It’s funny when people get so mad about being labeled DezNat. Every time that happens I think of a comment my friend made right before he left the mission (oh no, mission story 18yrs later).
He once said he didn’t understand the fear we have as members of the true
Church of Jesus Christ to be labeled religious “fanatics”, because to be exalted we’d essentially have to be “fanatics” through keeping our covenants (temple and others). To the world, we are fanatics.
DezNat, in its most basic, generalized definition are treated as religious
fanatics because “we” (don’t know how a hashtag can be “we”) believe in following, sustaining, and defending the living Prophets and Apostles of God, the literal nature of Christ’s leadership of His Church, and the belief that things like the FamProc are not new but reinforced
doctrine provided as a rampart to bolster our faith in a day and age where those basic, eternal beliefs will be attacked from all sides.
If that makes me a religious fanatic, so be it. And if keeping my covenants and sustaining the prophets means you might label me a DezNat,
so be it as well.
In the end He wins and I just want to be there when He does.
I found it interesting how Satan is rebuked by Jesus with scripture in the first temptation and in the second, Satan quotes scripture to try to get a Jesus to sin; and Jesus rebukes him again with scripture, two more times.
It’s also interesting how Satan thought
he might win an argument/discussion by the use of scripture, since that’s how Jesus rebuked him the first time. Like “See? Here is a scripture that proves you should do what I’m saying.” It also means he is intensely knowledgeable about the scriptures and will use them
to tempt us if we allow him to, so we need to make sure we are listening to the correct Spirit.
This same tactic is used by his followers to try to convince disciples of Christ by using scripture out of context and incorrect application to try and defeat or win an
Children or not, this is a sad understanding of Christ’s charity towards little children. Our Savior was the purest example of how we should treat and love our children. I am so grateful for His example, as I need as much help as possible.
Here He is speaking of, interacting with, and healing children.
Some thoughts on the Second Coming and the Antichrist ("AC" for character count).
If you have anything to add, I'd love to read it.
This is for those with eyes to see and ears to hear. If we have been warned, we are charged to warn our neighbors. #HearHim
When the Lord comes to visit His people at Adam-ondi-Ahman, He will not only receive all the keys pertaining His Priesthood, but we will sustain Him as the God, King, and Ruler of this and all worlds. At that time the ecclesiastical mission of The Church will be joined with
the governmental mission.
Satan has been building a kingdom of his own, but once the True God of this world performs those ordinances at Adam-ondi-Ahman, the god of this world (Satan) will rage against the True Kingdom. He will know when this happens, he and his angles.