Posted on 05/12/2010 6:53:06 PM PDT by delacoert
1 Timothy 6:10 (New International Version)
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
We just GOTTA 'spew' because WE do not have a 'Temple Square' in which to place STATUES that state how NONE of Christianity is correct.
Pray you are doing the same.
And please don’t say “it’s a mystery.” Please don’t say that.
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YEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
Sandy doesnt like “mysteries”
Sandy is about to tell us ALL the secrets of the mormon temple ceremomnies...
He gently speaks to us - not in a loud way but in a still, small voice. He leads us gently
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and yet mormonism is such a violent religion...
I wonder how that can be explained ???
He warns us by piercing our conscience
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Too bad the founder of mormonism, Joey Smith never got to meet your holy ghost...
He might have lived a longer life...
and all those women he violated and all those people he murdered would have lived longer and much happier lives...
Oh snap!
Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.
Sorry
I’ll try to be careful
(Picking self up off floor!)
I question that was personally revealed to you. In my opinion you may have been praying over this book.
...after eating a particularly spicy chili.
Some folks feel that personal attacks makes up for their ignorance of their own doctrine.
Mormons are steeped in the belief that they are special and that mormonism is above criticism. This belief is encouraged constantly by their leaders.
Sandy, please write to SLC HQ.
Tell them you are an ex-Christian, now-Mormon.
Tell them to please stop referencing us as "apostates."
Tell them I don't belong to the "Church of Satan" (1 Nephi 14:9-10).
Tell them the profession of my faith is NOT "corruption" based, as the pages they print say.
Tell them 100% of my creeds are not "abomination"-laced, as the pages they print say.
All of these things are slander-filled.
I won't go as far as saying they are "hateful" -- as I don't know all their motivations...they could simply be badly mistaken. But they at least sound "hate-filled" -- even if they may not be.
I beg you. Think of all the Christians you worked with at YWAM?
Are they "apostates"? (No. Then that means your Lds leaders are wrong)
Are they 100% off in their creeds? (No. Then that means Joseph Smith was wrong)
Is the faith of our forefathers based upon their "corrupt" profession? (No. Then that means both Smith and his disciples have been badly mistaken)
Is the Mormon church the only true church on the face of the earth? Really? You believe that in your heart of hearts? (I don't. And that means if you don't, then you didn't look very closely @ D&C 1:30 when some zealous Mormon told you to pray about the Book of Mormon...because D&C 1:30 isn't in it)
Sandy, it's time to re-ponder past decisions. Past Christians in your life.
Are they really all these things Mormon leaders have tabbed them to be?
If not, then there's been some false prophecies uttered.
It only takes one theft = a thief
It only takes one murder = a murderer
It only takes a few false prophecies = a false prophet
I know it's tough. So much time spent.
So many relationships gained.
So many family commitments.
So much you've put yourself "on the line" as saying "this is the truth...I testify..."
But when you stand before the Lord, he may recall these Internet convos...
He may say, "Sandy, I loved you so much I sent you person after person after person who tried to warn you...but you wouldn't listen."
The Lord loves you, Sandy. He loves all Mormons. Enough to die for them. For all of their personal sins. And enough to be in a personal relationship with Him now. A relationship not simply based upon works. But trust. Faith. Yes confirmed by works -- but even that is the Holy Spirit working through us; hence, HE gets all the glory.
Therefore, Jesus was right. He who believes HAS eternal life. John 3:36. John 5:24. NOW.
Your Mormon leaders have redefined "eternal life" as "exaltation" and "eternal progression" and is only in store for the few Mormons -- the .4% of Americans who attend the Mormon temple.
Do you REALLY believe that Jesus died so that only .4% of Americans will live in the Father's presence for eternity? Really? Isn't reconciliation to the Father the heart of the gospel you proclaimed as a YWAMer?
17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
18All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
20We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.
21God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Cor. 5:17-21)
Sandy, the apostle says in v. 18 re: those he was writing to -- that this reconciliation was past tense. These Corinthians were ALREADY reconciled to the Father. Yet Lds want to shut out 99.6% of all Americans as being reconciled to the Father for forever.
What good is a "forever family" if Heavenly Father's not there for 99.6% of Americans???!!!
Sandy, through YWAM you were given a "ministry" (v. 19) of reconcilation. You were a minister. You were an "ambassador" at large (v. 20). I beg of you, as Paul said: We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God (2 Cor. 5:20)
Return to the missionary, ambassador, and minister you have been!!!
Mormons are steeped in the belief that they are special and that mormonism is above criticism. This belief is encouraged constantly by their leaders.
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Unlike Christian leaders who encourage their congregations to search the Bible to see if the sermons were scriptural...
Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Acts 17:11
Same at my church friend. We vote on expenditures that aren't in the budget, even some pretty small stuff. I'm beginning to wonder why we even have 3 trustees.
There is no TRY;
There is only DO.
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