Originally Posted by
BigJulie
Well, lets see what God believes is all we can do.
When it comes to money---he asks for a t..ithe--that's 10%. Then he states: Mal 3:10--Bring ye all the t...ithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
I have seen this is true. I have more than enough and plenty to spare.
When it comes to helping the needy: he states: Psa 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
He doesn't say give them all you have---is that how you read "all you can do."---although, there was a young man he asked this from....so if He asks, we can do.
When it comes to anger he states: Moroni (from Moroni) Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.
Well, the last one makes it pretty clear that to be perfected---this isn't something we can do, but something that He does as we come unto Him.
I think the problem with those who are not LDS as they take "all we can do" to mean that we can do everything. The Book of Mormon and the Bible is repleat with the understanding that what we can do WITHOUT GOD is very limited and what we can do with God --well nothing is impossible. So, if we have faith---what God tells us is that we can move mountains, part the Red Sea, raise the dead---without Him....not really much of anything. So what IS in our power.
1) We can come unto Him.
2) We can choose to be baptized.
3) We can follow the promptings of the Spirit.
Ummm, I think that pretty much sums it up---of what WE can do of our own accord. After that---well, with God, the sky is the limit.