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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
Could somebody please explain to me why there is this attitude towards Bruce R. McConkie? Did he commit some awful sin of which I am unaware? All I can recall of him is of a deeply spiritual man who knew his Saviour and was not afraid to look forward to meeting him face to face.
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He, like Brigham Young, Joseph Smith, John the Baptist, and so many others, called 'em like he saw 'em and that is difficult for some to swallow.
Jesus called 'em like He saw 'em and nations have found Him difficult to swallow: '
they [are] all wrong...all their creeds [are] an abomination in [my] sight...those professors [are] all corrupt...: “they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.”'
I have family that attend many different Christian sects. Are they members of the Church of the Devil? If they are attending for nothing more than to be seen of men, with their hearts far from the LORD, then yes. What about Mormons who are unfaithful? Certainly. What does the LORD intend to do about it? Is He going to simply destroy them?
You and I have had our share in that Church. We have lied before, or harbored hatred or bitterness. We've allowed pride to enter our hearts and enjoyed public approval without regard to our standing with the LORD. Some of us have been downright wicked. Are we finished? Hell and a lake of fire and brimstone for us, right?
What is the LORD doing about all this?
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And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, Nephi, saying: Thou hast beheld that if the Gentiles repent it shall be well with them; and thou also knowest concerning the covenants of the Lord unto the house of Israel; and thou also hast heard that whoso repenteth not must perish.' (1 Nephi 14:5)
The LORD is calling us out of Babylon. He has prepared the way of salvation. He has brought forth a great and marvelous work in the Restoration, '
either to the convincing of them unto peace and life eternal, or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their hearts and the blindness of their minds.'
It IS black and white. There is nothing we can do to be neutral. '
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.' (Rev. 3:15-16)
The ARE only two Churches, two kingdoms, two powers of influence on the earth: that of God, and that of the devil.
Mormons and non-Mormons for their various reasons want to believe that a person having not been baptized in the LDS Church can be a member of the Church of the Lamb. A person cannot serve the LORD in His kingdom in ignorance. Except they be born of water and of the Spirit, they cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Those that have not been spiritually born again, who cannot see the kingdom of God, how can they enter? How can they function as a member of a body they have not entered?
There are many who have lived and died wanting to enter, but who could not find the kingdom of God. Are these lost? We know they are not.
We need not be bashful nor ashamed. The LORD has restored the only true and living Church upon the face of the whole earth and it is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. And the Church of the Devil, what is it? It is the vast kingdom all around us of many sects, creeds, political sciences, philosophies, doctrines, and ideas. All of which are the commandments of men.
-a-train