Ever wonder why this life is so messed up? I sure as hell do! I don’t get it. I mean we’re here for a reason…maybe. I don’t understand anything about it though. I wish I did, it would be nice to be able to grasp something about this life and not simply expect it to be here whenever we need it to be. Yet that’s exactly what we do! We expect life to be here for us and we don’t want to give anything back, talk about an annoying thought process. But what are we going to do about it all? I don’t know. I wish I did, but there are so many things in this life that don’t quite make sense at times, and we are here trying to make sense of them all. It sucks, it really does. But what else are you supposed to do about it? I don’t know.
If
we allow nicknames to be used or adopter or even sponsor those
nicknames ourselves, He is offended.
To
remove the Lord's name from the Lord's church is a major victory for
Satan.1
Those
two quotes were spoken by a prophet of God. So we are to believe that
Satan prefers the term Mormon be used. If this is the case, why was
the “I’m a Mormon” campaign even created? The previous two
prophets, Gordon B. Hinkcley and Thomas S. Monson, had no issues with
using the term Mormon to refer to the church or calling themselves
that. Were they being led by Satan? I would hope not. To say such a
thing would be contrary to the will and mind of God.
Joseph
Smith even declared that Mormonism is truth.2
So again, why didn’t God truly set the record straight back in the
1830s before all of this was able to get away from the leaders of the
church? If nicknames are of Satan as the prophet suggests, then why
was it allowed for so many years? The church was restored in 1830. So
that’s how many years exactly? 188 years. It took God 188 years to
correct a nickname.
This
was after the 2011 I’m a Mormon campaign.
People
keep saying how revelatory it is that President Nelson is making
these changes. If we take a look at the definition of revelatory it
says:
revealing
something hitherto unknown.
But
the name of the church has been known for many years. This is not
revelation from God. Back in 1990, then Elder Nelson made a similar
comment about the church’s name. How important it is. Six months
later, then Elder Gordon B. Hinckley stated that it was okay to be
called Mormon. So there seems to even have been some confusion among
the brethren. Was President Nelson simply waiting until the became
president of the church to reemphasize the name of the church?
We
may not be able to change the nickname, but we can make it shine with
added luster.
After
all, it is the name of a man who was a great prophet who struggled to
save his nation, and also the name of a book which is a mighty
testament of eternal truth, a veritable witness of the divinity of
the Lord Jesus Christ.3
Let’s
see where else from General Conference the term “Mormon Church”
was used and, based on President Nelson’s talk, it offended God and
allowed Satan to rejoice.
My
beloved brothers and sisters and, particularly, nonmember friends,
you are listening to the proceedings of a session of the annual April
general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, frequently referred to as the Mormon Church.
The
nickname Mormon is associated with the Church and its members because
we accept as scripture a book titled the Book of Mormon. This book is
a translation of an ancient record inscribed on gold plates which, in
September 1827, were delivered by an angel to Joseph Smith, a
twenty-one-year-old youth.4
I’m
reminded of the old commercials, where it would state the full name
of the church, and then underneath those words, it would state “The
Mormons.” So, did the church not bring this upon itself through
media? Telling people it’s okay to call your a Mormon?
Because
of the Book of Mormon, we are frequently called the Mormon Church, a
title we do not resent, but it is really not accurate.5
Eventually,
to Joseph Smith appeared the men who were the last authorized
servants to direct the church of Jesus Christ—Peter, James, and
John. These glorified beings ordained Joseph Smith with the same
authority they had received from Jesus, so that once again there was
a prophet of God on the earth who could say, “… thus saith the
Lord.” (D&C 44:1.) Joseph Smith ordained others with the
authority that he had received, and so the church of Jesus Christ was
restored in these latter days—The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon Church.6
Today
twenty thousand missionary-messengers of truth and the three million
members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—the
Mormon Church—bear witness that God has again spoken from the
heavens, that Jesus Christ has appeared again unto man, that the
resurrection is a reality.7
There
are other examples in the church’s official magazine of where if
people ask if you are a Mormon that you can be enthusiastic and say
yes you are. Again, why are these changes being made so important at
this time now? It makes no sense at all. Yet to say otherwise and
against the prophet and apostles is ground for apostasy.
1.
Russel M. Nelson, President
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 7, 2018
General Conference Sunday Morning Session
2.
Joseph Smith, Liberty, MO, to Isaac Galland, [Commerce, IL], 22 Mar.
1839, in Times and Seasons, Feb. 1840, 1:53, 55–56
3.
Gordon B. Hinckley, Mormon Should Mean “More Good”, October 1990
General Conference
4.
Marion G. Romney, “We, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, April 1979 General Conference
5.
Boyd K. Packer, “Guided by the Holy Spirit”, April 2011 General
Conference
6.
Ezra Taft Benson, “Listen to a Prophet’s Voice”, October 1972
General Conference
7. Ezra
Taft Benson, “Life Is Eternal”, April 1971 General Conference
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