That being said, In Elder Stevenson's talk he quoted from chapter 8 of Mormon where Moroni basically says, I saw all of you Mormons living in the last days. He read verse 34 when Moroni says, "I speak unto you as if ye were present, and yet ye are not. But behold, Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me, and I know your doing." I find it interesting that Elder Stevenson stopped at that verse and didn't continue to describe the things that Moroni saw and didn't read any more verses. Maybe because if you read the things that Moroni saw, none of which are very flattering. Moroni basically said, you guys suck. If you don't believe me, read again the verses 34-40 in Mormon 8 for yourselves.
Many are waking up to the current state of the Church, Elder Ballard spoke this morning and addressed the Brethren's concern that so many members are leaving the Church. He said, "For some, Christ’s invitation to believe and
remain continues to be hard—or difficult to accept. Some disciples
struggle to understand a specific Church policy or teaching. Others find
concerns in our history or in the imperfections of some members and
leaders, past and present." But he ended by saying... "where else will you go? or what will you do?" Well to offer a solution to those questions below is a friend's website written for those who still have testimonies of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith and the Restored Gospel but also have the same question that Moroni had and asked us "why have ye polluted the holy church of God?"
Here is the website:
In the heading on the homepage of the website under THE RESTORATION there are seven short paragraphs that describe what has happen over the past 200 years since the beginning of the Restoration to where we are now. Here are some of the quick links to those pages:
It is the hope that this website might be a helpful resource for others find a place where they can go for more answers. We need to remember what has been been give through the Prophet Joseph Smith, do our best to preserve it, and remain humble enough to move forward in harvesting the field before the Lord's coming.
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Thanks for the post. To your readers: I asked myself this question when I started seeing the cracks. Then I asked God. He showed me that nothing of worth is exclusive to the LDS church, and everything of worth can be had without the poisoning false tradtions in the LDS church. My book "Teaching for Doctrines the Commandments of Men" lays out the specifics.
"where else will you go? or what will you do?"
First and foremost: you go to God.
That is the essence of repentance. To *turn* and to *face* God.
"What if repentance requires you to take whatever it is you have that is a foolish error, a vain tradition, or a false notion and replace it with truth?"
Well, there's no "what if" about it.
Thanks for this post.
24 years ago another general authority quoted those verses but he must have included a few more and clearly identified them as referring to the church:
Behold, the Lord Hath Shown unto Me Great and Marvelous Things
L. Tom Perry
October 1992 conference
He writes first to the members of the Church and then to those who have not embraced the gospel of Jesus Christ. Moroni’s last words to the members of the Church are written as a voice of warning. He writes as one who sees the history of his people repeating itself in the future. From the Book of Mormon we read:
“Behold, the Lord hath shown unto me great and marvelous things concerning that which must shortly come, at that day when these things shall come forth among you.
“Behold, I speak unto you as if ye were present, and yet ye are not. But behold, Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me, and I know your doing.
“And I know that ye do walk in the pride of your hearts; and there are none save a few only who do not lift themselves up in the pride of their hearts, unto the wearing of very fine apparel, unto envying, and strifes, and malice, and persecutions, and all manner of iniquities; and your churches, yea, even every one, have become polluted because of the pride of your hearts.
“For behold, ye do love money, and your substance, and your fine apparel, and the adorning of your churches, more than ye love the poor and the needy, the sick and the afficted.
“O ye pollutions, ye hypocrites, ye teachers, who sell yourselves for that which will canker, why have ye polluted the holy church of God? Why are ye ashamed to take upon you the name of Christ? Why do ye not think that greater is the value of an endless happiness than that misery which never dies—because of the praise of the world?” (Morm. 8:34–38.)
I guess one of the greatest mysteries of mortality is why mankind fails to learn from history. Why do those who profess to be true followers of Christ so often become victims of the enticements of the world? The evidence is so strong regarding the blessings which accrue to those who trust in and follow the ways the Lord has prescribed for us.
For some reason, I envision that famous painting of Peter getting out of the boat, trying to walk on water, failing, and Christ picking him up so he doesn't drown.
Stay in the good ship Zion (Titanic?). If you don't, where will you go? The painting has the perfect answer.
Toni
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