...2 Peter 2:1But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. 3In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping. 10.....Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings; 11yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord. 12But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
13They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.[e] 14With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed—an accursed brood!
What were Abraham’s motivations in your eyes? He could have resisted Sarah’s entreaties to have a child by Hagar.
Your position is clear. You worship according to the dictates of your conscience; I will do the same.
My conscience demands that I recognize Smith as a prophet of God, because the Holy Spirit has told me that this is so.
If this is misguided, then the blessings and knowledge I have received in my life as a result are more than ample to give me just cause to embrace any such deception.
I am confident enough to stand face to face with God at the last day and account for this decision, whatever eternal consequences may result. If you can say the same thing, then God bless you.