Passport to Heaven

There are many places to see and different countries to visit. However, in all our travels outside of our country, we need one thing to be able to return to the country we call home. We need a passport.

It is the same for our travel we call life. We left the presence of God's to come down to earth and gain experiences we could not have at His side. We were to be tried and tested to see if we would still follow God's plan. However, in order to enter God's presence again we need to have a passport issued from home.

In John 3:5 Christ tells us exactly what that passport is. "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (emphasis added) Baptism is our passport back to Heaven. As Christ says in John, except we are born of water, are baptized, and the of the spirit, receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, we cannot enter into God's kingdom, or in other words, we cannot live with God. 

But like all passports, it must be issued, or done, by the proper authority to be valid. No country or government would accept a forged passport, and neither will God. He will only accept that which is done by His authority, and under His direction.

We are blessed to live in an age when God's authority is on the earth today. That authority is called the Priesthood. God has restored the Priesthood to the earth through his prophet Joseph Smith. I am so grateful to have that blessing in my life.