Name Change
I think it's appropriate to start with this video by current President and Prophet Russel M. Nelson. This video is 14 min long, you can either sit though it or read the transcript at https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2018/10/the-correct-name-of-the-church?lang=eng
Correct Name for the Church. Watch the Video in link below.
I've come to realise how very significant this course of actions is by the LDS church.
I
came to hear about this change a few weeks ago and immediately thought
why? Why the blurring of the lines from a very distinct group of
religious people calling themselves the Latter Day Saints, who primarily
follow the angel Mormon and the teachings of Joseph Smith.
Why the change from LDS.org and Mormon.org to ChurchofJesusChrist.org
Why the change from MormonNewsroom.org to Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org ?
Why the change from LDS Music to Sacred Music?
But after watching the conversion of Micah Wilder from the Adam's Road Ministry (https://www.adamsroadministry.com/) and his Mother who used to be a professor at Brigham Young University it suddenly occurred to me:
Most
conversions to the Latter-day-saints are unsuspecting, un-discerning
and/or "shallow rooted" Christians who see a facade of Christ in a group
of people that do a great job of community and think it's all the
same. Essentially, this is the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing.
Nelson is right on a few points
- It is not a whim.
- And it is not inconsequential.
This is very intentional and very calculated. Why do I think this? because of 2 verses in the Bible.
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 2 Corinthians 11:14 (KJV)
But
though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you
than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Galatians 1:8 (KJV)
The Book of Mormon attests to : The "angel" appeared to J.Smith? and gave him "another gospel"?
Do you understand? This is all a Lie. Regardless of how genuine Nelson feels when he speaks.
Nelson states:
"To remove the Lord’s name from the Lord’s Church is a major victory for Satan" and "When we omit His name from His Church, we are inadvertently removing Him as the central focus of our lives"
I
think Satan quite a bit smarter than that, and I doubt he shakes is
fist up at God and says "HA, I got your name off the building"!!!
Wouldn't he be smarter to deceive a large group of people that atonement
didn't happen on the cross, lets do away with all this blood stuff
because water is much more important, and you got to pay for your sin
with striving because only after you "do all you can do" will God be
pleased and take you the rest of the way.
Unfortunately, the LDS
church doesn't have Christ at the centre anyway. They have water baptism
for the dead, a complete absence of atonement by Christ's blood on the
cross, doing all you can do, and a hope of becoming a god in exhalation.
Didn't Adam and Eve get a major lesson in deception when they were convinced they could become "like God"?
