Gentile Blood Cleansed- Often go into Fits Brigham Young
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Ephraim
has become mixed with all the nations of the earth, and it is Ephraim
that is gathering together. It is Ephraim that I have been searching
for all the days of my preaching, and that is the blood which ran in
my veins when I embraced the Gospel. When we send to the nations we
do not seek for the Gentiles, because they are disobedient and rebellious.
We want the blood of Jacob, and that of his father Isaac and Abraham,
which runs in the veins of the people. There is a particle of it here,
and another there, blessing the nations as predicted. If a pure Gentile
firmly believes the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and yields obedience to
it, in such a case I will give you the words of the Prophet Joseph,
"When the Lord pours out the Holy Ghost upon that individual he
will have spasms, and you would think that he was going into fits."
Joseph said that the Gentile blood was actually cleansed out of their
veins, and the blood of Jacob made to circulate in them; and the revolution
and change in the system were so great that it caused the beholder to
think they were going into fits. (Brigham Young, JD 2:268-269) |
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Acts 16-18 |
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