God is Love!
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” -John 13:34-35
Sometimes we justify our dislike for others by saying things like “but they’re sport-stars (they play for the opposite team etc)” or “they’re celebrities, I don’t know them personally so…” The fact is that when we start to justify our displeasure for others, we are beginning to loose sight of the Celestial love of Christ, that we should all be aiming to have in our hearts at all times.
Seeking Truth
“And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.” 1 Corinthians 3:1-2
Joseph Smith actually didn’t know that much after the First Vision, it was a great comfort to him, but the lessons that it taught him didn’t click with him until he got older. That’s why there are so many “different accounts” (see Avahr: Appendix). Each account varies in information, because as Joseph progressed spiritually, new understandings of the First Vision were opened up to him. It’s the same with us right? When we read scripture, we can read it over and over again and each time (if we’re reading it trough spiritual eyes) we will get new things from it, or new lessons will be taught to us. It’s the same thing with Joseph Smith and his first Vision.
Moving Forward in Christ
“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. -1 John 5:13-15
If we believe that we are bad people, or that we can’t change, or it’s too late to change, or if we think we have sinned too many times and are far away from God, then I just want to tell you that you believe totally wrong. If you believe any of those things then please understand that those beliefs and feelings are from Satan, who is the great accuser.