August 24 – Luke 11:33; “No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.”
Archive for August, 2011
Tip of the Day, August 24
Posted in August, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged bible, false doctrine, false teacher, Jesus, joseph smith, mormonism, salvation, secret handshakes, secret vs. sacred, temple oaths, Witnessing tips to Mormons on 08/24/2011| Leave a Comment »
Temple Endowment Ceremonies Baptisms for the Dead, Sealings, Confirmations…
Posted in Temple Ceremonies, tagged 2nd anointing, baptisms for the dead, confirmations for the dead, false doctrines, false gospel, sealings, temple endowments on 08/23/2011| Leave a Comment »
Temple Ceremonies:
Baptisms of the Dead, Sealings, Confirmations and Reconfirmations of the Dead, Ordinations of the Dead, Washing of Feet and 2nd Anointings
Baptisms for the Dead
The baptismal font inside the Mormon temple sits atop twelve, usually all white, alabaster bulls which stand in a circle facing outwards.
The font is in the basement of the temple which is supposed to be a “similitude of the grave”. The bulls and font are typically two stories tall.
Temple Endowment Ceremonies Part 5 The Veil
Posted in Temple Ceremonies, tagged false doctrines, false gospel, Five Points of Fellowship, Masonic oaths, Mormon Temple Endowment Ceremonies, secret handshakes, secret oaths, The Veil Ceremony on 08/23/2011| Leave a Comment »
Temple Ceremonies Part 5 The Veil of the Temple
The Marks on the Veil
PETER: Brethren and sisters, I will now explain the marks on the veil. These four marks are the marks of the holy priesthood, and corresponding marks are found in your individual garment.
This one on the right is the mark of the square. It is placed in the garment over the right breast, suggesting to the mind exactness and honor in keeping the covenants entered into this day.
Temple Endowment Ceremonies Part 4 Terrestrial World
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Temple Endowment Ceremonies Part 4 Terrestrial World
THE LAW OF CHASTITY
PETER: A couple will now come to the altar.
We are instructed to give unto you the law of chastity. This I will explain.
To the sisters, it is that no one of you will have sexual intercourse except with your husband to whom you are legally and lawfully wedded. To the brethren it is that no one of you will have sexual intercourse except with your wife to whom you are legally and lawfully wedded.
Temple Endowment Ceremonies Part 3 Telestial World
Posted in Temple Ceremonies, tagged false doctrines, false gods, Mormon, secret handshakes, secret oaths, Telestial World Temple Ceremony, temple ceremonies on 08/23/2011| 1 Comment »
Temple Ceremonies Part 3 Telestial World
THE LONE AND DREARY WORLD: THE TELESTIAL KINGDOM
ADAM PRAYS
[Adam and Eve are shown full view for the first time and they’re wearing animal skins. The lone and dreary world is represented by desert scenery. Adam kneels at his stone altar, spreads his hands to heaven, and prays.]
Temple Endowment Ceremonies Part 2 The Garden
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Temple Ceremonies Part 2 Garden Endowment Ceremony
The Garden
THE GODS WITHDRAW
ELOHIM: Adam, we have created for you this earth, and have placed upon it all kinds of vegetation and animal life. We have commanded all these to multiply in their own sphere and element.
We give you dominion over all these things and make you, Adam, lord over the whole earth and all things on the face thereof. We now command you to multiply and replenish the earth, that you may have joy and rejoicing in your posterity.
Temple Endowment Ceremonies Part 1 The Creation
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Temple Endowment Ceremonies Part 1 The Creation
The Endowment Ceremony Prior to 1990
The Creation
[Initiates have assembled in silence in the chapel. When all is ready, they are ushered into the Creation Room.]
For the next 2 or so hours patrons stay in the same room while watching a drama type scenario that takes place on the movie screen in the front of the room. Throughout the different films, patrons will stand and kneel to pray around the altar or put on various temple clothing which signifies the robes of the priesthood while they chant their oaths and make the arm and hand gestures at the appropriate times.
Temple Initiatory and Endowment Ceremonies
Posted in Temple Ceremonies, tagged endowment, false doctrine, initiatory, Jesus, Masonic oaths, Mormon Temple Ceremonies, salvation, secret names, secret oaths on 08/23/2011| 10 Comments »
The Initiatory Ceremony
Pre-1990
The ceremony script here is what took place in the temple before 1990. We’ll be posting the scripts for the latest revision later.
The Initiatory Ceremony is a preliminary four stage ritual performed before the Endowment Ceremonies in the temple. These ceremonies are performed on an individual basis while the Endowment Ceremonies are performed within a group setting of typically twenty patrons.
False Teachings and Prophecies of the Mormon Church
Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, tagged bible, body of Christ, Christianity, false doctrines, false prophecies, Jesus, joseph smith, mormonism, salvation on 08/23/2011| Leave a Comment »
Christianity and the Body of Christ
For the next few days we’ll be looking at what the LDS Church has taught its members about Christianity. I feel this is important to gain an understanding of where the average Mormon is coming from, so here we go!
Mormon Dilemma 52
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged bible, Everlasting, false doctrines, false prophecies, Jesus is God, joseph smith, Mormon Dilemmas, mormonism, salvation on 08/23/2011| 1 Comment »
Joseph’s Name Will Never Perish
Gospel Doctrine, pg. 479; “JOSEPH SMITH’S NAME WILL NEVER PERISH – God lives, and Jesus is the Christ, the Savior of the world. Joseph Smith is a prophet of God—living, not dead; for his name will never perish.”
Mormon Terminology
Posted in Mormon Terminology, tagged bible, creation, false doctrines, false prophet, God, Jesus, Mormon terminology, Pearl of Great Price on 08/23/2011| Leave a Comment »
Creation
The book of Moses in the Pearl of Great Price is the account of the creation. Moses 2:1-31 is much like the account of the creation as told in the Bible. Now if we skip over to Abraham chapters 4 and 5 in the Pearl of Great Price we see an entirely different story of the creation. Here it tells the Mormon that the ‘Gods’ created the earth and then created man. This is just one example of how the Mormons became confused.
Tip of the Day, August 23
Posted in August, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged baptizing the dead, bible, false doctrines, false propheces, Jesus, joseph smith, mormonism, necromancy, salvation, witnessing tipf to Mormons on 08/23/2011| Leave a Comment »
August 23 – Luke 9:59-60; “And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.”
Tip of the Day, August 22
Posted in August, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged bible, elohim, false doctrine, false teachers, godhood, Jesus, LDS, many gods, mormonism, polytheism, pre-existence on 08/22/2011| 1 Comment »
August 22 – Job 38:4-6; “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof.”
False Prophecies/Teachings of Joseph Smith
Posted in Joseph Smith Prophecies, tagged authority, bible, false doctrines, false prophecies, Jesus, mormonism, priesthood, salvation on 08/21/2011| Leave a Comment »
Authority to Preach
History of the Church 5:256-7; “Whenever there has been a righteous man on earth unto whom God revealed His word and gave power and authority to administer in His name, and where there is a priest of God—a minister who has power and authority from God to administer in the ordinances of the gospel and officiate in the priesthood of God, there is the kingdom of God; and, in consequence of rejecting the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Prophets whom God hath sent, the judgments of God have rested upon people, cities, and nations, in various ages of the world, which was the case with the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, that were destroyed for rejecting the Prophets.” – Joseph Smith
Tip of the Day, August 21
Posted in August, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged bible, covenant, Everlasting, false doctrine, false gospel, Jesus, mormonism, salvation, Witnessing to Mormons on 08/21/2011| Leave a Comment »
August 21 – Genesis 15:18; “In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.”
Mormon Dilemma 51
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged bible, false apostles, false doctrine, Jesus, King, mormonism, salvation on 08/20/2011| 3 Comments »
Mormon Dilemma 51
Who is King?
D&C 38:21-22; “But, verily I say unto you that in time ye shall have no king nor ruler, for I will be your king and watch over you. 22 Wherefore, hear my voice and follow me, and you shall be a free people, and ye shall have no laws but my laws when I come, for I am your lawgiver, and what can stay my hand?”
Times & Seasons 5:618; “…to build up the kingdom upon the foundation that the prophet Joseph has laid, who still holds the keys of this last dispensation, and will hold them to all eternity, as a king and priest unto the most high God, ministering in heaven, on earth, or among the spirits of the departed dead, as seemeth good to him who sent him.”
If You’re an Ex-Mormon, Why Did You Leave?
Posted in Thought of the Day about Mormonism, tagged bible, children that die, false doctrine, false teachers, Jesus, mormonism, salvation, spirit children on 08/20/2011| 1 Comment »
People ask me all the time why I left the Mormon Church and so I finally put an article on the site and blog answering this question.
Then I got to thinking more deeply about this question and I have to say that while my reasons wouldn’t necessarily change, there was one definitive reason that caused me to really start investigating my faith. I’ve shared this story in my testimony, but thought I’d share it here to start a conversation amongst our readers! And yep, it’s because I love hearing how God works!
Tip of the Day, August 20
Posted in August, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged atonement, bible, covenant, eternal, Everlasting, false doctrines, false gospel, Jesus, Lamb of God, lds church, mormonism, sacrifice, Witnessing tips for Mormons on 08/20/2011| Leave a Comment »
August 20 – Exodus 6:4, 6; “And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments…”
Mormon Dilemma 50
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged atonement, bible, children can't sin, fall of man, false doctrines, false teachers, Jesus, joseph smith, mormonism, original sin, salvation of man on 08/19/2011| 1 Comment »
Was Mankind Born Perfect or Sinful?
If you’ve ever been a Mormon there was probably a time in your life when your sacred canon caused you some confusion. I’ve spoken to countless people both active and ex-Mormon who have experienced just this thing.
For me it was the day I was baptized at the age of eight. I was being baptized for the remission of sins, but up until that time I had been taught I was born perfect and couldn’t sin.
Their contradictory teaching on this subject is worth exploring and worthy of asking the Mormon in your life what they think of this.
Tip of the Day, August 19
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August 19 – Hebrews 9:15-16; “And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.”
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