I drove one hour and thirty minutes one way to Plainfield Indiana today.  I had to meet my brother who lives on the other side of Indiana.  I was delivering a package to him.  I drove to Plainfield on the Interstate - I70 to be exact.  On any interstate, or any major road for that matter, there are on-ramps and off-ramps.  Those on-ramps and off-ramps let you get on the road or off. 

  I consider myself still a new member of the True Church.  But here is how I see Baptism.  There have been many people baptized in other churches.  Those baptisms are good in that they show the person being baptized was willing to make a commitment to the Lord.  However, those baptisms will not get you to the Celestial Kingdom and they will not help you return to your Heavenly Father.  Those baptisms are like an on-ramp to a major interstate.  Those people who are baptized in other churches use that baptism as an on-ramp to a road that they believe will lead back them back to Heavenly Father. If you are one of those and if you think your destination on that road will be a city called Heavenly Father, you are on the wrong road; you took the wrong on-ramp.  Sorry, but your baptism will not help you return to our Heavenly Father.  There is only one true on-ramp back to our Heavenly Father.  That on-ramp's name is "Baptism in the LDS Church."  

  We have two choices when it comes to baptism.  We can chose one of the many wrong churches, the wrong on-ramp, and end up on a road that does not lead us to Heavenly Father but leads us to other places like Chicago, Miami, New York, etc...  Or, we can use the True on-ramp - be baptized in the True Church of our Brother and Savior Jesus Christ.  When we take that on-ramp we will be on the right road that leads to the city called Celestial Kingdom and we can live with Heavenly Father forever. 

  I'm grateful that I took the right on-ramp in March and was baptized in the LDS Church and given the Gift of the Holy Ghost.  I hope those of you that have not been baptized yet will make the right decision and join our Saviors church.  You will not find this on-ramp on a map or atlas.  You will find it thru prayer and reading the Book of Mormon.  It is your choice but the option is there for you to always take. 

  The road we get on after baptism has a name, and you already know that name.  There is only one way (road) back to our Heavenly Father.  And that road is called Jesus Christ.  There will be bumps, road blocks, detours, accidents, snow and rain storms, and a lot of other bad things along the way to the Celestial Kingdom.  But Jesus always watches over His road.  He knows where every car is.  He is the ultimate mechanic.  When a car breaks down, he will fix it in His own way so we can get moving again.  Don’t worry about the speed of your car.  Don’t worry if it seems like you are going in reverse more than forward.  If you make a mistake and crash, don’t’ worry about paying for the repair bill – Jesus has already paid it for you; all you have to do is ask Him.  As long as your car is pointed in the right direction, you are doing just fine. 

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