Attributes are “A quality or characteristic inherent in or ascribed to someone” from the dictionary.
I believe Jesus Christ showed and told us what life to live and left us the Comforter to guide and teach me.
Through the Holy Spirit of God one may know God. To be informed through life and add information is not the same as the knowledge you may receive from the Holy Ghost/Spirit of God. For the work of the Spirit to communicate to spirit is not just information, but a light of glory in a mind filled with information for living in the world’s information. I do not understand how Spirit of God communicates, but I know That Jesus Christ is real and is our living Savior. The greatest gift is love and I know that because Heavenly Father shares that love with me when I do what is right. My life has changed and I am truly born again. Jesus Christ commanded us to know Him and share love to everyone without judgment.
I myself had a spiritual experience back in 1999. I was baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints back in 1990 being a convert. I had fallen away from the Church & Jesus Christ. For some years every now and then, I would feel an impression about Jesus Christ, but I would push it out of my mind. Later part of 1998 my second child Patrick Samuel Phillips was born 27 September. I had this dream, which I could not understand, nor explain however, I felt in my mind & heart it was from Jesus Christ. I did not pray about it, just wrote it down and thought about it for some time. In 1999, my marriage was not well and my wife wanted a divorce. My heart became broken and I was humbled to the depths that my life did not matter. All joy had stopped in my life and I felt ashamed of myself. I plead to her to make the marriage work, but she would not.
The movie “The Price of Egypt” had come out and I had Sundays as my visitation day. I took my daughter Amber who was 5 years old at the time to this movie. I was touched in a way I did not understand when I watched this motion picture. I even cried through it, and I could not explain why I could not control these emotions. I was raised not to cry, to be a man. I felt happy and filled with hope. Right away, we went to a store to look for this movie’s soundtrack to purchase for Amber.
I did not find it and was ready to give up when all of a sudden Amber (who was trailing behind) said she found the movie of “Jesus Christ”. It did not sound like a normal voice from her, but like a whispered thunder through my heart to my very core of living. I was so ashamed and plead for her to not say His name again.
I wanted to hide from this feeling, but then a voice spoke to me in my mind “Why tell her not to say Jesus Christ” I did not know. I was confused over and over through my thoughts it repeated and every time I thought to myself I did not know.
Days past by and I thought my ex-wife had opened her heart to me and we would get back together. I was mistakenly wrong and my heart was broken inside so hard I thought I would die. A thought came to my mind to kill myself. Therefore, I thought about it and made a plan. I got everything ready to follow through when all of a sudden a deep sleep came over me. I awoke and it was early Sunday morning. I did not work Sundays for quite some time, and I could not explain why I awoke so early. I felt completely rested and full of energy to do something. I felt like I was to do my job except I had nothing to do of my job. I was so confused why I felt this way and then a thought came to me about how I failed to follow through my killing myself. I was ashamed at myself for supposing it was my own weakness. Then all of a sudden, as I was being filled with those discouraging thoughts something happened. Those thoughts were chased away and I felt hope not regular hope, but a divine hope. It continued to grow until I felt my whole inner and outer being like glow. I felt feelings I never thought of it was love & truth. Instantly I was aware of my conscience and my sins and I felt so ashamed. Within myself, I plead for relief of these sins. He made it clear in my mind what sins were and that they would go away if I wanted them to. I did want those sins gone, and then love poured through me and it was God’s voice and presence though I could not see Him I felt Him near and heard His voice. I for the first time in my mortal life felt that God was real.
He said to me “Go to Church” and I was afraid because I felt that I was a failure as a husband.
I shared my thoughts to Him and He said, “It will be ok, go to Church” I tried to say within my thoughts that I did not know where. Somehow, the phone # came to me and I do not understand how. After some time pondering about all that had happened and pleading for guidance and encouragement. I called the Grand Rapids, Michigan LDS meetinghouse and asked if I could go to Church. He said yes, and told me the times and gave me directions. I tried to convince him I was unworthy, and I did not have clothes suitable for Church. He told me it did not matter come as you are. He said he had to go and I hung up the telephone.
I thought about it for sometime then I said within myself ok, but I need your help. The rest of that experience I felt like God lead me every step of the way. I went to Church and felt great hope and encouragement. I was not raised in a home of prayer or study of God’s Word. Therefore, after Church service when I was alone I sat thinking about everything that happened. I asked God in my mind how do I pray? How do I learn more about you? He lead me to my Bible and then to Matthew chapters 5 through 7. I felt a different voice read along with me in my mind as I read it. I felt the words were true, and it was of Jesus Christ. He then helped me to pray to open the feelings of my heart & mind to Father in the name of Jesus Christ.
I have had many promptings after this and walking step-by-step growing grace by grace to know God. John 17:3.
I ask you to ponder within your heart and mind about what I shared and ask if it is true. To ponder Proverbs 3:5-7 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
The Book of Mormon is another Testament of Jesus Christ written for the Gentile to share with the Jew.
Jesus Christ came first to the Jew and we have the Bible to teach of Him from Jew to Gentile.
Remember that we are human and not God. God’s knowledge is not the same as human wisdom. The Light of God is Jesus Christ and He is the Word, which shall set free the captives of the World’s grays and darkness.
I have fallen repeatedly from judgment, but it was my own failure to lack full understanding of God’s will. Thank you God for being a being of supreme love & truth. We need to submit our own ways to a new way of knowledge. See Mosiah 3:19
To all please read First Nephi chapter 10 verses 19-21
I do not share this testimony in detail because it is too sacred. Let it be known that for the next few weeks. I truly hungered for righteousness and knowledge from Jesus Christ. I continued to attend Church services every Sunday. Furthermore, I brought my daughter Amber with me to Church. My ex-wife would not permit me to take my son Patrick because I did not have a safety child seat and she would not let me use the one in her car that I purchased before our divorce for our baby boy. I was deeply hurt by this, yet I continued to make it on time to Sacrament meeting. I am a musician and when my daughter pointed out a violin while it was in its case up on the stand. I was astonished, now of course to me I knew it was actually a viola, but it is the same family. I had been reading a book about the history of the Violin. Therefore, I was pleased to hear a performance for sacrament. As it turned out this Ward is extremely musical. I went up to meet the one performing the viola. We had a good talk sharing music stories before I had to go to Gospel class. An hour later, I was one of the first in the Chapel for Priesthood opening services. Jeff who was the one performing on the Viola was on the stand and asked me to lead the hymn for Priesthood. I was honored, yet I had never directed before though I was experienced at following direction when I was in wind band through my school years. I agreed and sat on the stand. While I sat on the stand, a discouraging and bad spirit and feeling tried to work into my mind. I did not like this and made a choice in my mind to follow through with leading the hymn. As I stood, up and directed the hymn. The Spirit asked me to sing along. I was not singing because I was focused on directed properly. Towards the end of the first verse, I agreed to sing along and started to sing at the start of the second verse. At that instant, a change came over me. Time did not continue in the same way it does here on earth. My spirit was clearly noticed. I gained a witness of God, of Heaven, pre-existence, the prophets, and though I did not know him yet until I saw and heard him in the next General Conference, I gained a testimony; Gordon B. Hinckley had the mantle of Jesus Christ. If you want to know why Joseph Smith Jr. has different writings of his vision it is because it was true. Once you have an experience like that, the human mind cannot fully understand it. As life goes on and I grow grace by grace precept upon precept here a little and there a little you begin to open to more and more light of Jesus Christ and yourself. Your understanding and knowledge waxes stronger until the light you left behind is nothing like the light before you. I know Joseph Smith Jr. was true and I know the mantle of God was placed upon him. Most importantly is I know Jesus Christ is real and God our Father in heaven loves us in way that the human mind cannot even relate nor understand. If you truly hunger for righteousness and grace of Jesus Christ to be with the light of Jesus Christ. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has the keys to Heaven.
If you read for yourself and pray, you will know just as Cornelius from Acts 10 and was directed to The Church of Jesus Christ in that day and found through the Holy Spirit Peter in Joppa. The Prophet today is Gordon B. Hinckley of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In all the parables and teachings of Jesus Christ throughout the Holy Bible there should be witnesses or prophets that testify of Jesus Christ. By the fruit and labors of a person, you shall know their works for as they are like the Word of God and bear the image of Christ in every word and deed from the thoughts and heart of that person.
God loves us, and we are the children of God.
Now come be a child of Jesus Christ to come back home to our Eternal Heavenly Father.
I bear this witness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in His holy name.
AMEN.
Frederick Phillips
Riverside, CA, USA
I know that God lives – because I see and feel His influence in every moment of my life!
