchal society.
Doug

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Doctrine & Coventants

I will be happy to post comments about the Doctrine & Covenants at this spot. I am not sure just what to include, but I will not limit it at this point. So suggestions are welcomed.
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Inspired Bible

Perhaps this is a good place to get into the differences between the various Bibles. Suggestions welcomed.
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Links
1908 Book of Mormon
Centerplace Library
Centerplace.Org (Restorationist Site)
Doctrine & Covenants
The History of the Church by Inez Smith
Inspired Version of the Holy Scriptures
Official RLDS (Community of Christ)Site
Restoration.Org
RLDS Scripture Search
Ron's RLDS Book of Mormon Forum
Ron's RLDS Message Board
Temporary Posting Site for Transfer of Information to the Faith Web Site
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Resources

Watch for names of books and other sources. Some will include links to the items. Suggestions welcomed.
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Testimonies

Please post your testimonies at the temp. site and I will be happy to transfer it to here. You are welcome to include second hand testimonies if they seem appropriate. Thank you.

Testimony by Jared
As there are many testimonies to God's workings among men, last and least of all I bring my personal testimony to the reality of God and His modern workings among man. Having been raised in the RLDS church, being the youngest of four children, I was raised learning to read out of the Book of Mormon and to understand the principles it sets forth. As I grew older I recognized the Book of Mormon as a special book, but in a more theoretical aspect that I would have cared to admit, even though I didn't doubt its authenticity. I continued to read it for guidance and direction, to help build my character and to understand the meaning of life. It provides strength and spiritual resolve, which leads one towards diligence and faithfulness. Having read it many times through the years, I had neglected other books of scripture, namely the Bible and Doctrine & Covenants. I resolved after some years to finally read these other books as well, which I had accepted as true and read from at times, but never cover-to-cover. > Something changed in my life. I began to desire to share these things with others. These books all testified of the same Lord Jesus Christ whom I had learned of in the Book of Mormon, and of His omnipotent power, and of His Infinite and Eternal grace and mercy. The fact that He Lives! In a day and age when His power is denied, His works among us must be made known. >So I began to pray with a fervency which I had hitherto not considered. I began to pray to a being who is intently listening to everything I say and who knows all things, and has the power to grant according to those desires which are Good. I began to pray to someone whom I knew about, but had never talked with on a personal level. Before, when I had prayed, it was not a prayer of conversation, but a prayer of theoretical belief, which is to say, lacking in real strength and fervitude. Now, having come to realize the reality and the abilities of a God who lives today as well as in times past, I prayed with the very real intent of having my prayer answered. He responded in power. >There are some things in life which you can doubt, > and which others can scoff at, or which the world may mock to its hearts desire. Other things are completely undeniable, even if one should desire to. They burn in our experience, and become a part of us. They change us. Being touched by a divine being with such an overflowing wave of grace, mercy, and Spiritual presence means that you can never be the same kind of person that you had been before. >The Lord made His presence known to me, so strongly that any doubts to the reality of His existence faded into obscurity. He spoke peace and desire to my soul, desire to be with Him, and to help others experience the same presence. It takes faith to accept an answer, as well as to ask the question. When faith builds to experience it becomes knowledge. I know that God exists. I know that Jesus Christ is alive today, because it was He who manfested His Spirit to me. >In His presence there is a total lack of pride. One cannot endure His presence if there is pride present. The prophets of old were stripped of pride through the trials they had to endure, while others had the gift of humility. The Lord can, with the smallest touch of His Spirit, reduce our pride to shame, and can help us to rightly receive the revelation that we are nothing, that we have no strength unless it is given to us from Him. In the language we use, we cannot begin to express the totally submissive and unworthy "feeling" we have when in the presence of His Spirit. >That revelation, the personal knowledge of His presence and the understanding attached to it, cannot be rightly or completely conveyed through human communication. It must be divinely given by God Himself. Accepting that reality is what makes praying powerful. If we pray to a being whom we do not think is real, or cannot hear us, our prayers are vain. Beginning to operate with a grain of faith means accepting the revelation that God is present and is intently listening to us. >In my life I can say with a surety that God answers prayers, because He has answered some very specific ones for me. I once wondered how prophets in the scriptures could have two way conversation with the Lord who created them. Now I know that it is because of the fact that the Lord who created them truly is alive today, and that He operates according to that faith which we set our hearts and minds to exercise. There is incredible power available to move us > forward in life, but it takes such simple acceptance of God's ever-present ear before we can learn the things which will give us strength to endure all things for His name's sake. >As for the books of scripture that I mentioned above, I learned perhaps a simple thing, but it has resolved so many questions that I had previously not understood their significance. Those books must be used together to get the full appreciation of God's work in bringing about the restoration of our soul. No single word of God is an island of truth by itself, but all His words put together, in perhaps a more literal fashion than we can understand, makes the existence that we live in today. The great plan of salvation contains a view of all periods of time, and in it we see us. The same Lord who wrote those words in the hearts of the people who received them in ancient days, is the same Lord who can reveal those same things to us. >So it is my testimony that the scriptures are True as revealed by the same Lord who caused them to be written, and that it is that revelation which is available to all who would try the experiment. The Lord is listening to you and wants to give you a revelation. Sincerely, Jared D. Edson

Mamusz
First of all, I have been living on borrowed time since the age of 7. When the doctors gave up on me, and I had double pneumonia, I was dramatically healed. The doctor could not believe what he saw. My first husband drove a tractor-trailer. At 6am in the morning, I woke to pounding at my door. It was the State Police. There had been an accident. A serious accident. In 1986, my house was flooded to the extent that I could not live in there and my husband died 6 weeks later, before we could move back in. Unless you have seen a flood close up, you are not prepared for what it does. In 1987 my second son was in a bad accident. Because of that he is left with a frozen finger. In 1988, I had cancer. I got so sick from the chemo that I was put in a neutropenic room. I decided to quit taking chemo after one full treatment. I left my kids home alone...I had no choice. In the same year, I met my husband. We're married 6 yrs today. I have MS and I have to thank God that I can do whatever I have to do. I am thankful for my three children, to have a home, even for the car I drive and the bed on which I sleep. Just to have a dry house, even though it's not totally finished. I'm thankful just to be alive. I thank God for everything I have experienced in this life...both good and bad. It's made me the person that I am.
Mamusz

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Photographs

Machu Pichu is one of the prettiest places on the face of the earth. I can just imagine Jesus Christ speaking with the people in this city. I feel so drawn to this place that it often makes me wonder if I lived there in another time. ron

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