Calling and Election is a doctrine of the priesthood that is misunderstood by many. While we are invited to make our Calling and Election sure, we are confused at how this process plays out in our individual lives. First, we must understand what "calling and election" even means. As we learn about the principles involved, the laws that must be obeyed, and the refining process that's required, the way forward is a lot more clear. Understanding the doctrine of calling and election is one of divine guidance and heavenly help. The journey to having one's calling and election is not out of reach and can be attained to in mortality. In fact the path forward to this supernal blessing lies within the our covenantal relationships with God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. This episode is Part 1 of a 3 part series that explores this less often studied eternal doctrine.
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CITATIONS:
2 Peter 1:10-11
Robert L. Millet, “Make Your Calling and Election Sure,” in The Ministry of Peter, the Chief Apostle, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr., Eric D. Huntsman, and Shon D. Hopkin (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2014), 267–82.
Guide to the Scriptures "Election"
Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 2d ed. [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1966], 216.
Bruce R. McConkie, "God Foreordains His Prophets and His People", April 1974: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1974/04/god-foreordains-his-prophets-and-his-people?lang=eng
Guide to the Scriptures, "Calling and Election"
MOSES 1:39
Alma 13:1-9
(Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, Second Edition, p. 356.) Theodore M. Burton, A Modern Sacrifice, April 1966: https://davidson-law.net/CR/1966%20Apr%200202%20BurtonTM%20AT.pdf
Dieter F. Uchtdorf “Your Potential, Your Privilege”, April 2011: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2011/04/your-potential-your-privilege?lang=eng
Romans 9
Joseph Smith (May 16, 1841.) DHC 4:358–360.
Doctrine and Covenants 29:7
Jeffrey R. Holland “Motions of a Hidden Fire”, April 2024: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2024/04/13holland?lang=eng
JD 7:308, Orson Pratt, Privileges and Experience of the Saints, Etc.