‘But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.’ 1 John 2:11
Church News, One In Christ, April 2023 “At the end of the Last Supper, Jesus Christ offered a sacred Intercessory Prayer, “Holy Father, keep through thine own name [mine apostles] whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are” (John 17:11). He then expanded it to include all believers.
“Where God prevails in all hearts and minds, the people are described as ‘in one, the children of Christ, and heirs to the kingdom of God’ ” (4 Nephi 1:17).
Paul offers a key to how unity can be achieved in a contentious world: “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. … for ye are all one in Christ” (Galatians 3:27–28). It’s an effort that starts individually. “Becoming one in Christ happens one by one — we each begin with ourselves.” Putting on Christ includes “making His ‘first and great commandment,’ our first and greatest commitment” to love God.” — D. Todd Christofferson
Galatians 3:27–28 “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”
2 Nephi 5:21 “And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.”
If Mr. Christofferson was serious about making the Lord your first commitment he’d start with himself. You can’t truly love the Lord and hold tight to the BoM at the same time.
Based on Christofferson’s experience he knows right from wrong as he was one of the first to listen to the Watergate tapes. His testimony tells us that his immediate reaction was shock at the lies Nixon told.
Does he really feel love toward true Christians? If he’s true to Joe Smith he couldn’t because he’d have to denounce D&C 1:30 —
“And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have power to lay the foundation of this church, and to bring it forth out of obscurity and out of darkness, the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well pleased, speaking unto the church collectively and not individually—”
For more info on his talk see General Conference, ‘One in Christ,’ April 2023.
Pray for members to question what these people tell them!
With Love in Christ —
Michelle ✟
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