Brigham Young teaches Saints that nothing on earth or in hell can separate us from Father Adam except "our own intention."
- Type
- Personal Journal / Diary
- Hearsay
- Scribed Verbatim
- Reference
Thomas Bullock, booklet (#9), 1849 September 1-October 14, 17-18, Historian's Office general Church minutes, 1839-1877, CR 100 318, Church History Library
- Scribe/Publisher
- Thomas Bullock
- Audience
- N/A
- Transcription
all scourges & plagues r a rod in the h[and]s of the L[or]d to chastise his ppl. there is no power in Earth or hell that can sep[arate] us from Fat[he]r Adam but by [our own] int[ention]—every int[elligence] is org[anized] & bro[ugh]t forth & can act for itself whe[the]r to become a God or a Devil, . . .
- BHR Staff Commentary
Brigham Young is borrowing from the verbiage of the Apostle Paul in Romans 8:33-39 where nothing external to the Christian will remove them from the salvific love of God.
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