Mormon Direction

Here are some of my thoughts, a commentary, on prophecies and 2012.

I was pondering a few days ago when the thought came about prophecies, which said that we receive prophecies in accordance to our faith in God. This applies to all people in the world no matter the beliefs. Prophecies generally speaking, when given, are not meant to encompass all people. Said another way, there is not any one prophecy and one outcome that applies to everyone, save the prophecy of the second coming of Jesus Christ. I will explain.

Would it be proper for God to apply a prophecy to his faithful on one hand and to the people in the world of no faith on the other? Is this not what God spoke of, how the left knows not of the right?

Prophecy must fulfil its purpose, but it must apply in a just manner. Justice is one of God’s foremost requirements, to be just and true at all times. This is why God told us that he will judge each person in accordance to their faith and works. A prophecy to the wicked will certainly not apply to the faithful because that would be unjust. For example a prophecy of death and destruction because of wickedness would not be a just and fair prophecy to wield against the faithful.

When rain is to fall on the righteous and unrighteous, as described by the Bible, is a statement that refers to the principle of trial and tribulation given in a just and fair manner. All people will suffer trials in their life, yet trials for one person or a group do not apply to others, so the type and manner of the trial will vary in accordance to the people it affects. And so the same with prophecies.

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How important is salvation to you? How much effort will you commit to preparing for your salvation? Questions of extreme importance to all of us, whether you are of this LDS Church or not.

In the Bible, Paul the Apostle clearly said that we must work out our own salvation (2 Corinthians 7:10 ). Do you have any understanding what that means? Does any person understand that personal issues are the core of our focus to work out and resolve for our salvation? To make peace, not only within ourselves, in our minds and hearts, but with those who we have issue with.

Jesus Christ said,

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A dishonest man cannot claim honesty.

I have experienced such people, both in and out of the position of authority outside of the Church, but not in this Church, especially not with any person in the position of Church authority.

It seems that those who are not of God, not working to be his faithful are the ones most prone to this dishonest man syndrome. I have experienced this problem a lot with Anti-Mormons and some Ex-Mormons, because once they break the faith, their hearts and minds become focused on wrong things and wrong beliefs.

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When researching the word “adultery” in the scriptures a person will normally see that the word is associated with sex outside the union of marriage. Other scriptures that do not specifically refer to adultery against marriage, speak in a more general sense as to the nature of some people, as the reference, “adulterous people”, such as what is found in Jeremiah 9:2 and Mosiah 1:13. In reading these references, one wonders if God speaks of these people as all having sexual affairs. Since that does not show a sensible application of the word “adulterous”, then God must be applying that word to mean something else. So what does he mean?

We know that sexual adultery corrupts marriages and in turn, families. It is the affect of the act carried into a marriage or relationship that causes the corruption. As easily as the children suffer the sins of the parents without having committed the sin themselves, so shall the sin of adultery bear onto the members of the family in the same way.

What then can be the definition of adultery in order to understand its application in life and spirit?

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How many of you tried to make peace with evil persons, or wicked ones? Did you find that there was no peace with them or what peace that seemed to exist, was tenuous at best and very fragile? Ever wonder why there was no real peace?

Christ had said, as read in the scriptures, that he did not come to this earth to make peace, but instead he brought the sword. (Matthew 10:34 – KJV – this scripture is the same in the JST -Joseph Smith Translation).

What application do the words of Christ have to our real life situations where peace between you and others is very diffucult or impossible? 

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I had wondered why there are other Christian’s that go around claiming they succeeded in casting out demons or protected others from demon attacks. I wondered how these other Christians, who are not of the Lord’s Church and do not have the Holy Priesthood, can succeed, to any degree, in these efforts? It did not take long for me to see and realize the answer. It is a simple answer and it is how and why Satan does not completely control this world.

The answer is “right” (versus wrong) and free will and choice.

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Development of faith requires the study of God’s word, to learn his principles, laws and wisdom. This we all know, but did you know that faith is also developed and strengthened by understanding evil?

First allow me to clarify that statement.

We are not to seek evil in any way. The light of knowledge is not gained by stepping into darkness, it is by stepping into the light. When faith is fed and nurtured by study of the word, it is also worked and tested. God allows us to be tempted or even approached by evil, then by those experiences, we can gain an understanding of evil.

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Not every member of this Church experiences spiritual things. In fact some who quit this Church claim that they have had no spiritual experiences and base their rejection of the Church on this absence. This says that some members have been in this Church for years and have not yet experienced anything spiritual and with that absence, doubt may linger in their hearts and minds about spiritual things spoken of in the scriptures (Bible and Book of Mormon). To some this has even caused doubt as to authenticity of the First Vision and it will not be the last time I hear people scoff at the idea of seeking a spiritual experience, either to determine if this Church is true or for any other reason. So what do I say to them or those who doubt?

Where is thy faith?

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No this is not a TV show series from Britain. This is about people out there that will antagonize and find any perceived fault of another person just to degrade someone else’s beliefs. The Apostles of this Church have repeatedly warned about trying to find fault with each other, with Church leaders or this Church itself. By the same principle that sustains that counsel, it includes how we interact with the world. Why is this? It is because it attracts and calls upon the spirit of falsehood, an ill spirit.

Finding fault or to create upset has, in itself, no intrinsic value. It’s prime purpose is to diminish, to undermine and is used by those who want to impose themselves upon others or have control over someone else. Not to find fault is hard for the inbred Antagonizers. This is because their lives are focused on errors or complaint and seek to get their way. They are a very selfish people and inbred antagonizers do not last very long as members of this Church because they sustain and harbor a very selfish and ill spirit, so when we see “ex-mormon’s” who continue to antagonize, then we can see why they left the Church. They did not worship God, as per the first commandment. 

To these antagonizing people, they remain in a state of misery and carry an ill spirit. There is no light in them simply because they follow a darkening spirit, the “Antagonizer spirit”.

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I have not seen this before. Usually with Anti-Mormon’s they are severely adverse to claiming they believe in this Church and that the Book of Mormon is true. Unfortunately now, I see that evil has no objection in claiming the Prophet and Book of Mormon are true while perpetrating evil.

I have always wondered if this would be a fact and recently I found that it is.  Evil will claim the very things we would expect the faithful claim. This says that evil can claim that Jesus is the Son of God and that he is the Saviour, while injecting evil in subtle ways and twisted ways.

I write this entry to warn others about this fact. To alert others that they need to “hear” or “read” more before finding if who is before them is either good or evil.

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