Alma 21

(April 2, 2015)

                Mormon saw our day, but sometimes it still shocks me how well he was able to provide for us in the Book of Mormon.  In particular, I am shocked at how precisely the recitations of the Nehorite religion mirror the efforts of some outside the Church (and even within the Church) to attack it.

                There are those who deny miracles, and argue that if miracles were real there would be more of them and they would have experienced them too (why have we not seen an angel?).  There are those who claim that those chosen by God have no ability to preach repentance because preaching repentance necessitates an assumption of sin (the tolerance fetishism in modern society, placing it as the highest virtue).  Finally, there are those who believe that everyone will be saved, and thus making repentance unnecessary.

                To anyone who cruises the bloggernacle, each of these positions must sound familiar.  Satan has been using the same techniques to lead the children of God astray, and there have been those who choose to follow him.  It is essential that we are ever-cautious to avoid being seduced by such damnable philosophies whenever we encounter them.