The gospel in words: 'Worship' [Worship Christ? Lds - Open]

Mormon Times ^ | Jan. 28, 2010 | Joe Cannon

[Colofornian]

"And they did fall down at the feet of Jesus, and did worship him." (3 Nephi 11:17)

The Old Testament word usually translated as "worship" has a sense of to depress, as in to prostrate, especially in homage to royalty or God; to bow down; to stoop; to fall down flat.

The New Testament word is essentially the same, with the added sense of reverence and adoration.

In English, the word "worship" means to honor or adore as divine or sacred, especially with rituals or ceremonies; to offer prayers to God; to regard with extreme respect, devotion or love; to idolize; to regard or treat a person with honor or respect, specifically, to bow down or salute (Oxford English Dictionary).

There are two aspects of worship. First, there is the more formal sense of worship, such as sacrament meetings, public prayers and temple worship. The second aspect is our own personal attitude of worship. Of course, the two are intimately linked.

Simply sitting in a worship service without a personal attitude of worship is not worship.

It is in this more personal sense that the elements of "to fall down," "to prostrate oneself" or "bow down" become more instructive. Paul, in speaking of spiritual gifts, notes that "so falling down on his face he will worship God" (1 Corinthians 14:25).

Most of the scriptural uses of worship have this sense of personal submission to the divine.

In its deepest sense, worship means the surrender of our will to God's will. We are taught "that the right way is to believe in Christ ... wherefore ye must bow down before him, and worship him with all your might, mind, and strength, and your whole soul" (2 Nephi 25:29).

The scriptures also admonish us what not to worship. Isaiah teaches that people have turned away from God when their "land is also full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made" (Isaiah 2:8).

President Gordon B. Hinckley captured the highest sense of worship when he taught about the Savior:

"He is the Savior and the Redeemer of the world. I believe in Him. I love Him. I speak His name in reverence and wonder. I worship Him as I worship His Father, in spirit and in truth. I thank Him and kneel before His wounded feet and hands and side, amazed at the love He offers me" (Liahona, March 1998).

[Elsie]

The Holy Ghost causes my heart to swell with love and adoration for Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ. I don’t know why this is controversial.

 

You 'mormons' are supposed to AGREE with what the PROPHET of the church says, or you are in  DANGER!  of APOSTACY!!

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"There are those outside the Church who say Latter-day Saints do not believe in the traditional Christ.

 

No, I don't.

The traditional Christ of whom they speak is not the Christ of whom I speak.”

 

– LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley (LDS Church News, June 20, 1998)

[Elsie]

PLEASE Read this book called “born again Mormon” (it’s free):

And; you can ask of GOD to see if what is in it is TRUE!!

[Elsie]

And I agree with you on the demon part.

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KJV

 Galatians 1:6-9

 6.  I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
 7.  Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
 8.  But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
 9.  As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
 

 

 

 

ANYBODY???

 

Like this fine looking fellow???

 

 

 

 

 

2 Corinthians 11:12-15

 12.  But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
 13.  For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
 14.  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
 15.  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

 

 

Like THESE guys??

 

 

 

 

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/js_h/1/19#19

 

 

17 It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!

 

 

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Ephesians 2:1-2 

1.  And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

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1 Corinthians 4:17
  For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

 

1 Corinthians 11:2
   Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

 

2 Thessalonians 2:15
   Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

 

2 Timothy 1:13
   Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

 

2 Timothy 3:14-15
 14.  But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
 15.  And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

And I agree with you on the demon part.

[Elsie]

 

 

"Any Latter-day Saint who denounces or opposes, whether actively or otherwise, any plan or doctrine advocated by the 'prophets, seers, and revelators' of the Church is cultivating the spirit of apostacy..."

(Improvement Era, June 1945, p. 354)

 

 

 

Reinforced here......

 

MP3 File

This is the audio clip of Dallin H. Oaks, current Mormon Apostle leader, from the PBS documentary, "The Mormons", declaring unequivocally:

"IT'S WRONG TO CRITICIZE LEADERS OF THE (MORMON) CHURCH, EVEN IF THE CRITICISM IS TRUE."

 

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Don't criticize?

 

Dallin H. Oaks, Mormon Apostle 

 

 

 

And here:

 

Temple Recommend Questions:

 1 Do you have faith in and a testimony of God the Eternal Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost?

 2 Do you have a testimony of the Atonement of Christ and of His role as Savior and Redeemer?

 3 Do you have a testimony of the restoration of the gospel in these the latter days?

 4 Do you sustain the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the Prophet, Seer, and Revelator and as the only person on the earth who possesses and is authorized to exercise all priesthood keys? Do you sustain members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as prophets, seers, and revelators? Do you sustain the other General Authorities and local authorities of the Church?

 5 Do you live the law of chastity?

 6 Is there anything in your conduct relating to members of your family that is not in harmony with the teachings of the Church?

 7 Do you support, affiliate with, or agree with any group or individual whose teachings or practices are contrary to or oppose those accepted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?

 8 Do you strive to keep the covenants you have made, to attend your sacrament and other meetings, and to keep your life in harmony with the laws and commandments of the gospel?

 9 Are you honest in your dealings with your fellowmen?

10 Are you a full-tithe payer?

11 Do your keep the Word of Wisdom?

12 Do you have financial or other oblgations to a former spouse or children? If yes, are you current in meeting those obligations?

13 If you have previously received your temple endowment:

     Do you keep the covenants that you made in the temple?

     Do you wear the garment both night and day as instructed in the endowment and in accordance with the covenant you made in the temple?

14 Have there been any sins or misdeeds in your life that should have been resolved with priesthood authorities but have not been?

15 Do you consider yourself worthy to enter the Lord's house and participate in temple ordinances?

 

[Tennessee Nana]

Jesus died for me, too. I worship, love and adore the Savior and our Heavenly Father. The Holy Ghost causes my heart to swell with love and adoration for Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ. I don’t know why this is controversial.
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Saundra you keep cutting and pasting the same strange confession...

You post things Christians would not say...

And the parts that do appear to be Christian actually mean something entirely different to a mormon than they would to a Christian..

While you say Jesus died for you, I dont think you have ever said His death upon the Cross and the sheding of His Blood on the cros is what won you complete salvation.

I dont think you have ever said there is power in the Blood of Jesus to save and deliver and heal..

I have asked you previously if you know Jesus loves you but you have never answered me..

Jesus is God but you have never acknowledxged that fact...

Saundra, Christians know that Jesus is God and loves us so much that ...

He left Heaven and came down to become flesh..

and be born of a virgin who had never had sex with either man or mormon god,

and to die on the Cross to save us...

So we could go to Heaven when we die and spend eternity with Him, worshipping Him, the Holy Lamb of God before th throne of God...

Hanging out with Jesus, Paul, John, other Christians of every color and race and nation..

Forever...

I get excited just thinking about it...

What a Love...

What a Savior...

What a God...

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

You are a whoever Saundra...God loves you too...

For God so loved Saundra, that He gave His only begotten Son, that if Saundra believes in Him she should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

[monkapotamus]

[Elsie]

iPad or yours?

[Reno232]

Just out of curiosity, what is your opinion of the writings of Hippolytus as found in the New Advent, the Catholic Encyclopedia?

[reaganaut]

I worship, love and adore the Savior [SD]

Saundra, you may love Jesus, but are you IN LOVE with Him?

IS Jesus your all in all, truly the Lord of your entire life?

Is He more important to you than your friends?

your family?

the LDS church?

Joseph Smith?

the Book of Mormon?

Temple oaths and rituals you have taken?

The idea of modern "prophets and apostles?

If He is, then do away with all of those things. They do not draw people closer to Jesus, they keep people from a true, personal relationship with Him.

No "church" can save or bring you closer to Jesus. Making Him the Lord of your life means having a relationship directly with Him, not relying on a church or ordinances or 'good works' to bring you closer to Him.

John 6:29-29 - Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?" Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."

[greyfoxx39]

Placemark

[reaganaut]

Still waiting a response...

[Godzilla]

Still waiting a response...

Jeopardy tune. . . . . .

[reaganaut]

do, do, do, do...do, do, do...

[Godzilla]

do DO Do do Do DO do, do DO do DO DO DO Do do do

[reaganaut]

that is scary. lol.

[Godzilla]

Kolob for $100

[Godzilla]

Kolob for $100

[reaganaut]

LOL. I’ll take “FALSE PROPHECIES” for $800, Alex.

[ejonesie22]

Well said Brother.

[ejonesie22]

For someone who holds up as scripture a works of fiction like the BOM and other LDS "works", that even on a good day are mediocre literature at best, to make any claim to understand the true nature of anything based in reality much less the relationship of God and Christ is beyond hilarious.

You would have better standing if you were to hold "The Lord of the Rings" or "Harry Potter" up as a scriptural work. At least those are well written and thought out and have consistency.