tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403632428961433877.post32684519967096399..comments2023-06-25T02:52:44.549-07:00Comments on ke7ejx's light: Lord, Open the Eyes of My Heart! Kristyn Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760377542540627751noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403632428961433877.post-39060027148569391852014-01-30T23:46:37.799-08:002014-01-30T23:46:37.799-08:00Praise God for your testimony Joey. Leaving is a ...Praise God for your testimony Joey. Leaving is a tough road for many but the freedom in Christ is SO worth it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367479986003344941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403632428961433877.post-12421138819941544472014-01-30T23:39:58.337-08:002014-01-30T23:39:58.337-08:00Just read this tonight and these are great points,...Just read this tonight and these are great points, well thought out and well researched. Kudos.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367479986003344941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403632428961433877.post-84401522410102116422013-11-21T20:19:08.559-08:002013-11-21T20:19:08.559-08:00here is a GREAT video http://www.goodnewsforlds.co...here is a GREAT video http://www.goodnewsforlds.com/video.html<br /><br />Randy Gavin is a personal friend and I do believe the number goes to his personal cell phone. He was in deep with the mormon church, temple sealed/married and the Lord showed him the truth. you can find his testimony on youtube as well.biblechikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005899065987720118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403632428961433877.post-59316806982440216732013-11-19T17:49:04.287-08:002013-11-19T17:49:04.287-08:00Any church that goes away from the pure true teach...Any church that goes away from the pure true teaching of the Bible is going to lead you away from the truth of Christ. Any church that goes away from the Bible and instead involves supposed revelations from man will lead to confusion, pride and lies. The Bible is pretty black and white regarding man's fall from sin to the grace and atonement on the cross to bring us back to righteousness with God. If you don't believe in the truth and accuracy of the Bible then you don't believe in Jesus Christ. John 1:1. To make it work with a man-made religion like the LDS, you have to discount the truth, for the way of false religion cannot mesh with the truth of the Gospel. The LDS is not the first man-made religion to try to do this. Satan has used the same trick since the first lie in the Garden. Man does not need religion, but instead a relationship with God. There is only one way and that is through Christ...not works or ceremonies. John 14:6. Cornishbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17705156229578408557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403632428961433877.post-81611710282050434472013-11-19T10:07:58.582-08:002013-11-19T10:07:58.582-08:00It would be nice to see some of your answers on th...It would be nice to see some of your answers on the blog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02692967481965556235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403632428961433877.post-52126537216290490872013-11-19T08:59:13.925-08:002013-11-19T08:59:13.925-08:00Great questions. Many of your questions have fairl...Great questions. Many of your questions have fairly simple answers, some more complex, others I do not know. If you would like my commentary or anyone who reads this to discuss any question in particular. I would be happy to help where I can. I will even make a video for you if you like.<br /><br />youtube.com/mormonfan<br />The link below will send an email directly to me.<br />https://www.youtube.com/inbox?action_compose=1&to_user_ext_ids=3zwQyP3B7pRIxesapMbkvQAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09911016419899430025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403632428961433877.post-78223953478281549272013-11-19T08:56:13.113-08:002013-11-19T08:56:13.113-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Skylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09785984412005160180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403632428961433877.post-40183128123896043532013-11-18T22:44:47.567-08:002013-11-18T22:44:47.567-08:00When I was getting ready to go on my LDS mission, ...When I was getting ready to go on my LDS mission, I decided my farewell talk would be on Matthew 10, the part about Jesus sending his disciples out two-by-two. Seems only fitting, right? So I sat down and read the whole chapter. I got really confused around verse 34.<br /><br />34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.<br />35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.<br />36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.<br />37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.<br /><br />I thought, hm, that seems to contradict just about everything I believe. Why would Jesus turn people against their families? So, I asked my Bishop. He told me, Joey, don't worry about this too much. This is a situation some members of the church do find themselves in, if their families don't believe in the church like they do. You don't have to worry about this since your whole family is LDS, but maybe some of the people you will convert on your mission will have to deal with this kind of rejection from their families.<br /><br />Fast forward three years later, I told my parents I was going to be baptized in a Baptist church and asked them if they would attend. They said no. A _huge_ argument broke out (this wasn't our first or last argument, but it was probably the worst one we ever had). After what seems like an hour of fighting, I had finally had enough and went up to my room (I was 22 and still living at home). I opened my Bible, not having any idea what I was really looking for, just fumbling through, but was so overcome by emotion that my head hit the pillow and huge sobs came out of me. For, I don't know, ten or twenty minutes, I was crying and praying, simultaneously feeling miserable but also at peace, real peace. When I was done, I looked back up at my Bible, and there it was, totally unintentionally, open to Matthew 10.<br /><br />You've made a bold step posting these questions online. I don't know what your family life is like right now, but I know what it is like to be at serious odds with the people you love most. I hope your family and friends can see how, even though you aren't pulling any punches with your questions, you really are trying to be as respectful and loving as possible. I can see that love myself very plainly in your questions.<br /><br />I commend you, though, for loving Christ more than you love your family. That's a hard road, but when you love Jesus it is the right road. I will pray for you to continue to have meekness in your boldness and continue to ask the tough questions of the people you love. I pray for your family (like I do for mine) that God might open their eyes to see the truth of salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.<br /><br />Grace and peace!Joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502547077652141696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403632428961433877.post-55299986291809566502013-11-18T22:02:57.681-08:002013-11-18T22:02:57.681-08:00"My faith doesn't come from whether or no..."My faith doesn't come from whether or not that the Book of Mormon and the Bible are perfect books, but from the holy spirit. " WHAT? The LDS are taught the Book of Mormon is the "most correct of any book and man would get closer to God by its precepts than any other book on Earth! The Book of Mormon is the "keystone"/foundation of the LDS Religion! If the Boook of Mormon has flaws and discrepancies errors etc, thren It can NOT Be trusted nor is it the Most Correct of any book! Thus the foundation /keystone of the LDS Religion is on shaky ground!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00852863233587610917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403632428961433877.post-21722764824795469012013-11-18T21:55:18.464-08:002013-11-18T21:55:18.464-08:00You have asked the right questions! The Bible has ...You have asked the right questions! The Bible has all the answers ! It is ALIVE andpowerfull and sharper than any two edge sword! Hebrews 4;12 May I suggest you look into the study called transitions The Mormon Migration from Religion to Relationship! Its really was helpful during our "transition" into the TRUTH! God Bless you my Sister in Christ! www.LDStransitions.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00852863233587610917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403632428961433877.post-26129156930375002892013-11-18T19:52:30.434-08:002013-11-18T19:52:30.434-08:00Hi there. My name is Ashley. I found your site thr...Hi there. My name is Ashley. I found your site through a mutual acquaintance. I myself had was a member of the LDS church for a couple of years. I grew up with a full gospel background, but had a lot of instability in my home life. I struggled in my walk with the Lord. When I stumbled upon the LDS faith, I was drawn like a moth to light. It seemed like they had answers to my questions. The structure and family life made it seem like I had found the answers I'd been looking for. My only problem was I couldn't accept all their teachings. I was standing in the temple baptizing my dead ancestors in proxy and it finally hit me like a ton of bricks. There is nothing I could do here on earth that could affect the salvation of another. I left the church shortly after that. After leaving I still struggled. I was still left with unanswered questions. I would sit in church arguing in my head with the pastor preaching. It took a long time for everything to finally click. I can sit here and take every question you have and pick it apart. I'm not an expert of LDS scripture. I think I could weigh in on some of it I'm sure. I don't think that will matter though. What turned things around for me is focusing on the Father and having that one on one conversation with Him. My prayer for months..years and today is: Lord, renew in me a right spirit. Replace in me every wrong teaching I have accepted whether it be within the LDS faith or out with your truth. Lord I trust you in all things. Father give me blinders for what is not of You. When it was about He and I, everything else faded away. That's what it comes down to. Both sides can argue until they are blue in the face. I wont lie to you and tell you it was easy. It wasn't. It was a stronghold in my life for years. I had lists and lists of questions. Start with your relationship with him and everything else will follow. We learn things line upon line, precept upon precept. 1 Cor 1:18 says that the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. Jesus died so that sin would no longer separate Him from His children. We can come boldly into His thrown room and lay all of our fears our problems at his feet. That's what happened at the cross. He died so that we might have life, and have it more abundantly. I've been in the very place you are. All I can say is seek Him in all things. I want you to know I am praying for you. I pray Father that your guardian angels are camped about her. Lord protect her mind. Build in her a strong foundation that cannot be moved. Lord guide her steps in all things Lord. Reveal Yourself in a mighty way in her life. Father replace every false witness with truth Lord. Father I plead the blood of Jesus over her life. Your word is sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating even the dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Father I pray for the chains of bondage that have felt like a heavy burden, weighing her down to loose in the Name of Jesus. Every sorrow, fear, shame, confusion Lord it was washed away in your blood at the cross. Reveal your truths to her Lord. Place in her life strong and mighty warriors for You that will come along side her and just love on her. Father I place her at your feet. Thank you for the mighty work you are doing and are about to do in her life. <br />Contact aaron if you would like to contact me.CountingItJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13276800322853703887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403632428961433877.post-31994477139058524842013-11-18T19:13:10.213-08:002013-11-18T19:13:10.213-08:00The grace of God by which I am saved also motivate...The grace of God by which I am saved also motivates me to good works, which can never save me. God bless you in your walk with Christ.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06250944688842763596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403632428961433877.post-66075739586273252382013-10-28T14:14:54.566-07:002013-10-28T14:14:54.566-07:00Kristyn,
I read this a few weeks ago, and at firs...Kristyn,<br /><br />I read this a few weeks ago, and at first, I was going to try and come up with answers for your questions, but after a few moments of reading your questions, I realized that wasn’t going to work and that there probably aren’t answers to most of them. They are very good questions for sure, and I applaud you for having to commit yourself so thoroughly to your search.<br /><br />The LDS church does indeed have many flaws and weaknesses, but so do all faiths. If you are going to look so critically at every word that is written and every leader of the LDS church, I strongly encourage you do the same to other churches, including the church you have chosen. Go back and look at it’s origins, particularly the doctrines that were passed down to all protestants from the first and second councils of Nicaea. Look at the Christian churches that existed before that council, I find the study of those early churches absolutely fascinating. Look through the Bible itself, you will find many discrepancies there. No religion will hold up under true logical analysis, any atheist will tell you that. <br /><br />My faith doesn't come from whether or not that the Book of Mormon and the Bible are perfect books, but from the holy spirit. Good luck in your journey.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17109430531198187222noreply@blogger.com