Posted on 10/27/2011 7:27:20 AM PDT by Saundra Duffy
Many years ago I stood at the bedside of a young father as he hovered between life and death. His distraught wife and their two children stood nearby. He took my hand in his and, with a pleading look, said, “Bishop, I know I am about to die. Tell me what happens to my spirit when I do.”
I offered a silent prayer for heavenly guidance and noticed on his bedside table a copy of the triple combination. I reached for the book and fanned the pages. Suddenly I discovered that I had, with no effort on my part, stopped at the 40th chapter of Alma in the Book of Mormon. I read these words to him:
“Behold, it has been made known unto me by an angel, that the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body, … are taken home to that God who gave them life.
“And … the spirits of those who are righteous are received into a state of happiness, which is called paradise, a state of rest, a state of peace, where they shall rest from all their troubles and from all care, and sorrow” (Alma 40:11–12).
As I continued to read about the Resurrection, a glow came to the young man’s face and a smile graced his lips. As I concluded my visit, I said good-bye to this sweet family.
I next saw the wife and children at the funeral. I think back to that night when a young man pleaded for truth and, from the Book of Mormon, heard the answer to his question.
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Then leave the CULT and join the CHRISTIANS.
Problem solved.
Dang!
Not reading ahead aGAIN!!
Perhaps you could; but...
Do you see US parading around and claiming we are JEWS??
Do you see us claiming that we are the TRUE Jews?
Ah... is it REALLY a 'quote' or a 'paraphrase'?
Nothing; just like always when backed into a corner.
And our GOD...
But He is patience; not wanting ANYone to perish.
2 Peter 3:9
If you're buying donuts, does that mean that Steve can stop doing pushups in Brother Christianson's Seminary class?
They must be OTTAWANs!
Occupying Wall Street!!
You WILL be hearing from our lawyer!
The Drunken Sailors Association
It may well be across a gulf though!
A guy who thinks he has a right to any woman he fancies is not a humble man...
hes just a skirt chaser...and cheat...
Pity Emma was not into the Bobbitt Cure...
EXCELLANT!
(But I think Susan was a MORMON...)
And Bishops are untrained member of a congregation? If they are untrained, aren’t they at risk of giving bad advice to the members?
It gets a little old being told I am not a Christian and that I belong to a cult. Boring, too.
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Another day older and deeper in debt...
Mormons are not Christians
Mormonism is a cult..
Boring, too.
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I ever live to bore...
Mormons are not Christians
Mormonism is a cult..
“Then leave the CULT and join the CHRISTIANS.”
This site lists LDS under “other Christian” - Members of the LDS Church are Christians on steroids.
Anyway, thankfully you are not my Judge. I’ll stand with Jesus Christ, my Advocate with the Father.
“Then leave the CULT and join the CHRISTIANS.”
This site lists LDS under “other Christian” - Members of the LDS Church are Christians on steroids.
Anyway, thankfully you are not my Judge. I’ll stand with Jesus Christ, my Advocate with the Father.
I don't know if I've ever posted to you before, but I do read your posts and like the way you think! Regards, smvoice
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