“Lose Ourselves in Service,” LDS.org; “Unless we lose ourselves in
service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives.” — President Thomas S. Monson
Romans 12:1-2; “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 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.”
The Church has burdened itself yet again. As I was scanning their site the other day I felt my heart sink when I saw what they had done. In this go round they’ve provided a page on their site with media images depicting various subjects and a motivational quote to go alongside it. The little quip/quote also leads the reader to one of the many doctrinal speeches given by leaders.
Members are encouraged to use the images and quotes on personal FB pages, which of course, helps members feel like they’re obeying leaders by serving the Church in a godly manner. This is reminiscent of David O. McKay’s day in prophet-hood when he announced a new program, ‘every member a missionary’.
I came upon the image we’ve posted today and immediately thought of my mother and the millions of other Mormons who will buy into the lies Mr. Monson unabashedly pumped as godly doctrines. As a reminder, here’s what he said –
“Unless we lose ourselves in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives.”
Do Monson’s teachings sound biblical?
Think about it for a moment. If we’re not serving other people, there’s little to no purpose in our lives. Why is that?
Jesus said the two most important things we should do is to love the Lord with all your heart, and love your neighbor as yourself. Mark 12:29-31
Is loving and worshiping the Lord considered as having ‘little purpose in life’?
Here in part is what Matthew Henry had to say regarding our biblical passage noted above.
“The foundation of Christian practice must be laid in Christian knowledge and faith. We must first understand how we receive Christ Jesus the Lord, and then we shall know the better how to walk in him.” – Matthew Henry
This is obviously true in every scenario in life, but for our LDS example today, it seems more than apropos.
Have Mormons accepted, or even tried to understand how to receive the Christ Jesus of the Bible? Have they looked outside of themselves and their immediate environment to glean further info about God?
No, no they haven’t, and because of that one thing we can plainly see how they’re being led astray by a false prophet’s admonition for their lives. If you’re not working yourself to the grave, there’s no purpose for you.
Does this sound like something God would say?
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