More Mormons moving from 'Easter disconnect' to Christian worship services [Vanity]

True Christianity preaches the cross of Christ.

81 posted on 03/13/2013 1:40:39 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)

And would encourage you in Christ’s spirit to worhip him and not the implement (cross) of his death that in many ways has become an idol.

Folks; did you know we get hardly NONE of our doctrine and belief from here?

But we DO idolize it so!

82 posted on 03/13/2013 1:41:19 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

I post these graphics because:

(1) I have heard what former ldsers and what well-read researchers have said about lds beliefs., i.e. the lds believes that God did not create everything out of nothing.

(2) I have had CURRENT lds people tell me that what I am saying is true, but that I shouldn't say it, because they feel uncomfortable about discussing the issue and its implications.

(3) I believe that God's WORD is living and eternal and that He can use it to scrape away false doctrines from the souls of people.

(4) I post these because the false doctrines of human pre-existence and of eternal marriage are FALSE. They are useful hooks to get people to stay in the lds, but those doctrines are USELESS.

Why?

(A.) They diminish the creative power of God, that He created our spirits out of nothing, and

(B.) the eternal marriage doctrine defames and contradicts the teaching that Christians WILL be married in eternity. We will be married to Christ .... but NOT to each other.

83 posted on 03/13/2013 1:41:32 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)

The lds-org denies that Jesus is the Creator, that everything was created THROUGH Him, BY Him and FOR Him.

They deny that Jesus created even the angels out of nothing.

They do NOT teach the truth about Jesus.

84 posted on 03/13/2013 1:42:59 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)

Everyone knows that MORMONism is a heresy.

(And you don't have to be a rocket surgeon to figger it out!)

85 posted on 03/13/2013 1:43:20 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

Everyone knows...
Everyone knows...
Everyone knows...
Everyone knows...

And it came to pass...

THE FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI

HIS REIGN AND MINISTRY

CHAPTER 16

The wicked take the truth to be hard—Lehi’s sons marry the daughters of Ishmael—The Liahona guides their course in the wilderness—Messages from the Lord are written on the Liahona from time to time—Ishmael dies; his family murmur because of afflictions. Between 600 and 592 B.C.

1 And it came to pass after I, Nephi, had made an end of speaking to my brethren, behold they said unto me: Thou hast declared unto us hard things, more than we are able to bear.

  2 And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew that I had spoken ^ahard things against the wicked, according to the truth; and the righteous have I justified, and testified that they should be lifted up at the last day; wherefore, the ^bguilty taketh the ^ctruth to be hard, for it ^dcutteth them to the very center.

  3 And now my brethren, if ye were righteous and were willing to hearken to the truth, and give heed unto it, that ye might ^awalk uprightly before God, then ye would not murmur because of the truth, and say: Thou speakest hard things against us.

  4 And it came to pass I, Nephi, did exhort my brethren, with all diligence, to keep the commandments of the Lord.

  5 And it came to pass that they did ^ahumble themselves before the Lord; insomuch that I had joy and great hopes of them, that they would walk in the paths of righteousness.

  6 Now, all these things were said and done as my father dwelt in a tent in the ^avalley which he called Lemuel.

  7 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, took one of the ^adaughters of Ishmael to ^bwife; and also, my brethren took of the ^cdaughters of Ishmael to wife; and also ^dZoram took the eldest daughter of Ishmael to wife.

  8 And thus my father had fulfilled all the ^acommandments of the Lord which had been given unto him. And also, I, Nephi, had been blessed of the Lord exceedingly.

  9 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord spake unto my father by night, and commanded him that on the morrow he should take his ^ajourney into the wilderness.

  10 And it came to pass that as my father arose in the morning, and went forth to the tent door, to his great astonishment he beheld upon the ground a round ^aball of curious workmanship; and it was of fine brass. And within the ball were two spindles; and the one ^bpointed the way whither we should go into the wilderness.

  11 And it came to pass that we did gather together whatsoever things we should carry into the wilderness, and all the remainder of our provisions which the Lord had given unto us; and we did take ^aseed of every kind that we might carry into the wilderness.

  12 And it came to pass that we did take our tents and depart into the wilderness, across the river Laman.

  13 And it came to pass that we traveled for the space of four days, nearly a south-southeast direction, and we did pitch our tents again; and we did call the name of the place ^aShazer.

  14 And it came to pass that we did take our bows and our arrows, and go forth into the wilderness to slay food for our families; and after we had slain food for our families we did return again to our families in the wilderness, to the place of Shazer. And we did go forth again in the wilderness, following the same direction, keeping in the most fertile parts of the wilderness, which were in the borders near the ^aRed Sea.

  15 And it came to pass that we did travel for the space of many days, ^aslaying food by the way, with our bows and our arrows and our stones and our slings.

  16 And we did follow the ^adirections of the ball, which led us in the more fertile parts of the wilderness.

  17 And after we had traveled for the space of many days, we did pitch our tents for the space of a time, that we might again rest ourselves and obtain food for our families.

  18 And it came to pass that as I, Nephi, went forth to slay food, behold, I did break my bow, which was made of fine ^asteel; and after I did break my bow, behold, my brethren were angry with me because of the loss of my bow, for we did obtain no food.

  19 And it came to pass that we did return without food to our families, and being much fatigued, because of their journeying, they did suffer much for the want of food.

  20 And it came to pass that Laman and Lemuel and the sons of Ishmael did begin to murmur exceedingly, because of their sufferings and afflictions in the wilderness; and also my father began to murmur against the Lord his God; yea, and they were all exceedingly sorrowful, even that they did ^amurmur against the Lord.

  21 Now it came to pass that I, Nephi, having been afflicted with my brethren because of the loss of my bow, and their bows having lost their ^asprings, it began to be exceedingly difficult, yea, insomuch that we could obtain no food.

  22 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did speak much unto my brethren, because they had hardened their hearts again, even unto ^acomplaining against the Lord their God.

  23 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did ^amake out of wood a bow, and out of a straight stick, an arrow; wherefore, I did arm myself with a bow and an arrow, with a sling and with stones. And I said unto my ^bfather: Whither shall I go to obtain food?

  24 And it came to pass that he did ^ainquire of the Lord, for they had ^bhumbled themselves because of my words; for I did say many things unto them in the energy of my soul.

  25 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came unto my father; and he was truly ^achastened because of his murmuring against the Lord, insomuch that he was brought down into the depths of sorrow.

  26 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord said unto him: Look upon the ball, and behold the things which are written.

  27 And it came to pass that when my father beheld the things which were ^awritten upon the ball, he did fear and tremble exceedingly, and also my brethren and the sons of Ishmael and our wives.

  28 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the pointers which were in the ball, that they did work according to the ^afaith and diligence and heed which we did give unto them.

  29 And there was also written upon them a new writing, which was plain to be read, which did give us ^aunderstanding concerning the ways of the Lord; and it was written and changed from time to time, according to the faith and diligence which we gave unto it. And thus we see that by ^bsmall means the Lord can bring about great things.

  30 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did go forth up into the top of the mountain, according to the ^adirections which were given upon the ball.

  31 And it came to pass that I did slay wild ^abeasts, insomuch that I did obtain food for our families.

  32 And it came to pass that I did return to our tents, bearing the beasts which I had slain; and now when they beheld that I had obtained ^afood, how great was their joy! And it came to pass that they did humble themselves before the Lord, and did give thanks unto him.

  33 And it came to pass that we did again take our journey, traveling nearly the same course as in the beginning; and after we had traveled for the space of many days we did pitch our tents again, that we might tarry for the space of a time.

  34 And it came to pass that ^aIshmael died, and was buried in the place which was called ^bNahom.

  35 And it came to pass that the daughters of Ishmael did ^amourn exceedingly, because of the loss of their father, and because of their ^bafflictions in the wilderness; and they did ^cmurmur against my father, because he had brought them out of the land of Jerusalem, saying: Our father is dead; yea, and we have wandered much in the wilderness, and we have suffered much affliction, hunger, thirst, and fatigue; and after all these sufferings we must perish in the wilderness with hunger.

  36 And thus they did murmur against my father, and also against me; and they were desirous to ^areturn again to Jerusalem.

  37 And Laman said unto Lemuel and also unto the sons of Ishmael: Behold, let us ^aslay our father, and also our brother Nephi, who has taken it upon him to be our ^bruler and our teacher, who are his elder brethren.

  38 Now, he says that the Lord has talked with him, and also that ^aangels have ministered unto him. But behold, we know that he lies unto us; and he tells us these things, and he worketh many things by his cunning arts, that he may deceive our eyes, thinking, perhaps, that he may lead us away into some strange wilderness; and after he has led us away, he has thought to make himself a king and a ruler over us, that he may do with us according to his will and pleasure. And after this manner did my brother Laman ^bstir up their hearts to ^canger.

  39 And it came to pass that the Lord was with us, yea, even the voice of the Lord came and did speak many words unto them, and did ^achasten them exceedingly; and after they were chastened by the voice of the Lord they did turn away their anger, and did repent of their sins, insomuch that the Lord did bless us again with food, that we did not perish.

86 posted on 03/13/2013 1:44:34 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

Thanks for the response Colofornian.

87 posted on 03/13/2013 1:45:52 PM PDT by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)

Mormons can’t promote Easter since they claim Joseph Smith decides who and who does not get into Heaven.

Keep pushing these kinds of facts an you'll get inducted into the FI Hall of Infame by proxy!

"He (Joseph Smith) is the man through whom God has spoken... yet I would not like to call him a savior, though in a certain capacity he was a god to us, and is to the nations of the earth, and will continue to be."

- Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 8:321

"You call us fools; but the day will be, gentlemen and ladies, whether you belong to this Church or not, when you will prize brother Joseph Smith as the Prophet of the Living God, and look upon him as a god..."

- Herber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses 5:88

"If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him [Joseph Smith]"

- (as quoted in 1988 Melchizedek Priesthood Study Guide, p. 142)

There is "no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith. If Joseph Smith was verily a prophet, and if he told the truth...no man can reject that testimony without incurring the most dreadful consequences, for he cannot enter the kingdom of God"

- Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 1, p.190

"I tell you, Joseph holds the keys, and none of us can get into the celestial kingdom without passing by him. We have not got rid of him, but he stands there as the sentinel, holding the keys of the kingdom of God; and there are many of them beside him. I tell you, if we get past those who have mingled with us, and know us best, and have a right to know us best, probably we can pass all other sentinels as far as it is necessary, or as far as we may desire. But I tell you, the pinch will be with those that have mingled with us, stood next to us, weighed our spirits, tried us, and proven us: there will be a pinch, in my view, to get past them. The others, perhaps, will say, If brother Joseph is satisfied with you, you may pass. If it is all right with him, it is all right with me. Then if Joseph shall say to a man, or if brother Brigham say to a man, I forgive you your sins, "Whosoever sins ye remit they are remitted unto them;" if you who have suffered and felt the weight of transgression—if you have generosity enough to forgive the sinner, I will forgive him: you cannot have more generosity than I have. I have given you power to forgive sins, and when the Lord gives a gift, he does not take it back again."

- Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 6, p.154-155

"It is because the Lord called Joseph Smith that salvation is again available to mortal men.... If it had not been for Joseph Smith and the restoration, there would be no salvation,"

- Bruce McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p. 396, 670

They succeeded in killing Joseph, but he had finished his work.

He was a servant of God, and gave us the Book of Mormon.

He said the Bible was right in the main, but, through the translators and others, many precious portions were suppressed, and several other portions were wrongly translated; and now his testimony is in force, for he has sealed it with his blood.

As I have frequently told them, no man in this dispensation will enter the courts of heaven, without the approbation of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jun.

Who has made this so?

Have I?

Have this people?

Have the world?

No; but the Lord Jehovah has decreed it.

If I ever pass into the heavenly courts, it will be by the consent of the Prophet Joseph.

If you ever pass through the gates into the Holy City, you will do so upon his certificate that you are worthy to pass.

Can you pass without his inspection?

No; neither can any person in this dispensation, which is the dispensation of the fulness of times.

In this generation, and in all the generations that are to come, everyone will have to undergo the scrutiny of this Prophet.

They say that they killed Joseph, and they will yet come with their hats under their arms and bend to him; but what good will it do them, unless they repent?

They can come in a certain way and find favor, but will they?

Brigham Young,

--JOURNAL OF DISCOURSES, vol. 8, p. 224

88 posted on 03/13/2013 1:46:29 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

To: greyfoxx39; Utah Binger

Give it time....there is still time for the mormon church to proclaim that Smith HAS indeed risen from the dead and the fanatical members will swoon in delight.

No need to MASK the truth!

89 posted on 03/13/2013 1:48:29 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

“I’m a Momon,”

There’s your first problem.

“My devotion is to the living Jesus Christ, my Lord and my Savior, the son of the living God the Father. And my goal is to merit and maintain the Holy Ghost in my heart in worship my Father in Heaven. If that’s not enough for you .... so be it, it is enough for my Savior Jesus Christ.”

Good enough for the Mormon Jesus, who is more concerned with his willy as all mormon gods are, but according to the actual Jesus Christ, salvation is purely by the grace of God, impossible to merit. It is God who chooses, and it is God who receives, and it is not of yourself.

Joh_15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Joh_6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

Joh_6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

Neither is anyone chosen because of any special “goodness” or anything else within themselves before their salvation, for God is no respecter of persons. There is no one righteous, no not one. It is the Holy Spirit which works in a man, so that He confesses Christ, and it is the Holy Spirit who sanctifies and urges a man towards good works and against sin.

Eph 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (9) Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Tit 3:4-7 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, (5) Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; (6) Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; (7) That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

1Co_12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

You who are hoping to merit the Holy Spirit do not have the Holy Spirit, but have a spirit that agrees with every world religion which declares that man is the workman of his own salvation. But the elect can never be lost from the hand of God.

“Why would I want to attend another church service and worship a medieval definition of Christ who is ....”

Why would I want to attend a church founded by a false prophet and adulterer who had 30 wives, with 12 of them still married to other men? If I wanted to go to hell, there are many other ways to do it than just Joseph Smith’s religion. It’s cheaper than Scientology, I guess.

90 posted on 03/13/2013 1:49:30 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans

In all my years of lurking these threads grey, this is the first bold admission I ever read by a mormon of having a different Jesus.

I have a different Jesus, too.

He does my yard work...

91 posted on 03/13/2013 1:51:55 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

There’s your first problem.

And ALL of us FR Christians are praying that it's not his LAST one!

92 posted on 03/13/2013 1:56:37 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

He does my yard work...

LOL!

93 posted on 03/13/2013 1:58:02 PM PDT by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)

To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

94 posted on 03/13/2013 1:58:19 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

95 posted on 03/13/2013 1:59:13 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

Oh yes indeed. Pretty sure I was lurking that thread.

96 posted on 03/13/2013 2:02:39 PM PDT by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)

“Jesus Christ is the Son of God the Father .... just like he said! There’s no mystery here.”

And the Son of God is God, just as He said! There’s no mystery here.

Heb 1:8-12 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. (9) Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. (10) And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: (11) They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; (12) And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

Isa_7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (Immanuel, to be interpreted means God with us.)

Joh 8:58-59 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. (59) Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

Compare:

Exo_3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Jesus speaking:
Rev_22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

Rev_1:17... Fear not; I am the first and the last:

Compare:
Isa_48:12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

By the way, THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD:

Isa_44:6 ... I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

Isa_43:10 ... before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

Isa_44:8 ... Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

97 posted on 03/13/2013 2:02:43 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans

Interesting “his wasn’t established by a murder”....hum? Didn’t Smith say my way or the sword....something about him being the next mohammad.
And then of course there were all the burning down of businesses that public mocked him, and those young girls he bedded down, and the adultery and the thieving and the scamming and bank frauds - but hey at least he isn’t Constantine.

98 posted on 03/13/2013 2:05:23 PM PDT by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)

....three in one and one in three but never really one but never really three, whos circumference is everywhere, center is nowhere, so large he fills the universe, so small he dwells in hearts and all the while without body, parts or passions..... (need I go on?)

Why would anyone listen to a 14 year old boy and a religion that changes with the political winds?

Yes, The Trinity; Three distinct persons is everywhere and yet can dwells in the hearts of those who let Him in. God never changes, even when men try to change Him. He is a passionate God; He loves all His children, even those who hate Him, He is compassionate, forgiving, merciful, loves justice and hates sin and He is so much more.

You say Jesus is your savior, but not GOD. Why do Mormon's “work” to gain heaven if Jesus already died for your sins? Did He died for nothing?

If I don't respond it is because I have to leave. May God bless you with His truth.

99 posted on 03/13/2013 2:12:48 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness)

Paul described you well:

Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man... (Romans 1:22-23).

The Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Mormon heresy that "God was once man" is just another way of saying the initial lie from the pit of hell expressed by Satan to Adam and Eve: "You shall become as gods." Mormonism is simply a re-packaging of this old Satanic lie. You can be assured of one thing, any "Savior" offered up by this Satanic lie isn't going to be a real savior. You might as well pay attention to the Easter Bunny - he has as much ability to save your soul as the Mormon "Jesus" does - none.

need I go on?

Yes, for your own sake. Go back to God's true Word (not the fraudulent LDS materials) and see how God reveals Himself to man and you'll see that what you hold in contempt is an accurate description of how God reveals Himself. Someday, with the Holy Spirit's help, the lightbulb might go on and you'll realize that Mormonism is requiring you to hold in contempt what God says is true.

100 posted on 03/13/2013 2:15:58 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Obama vs. Romney - clear evidence that our nation has been judged by God and found wanting.)

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