LDS Told to Ignore Church Bureaucracy

“Many men want a religion in which there is no cross, but they cannot enter heaven that way.” — D.L. Moody

 Conference Report, April 1995, p. 65 “…In a church as vast and far-reaching as ours, there must be order. We must have, in addition to the scriptures and modern addition to the scriptures and modern revelations, guidelines and procedures for the Church to move forward around the world in an orderly manner. There are some elements of bureaucracy which cannot help but occasionally produce some irritation and perhaps frustration. We ask you to look beyond any irritations or inconvenience in Church administration. We ask you to focus and concentrate on the simple, sublime, spiritually nourishing, and saving principles of the gospel…We ask you to be faithful in our stewardships as the shepherding priesthood authority of the Church… Let us be united in supporting and sustaining authority over us.” — James E. Faust

2 Corinthians 11:13 “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”

There is some level of bureaucracy in everything the world over. It’s present in churches, corporations, and even our own households. Bills must be paid, rules followed and in all these things there’s a chain of command.

However, we’re wondering what happened to the simplicity of the gospel as Paul pointed out? With all the add-ons of extra scriptures, revelations and obedience to leaders the gospel is lost.

Another problem was a comment Mr. Faust made at the beginning of his talk when he told members their leaders could be trusted because he knew the heart and soul of Hinckley.

Oh beloved, no one knows the heart and soul of a man except for himself and the Lord as it says in 1 Corinthians 2:11.

‘For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.’

Remind the Mormon you know that God doesn’t work in the manner their sinful leaders have portrayed.

With Love in Christ —

Michelle

1 Corinthians 1:18