It's just easier to be told what to do, than to seek the face of God or to even want to. So much the same as the Jews.ajax wrote:Yep, the scriptures, especially the BoM is chopped liver in comparison. Even though God himself called it the new covenant which the church (the leaders as well as membership) was condemned for ignoring.keep the faith wrote:freedomforall wrote: What is a false teacher, and where are some of the places they can be detected?
Easy answer ffa.
“We can accept nothing as authoritative but that which comes directly through the appointed channel, the constituted organizations of the Priesthood, [you are setting up an idol my friend] which is the channel that God has appointed through which to make known His mind and will to the world. … And the moment that individuals look to any other source [like the scriptures? the dispensation head?] , that moment they throw themselves open to the seductive influences of Satan, and render themselves liable to become servants of the devil;
But maybe you're right, maybe I just need to study the words of a magazine twice a year. Since I certainly can't figure out what the scriptures mean or say, my leaders will tell me which parts are important. I will ignore the rest. Hallelujah!
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Exodus 20:18-21
18 ¶And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.