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LDS: Can I please have your thoughts and insights on Ether 12:6?
Ether 12: 6 - http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/12/6#...
6 And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.

What are your thoughts on the reason why we have to prove our faith before we can receive a deeper knowledge or witness of truth?


13 minutes ago
Respectful answers from people of other faiths also welcome. (I directed the question to LDS because the scripture I quoted is from the Book of Mormon)

I reply:
my "witness" of jesus christ the glory of the sun of righteousness came when i was 27 after i was weeping with tears, in the back of my van parked in My fathers' driveway. it came after 6 months of poison and sleep deprivation and the loss of my job working at nintendo. I realize today my witness was not equal to joseph smiths testimony and that there has to be a greater vision/visitation than that! i know i have had paralel experiences.
but i also know faith came to me early on when i was about 15 or 16 when i first began to be "born-again".
God gives greater truth and light, prophecy and revelation, to those that prove their faith. The buffetings of Satan become greater, because the war of good and evil has come to the inhabitants of the earth.

from knowledge and Experience i know you cannot give give a novice the greatest responsibilities of church. i know that if a novice received the greatest revelations He would be required to fulfill the greatest requirements.

to such is given the greatest requirements. a few prophets have buckeled under the weight. and it came to be known that God only gives to people "line upon line precept upon precept" (studying the scriptures). and God does Not require a person to "run faster" than he is able.

and i am pretty sure i have met DEATH face to face on several occasions because of my faith and my testimonies. but i am also pretty sure i have buckeled under the weight thereof too as well.
read some of my other answers and questions you might get more ideas of what i mean.

kit replied:I think its because God won't give a witness to everyone just because. We need to show that we have faith. I think that the "trial of [our] faith" may just be pleading to know, because you have faith that He will answer you. Or a testimony will come through a hard experience.

Hope this helped!

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