General Conference, ‘The Blessing of Continuing Revelation to Prophets and Personal Revelation to Guide Our Lives’, April 2020 “…the Church of Jesus Christ owes its origin, existence, and direction for the future to the principle of continuous revelation. The new proclamation represents a loving Father’s communication to His children.” — Quentin L. Cook
2 Corinthians 11:4, 13-14 “For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.”
If you owe your origin and future to ‘continuing revelation’, can you really call yourself a Christian?
Mr. Cook is playing the part of an obedient lapdog, all for the sake of a paycheck. Sadly people like my mother will believe his statement which was nothing more than another example of their prideful hearts.
In the meantime, please pray for his salvation, and for those who believed him!
Lastly it must be asked…
Where is Jesus???
With Love in Christ;
Michelle
I read the 2 Cor 11:13-14 last night. When combined with Heb 1:1-3 and Gal 1:8, those ‘leaders’ are clearlying lying or that ‘angel of light’ is incharge. I have a question re: the inspired version of the KJV of the Bible Joe wrote. Why doesn’t the church use it? McConkie called it the most perfect Bible in the world.
If the Mormon Church’s belief in the uniqueness of it’s 15 General Authorities and the Prophet in particular, isn’t being questioned now, when will it ever be?
Mormons are taught that these 15 men (General Authorites) are unique among mankind ,in that they have been specially ordained and handpicked by God, to lead “God’s Only True Church”.
If this be the case, why aren’t Mormons expecting more from these men, especially during times of crisis, such as COV19? Mormons believe these 15 men have a relationship with God, far deeper and more intimate, than any human beings on earth.
Come on. President Nelson. Every world leader should be taking counsel from you. Pres Trump should have you as a mainstay at the White House. You should be on an airplane visiting every country in the world and talking to it’s people. This Mormon response of: “If people want to listen to the prophet, they can watch General Conference on TV.. After all, everybody in the world has the chance to watch Genera Conference.. It is the Prophets job to go looking for the lost sheep, not the lost sheep to go looking for the prophet.. A true prophet of God is Pro-Active. He doesn’t sit still. He moves around the world ,so that he can share God’s messages with.people.
I certainly hope that this COVID19 is going to cause some Mormons to ask the questions: , Why hasn’t the church done more for the world during this crisis ? Also, they should be asking themselves, Why hasn’t our Prophet (Pres Nelson) been invited to be on President Trump’s COVID19 Task Force?
Hi Sandra, I think if the missionaries went around using the JST only, Christians would more likely show them to the door a lot quicker.
I think deep down inside, the LDS are ashamed of the JST. They may even tell you JS never finished it. But that’s not true. It’d be just plain silly for God to appoint someone to retranslate his Bible knowing they wouldn’t be around long enough to finish it. You can look up the JST online, and see JS changed something in all 66 books.
Now as far as McConkie, you gotta love the guy for his chutzpah, he was one of the few that didn’t “white wash” church doctrines.
Soldiermp…..excellent points. Nelson did call for that big fast worldwide and I suppose that covered everything. When the numbers of dying people decreased before the fast, my lds daughter said,’See, Heavenly Father knows what we are about to do and He is already responding.” Your point about these ‘unique men’ was excellent.
Melissa…thanks. I read about about JST before I posted my question. Seems that Joe did complete it and Emma took with her when she became an RLDS member. I guess the RLDS have a new name now. Apparently, the lds church has it now……but they don’t use it. I was mostly curious if you had any additional info on why they stick with the KJV. I read a statement that the church put out saying the KJV was their official Bible. That is nuts if it is not ‘inspired’.
Hi Sandra. Good point about Nelson calling for a worldwide fast. Mormons will be led to believe that this directive was Godly revealed. Most churches, called for prayer and fasting, not just the LDS church. Now is the time for church members to really ponder Nelson’s position as the World’s Only Prophet. I hope some of them ask themselves: “If Pres Nelson is the World’s Only Prophet, how come he isn’t doing more?” If church presidents over the years had announced to the world , not just in GC, but on National and TV and radio, etc, that they were God’s only representative on earth, you would think that some world leaders would be reaching out to him. That is not happening nor does Nelson, as far as I know, volunteer his help anywhere, to include on President Trump’s COVID18 task force.
It would seem that world leaders would ‘need’ Nelson’s spiritual guidance (or any of the lds prophets previous to him) but leaders seemed more interested in Billy Graham, back in the day. I spoke with my daughter yesterday……seems they are making 5 million masks as a church-wide project. The fabric comes pre-cut and all the ‘faithful’ do is stitch them together. It’s commendable but it often seems that they are like mindless robots. I know many people who are making masks simply because they want to.