General Conference, April 2015, “The Eternal Perspective of the Gospel”; “The Father’s desire is to give everyone the opportunity to receive a fulness of joy. Latter-day revelations 
show that our Heavenly Father created a great plan of happiness for all His children, a very special plan so that we can return to live with Him. …
… Understanding the plan will help people keep the commandments, make better decisions, and have the right motivation…The eternal perspective of the gospel leads us to understand the place that we occupy in God’s plan, to accept difficulties and progress through them, to make decisions, and to center our lives on our divine potential…” – Elder Rafael E. Pino of the Seventy
Romans 12:2; “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
I’m not sure why, but every time I read the Mormon phrase ‘plan of happiness’, a song from the ‘70’s pops into my head…’I beg your pardon…I never promised you a rose garden…’ If you’re old like me, you might appreciate the humor. The Bible does not promise us a happy life – this isn’t Disneyland!
Furthermore, God’s eternal perspective isn’t built upon the principles of trying to figure out ways to make you, or me happy. His eternal perspectives have to do with seeing us come to a saving knowledge of His Son Jesus who is The Messiah.
This man had a lot to say without really saying anything…Earlier this week someone posted a comment on one of our articles and said the Mormon gospel is very self-serving. She was right! Nothing about it projects thoughts or actions outward. Everything Mr. Pino said is packed with Mormon jargon pointing away from God, not to Him.
Understanding God’s plan and trying to work your way into heaven does NOT help us make better decisions. Our decision making process changes when we’re saved because then, and only then, the Holy Spirit is working inside of us – Galatians 5:22-23.
We have absolutely no divine potential and won’t become gods or goddesses! In light of that, we have one question today.
Where is Jesus in all this?
Reblogged this on Compendium of Christian Blogs and commented:
A great post on the LDS deception.
Thanks! And thanks for reblogging it! 🙂