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Wednesday 2 July 2008

By Glenn

By Glenn
I HAVE READ SOME OF YOUR POSTINGS HERE AND I HAVE TO SAY I FEEL YOU WANT HONEST ANSWERS AND YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH. YOU WILL NOT FIND IT IN READING WEIRD BOOKS ABOUT NDE'S OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL WRITTEN BY MAN. YOU MUST SEEK THE SCRIPTURES. YOU MUST DO IT PRAYERFULLY, WHILE TRYING TO LIVE CLEAN. THE SPIRIT OF GOD HAS A DIFFICULT TIME DWELLING IN UNHOLY PLACES. I AM NOT ONE TO JUDGE AND AM NOT SAYING YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OR ANYTHING. JUST HONEST ADVICE- JUST IN CASE YOU NEED IT. THAT IS THE # 1 REASON PEOPLE REMAIN CONFUSED. I HAVE SOUGHT ANSWERS WHILE I HAVE DELIBERATELY BEEN DOING THINGS I KNEW WOULD BE CONTRARY TO GOD IF HE EXISTED. I JUST GOT MORE CONFUSED. VERY HYPOCRITICAL BEHAVIOR. READ WHAT CHRIST TEACHES, TRY TO LIVE IT EVERYDAY WHILE YOU SEARCH. STUDY THE SCRIPTURES AND AS FOUND IN JAMES 1:5-6. HE WILL ANSWER IF YOU DO NOT WAVER -READ VERSE 6. WE CANNOT ASK GOD QUESTIONS FOR CURIOSITY SAKE. HE KNOWS EACH OF US INTIMATELY, HE KNOWS WHO WILL DO WHAT WITH THE ANSWERS HE GIVES US THROUGH THE SPIRIT. IF I ASK WHAT IS TRUE WITH NO INTENTION OF GIVING UP WORLDLY PLEASURES, I WILL BE CONFUSED UNTIL I DIE. NOTHING WAVERING. SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND, KNOCK AND IT SHALL BE OPENED UNTO YOU. SEEKING AND KNOCKING REQUIRE ACTION, NOT JUST ASK AND THERE YOU GO. NOTHING WORTH RECEIVING HAS EVER COME EASY. NOTHING AS HOLY AND SACRED AS SURE ANSWERS FROM GOD HIMSELF EVER JUST COMES EASY. HE EVEN COMMANDS US NOT TO CAST OUR PEARLS BEFORE SWINE. CAN WE EXPECT HIM TO DO SO? YOU DO SAY THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW. I SAY THERE IS. I SAY GOD ANSWERS HIS CHILDREN BECAUSE HE LOVES THEM. BUT GOD IS NOT OBLIGATED TO ANSWER EVERYTHING. WE ARE NOT MEANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING AND NOT MEANT TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING. IF WE DID, WHAT FAITH WOULD THAT REQUIRE? WHAT GROWTH WOULD THERE BE FOR US? SURE I WANT MY CHILD TO LEARN ALL OF LIFE'S LESSONS BY ME EXPLAINING IT TO HIM- SO HE PASSES ON THE PAINFUL PARTS. BUT THAT JUST IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY FOR HIM TO LEARN. I WOULD NOT WANT HIM TO KNOW LOVE BY ME TELLING HIM ABOUT IT. I WANT HIM TO EXPERIENCE IT BY TAKING A CHANCE ON A YOUNG WOMAN WHO LIVES RIGHT AND EXPERIENCING IT ON HIS OWN, AND BY ME AND HIS MOM SHOWING HIM LOVE BY BEING GOOD PARENTS. GOD ALSO KNOWS THAT IS HOW WE, HIS CHILDREN IGNORANT TO HIS WAYS, WILL LEARN. BUT HE WILL TELL US IMPORTANT THINGS WE NEED SO WE CAN FIND THE RIGHT PATH ON WHICH TO LEARN THOSE LESSONS ON OUR OWN. I TELL YOU THIS ONLY BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN THERE. I WANTED TO KNOW. I PROMISED FATHER IN HEAVENTHAT IF HE TOLD ME A PARTICULAR CHURCH WERE TRUE, I WOULD FORSAKE THE LIFE MY CARNAL PARTY MAN WANTED TO LIVE AND I WOULD SERVE HIM. HE BELIEVED ME AND HE ANSWERED ME. NOW I KNOW. IT IS HARD, I GET TEMPTED ALL THE TIME, BUT DAILY I STRIVE TO UPHOLD MY END OF THE DEAL. I AM ON THE EARTH FOR A REASON, TO SHARE THIS KNOWLEDGE WITH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ON THE EARTH. NO I AM NOT SOME FANATICAL NUT JOB. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE. I HAVE FELT THE MAIN REASON IT IS SO HARD TO BELIEVE IN THE RELIGION I KNOW TO BE TRUE IS BECAUSE OF ALL THE NUT JOBS THAT ARE EASY TO FIND IN IT. REMEMBER THE WORDS OF THE SAVIOR THOUGH, THE WHOLE NEED NO PHYSICIAN. READ THE NEW TESTAMENTE, PRAY FOR AN ANSWER ONLY IF YOU ARE ABLE TO LIVE UP TO WHAT IS REQUIRED. YOU WILL BE ANSWERED. THAT IS A PROMISE FROM GOD AND HIS SON. AS TOLD BY JESUS, SELL ALL THAT THOU HAST AND FOLLOW ME. AM I WILLING TO DO THAT? HE DOES NOT ASK YOU TO SELL ALL YOU HAVE, HE WANTS YOU TO BE WILLING TO THOUGH. THAT INCLUDES SELLING ALL YOUR BAD HABITS, CARNAL PLEASURES, ETC AND FOLLOWING HIM. REPENTING SINCERELY WHEN YOU FALL, FEELING GODLY SORROW WHEN YOU DO, THEN ALLOWING HIS SACRIFICE TO PURGE THE PAIN AND HEAL YOU WHEN YOU RE-COMMIT. THAT IS THE TRUTH. IF YOU ARE WILLING TO DO IT, HE WILL ANSWER YOU. I TESTIFY THIS AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF HIM TO YOU.

SORRY SO LONG. READ THE NEW TESTAMENT, GET YOUR LIFE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST, REPENT, PRAY FOR ANSWERS, THEN READ THE BOOK OF MORMON. NO MAN MADE BOOKS ABOUT NDE'S, ANTI MORMON STUFF, ANYTHING OTHER THAN SCRIPTURE. DO THIS AND I PROMISE YOUR MIND WILL QUICKEN, YOUR HEART WILL FEEL UNDENIABLE, YES - UNDENIABLE - KNOWLEDGE YOU SEEK. YOU WILL NEVER SAY PEOPLE CAN'T KNOW AGAIN. YOU WILL KNOW. REMEMBER THIS MY SISTER - WHERE MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS REQUIRED. BE READY TO LIVE UP TO THE KNOWLEDGE OR YOU WILL REMAIN CONFUSED.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU. NEED A BOOK OF MORMON? GO TO LDS.ORG