February 11 – Peter’s denial of Jesus. Matthew 26:34 “Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice”.
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Some things are more obvious than others when we deny the Lord. There will be enticements that are blatantly clear, and we know we’d be denying Him if we indulged ourselves. The account of Joseph Smith’s visitations from Moroni should have been a sign to him, and all Mormons that Moroni was evil.
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“After this third visit, he again ascended into heaven as before, and I was again left to ponder on the strangeness of what I had just experienced; when almost immediately after the heavenly messenger had ascended from me for the third time, the cock crowed…” Joseph Smith’s Testimony 2:47.
Joe didn’t realize what he was saying by copying this phrase. He didn’t know the Bible and thought this was a good thing. How very sad that people still his writings.
It was shocking to me the first time I read this biblical passage and sadly that didn’t happen until AFTER I left the Church. It’s beyond tragic when converts like yourself and Melissa aren’t told about this BEFORE you sign on that dotted line. To me it’s a deliberately malicious way to deceive the unknowing…sigh…
What is silly is that with the cock crowing after Peter denied Christ, that was a prophesied sign, whereas in the situation it could have just been a coincidence.