Totally bad news in parts of town - and then there is the "gay cruising" in City Creek Canyon where people hook up like dawgs in the alleyway for trysts. As youth leaders on a service project, we were shocked that we were finding so many clothes in the bushes until we started putting two and two together. People were losing them in the dark after they had shed them..... Just sick when you think about it. Worse than Sodom and Gomorrah.
And you cannot even bring up talk of the Law of Chastity at work - or you are shut down in QUITE short order. You can - but you will pay a heavy social price when a homosexual is present. No "slut" shaming allowed in the big cities. Even Calgary.
Folks - we are at a critical juncture in history. The people will not repent - nor will they keep a repentant spirit about them and they revile when the topic of sin comes up. I do not care to abrade those who are struggling - we all struggle with human weakness.
As long as we can talk God's position - I am fine with someone. I have a co-worker who would travel to Mexico on business and who has a GF down there. He is single in his mid-40's. We would talk about it - and he knows I am conservative and he would say that he knows he needs to give up the girls and the booze and keep an honest wife. One of the coolest chaps I know. Precisely because he knows his position before God. God can work with that. So can I.
I have a MIL who has made a mess of her life since my wife's biological father died in Vietnam. One day, we had a convo where she was talking about eternal bliss with him after this life is over. I just looked at her with a dumbfounded look. I could not believe what I was hearing. Since the death in Vietnam, this woman was married once and had a ton-load of exploits with other men and she was talking about having an eternal and covenant relationship with the guy she was temple-sealed to after it was all over?? That is a solid case of cognitive dissonance in a massive way.
Similar thing with another sibling who has taken the long detour off the straight and narrow and cannot bear to hear the "talk out behind the woodshed" or "where the rubber meets the road" when it comes to what we are supposed to be doing.
I have no problem with the Prodigal situation - we are all in that boat in one sense or another. I have a major problem with those who think Daddy-O should kill the fatted calf with no change in behavior on their part. The Father only welcomed him back - after blowing his inheritance - when he admitted that he was not worthy to even feast with the pigs at the trough.... Let alone at his table. This shows that the Prodigal was not delusional about the state he was in. According to Scripture, "He came to himself".... He became aware of his awful state as the dissonance dissipated.
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
The one with the greatest cognitive dissonance ever to live was satan himself. All of us are somewhere on that spectrum all the way up to the Son of God who is on the opposite end of that spectrum - and who has humility in that realization.
On that note, I got some interesting comments on my previous piece on the corruption within the medical system. Truly, it is. Not all of it. I believe that there will be people to set bones and deliver babies in the Millennium - but the current system as it mostly stands, will be destroyed and sent to the trash bin. It is about money, power and control. Along with the medical system, you will have no more banks, lawyers, politicians, corrupt clergy from ALL religions (including our own) and so much else that is set up to get gain and exercise control or compulsion over the children of men. It is a moment that I can hardly wait for.
Lastly - here is the comment I saw that got me spun up on the topic of badness in the SL area:
While reading another article last fall, I saw a link to this March 20, 2015, article on KSL.comhttps://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=960&sid=33908353"SLC has the 7th-highest percentage of adults who identify as LGBT in nation""Salt Lake City has the seventh-highest percentage of adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender among the nation's top 50 metropolitan areas."There's even a graph of the top 10 LGBT population centers, showing SLC as number 7.When I read this article, Heber C. Kimball's prophesy where it states, "Salt Lake will be classed among the wicked cities of the world" seemed very applicable.I actually wrote my family a lengthy email last fall in which I cited this prophesy, referenced several articles, and gave some thoughts based on my observations and research.A time of increased persecution is coming. In the October 2015 General Conference, President Nelson stated that attacks on the Church will increase."We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets." (https://www.lds.org/topics/family-proclamation?lang=eng&cid=PA0414-02).
And while persecution is a test, there will be an even bigger test coming "that will try the integrity of the best" of the Saints. It is my opinion that this test will include the invitation to gather (and associated trials that will come with the call-out). And for the majority who choose not to gather their tests may include the brunt of the plagues, foreign invasion, bondage, and the numerous natural calamities which will happen.
And while persecution is a test, there will be an even bigger test coming "that will try the integrity of the best" of the Saints. It is my opinion that this test will include the invitation to gather (and associated trials that will come with the call-out). And for the majority who choose not to gather their tests may include the brunt of the plagues, foreign invasion, bondage, and the numerous natural calamities which will happen.And while persecution is a test, there will be an even bigger test coming "that will try the integrity of the best" of the Saints. It is my opinion that this test will include the invitation to gather (and associated trials that will come with the call-out). And for the majority who choose not to gather their tests may include the brunt of the plagues, foreign invasion, bondage, and the numerous natural calamities which will happen.It was also interesting that during the October 2015 Conference Elder Ballard quoted from the Proclamation of the family:
Our uncle is a cop in SLC and he doesn't say much but occasionally will tell us about the hook ups at gyms etc. Unless you are looking for it you don't know it exists. Cops they know about it but don't talk about it. It's here though - oh it's here.
ReplyDeletePart of that test of those left behind I believe will be..... will you stand behind your religion and even lay down your life for what you believe in or cave to the powers that be and fail and be true to nothing and be as the salt that was cast out to be trodden under the foot of man.... spot on posting adding my witness to this & your last one that they are right on the mark.... Thanks for your time & talent ....
ReplyDeleteI was reading and found what is was to be fully ripe in iniquity.
ReplyDeleteIt is when the children do not have any more chance at growing up in righteousness because we are teaching our children to be evil. This is what is was like in the world before the flood.
As I look at the youth today, we are in the process of teaching them evil ways in school and in society... we are RIPE!
As and some family were driving north on 9th East from about I-80 to the SLC Cemetery on Memorial Day, we noticed at least + homes flying rainbow flags. One house with rainbow banners had some shirtless 20 something year old boys having a little celebration.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me sick that these beautiful and simple old homes are now inhabited by human debris. Not just the homo’s, but those living outside of the boundries of morality of all sort for what ever selfish reasons.
Avoiding marriage to indulge themselves in whatever.
I see broken marriages to dump an old wife or husband to disrupt the family.
I see permissiveness of these immoral people.
I can see the influence of the Counter Culture of the 1960’s being the seed, as Spencer in John Pontius had mentioned as being the beginning of the Mark of the Beast – which I believe truly is the Mark of the Beast. People want to read Revelations and other scripture literally, but literal interpretations do not work if one were to more carefully consider context. I see the Mark in the hand as being the wicked actions, the Mark in the Forehead representing the acceptance of the wicked activities of the people. A physical chip in the forehead or the had the ability to cause someone to fight against the Lord, then they obviously, can not be held accountable for their actions. Thank You