Moral Agency

By

Miguel Angel Tinoco Rodriguez

Idumea, April 27th 2010

The glory of God is intelligence; or in other words, light and truth. Light and truth comprehend all things.

The truth is the knowledge of all things as they are, as they have been and as they are to come. All things in nature and in the universe follow a pattern of organization that is based upon four distinctive states of reality and not only two as we commonly suppose or assume. In other words, there are two sets of opposites behind the reality of all things. There are two kinds of evil and two kids of good. For instance, even though a man and a woman are naturally opposites, I can never say rationally that one is good and the other one is evil. There is something else that we need to know in order to judge objectively what is what. In each set of opposites there is a dependent and also an independent factor as well as an opposite and a negative one. Where these two facts exist and compound themselves in all their complexities, there is another one above them. And the one above them all surpasses all things.

In the first estate of eternal progression the object that acts or receives the action has the ability and potential to progress two ways; or to be or not to be. If we chose to be, we are advanced into a secondary estate in which we still have the ability to choose even if it is only to be one way out and one way to remain. In the first estate, if we chose not to be, then we forever lose the ability of progress and we have no way out whatsoever but to exist in a never ending counterproductive vicious cycle. In the third estate, we are further advanced based on other factors and depending on those factors we are advanced to all heights and all depths of light and truth or a limited accrual of knowledge depending on the laws that the object learned to live.

In the highest realm of the third estate is the realm or estate in which God lives in a multidirectional and eternally progressive estate. And other less progressive estates are forever more subservient to it.

All principles of freedom and liberty are based upon observation of natural law, which is absolute and universal. When we keep the law we are free; and when we know how to live more constituent laws we get freer contrary to the notions and objections of our natural perception. But there is a point contrary also, if we are not careful and watchful in as much that we no longer have respect for the natural or constituent law, we fall and the laws of nature then begin to exact the penalty of a broken law. When this takes place individually or collectively, know assuredly and irrevocably that nature will being to work against us until oblivion. The penalty of sin is death. The penalty of breaking the everlasting covenant and the law of the priesthood is God working against you instead for you. Christ came to made intercession for us that even if we die we may be made alive; to free as from our sins and not in our sins. His atonement is of no efficacy if we remain immersed in sin. In life can chose in life whatever we want to the extent of our choices, knowledge and agency. But we cannot choose the consequences of the decisions we make. If it is death we chose, death we will reap. Therefore, chose ye life by coming unto Christ and enduring in his word until the end.

Miguel Angel Tinoco Rodriguez

Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

(Old Testament Exodus 23:20 - 22)

The picture that you see in orange is an imbedded compass and a visualizing universal architect’s diagram. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth ten thousand.


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Miguel Angel Tinoco Rodriguez

Quo Vadis Domine?

Por Leonarda Andino.

It is noted in history that about the year 64 after the birth of Jesus the Christ, during the cruelest moments of the Christian persecution by the Roman Emperor, Nero, the apostles Peter in a rush to safeguard his own life from that loquacious man, he chose to flee the city of Rome. While he was traversing the “Via Apia” of that great city in a wagon, he suddenly saw a luminous splendor that allowed him to visualize the Lord Jesus Christ carrying upwards a cross. Peter, engulfed by fear launched the question: “Quo vadis domine? Which interpreted means where goes thou, oh, Lord?

The answer of the Lord was blunt and resounding: “Since you are leaving and have abandoned my sheep, I return to Rome to be crucified once again.” After such an astounding reflection, Peter desists of his intent to leave the city and chooses to remain in order to fulfill the “Great Commission.” History and more particularly, the scriptures tell us that this courageous and intrepid man suffered all sorts of penalties and tribulations for the truth’s sake. Peter was a martyr of the church; and he was also crucified but with his head downwards, for he said that he was not worthy to suffer death likewise his master.

QUO VADIS DOMINE, a powerful phrase, of Latin origin, it is taken by the Polish Henryk Sienkiewiez to write the Novel, “Quo vadis?” This is just a sample of the cruel persecution of the Roman emperor, Nero against Christians.

The Great Mission. Today, the scenery of the Christian church has changed. Others had paid the ransom, they were persecuted, incarcerated, traveled by inhospitable places and some even sacrificed the life of their children for the cause of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Nowadays, we find people like John Wesley, whose transforming message drove him to impact the English Society and to found the most notable and blessed churches of his day and age. He preached up to six sermons per day and it did not matter where he traveled. In those days, the English society was so immerged in vice and debauchery that six of ever ten houses were saloons.

The previous connotation may move us to reflect for better or worse what we live in our very own day: What moved those men to act in those days? Has the mission of the church changed in our day? Jesus Christ, after his resurrection and before he ascended to heaven gave clear and concise indications to his disciples of what we recognize today as “The Great Commission.” He said to his eleven:

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

(New Testament Matthew 28:19 - 20)

As far as Honduras it is concerned, if we put ourselves in the national context, Honduras has been a country of Christian tradition. Today, studies confirm a strong religious revival of the evangelical denomination in its diverse factions in front of the Catholic Church who since inception of our national heritage, it has been a great majority. The growth is strong in the sector of women and the youth; and in some instances it reaches up to 35%

Today, in the Honduran country we see a flourishing evangelical movement, yet it is varied. It is understood to say that in the market of faith there is an option for every taste. And it is worth to note that there could be but a small reduct that attempts to preach the Great Commission, the message of the strait and narrow passage, the love for one another, humility, perseverance, etc. It in this particular way that a convulsed society, submissive into poverty where the moral values have been set aside, where the following questions truly fit: Where has the church been? Have we continued with the resolve to preach the great commission?

First, just in a few years we saw with great astonishment how some evangelical pastors left their rameumptom to fight for a putrid stand in the national congress of the republic. From their pulpits they begun to preach the politics of the day, messages that added to the uprising theology of prosperity that has mined or polluted all religious congregations of the world.

The Bible is clear and most explicit when it dictates that:

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

(New Testament 2 Timothy 2:4)

Jesus made a very clear distinction between things divine and those that are worldly when he was set to fall into a snare he replied:

Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

(New Testament Matthew 22:21)

He said that we cannot serve two masters because we either love one or despise the other.

Two factions claim protagonism in these turbid facts. These are: the church and the Honduran armed forces. Why the church does takes part in these scenic debates? How do they explain their performance? If it is clear as it is explained that the state is laic; and the faith or the church is commonly placed in the private plane.

Dr. Juan Almendáres, cites how the church constitutes itself in the ideological front that has the country of Honduras submerged in a grave political crisis with strong economical and social repercussions that have divided as never the Honduran society.

Is this the script of the church? The answer to this question is a definitively NO. The Lord Jesus Christ never sought worldly positions; neither did he seek for recognition. Neither did he chose the side of power among men. Today, with the recent conflict that polarize more and more the Honduran society, right after “the cup de etat,” of June the 28th, part of the evangelical leadership placed themselves at one side of the balance; and presumptuously, they have spoken in behalf of the filigrees. Many of us, also Christians, ask ourselves: Why do they speak in our name?

In a conscientious analysis of the risen facts, Leticia Solomon, a renowned sociologist, points out that there are two sectors that seek recognition, with this we do not mean to say that the church nowadays would have better chosen the other side. On the contrary, their leaders should have, fed the multitude; to step forwards with the weightier matters of the law and search with due diligence the lost sheep; to preach the good news; to impact a society thirsty of truth, justice and mercy. These and other moral and virtuous values are the ones that we lose when we apostatize or when we strive away from the strait and narrow path and cease to preach the true gospel of Jesus Christ. The scriptures cannot be denied when they say:

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

(New Testament Matthew 23:23 - 33)

Jesus meant well when he said that if his disciples would shut up; the stones would jump and speak in their behalf. In the midst of these perilous times: Will the master come again carrying on his shoulder the wooden symbol to be once again crucified? Would there be one that like Peter would want to re-take the painful way?


Leonarda Andino.

God forbids, if no one is of stature and apt to the task, Oh, Lord, here am I, send me.

Miguel Angel Tinoco Rodriguez,

This article is inspired and despite of source the distinctive authorship belongs to God, the creator of heavens and earth. This work of faith has been properly interpreted from the original script in the Spanish language; and also scribed, arranged, enlarged in scope by inspiration to ad due value and force; and it is adapted by inspiration and by the power and the gift of tongues by someone who in unlearned but who is commissioned and has proper authority to act in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Leonarda Andino, a learned scholar, by virtue unknown to the world, has been a chosen vessel in the hands of God to produce this marvelous work and a wonder for a purpose which wisdom remains within God and him alone. And that her portion will not be taken from her. Be it known to all peoples, nations and tongues that she, as a scholar, has a master in communications and educative technologies. She is also a recognized periodist. Actually, she is the coordinator of academics and Vice-rector of the academy of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras. UNAH. leonardaandi@yahoo.com

I AM MY BROTHER'S KEEPER

Brother, fear not, be strong and take courage for I have been sent like an angel of mercy to exhort you and to admonish you in all diligence.

Brother why do you always murmur and complain with people that do not know you as you are? Why do you always appear to be a victim of mischief in the eyes of all? When will you grow up to be man and stop playing with all sorts of nonsense as you have carried all your life? You have brought up all the distress upon your own head as a result of disobedience to God and to his holy commandments; and this is the cause of all your sufferings. Forsake all sin, be obedient in all things and leave behind the foolish traditions of men for these things make men fall from grace. I will tell you with the moral courage of the prophet Abinadi and like the prophet Alma Son of Alma of the book of Mormon, the same things that Lehi told his rebellious children before he departed this world when they complained and murmured against him and their brother Nephi.

And he hath said that:

Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land; but inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my presence.

And now that my soul might have joy in you, and that my heart might leave this world with gladness because of you, that I might not be brought down with grief and sorrow to the grave, arise from the dust, my sons, and be men, and be determined in one mind and in one heart, united in all things, that ye may not come down into captivity; That ye may not be cursed with a sore cursing; and also, that ye may not incur the displeasure of a just God upon you, unto the destruction, yea, the eternal destruction of both soul and body. Awake, my sons; put on the armor of righteousness. Shake off the chains with which ye are bound, and come forth out of obscurity, and arise from the dust.

(Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 1:20 - 23)

You know my own life and you know that in the early part of my probationary state here on Idumea, I have been the vilest of sinners. I have suffered greatly for my own transgressions. I even lost all my great possessions, jewels and treasures, yet I repented in time to save my own soul. For what profiteth a man to gain the whole world if he loses his own soul? And what shall a man offer unto God as an offering in righteousness for his sins?

It is written that God requires the heart and a willing mind. And we have to offer unto him broken heart and a contrite spirit. But can we offer a heart that is hardened or that is polluted y sin? Can we offer blood? We cannot for it is not acceptable to him. We must first repent and sin no more. Keep the commandment of God at all const as if there was no tomorrow and when we are cleaned up, then we can begin to offer alms that might be acceptable unto him.

And you know that ever since I repented, I have been taken away against my will and I have been numbered with the infirm in psychiatric hospitals. And even though I have committed no crime or offense for which I should loose my freedom and liberty; nor have I been convicted of anything in my life, I have also been numbered with the transgressors in three different jails. And these things never happened to me while I was bowed under sin. I was sore afraid of these perils, but perfect love cast away all fear. And he who has been forgiven much loves more. That as well as you I have suffered many things as a result of my sins, but henceforth if I will suffer no more for my sins. And if I will suffer, I will for righteousness sake.

And I have never been a happier man even in the midst of great distress and grief. And my suffering now is as a result of the sins of the people for it harrows my soul that a soul is cast into hell where there is no more hope. This is why I preach day and night repentance to all I come across in these places will great zeal towards God and uprightness of heart towards all men; and I not only preach repentance to men but to women also. Iniquity does not know discrimination; and only little children are exempt from the judgments of God. You know that no prophet is ever accepted in his own house and among his own people. You know that people reject, not me but the words of God. You know that thy look at me with derision and have cast me out of their synagogues. They are like worst than the ancient, for they are neither hot nor cold, yet they scorn and cast away the prophets or those that have the testimony of Jesus Chirst.

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.

Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

(New Testament 2 Corinthians 12:7 - 10)

Brother, you always wanted to be an apostle and a mighty prophet of Jesus Christ, even one of the two witnesses. We both dreamed about being followers of righteousness even since youth. And if I did it, you can also do it. Here is your only and last chance. Leave the dead bury their own dead. Depart from this site for a while and all foolish games and seek your redeemer earnestly so you can be lifted up in the last day and live forever in the presence of God and not in another undesirable place. Repent of all your sins and iniquities and come unto Christ with full purpose of heart and do not cease to pray until you get an assertive answer from him. Your very own soul is at risk of being cast into hell forever as we speak and you know it. You and I know well all the commandments and we are not innocent of having abused the laws of God for so long a time. The time is at hand and if we do not repent, we will be cast out from his presence forever. And if you cannot lift up your shield of faith all the way up to heaven, then fast and pray for forty days like Moses or like Christ did until your voice is heard. And if you cannot fast for forty days, fast like Daniel, that in 21 one days he got an answer from the Lord even when he lost all his strength and his face touched the ground. Do not think for a moment that you will not pay for your own sins or that you will not suffer a thing, for unless we all repent we will suffer even like the Christ did suffer. And of this exquisite pain I can also bear witness.

Therefore I command you to repent—repent, lest I smite you by the rod of my mouth, and by my wrath, and by my anger, and your sufferings be sore—how sore you know not, how exquisite you know not, yea, how hard to bear you know not .For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent; But if they would not repent they must suffer even as I; Which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit—and would that I might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink— Nevertheless, glory be to the Father, and I partook and finished my preparations unto the children of men.

Wherefore, I command you again to repent, lest I humble you with my almighty power; and that you confess your sins, lest you suffer these punishments of which I have spoken, of which in the smallest, yea, even in the least degree you have tasted at the time I withdrew my Spirit.

(Doctrine and Covenants Section 19:15 - 20)

Brother, you have been served by a legal representative of Jesus Christ in the sight of God Angels and these witnesses. These things I say as one having authority but not of myself; therefore, as the Lord speaks, he will also fulfill and in his holy name I declare them to you. And what the Lord says unto one the he says unto all. Therefore all must exercise faith in Christ, repent, be born of God by water and by the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost or face the wrath of God both in this life and also forever in the life to come, Amen.

Attentively your brother; this is the voice as of one who cries as a voice in the wilderness;

“Repent ye repent ye, repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand and make the path of the Lord straight.”

I am the angel of the Lord’s presence who is sent to take away your iniquity and to keep you in the right way by bring you to the appointed place, even the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and to the pace of Zion, by the master shepherd and High Priest of our soul, even Jesus Christ. Amen.

Miguel Angel Tinoco Rodriguez.