“Bearing Down Against the Church”
How often the true Church is the object of ridicule and the target of the fiery darts of the adversary! The Church of Jesus Christ is the custodian of the gospel of Jesus Christ and thus the only place where the ordinances of salvation may be found. When the kingdom of God is established on earth; when the Church has been restored; when the necessary priesthoods and keys and authorities have been bestowed- when these conditions are obtained, mankind will come unto Christ (and thus unto salvation) through the statutes and ordinances of the Church or they will not enjoy the blessings of heaven. Though the Church is but the means to an end (Christ is the end), a person deceives himself who supposes that he can enjoy the benefits and privileges of the gospel in his life without being active and involved in the living Church.
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