July 26 — Mormon God Corrects Himself in Scripture. Alma 24:19 “And thus we see that, when these Lamanites were brought to believe and to know the truth, they were firm, and would suffer even unto death rather than commit sin; and thus we see that they buried their weapons of peace, or they buried the weapons of war, for peace.” (more…)
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Mormon God Corrects Himself in Scripture
Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged 2 Tim 3:16, Alma 24:19, false doctrines of Mormonism, inspired of God on 07/26/2024| 2 Comments »
The Way to Heaven
Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged false prophet, godhhod status, p. 8, Spencer W. Kimball, Teachings of the Presidents of the Church on 07/25/2024| 1 Comment »
July 25 — The Way to Heaven. Teachings of the Presidents of the Church, p. 8 “Only the valiant will be exalted and receive the highest degree of glory, hence ‘many are called, but few are chosen.’ (D&C 121:40.) As the Savior put it, ‘. . . strait is the gate, and narrow the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.’ And conversely, ‘. . . wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat.’ (Matt. 7:13, 14.)” – Spencer W. Kimball (more…)
God Became Flesh Because of Man’s Faith
Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Book of Mormon, Ether 3:9-17, God became flesh, Jared saw the finger of God, Job 38:4 on 07/24/2024| Leave a Comment »
July 24 — God Became Flesh Because of Man’s Faith. Ether 3:9 “And the Lord said unto him: Because of thy faith thou hast seen that I shall take upon me flesh and blood; and never has man come before me with such exceeding faith as thou hast; for were it not so ye could not have seen my finger. Sawest thou more than this?” — c. BC 2200 (more…)
Families are Forever in Godhood Status
Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Deseret News, godhood, John 14:3, Lorenzo Snow, Mark 12:23-25, marriage on 07/23/2024| 1 Comment »
July 23 — Families are Forever in Godhood Status. Deseret News, 13 Mar. 1897, President Lorenzo Snow taught: “When two Latter-day Saints are united together in marriage, promises are made to them concerning their offspring that reach from eternity to eternity. They are promised that they shall have the power and the right to govern and control and administer salvation and exaltation and glory to their offspring, worlds without end. And what offspring they do not have here, undoubtedly there will be opportunities to have them hereafter. What else could man wish? A man and a woman, in the other life, having celestial bodies, free from sickness and disease, glorified and beautified beyond description, standing in the midst of their posterity, governing and controlling them, administering life, exaltation and glory worlds without end” (Deseret News, 13 Mar. 1897; quoted by Spencer W. Kimball in The Miracle of Forgiveness [1969], 246). (Lesson 10 of The Latter-day Saint Woman: Basic Manual for Women, Part A) http://www.lds.org/manual/the-latter-day-saint-woman-basic-manual-for-women-part-a?lang=eng (more…)
Heaven’s Gatekeeper
Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged bible, false doctrine, false prophet, heaven's gate-keeper, Jesus, joseph smith, mormonism, salvation on 07/22/2024| 6 Comments »
July 22 — Heaven’s Gatekeeper. Journal of Discourses 7:289 “…no man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith. From the day that the Priesthood was taken from the earth to the winding-up scene of all things, every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are—I with you and you with me. I cannot go there without his consent. He holds the keys of that kingdom for the last dispensation—the keys to rule in the spirit-world; and he rules there triumphantly…” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, October 9, 1859 (more…)
Beholding God
Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged false testimonies seeing God, Joseph Smith saw God, Joseph Smith's Testimony, Moses 1:11 on 07/21/2024| 2 Comments »
July 21 — Beholding God. Moses 1:11 “But now mine own eyes have beheld God; but not my natural, but my spiritual eyes, for my natural eyes could not have beheld; for I should have withered and died in his presence; but his glory was upon me; and I beheld his face, for I was transfigured before him.”
Joseph Smith Testimony 1:17 ”It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!” (more…)
Lying for the Lord
Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged false doctrines of Mormonism, Inside the Mind of Joseph Smith, lying for the Lord, Mormon Enigma, Proverbs 12:22 on 07/20/2024| 2 Comments »
July 20 — Lying for the Lord. Inside the Mind of Joseph Smith: Psychobiography and the Book of Mormon, Introduction p. xliii f28 “My duty as a member of the Council of the Twelve is to protect what is most unique about the LDS church, namely the authority of priesthood, testimony regarding the restoration of the gospel, and the divine mission of the Savior. Everything may be sacrificed in order to maintain the integrity of those essential facts. Thus, if Mormon Enigma reveals information that is detrimental to the reputation of Joseph Smith, then it is necessary to try to limit its influence and that of its authors.” – Robert D. Anderson (more…)
Moroni, Nephi and LDS Contradictions
Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged 2 Corinthians 11:13-14, 2 Nephi 2:23, Adam & Eve tricked by God, contradictions in Mormonism, Moroni 7:14, Moses 5:11 on 07/17/2024| 1 Comment »
‘Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!’ Isaiah 5:20
July 17 — Moroni, Nephi and LDS Contradictions. Moroni 7:14 “Wherefore, take heed, my beloved brethren, that ye do not judge that which is evil to be of God, or that which is good and of God to be of the devil.”
Moses 5:11 “And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and was glad, saying: Were it not for our transgression we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient.”
2 Nephi 2:23 “And they would have had no children; wherefore they would have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they knew no misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin.” (more…)
Who was Adam in the Pre-existence?
Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Adam and Eve, Doctrines of Salvation 1:56, enmity between God and man, fall of man on 07/16/2024| 9 Comments »
July 16 — Who was Adam in the Pre-existence? Doctrines of Salvation 1:56 “The first man placed upon the earth was a perfect being, a son of God. He was Michael, the Archangel, who had reached great distinction and power before he ever came to this earth; and who helped to frame this earth while he was yet a spirit, just as our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was a spirit before he was born in Bethlehem. Michael, after being placed upon this earth, is known as Adam.” (more…)
If Polygamy Isn’t True, Faith is in Vain
Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged bible, Deuteronomy 17:17, false doctrines, Jesus, Mark 12:25 Leviticus 18:18, marriage for eternity, Matthew 22:36-39, mormonism, plural marriage, polygamy, salvation on 07/15/2024| 2 Comments »
July 15 — If Polygamy Isn’t True, Faith is in Vain. Journal of Discourses 21:296 “…if plurality of marriage is not true… then marriage for eternity is not true, and your faith is all vain… for as sure as one is true the other must be true. Amen” – Apostle Orson Pratt, Salt Lake City, July 18, 1880 (more…)
Stick of Judah, Stick of Ephraim
Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged America, Book of Mormon, joseph smith, Sticks of Judah and Joseph on 07/14/2024| 1 Comment »
July 14 — Stick of Judah, Stick of Ephraim. Mormon Doctrine, p. 535 “Ezekiel, in foretelling the preparation and coming forth of the Book of Mormon, called it the stick of Ephraim, and the stick of Joseph in the hand of Ephraim. In similar imagery he called the Bible the stick of Judah. The promise was that these two records would become one stick in the Lord’s hand in the day of the gathering of Israel. (Ezek. 37:15-28.)” (more…)
Kolob Time
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, Uncategorized, tagged Book of Abraham, false doctrines of Mormonism, false prophet Joseph Smith, idolatry, Kolob time on 07/13/2024| 4 Comments »
Kolob Time
July 13 — Kolob Time. Abraham 5:13 “But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the time that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. Now I, Abraham, saw that it was after the Lord’s time, which was after the time of Kolob; for as yet the Gods had not appointed unto Adam his reckoning.” (more…)
Code Names in Doctrine and Covenants
Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Code names in Doctrine & Covenants, Doctrine and Covenants 78:1 9, false doctrines of Mormonism, False Prophecies of Joseph Smith on 07/07/2024| 3 Comments »
July 7 — Code Names in Doctrine and Covenants. Today we’re looking at how the Church used code names in their sacred canon in efforts to hide what they were doing. As you’ll see their sacred cannon evolved to fit the needs of the people.
2013 Edition of D&C
D&C 78:1, 9 “The Lord spake unto Joseph Smith, Jun., saying: Hearken unto me, saith the Lord your God, who are ordained unto the high priesthood of my church, who have assembled yourselves together. 9 Or, in other words, let my servant Newel K. Whitney and my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and my servant Sidney Rigdon sit in council with the saints which are in Zion.” (more…)
LDS Charity System Costly for Those in Need
Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Ensign May 2004, false prophet, Gordon B Hinckley, Jesus, LDS Church Welfare System on 07/06/2024| 4 Comments »
July 6 — LDS Charity System Costly for Those in Need. Ensign, ‘I Was an Hungred, and Ye Gave Me Meat’, May 2004, 57 “Those in need are expected to do all they can to provide for themselves. Then families are expected to assist in taking care of their less-fortunate members. And then the resources of the Church are made available.” – Gordon B. Hinckley (more…)
Israel’s King – Jesus v. Joseph
Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged false prophet, Jesus, Joseph Smith crowned King of Israel, William Marks on 07/03/2024| 1 Comment »
July 3 — Israel’s King – Jesus v. Joseph. “Beloved Brethren,” Zion’s Harbinger and Baneemy’s Organ, v. 3, July 1853, p. 53 “Joseph suffered himself to be ordained a King, to reign over the house of Israel forever.” – William Marks (more…)
Did Joseph Smith Bear Infirmities of Others?
Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith, false prophet, Joseph Smith Bears Infirmities of Others on 07/02/2024| 2 Comments »
July 2 – Did Joseph Smith Bear Infirmities of Others? Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 28 “Although I was called of my Heavenly Father to lay the foundation of this great work and kingdom in this dispensation, and testify of his revealed will to scattered Israel, I am subject to like passions as other men, like the prophets of olden times. Notwithstanding my weaknesses, I am under the necessity of bearing the infirmities of others, who when they get into difficulty, hang on to me tenaciously to get them out, and wish me to cover their faults. (HC 5:516.) (more…)
Why did BoM Witnesses Need Faith to See the Plates?
Posted in June, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged BoM Witnesses, D&C 17:2, faith needed to see gold plates, false doctrines of Mormonism, Hebrews 2:1, joseph smith, translating gold plates on 06/06/2024| 3 Comments »
D&C 17:2 “And it is by your faith that you shall obtain a view of them, even by that faith which was had by the prophets of old.”
Hebrews 2:1 “Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.”
Mormon God was a Sinner Like Us
Posted in April, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, Discourses of Brigham Young, false doctrines of Mormonism on 04/23/2024| 1 Comment »
Discourses of Brigham Young, p. 36 “It must be that God knows something about temporal things, and has had a body and been on an earth. Were it not so, he would not know how to judge men righteously, according to the temptations and sin they have had to contend with. 4:271.” (more…)
Mormon Jesus Begotten by Adam
Posted in false gospel, False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, Mormon Dilemmas, tagged false doctrines of Mormonism, false prophet Brigham Young, Jesus, Jesus begotten by Adam on 09/25/2023| 3 Comments »
Journal of Discourses 1:50-51 “What a learned idea’ Jesus, our elder brother was begotten in the flesh by the same character that was in the Garden of Eden, and who is our Father in heaven.” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, April 9, 1852
How to Testify of God
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, Testimonies of Mormons, tagged Christianity, false apostles, false doctrines of Mormonism, Jesus, Power of a Personal Testimony Ensign 2006, Psalm 66:16-17, salvation on 09/21/2023| 1 Comment »
“The Power of a Personal Testimony,” Ensign, Nov. 2006, 38 “A testimony of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ will always include these clear and simple truths:
–God lives. He is our loving Father in Heaven, and we are His children.
–Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God and the Savior of the world.
–Joseph Smith is the prophet of God through whom the gospel of Jesus Christ was restored in the latter days.
–The Book of Mormon is the word of God.” – Dieter Uchtdorf (more…)
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