We believe that as we are now God once was, and by the practice of virtue and righteousness, by obedience unto law and authority, He has become what He is, and as He is, man may become, on the same principle.
Founder of Mormonism
A foundational Mormon truism, attributed to Joseph Smith and later leaders
c. 1844
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"I have been called of God to lay the foundation of a great work."
Strange & Unusual"I defy all the world to find a passage in the Bible where the Lord says that He ever authorized a man to make a king, or a priest, or even a prophet, without first giving him a vision or by the minist…"
Shocking"If I had not been persecuted, I would not have been a prophet."
Shocking"I am a man of virtue, and I will be virtuous in all things."
Humorous"I will preach on the one grand key-note of the whole volume of scripture, which is the resurrection of the dead."
Strange & Unusual