The baptism, done by those holding the Melchizedek Priesthood which is the Official Authority given from God to perform the Saving Ordinances, is only a HALF of a Baptism. The other half is called the Confirmation or the Laying on of the Hands to give the GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST.
If the person that has been baptized by the True Authority, Recognized by God, RECEIVES or ACCEPTS the Holy Ghost, the baptism is Complete.
Not until then.
If the Holy Ghost is NOT given, by the Laying on of Hands, it is no more effective than baptizing a bag of rocks.
It does No Good.
That person who is baptized and Receives the Confirmation of Receiving the Holy Ghost, as he Remains Righteous, will ALWAYS HAVE the Holy Ghost or Spirit, WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES.
If he does something wrong, the Spirit will leave him and if he Repents it will Return. This Spirit guides the person in ALL THINGS, not just Religious Decisions.
All other people can Receive the Spirit, AT CERTAIN TIMES, but only Temporarily, to WITNESS or TESTIFY of the Father and the Son or some other important thing, BUT the Spirit will Leave, and NOT ABIDE WITH THEM.
In these Last Days of the Earth's Temporal Existence, the Spirit will CEASE TO EXIST WITH THE WICKED.
The Spirit will still be With The Righteous, to guide them through the troubles that are coming, but the Troubles and Judgements are MEANT TO TAKE THE WICKED OUT OF THIS WORLD and BACK INTO THE SPIRIT WORLD to await the Judgement.
Here is what the Lord says about His Spirit:
D & C 63: 32-34
32 I, the Lord, am angry with the wicked; I am holding my Spirit from the inhabitants of the earth. (He is still talking about the WICKED)
33 I have sworn in my wrath, and decreed wars upon the face of the earth, and the wicked shall slay the wicked, and fear shall come upon every man;
34 And the saints also shall hardly escape; nevertheless, I, the Lord, am with them, and will come down in heaven from the presence of my Father and consume the wicked with unquenchable fire.
33 And he that repents not, from him shall be taken even the light which he has received; for my Spirit shall not always strive with man, saith the Lord of Hosts.
When the Wicked Rebel, the Spirit leaves them and they are left to their own devices and are under the Influence of the Devil (which many say don't exist, which makes it easier for the Devil to gain control over them), and are Ripe for Destruction. The Second Coming will take them out, if conditions on earth do not.
Righteous nations that have existed before followed this past. They are now gone.
Here are two examples.
The Jaredites, who came from the Tower of Babel to the Americas.
This is from their records on gold plates, this was their Final Battle.
This is a MUST READ:
ETHER 15: 19
19 But behold, the Spirit of the Lord had ceased striving with them, and Satan had full power over the hearts of the people; for they were given up unto the hardness of their hearts, and the blindness of their minds that they might be destroyed; wherefore they went again to battle.
NEXT is the record of the Nephites, kept by the Prophet Mormon who was also the Commanding General of the Nephite Army since he was 25.
Here he is talking to his Prophet Son, Moroni, who would eventually take over the Records of the people, record the ending and bury them up as directed by the Lord, and as a Resurrected Being and an Angel of the Lord, the Lord had him Deliver Both records, Jaredites and Nephites, to the Latter Day Prophet Joseph Smith, which you have now, the Stick of Joseph or Ephraim, known as the Book of Mormon:
MORONI 8: 28; and Chapter 9: 3-6 ALSO A MUST READ.
28 Pray for them, my son, that repentance may come unto them. But behold, I fear lest the Spirit hath ceased striving with them; and in this part of the land they are also seeking to put down all power and authority which cometh from God; and they are denying the Holy Ghost.
29 And after rejecting so great a knowledge, my son, they must perish soon, unto the fulfilling of the prophecies which were spoken by the prophets, as well as the words of our Savior himself.
In this, the Latter Days, the Spirit CONTINUES to be WITHDRAWN and will Continue until the Vineyard is Ready to be Burned.
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