Recently, Here is what LDS Apostle Boyd K. Packer stated:
"Any man who thinks he's going to the highest degree of glory without a woman at his side does not understand the gospel."
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Is this statement really true? Is it really true for a man to really understand the Gospel, He has to believe that he needs to Marry a Woman, to be able to get to the highest degree of Glory and/or Heaven? To understand what the Gospel really is, let us go to the Scriptures, that defined for us what the Gospel really is.
First, let us go to the New Testament.
Here is 1 Corinthians Chapter 15, Verses one through four:
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (New King James Version):
1 Corinthians 15:
The Risen Christ, Faith’s Reality
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
Here, the definition of the Gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus for the complete Forgiveness of all of the sins of all of those who put their trust within Him. There is absolutely Nothing in here about a man having to get Married to a Woman to be able to enter into the highest degree of Glory.
Now let us go to the Book of Mormon.
Here is 3 Nephi Chapter 27, Verses 13 through 21:
3 Nephi 27:13-21:
[13] Behold I have given unto you my gospel, and this is the gospel which I have given unto you -- that I came into the world to do the will of my Father, because my Father sent me.
[14] And my Father sent me that I might be lifted up upon the cross; and after that I had been lifted up upon the cross, that I might draw all men unto me, that as I have been lifted up by men even so should men be lifted up by the Father, to stand before me, to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil --
[15] And for this cause have I been lifted up; therefore, according to the power of the Father I will draw all men unto me, that they may be judged according to their works.
[16] And it shall come to pass, that whoso repenteth and is baptized in my name shall be filled; and if he endureth to the end, behold, him will I hold guiltless before my Father at that day when I shall stand to judge the world.
[17] And he that endureth not unto the end, the same is he that is also hewn down and cast into the fire, from whence they can no more return, because of the justice of the Father.
[18] And this is the word which he hath given unto the children of men. And for this cause he fulfilleth the words which he hath given, and he lieth not, but fulfilleth all his words.
[19] And no unclean thing can enter into his kingdom; therefore nothing entereth into his rest save it be those who have washed their garments in my blood, because of their faith, and the repentance of all their sins, and their faithfulness unto the end.
[20] Now this is the commandment: Repent, all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me and be baptized in my name, that ye may be sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost, that ye may stand spotless before me at the last day.
[21] Verily, verily, I say unto you, this is my gospel; and ye know the things that ye must do in my church; for the works which ye have seen me do that shall ye also do; for that which ye have seen me do even that shall ye do;
Again, there is No where in the definition of the word Gospel, within that Scriptural Passage, to mean that a man has to get married to a woman to be able to enter into the highest degree of Glory.
The Conclusion of this Post is that, LDS Apostle Boyd K. Packer is the one here, that does Not really understand what the Gospel really is.
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