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The Church shared this fantastic feature video of Latter-day Saint soccer star Zavier Gozo.
Gozo details how he tries to attends the temple right before every game.
“When I’m close to God, I succeed.”
It’s incredible to see one of soccer’s brightest young players so proud to share his faith as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Listen to Zavier’s testimony:
@FiredUpCoug Yes, you are!
For a couple of more years anyway, until those girls get a little older 😂 but the investment will have an infinite return eventually.
No, Brother Mike is spot on here.
His comments have nothing to do with being offended … you’re thinking about LDS being referred to as Mormon rather than The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints should absolutely be categorized as Christian.
The Trinity framework: Three distinct persons in relationship with each other sharing divine essence.
- But not ‘person’ in the way you normally think of person.
- And not ‘relationship’ in the way you normally think of relationship.
- And not ‘essence’ in the way you normally think of ‘essence’.
Words have no meaning without other words. The Trinity framework barrows familiar words but shades the meaning. It has no analogy without heresy and no meaning without words. And that is exactly the point of the Trinity.
The same way that a ten-dollar bill given to me was turned into something with priceless value, our life can be something of eternal value through the sacrifice and Atonement of Jesus Christ.
If there’s a struggle there, between mind and spirit, best to give it some time and consider different perspectives. The spirit is about unity.
That’s why The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints resonates with youth more than Trinitarian dogma. Strong evidence for LDS doctrine, it just makes sense, the lifestyle and community is healthy and liberating, lots of kindness and goodness, ultra low toxicity. Still requires faith but nourishing that seed instead of worldly philosophy pays back many fold.
That’s a bit like saying, “Doesn’t Orthodoxy teach that God became man so that man might become God?”
LDS believe that all of God‘s children are invited into a covenant relationship, whereby, through the atonement of Jesus Christ, they may be joint heirs with Jesus Christ, and receive the fullness of the Father as Christ has. We refer to this as exaltation… similar to Orthodox Theosis. (I think the primary difference is that LDS don’t believe in a creator/creature divide as Orthodox do. Rather, LDS believe Christ has overcome all barriers, if we choose to follow him. As Paul says…Being then God’s offspring [Greek: genos = genus/kind/offspring])
We believe that those covenants and sealing authority have been revealed in these latter days. But not all have the opportunity in this life to receive those covenants… but they will have that opportunity, LDS or not in this life.
@Younos2025@5solas LDS believe we may be joint heirs with Christ, not become “the creator himself“. We reject the creator/ creature divide. We are the offspring of God, created in His image.
@Bless_ThisMess7@AaronRHolloway1 That’s rough. Sorry to hear. Good that he has some family connection. Stay centered on Christ and “Leave to thy God to order and provide;”