Revelation is not a right, it’s a relationship

A right is something you are entitled to without any doing of your own.

   

We are told in Matthew 6:8 that God, “…knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.” Yet we are made to ask because asking is not about what we get; it is about the relationship we build with our Father in Heaven through the process of asking and receiving.

Revelation is not a right, it’s a relationship. 

It is true that we are all children of God and as such have the inherent ability to receive revelation. But ability to do something and actually doing it are two very different things.

Revelation is as sacred to Heavenly father as it is to us.  He will not just toss out an answer that he knows will be ignored.  If you first prepare yourself to accept the answer (whether it is the answer you wanted or not) then he will give it. Every missionary has experienced this with investigators.

God intentionally creates situations in our lives that drive us to him because he wants a relationship with us.

When we die, he wants to put his arms around us and welcome us back as friends.  Not because we knew the church was true, but because in the process of acquiring that knowledge we built a relationship with him.

Doctrine and Covenants 93:45
..in other words, I will call you friends for you are my friends, and ye shall have an inheritance with me.

Why don't we wear crosses?

Margaret Thatcher said, “Power is like being a lady…if you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.” If you remove the word “power” and replace it with the word “Christianity” you have answered the question we are often asked about why we don’t wear crosses.

The wearing of a cross is meant to proclaim to the world that the wearer believes in Christ. Yet, the act of living a Christian life proclaims that already. And if your daily actions are not proclaiming your Christianity, there is little point in wearing a symbol that says you are.

Rather than worrying about what other Christians think about our non-use of the cross in our daily apparel and building décor, we need to be examining ourselves to be sure we are not wearing social aspects of our church as a superficial sign of discipleship.

Matthew 7:20
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.