“67 And if your eye be single to my glory, your whole bodies shall be filled with light, and there shall be no
darkness in you; and that body which is filled with light comprehendeth all things.
68 Therefore, sanctify
yourselves that your minds become single to God, and the days will come that
you shall see him; for he will unveil his face unto you, and it shall be in his
own time, and in his own way, and according to his own will.” (D&C
88:67-68)
How can we avoid being deceived? There are a lot of voices out there with a
lot of contradictions and a lot of errors.
But in this verse we find a simple key to understanding how to avoid
being deceived. If our only purpose is
to glorify God then God will fill the whole of us with light because we are
filled with light, we then understand all things.
God looketh upon the heart.
There is no deceiving God. We may
deceive our neighbors and our friends and our family. We most certainly may deceive our own
self. But God has a way of setting life
up so that we are forced to confront our own hypocrisy. If we will just have a humble heart to look
for our error, He will point it out to us in the circumstances of our
lives.
How do we know if there is any amount of error left in
us? The answer is also given in D&C
88:68.
“68 Therefore, sanctify yourselves that your minds
become single to God, and the days will come that you shall see him; for he will unveil his face unto you, and
it shall be in his own time, and in his own way, and according to his own will.”
(D&C 88:68)
Your effort must be focused on sanctifying your mind that
your eye is single to His glory. He will
do the rest to teach you and fill you with light so that you have true
understanding. When He at last has unveiled
His face unto you then you will know that you have at last fully repented. Until that moment you see His face, you remain under some form of deception. There is something
left undone in your heart that He is waiting for you to sanctify.
Am I saying you are deceived right now? Yes, somewhere, somehow you remain under that
deception. You can recognize it by the
measuring stick in these two verses.
Have you seen His face yet?
No? Than your eye is still not
single to His glory, and your whole body is not yet filled completely with light. One follows the other. First eye single to His glory; then filled
with light; then comprehension of all things then in His own due time (which is
testing your patience to test your heart and determine if you truly desire the
will of God) then he will unveil His face unto you. One follows the other. Anything less than this is leaves room for some amount of darkness within us. Within the darkness, we cannot see clearly and we stumble and fall. This is deception.
Socrates spoke the truth when he observed, "I am the wisest man of all because I know that I am unwise. My wisdom is in knowing that I am unwise."
His point being that he was teachable. He recognized his own lack of knowledge and was willing to learn more and learn from anyone at anytime. By making the assumption that he did not KNOW, he was able to open his mind up for correction and improvement. This follows the same pattern
Socrates spoke the truth when he observed, "I am the wisest man of all because I know that I am unwise. My wisdom is in knowing that I am unwise."
His point being that he was teachable. He recognized his own lack of knowledge and was willing to learn more and learn from anyone at anytime. By making the assumption that he did not KNOW, he was able to open his mind up for correction and improvement. This follows the same pattern
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