Loving Our LDS Neighbors.

Hi everyone,
God has given us a ministry platform and we are looking forward to see how He uses us in this new ministry. What ministry might this be? Ministry to people involved in the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints!

A few days ago my family and I were sitting in the Walmart parking lot. One of us saw two Mormon missionaries walking across the parking lot. Daddy had just come out of a bad seizure so he did not want to get out to talk to them so me and my sister chased them down so we could talk. I know that may sound weird to some people, chasing down Mormon missionaries, but our family had just recently talked about getting together with some Mormons and I had written to a friend of mine who is a local Mormon looking for some of their doctrinal books for research. So when I saw these Mormons I was happy to chase them down. Now for some people seeing some Mormon missionaries walking around town may not seem like such a big deal but where we live these two guys are the only missionaries around here.

But back to my story. My sister and I jumped out of the van and went over to their car with some Gospel tracts by Paul Washer. I walked up and I think I surprised them by approaching them and giving them tracts. But we talked for a minute (and they gave me the Book of Mormon that I had been wanting.) I told them we would love to have them come over for a meal. They heard that Daddy had seizures and offered their help. Another Mormon I talked with told me to give them work to do since they are here to serve. I gave them our phone number and they called later that night. They called again the other night to change our plans but now we are getting together on Wednesday at 1:00. Please be praying for the salvation of these two young men, Elder Petersen and Elder Clifford, (I do not know their first names.)

After talking to the missionaries, we got home we found out that president Monson of the Mormon church had died the night before. He was 90 years old. I had no idea that he had passed away as I stood there talking to these missionaries. President Monson's funeral will be held I believe on Thursday. Please be praying for the Mormons who will be morning his passing. Maybe God will use this in their lives to think about their faith. They are being reminded that their leaders are still only men who will one day die.

Daddy wrote a Facebook post the day after president Monson's death sharing a video from Apologia Church titled The Gospel For Mormons He posted it on one of our Facebook pages and advertised it among people who had "The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints" as one of their likes on Facebook. We have reached a good amount of people through the ad and some of them have started to write to us. I would encourage you to go to our Facebook page and see what is going on. Here is a link to the Facebook page, Public Proclamation Of God's Word, The Bible.

I talked to one person for awhile and because of all the writing I will not post all of it here but you can go to the page linked above and read the conversation. It seems that other people were following along with what was going on in the conversation. You can tell who the Mormons are when their Facebook pages say that they studied at BYU.

One of the comments was written by Jordan Calderwood. I found those comments funny.
He said: This is cool and everything, but we all just need to team up and brace ourselves against bigger threats if secularism and atheism. Much love. 

I replied: Jordan Lee Calderwood The reason I am responding to these comments and to the Mormon faith in general is because the LDS church is preaching a false Gospel and I love the LDS people too much to let them continue to believe in a false gospel without showing them the truth. In 2 Nephi it says that we are saved by grace after all we can do. The Bible teaches in Ephesians 2 that we are saved by grace and not by our own works. Romans 3 also teaches that we are justified by faith apart from works of the law. Mormons and Christians believe in different gospels.

Also the LDS church believes in many other false doctrines that contradict Scripture. They believe that good Mormons can become gods. But the Scriptures teach that there is only one God. If you read Isaiah 45 you will see that God says that there is no God apart from Him and that there is no other Lord besides Him.

The LDS church teaches that Heavenly Father has not always been God but became a God at a certain point in time. The Bible teaches in Psalm 90 that the one True God is God from everlasting to everlasting. There has never been a point in time when the God of the Bible was a man and was then exalted to become a God.

These are just some points where the LDS church contradicts the Word of God. Study the Word of God. There are only two options. Are you going to believe the One True God or are you going to believe the false doctrine of Joseph Smith?

As regards Christians and Mormons teaming up and bracing ourselves against secularism and atheism. Mormons and Christians cannot just put our differences aside because our differences are differences of which God is the One True God. We are not all brothers. The Mormon church contradicts the Word of God and the truth must be told.
~Virginia

Here is one of the parts I found funny.
He said: Interesting take. I love your passion. You are a great tool for God. Keep it up. I humbly disagree with your assessment of Christ’s Gospel, but love that you are out there spreading it anyway. God bless.

I thought that it was funny that we disagree on the Gospel but said that he loved the fact that I was out passionately spreading it! We wrote back to him and said:  One of my representatives would be willing to come share Christ's Gospel at your local ward if you would like. Where is your ward? 

I do not know if he will take me up on the offer but we shall see. 

Another person named Kevin wrote: I thought about why so much of this organization tries to target how Mormons are wrong, moreso (sic) than other sects. The most likely reason must be because as a church, Mormons generate the most tithing.

We responded by saying: Kevin Davis I cannot speak for everyone who minister to Mormons but for me my motivations for reaching out to Mormons is not because of money. I love the LDS people and want them to know the truth. I have never received anything from the LDS people except a Book of Mormon. I am not in this for the money at all. I am sorry if any Christian has tried to minister to you just for money and not because they care for your soul. My family does not even accept donations for our ministry from the people we minister to, whether that be Mormons or others. Our family is not supported by any mission board or Church for the ministry we do. We spend 10 percent of our income on ministry we are not making money on it.

My family loves the LDS people and hope to see them come to the knowledge of the true Gospel. With Daddy's seizures and the cold weather here in Maine this may be a way that God is giving us an opportunity to share the Gospel from our home. Please be praying for us as we share the truth of God's Word with the lost people of this world, including those who belong to the LDS church. 

Prayer

Our family may have an opportunity to go on a mission trip to Key West, Florida at some point. We still need to work out details but we would appreciate prayers as we discern whether or not God wants us to go back to Key West, the place we have affectionately called "home". While we only lived in the Florida Keys for less than a year it has a special place in the hearts of those of my family who have been there. 

There are a lot of people there who need to hear the Gospel. Pray for revival for that small Florida Island! A friend of ours has a Church in the Keys and he goes out preaching multiple nights a week at Mallory Square which is a really busy place in the evenings. Pray for him in his ministry there. Pray that God would raise up people who will have a love for the people of that island who will go there to proclaim the glorious Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who is worthy of all glory, honor, and praise! And as you pray for those who are doing ministry there, do not forget to pray for the people there who are in need of the truth of the Gospel.

If anyone wants to have a little fun with a video here is a video of one of our friends "Blue" who is a street performer down there. Blue at Mallory Square. Please pray for Blue's salvation and the salvation of the other people in that small island town! It looks like at least 3 of our friends who are street performers down there that we knew7 years ago are still there. I look forward to possibly seeing them again. Thank you for your prayers!

With love in the Lord,

Virginia