Great quote!:
Great Sunday message from a descendent of Joseph Smith.
“I have had several friends reach out and ask me what I think of new information that is coming out against Brigham Young and other past leaders.In short, I just want to say, why is there a struggle of faith? Considering that institutions and organizations are run by humans, we should always acknowledge that there will be errors. But let me point out that there is one person in history who made what I feel is a monumental mistake. He denied Christ three times. But take note, Jesus didn’t throw Peter under the bus and cast him out because of that mistake. Peter repented, overcame his struggle, and the 12 came back together, and completed their missions here on earth. They overcame their mistakes and kept moving forward. They didn’t jump ship and try and find another one. Put simply, humans make mistakes, they are not perfect, but the gospel is. So stay on that gospel ship. Don’t jump ship because you have found a stain on it. One day Jesus will get on that ship, he will clean up the stain and all will be well.”
I have heard it said that working at the Church office building will challenge some peoples faith. Spirituality may or may not be all there because it is a megalith with rules and structure that has little time for most peoples fantasies. I got through reading the "The Great Apostacy" by James E Talmage. I was impressed how religious fanaticism grew after the Apostles were gone demanding more exhibitions of their faith.
ReplyDeleteOne example is the martyrs considered it a great badge of faith to be killed in whatever way the Romans determined. Some would even antagonize the Romans to precipitate the penalty. Later on you have the self flagellation for personal sins and other twisted reasonings.
I was listening to a member in our ward talk about the idea that she imagined if she should avoid sin, that would be less suffering the Savior would have to experience. I felt tempted to nip that in the bud, but felt it would be too embarrassing to the younger member. The Savior could not feel any more or less because of your sinning. The law required a certain amount of payment to accomplish the ends of the law that would permit us, who ever us are to return to our Fathers kingdom and everything else.
Just an example how mankind can twist doctrine, even within our own church there are more twisted reasonings that members are laboring under, even that may have come from Leadership.
I always bristle a little when people say Peter denied Christ. He DID NOT deny Christ. He denied knowing Him. There is a difference. I just thought I'd put that out there.
ReplyDeleteAnd Peter was told "thou shalt."
ReplyDeleteHow many believe that was a prediction/prophecy?
How many believe that Jesus was commanding Peter?
How many go back and forth on that and cannot decide?