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A LOVE OF MONEY PERVADES THE LDS CHURCH (Mormonism Exposed)

Posted on August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 by WLPublications

Joseph Smith Sr. did absolutely anything for the money needed to support his family–but work. He constantly searched for pirate treasure he pretended was buried on his property. When that didn’t provide ready cash, Joseph Smith Sr. tried forging money. One-time neighbor Judge Daniel Woodward wrote, “He …[was] …implicated in counterfeiting, but turned state’s evidence and escaped the penalty.” In 1837, the Latter-day Saints movement was rapidly growing in Kirtland, Ohio. Here, Joseph Smith Jr., true to his upbringing, plunged the cult into a financial fiasco which would force him to flee the region. He established a bank “by the revelation of God,” naming it the “Kirtland Safety Society Bank.” To coerce followers to deposit their savings, the “prophet” quoted Isaiah 60:9, with an addition: “Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from afar, their silver and their gold (not their bank notes) with them unto the name of the Lord thy God.” The addition is obvious.

DOES THE BIBLE PERMIT PREACHERS TO RULE CHURCHES?: Part 3 – Preachers Who Rule Another Way

Posted on February 12, 2018February 13, 2020 by WLPublications

Not all have book, chapter, and verse for ruling churches. Some reject the doctrine of evangelistic authority. Yet they still “lord it over” congregations by overassertiveness. A sound, Australian missionary raised support in the United States. He told me that his biggest obstacles were outspoken, overbearing preachers. He would present his case to a congregation’s leadership, only to find the men who said they would contribute had changed their minds. Preachers met with them later and talked them out of contributing to his work. He said he cringed when a local preacher was in the elders’ meeting when he asked for financial support.

MAY CHRISTIANS DINE FROM THE CHURCH TREASURY? #4

Posted on February 12, 2018February 13, 2020 by WLPublications

Faithful Christians obey God (1 Peter 2:21). Following any leader means doing what he or she requires. Likewise, following God means doing what he commands in all areas of faith and practice. God authorizes a capella singing in worship. Likewise, he authorizes how money contributed on the first day of the week is to be spent.

MAY CHRISTIANS DINE FROM THE CHURCH TREASURY? #3

Posted on February 12, 2018February 13, 2020 by WLPublications

Essential to understanding the Bible is the “authority principle.” Simply put, just as we authorize a vendor to send certain items, God authorizes certain practices. Remember 2 John 9? It tells us that we must abide, or remain, within the limits of God’s will. Other passage teach the authority principle. Like watchdogs of truth, three verses, one at the beginning, one in the middle, and the last at the end of the Bible, warn God’s people to draw their spiritual practices from the Bible alone. Deuteronomy 4:2 declares, “You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.” Proverbs 30:6 says, “Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.” Revelation 22:18-19 says, “For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” While in its context, the final passage teaches not to add to the last book of the New Testament, it is clear to truth-seeking Christians that the entire Bible is also meant.

MAY CHRISTIANS DINE FROM THE CHURCH TREASURY? #2

Posted on February 12, 2018March 18, 2021 by WLPublications

What the Bible doesn’t authorize, it condemns. Priests Nadab and Abihu offered fire “which [God] had not commanded them…. So fire went out from the Lord, and they died before the Lord” (Lev. 10:1-2). They were struck dead because they did not use fire God authorized. Likewise, the New Testament orders, “Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God” (2 John 9). We must abide within God’s will. The Bible does not guide Christians by forbidding everything we are not to do. Rather, it authorizes what we may do.

MAY CHRISTIANS DINE FROM THE CHURCH TREASURY? #1

Posted on February 12, 2018February 13, 2020 by WLPublications

Certain congregations use money collected in worship (1 Cor. 16:1-2) to buy catered meals for their members. In some recent potlucks, the ladies prepared mostly salads and desserts. Large containers of heated beef, chicken, and steamed buns were catered.