June 25 – Matthew 16:18; “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it”.
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Gates of hell…those are strong picture words to use with the disciples. It means that no matter what comes up against His church there is nothing that can tear the fortress down! Notice also that Jesus didn’t say anything about ‘an order’ of priesthoods that we must follow.
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“All men are liars who say they are of the true Church without the revelations of Jesus Christ and the Priesthood of Melchizedek, which is after the order of the Son of God.” Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pg. 375
God would never allow His church to fall apart. We are the body of Christ, we are the church!
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It is so easy to see in the Bible that there was never a total falling away from the Gospel as supposed by Joseph Smith…
We have the Revelation of Jesus Christ in the Book of Revelation!
Everyone knows that the letters to the 7 churches in Asia were not only applicable to those 7 churches, they apply also to each individual believer and to the 7 different church ages. Not in any of the letters does he mention a complete apostasy… only some had forgotten their first love or put up with twisted teachings, etc… it is the church in Laodecia that I pray I am not found among… and that is the church age we are in right now. Too many people are lukewarm because we do have such wealth and are in need of nothing. We have become “self sufficient” and do not rely on God…
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