History of the Church 2:191; “William Smith’s Blessing:—We pray that he may be purified in heart; that he may have communion with God; that he may be equal with his brethren in holding the keys of this ministry; that he may be
kept and be instrumental in leading Israel forth, that he may be delivered from the hands of those who seek to destroy him; that he may be enabled to bear testimony to the nations that Jesus lives; that he may stand in the midst of pestilence and destruction. He shall be mighty in the hands of God, in bringing about the restoration of Israel. The nations shall rejoice at the greatness of the gifts which God has bestowed upon him: that his tongue shall be loosed; he shall have power to do great things in the name of Jesus. He shall be preserved and remain on the earth, until Christ shall come to take vengeance on the wicked. Adjourned.” – Sunday, February 15, 1835, Kirtland, Ohio
Matthew 4:10-11; “Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.”
The biblical passage we’ve used may seem like an ill-fit for the scenario today. Hang with me for a minute, because there’s one thing I want to point out regarding Jesus’ experience while being tempted that’s significant.
You’ll notice what wasn’t in the scene. Jesus, being God and all, didn’t need a handy-dandy Bible to remind Him of what God has said. Jesus had it all in His head, and remembered what was in God’s word.
Now you and I, being 100% human, will come upon those times in life where we’ll need a Bible to remind us where an important teaching, or event is located. However, as Christians we need to remember as much of God’s word as possible for the times people are lying to us so we can immediately discern what’s from God, and what isn’t.
The LDS scenario above played out in 1835, and is a classic example of when you should have scripture memorized so you can put Satan in his place right then, and there. The following false prophecies were uttered by the false prophet Joseph Smith when he ordained his brother William as an apostle.
You’ll recall we looked at another false prophecy a couple of weeks ago that came from the same meeting Joe Smith held when he ordained his ‘twelve apostles’. Over the next few weeks or so, we’ll be looking at Mr. Smith’s false prophecies so you can know for yourself what’s true, and what isn’t. Here we go!
1.William Smith was ex-communicated from the Church on October 12, 1845, making him unequal with his ‘brethren’ in the ministry.
2.He wasn’t delivered from the hands of those who wished to destroy him when he joined the Strangites, an off-shoot of early Mormonism.
3.He didn’t live to see Christ’s return because Mr. Smith died in November 1893 (some reports say 1894).
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