All of mankind are children of our Father in Heaven and He desires that we learn, grow and progress, as He has, to become like him some day, just as we desire that our children would grow, learn, and progress to become responsible and loving adults and parents like us.

Every person who has lived, who now lives, or who will yet live on this planet is a member of the divine race, the race of Gods. We truly are "Gods in Embryo" and just as we can watch our children in their progression day by day, our Father watches our progression from lifetime to lifetime, for to develop the divine nature takes more than just a few decades of probational experience in a mortal life, it requires generations and generations of lifetimes.

Just as we as mortals are each individuals and vary in our progress within our lifetimes, as children of God, we are also individuals and each vary in where we are in our progression. God has said: "Behold, this is my work and my glory, to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." To this end, He is always there to help and guide each and every person on this planet in developing the divine nature and progressing in each and every probational experience; however, He cannot, nor would not, force anyone in their choices. We must all learn, by our own experience, to distinguish good from evil.

If we will put off the natural man and seek the divine nature, God will help to guide us so that one day we can stand before His face in joy and rejoicing.  But that is not all, nor is it the end, for when we have proven ourselves in a few things, we will be made steward over many things.  We have the opportunity to approach God: becoming more and more like him over lifetime after lifetime, until we have proven ourselves; then we will be given the responsibilities of a god, with worlds of our own to create and people so that they can progress.  This is Life Eternal, or Eternal Progression, to become parents in the Divine Race, helping to guide and direct our children in that realm to grow up and become "Divine Parents" or gods, themselves.

I love the gospel of salvation and the gospel of exaltation. I am grateful for the laws of justice and mercy. I am so eternally grateful to our Savior, Jesus Christ, for preparing the way for me and everyone else on this planet, to be cleansed of our sins and offenses to God. Were it not so, life would be hopeless, for we all fall short of the Glory of God.

God's true authority is here on this earth once again, to bring to pass the great work of the last days. I am grateful to God for bringing me and my family to this work, it is my whole soul's desire.

To close, I wish to offer a heartfelt prayer, a prayer of the Saints across all generations of time and throughout all eternity, as voiced by our Savior, Jesus Christ (with my words in square brackets):

Our Father who art in heaven [for thou truly are our Father], Hallowed be thy name [yeah, thou truly art God, a Holy Being]. Thy kingdom come [yea, thy kingdom, the Kingdom of God, please bring it down upon this earth]. Thy will be done on earth, as it is done in heaven [that this earth may be a place whereupon thou might dwell, that it might here be even as thy Heavens are]. Give us this day our daily bread [that we might be sustained in doing thy will and works here in our mortal bodies. For we know that we are dependent upon thee for our very life and sustenance]. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us [that we, by our own experience, may learn to be as merciful as thou art]. And suffer us not to be lead into temptation, but deliver us from evil [for we desire to serve thee and not the Evil One]. For thine is the kingdom [the one and only true kingdom], and the power [even the power of all creation], and the glory [yea, all glory, praise, and honor], for ever and ever [eternally, worlds without end, probation after probation], Amen

Keith K. Kellogg

email: kkellogg@tlcmanti.org