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‘For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.’ 1 Timothy 1:12

I finally made the break after spending 30 years in the Church, and accepted Jesus as my Savior and God in 1993. One of the main things that played a major part in making my decision was God’s word.

At my ‘Confirmation Ceremony’ at the age of eight, the bishopric literally patted me on the head, gave me a Bible, and told me to go home and read it.*

I thought they were serious, and did just what they said. Unbeknownst to me, I shouldn’t have taken them so seriously. During my very young impressionable years, God spoke to me through His word on several occasions. (more…)

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November 14 — A Different Gate Micah 2:12-13; “I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. 13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.”

John 10:14, 26; “I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.” (more…)

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salt lake mormon temple 2In the early days of Mormonism Joseph Smith taught and members were firm believers that Jehovah was none other than God the Father. As time waned on, the theory of Jesus being Jehovah in the Old Testament took hold in the early twentieth century. 

The following is from a written prayer of Harvey Whitlock who was asking to be readmitted into the Church. Smith approved his reinstatement and the prayer. Notice how he refers to Jehovah. It was November 15, 1835. 

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