General Conference, ‘Loyalty,’ April 2003 “Each of us has to face the matter—either the Church is true, or it is a fraud. There is no middle ground. It is the Church and kingdom of God, or it is nothing. … Judas Iscariot has gone down in history as the great betrayer, who sold his loyalty for 30 pieces of silver (see Matt. 26:15).
How many in our time, to quote the words of Paul, “crucify … the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame” with profane and blasphemous language? (see Heb. 6:6).
Pray to your Heavenly Father in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and always, under all circumstances, by the very nature of your lives show your loyalty and your love.” — Gordon B. Hinckley
1 John 2:19 “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.”
Mr. Hinckley’s thinly veiled threat was a reminder for Saints to stay loyal, no matter the cost. If/when members realize it’s a fraud, they have no choice but to become a ‘Judas’, and unfortunately, that’s what holds many of them in.
The biggest red flag in Hinckley’s talk is how there’s no mention of being loyal to Jesus.
Continue to pray for Mormons to see the LDS Church is a major fraud. Not only does it steal their time, and money – most importantly, it steals their salvation!
With Love in Christ;
Michelle
Yesterday I had some friends over to play Mah Jongg. No mormons in the group. One of them mentioned how nice mormons are, etc., etc. I am a former lds-er and I spoke up that the people are sweet but the leaders are liars and CEOs, nothing more. They know they are lying to the people but they have to keep the billion dollar business rolling along.
My sentiments exactly. Many church leaders know that there is something terrible amiss in LDS doctrine. Many of them know who the real Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were. They know that the BOM is false, just like the Book of Abraham is false. None of these leaders are willing to speak the truth because to do , would psychologically, spiritually, emotionally, damage the lives of a lot of people. The other thing is, that the church is a huge corporatization. It makes money and it spends money. None of the GA’s want to be the guy that sank the corporate boat.