Holland’s Empty Apostolic Promise

General Conference, ‘Waiting on the Lord’ October 2020 “… while we work and wait together for the answers to some of our prayers, I offer you my apostolic promise that they are heard and they are answered, though perhaps not at the time or in the way we wanted. But they are always answered at the time and in the way an omniscient and eternally compassionate parent should answer them. My beloved brothers and sisters, please understand that He who never sleeps nor slumbers cares for the happiness and ultimate exaltation of His children above all else that a divine being has to do. He is pure love, gloriously personified, and Merciful Father is His name. …

COVID and cancer, doubt and dismay, financial trouble and family trials. When will these burdens be lifted? The answer is “by and by.” And whether that be a short period or a long one is not always ours to say, but by the grace of God, the blessings will come to those who hold fast to the gospel of Jesus Christ. That issue was settled in a very private garden and on a very public hill in Jerusalem long ago.” — Jeffrey Holland

Proverbs 10:9 “He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.”

Mr. Holland’s talk was filled with fluffy sayings that carried no meat, or meaning.

First of all, their god can’t be omniscient when he didn’t create the world, but merely organized its elements.

Secondly, Mr. Holland’s message of a god who is eternally compassionate disagrees with what it says in the BoM.

Helaman 12:3 “And thus we see that except the Lord doth chasten his people with many afflictions, yea, except he doth visit them with death and with terror, and with famine and with all manner of pestilence, they will not remember him.”

Thirdly, Mr. Holland’s apostolic promise is a ruse. He’s not a true apostle of Jesus Christ. The last apostle was John.

Fourth, the true God of the Bible repeatedly tells us that He alone is God, and warns us against self-exaltation.

Matthew 23:12 “And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.”

Fifth, the blessing of the end of COVID will come to all people, not just the Saints.

Last, but not least, Jesus did NOT atone for the sins of mankind at Gethsemane. Their rejection of the cross at Calvary is one of the biggest signs they’ve rejected Jesus altogether.

There was no mention of anything from God’s word to remind people of God’s omnipresence which means he offered no hope.

Pray for Jesus to intervene, and cause Mormons to stop and think about this man’s empty words.

With Love in Christ;

Michelle

1 Cor. 1:18