Brigham Young, in a sermon from August 1866, teaches various aspects of Adam-God theology in discussing God and his relationship to Jesus and "eternal law."

Date
Aug 19, 1866
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Brigham Young
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reprint
Reference

"Brigham Young, 19 August 1866 (two sermons)," Church History Department Pitman Shorthand transcriptions, 2013-2022, CR 100 912, Church History Library

Scribe/Publisher
George D. Watt, LaJean Purcell Carruth
People
Brigham Young
Audience
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
PDF
Transcription

We need to have no fears with regard to the outside if e purify and cleanse the inside of the platter the people called Latter-day Saints this people that profess to know and understand the way of life and salvation if we can purify ourselves and sanctify ourselves so that we are accepted of God our Father Jesus Christ his Son our Elder Brother the Savior all is right every where rest assured all[?] that this is all we need fear . . . Mary the wife of Joseph happened to have another husband the infidel says he is a bastard] you don’t know that you have [r-?] how you apply it and that is all you know about it but that very babe that was born in the manger begotten not by the husband of the woman but by another man if any of you wish to ask to find out who it was that did beget the child it was God our Heavenly Father you need never not inquire any more about it he is the Only Begotten of the Father and he is the Savior of the world . . . as Brother Joseph said this morning Jesus could not do what he would like to do when he came into the flesh and the Lord can’t to day do what he wanted to do the reason is because he can’t violate his own law if he did he would cease to be God then says he my sons here is life and death which will you choose well one/want/won’t{?] [--matter?] we have no more than with his own existence it is an eternal law from all eternity and will exist to all eternity those independent beings must have the power of choice and I will bring forth the result of my acts to promote my kingdom and do good to those and the human family as much as I can and as for their acts they are free to perform without my meddling with them if the Lord could to do have his own ways upon the ways of all the human family enter in this church and receive the holy priesthood and come into the kingdom of our Father and God just[?] upon the power of Jesus may the Lord bless you amen.

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