October 31 –– Forgiveness Granted After You’ve Paid Uttermost Farthing. Dan. 7:13-14b “I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 14…that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him…”
Ephesians 1:20-22 “Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church”.
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Oh, our Lord is highly exalted indeed! For the Christian there is nothing else we look to know, or forward to in the future that compares.
After leaving Mormonism, comparing the two lifestyles is indescribable. If you’ve never been Mormon, you’ve always known this so share it with a Mormon.
Dr. Walter Martin once said that when you witness, use demonstrative examples and not experiential reasoning – especially true w/ a Mormon. This isn’t the time for goose bump moments!
It is only through Christ we are saved and never through our own self-righteousness.
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General Conference, October 2001, “The Atonement Our Greatest Hope” “The Atonement cleanses us of sin on condition of our repentance. Repentance is the condition on which mercy is extended. After all we can do to pay to the uttermost farthing and make right our wrongs, the Savior’s grace is activated in our lives through the Atonement, which purifies us and can perfect us. Christ’s Resurrection overcame death and gave us the assurance of life after death.” – James E. Faust
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Just like Catholic Indulgences.
I’ve always found it interesting – cough, cough – how Mormonism does the very thing they dog on Catholics for doing. Oh what a tangled web they weave…
For a Mormon, forgiveness is actually impossible: “To return to sin is most destructive to the morale of the individual and gives Satan another hand-hold on his victim. Those who feel that they can sin and be forgiven and then return to sin and be forgiven again and again must straighten out their thinking. Each previously forgiven sin is added to the new one and the whole gets to be a very heavy load.”
This citation is from Spencer Kimball’s book, “The Miracle of Forgiveness,” which I examined here:
https://watchmanvlds.blogspot.com/2014/11/how-does-mormon-attain-forgiveness.html