175 years ago today - Jun 27, 1839

[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] Among the vast number of the Keys of the Kingdom of God Joseph presented the following one to the Twelve for there benefit in there experience & travels in the flesh which is as follows:

In order to detect the devel [devil] when he transforms himself nigh unto an angel of light. When an angel of God appears unto man face to face in personage & reaches out his hand unto the man & he takes hold of the angels hand & feels a substance the same as one man would in Shaking hands with another he may then know that it is an angel of God, & he should place all Confidence in him. Such personages or angels are Saints with there resurrected Bodies.

But if a personage appears unto man & offers him his hand & the man takes hold of it & he feels nothing or does not sens any substance he may know it is the devel [devil], for when a Saint whose body is not resurrected appears unto man in the flesh he will not offer him his hand for this is against the law given him & in keeping in mind these things we may detec the devil that he decieved us not.

[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]

2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 27, 2014

    angel: one will feel the fruit of the Spirit, i.e., the love of God, joy, peace.
    false angel (devil): one will feel shattering coldness, i.e., nothing good.

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  2. AnonymousJune 27, 2014

    also if that angelic personage speaks and contradicts any jot or tittle in the KJV BIble or the Book of Mormon, then you know with a perfect surety that that messenger is NOT from the Lord.

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