Deuteronomy 17:17 “Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.”
Although he insisted that the practice of polygamy remain secret, Joseph Smith introduced his teaching about plural wives to thirty families of his close followers among the 15,000 Mormons living in and around Nauvoo.[38] When he denied from the pulpit having plural wives, at least 100 other polygamous adults sitting in the congregation knew about the secret doctrine. …
The thirty polygamous husbands from 1841 up to Joseph Smith’s death on June 27, 1844, had married a total of 114 legal and plural wives, who had borne 131 children.
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Also see Todd Compton’s work (he’s LDS) In Sacred Loneliness, p. 11 “In the group of Smith’s well documented wives, eleven (33 percent) were 14-20 years old when they married him. Nine wives (27 percent) were twenty-one to thirty years old. Eight wives (24 percent) were in Smith’s own peer group, ages thirty one to forty.”
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Leviticus 18:18 “Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.”
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In 2020 we posted an article about other lies the Church has told about their polygamy problem. For more info see Mormon Lies About Polygamous Population. The Church wanted people to believe that only a small percentage of people were into polygamy but that wasn’t true.
Long story short they’ve been carrying on the sordid escapades from the start.
Smith’s sermon on that day was reprehensible as was the non-reaction of those who endorsed his shoddy behavior.
I just can’t imagine being in that congregation and not reacting to what he said.
When/if you have an opportunity ask the Mormon you know for their opinion about what he said. I know that as a Christian I’d get up and leave if I knew the pastor was lying.
Pray for Mormons to see the futility of their ‘new and everlasting covenant’ and turn to the Lord!
With Love in Christ –
Michelle ✟