I like the church I'm in (I'm mormon)
we have 3 hour church,
we have a sacrament meeting (1 hr) and we sing a few hymns, pray to open and close the meetings, then we go to two different meetings and they're an hour each.
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Our primary family worship service is called sacrament meeting. This meeting is held in our chapels on Sunday and lasts approximately 70 minutes. Visitors are welcome to attend. It is common for families to attend, and we are accustomed to having children as part of the congregation.
A typical meeting would consist of the following:
- Hymns: Religious songs sung by the congregation (hymn books are provided).
- Prayers: Offered by local Church members.
- Partaking of the sacrament (communion): The sacrament consists of prepared bread and water, which is blessed and passed by priesthood holders to those in attendance who wish to do so.
- Speakers: Typically a meeting will have two or three assigned speakers.
(Note: We do not pass a plate or request donations as part of our worship services.)
Visitors are also welcome to attend other Sunday meetings that precede or follow sacrament meeting:
Lucetta, it is good to meet you.
Are you a recent convert to Mormonism, or were you raised in it?
The reason I ask, is I am VERY concerned about your spiritual well-being.
I know that Mormons claim to believe in Christ, but which one. I hope and pray that you will give me a chance to share the Truth with you.
Matthew 24:24 (KJV)
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For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
And a false Christ cannot save you. Even the late Mormon Prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley who passed away in 2008, said in one of his last sermons from the pulpit in Salt Lake City: "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints teaches a different Jesus Christ than the rest of the Churches." That is the truest statement that ever came from the Pulpit in Salt Lake City.
We teach that Jesus Christ is the Creator of Lucifer and everything else that exists, visible and invisible. Col. 1:16-19
But the Mormon Church teaches that Jesus is the Brother of Lucifer.
We teach that there is ONLY one GOD that has ever existed, and that ONE God is made up of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, YET they are NOT three Gods, but the Three are in reality ONE GOD. Isa. 43:10 and Mat. 28:19.
But the Mormon Church teaches there are MANY Gods, in fact Mormon men believe if they are good enough they will become a god themselves and rule over their own Universe.
It is that belief that bothers me the most, because that is the VERY SAME LIE that Satan used to get Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit.
Genesis 3:1-5 (ESV)
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1 [/SUP] Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”
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2 [/SUP] And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,
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3 [/SUP] but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”
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4 [/SUP] But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
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5 [/SUP] For God knows that when you eat of it
your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
But man can NEVER BECOME A GOD:
Isaiah 43:10 (ESV)
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declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.
Do you see why we are concerned. Please let us lead you out of Mormonism. Please let us introduce you to the real Jesus Christ. Please, the real Jesus is standing at the Door to your Heart knocking, but you have to open the door and let HIM in.
All you need to do is admit to GOD that you are a sinner, asking HIM sincerely for forgiveness and guidance.
You then out of a willing heart, ask the real Jesus Christ to come into your heart and rule as your Lord and Master.
Acts 26:20 (HCSB)
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20 [/SUP] Instead, I preached to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that
they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.
John 1:12-13 (NKJV)
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12 [/SUP] But
as many as received Him, to them
He gave the right to become children of God, to those
who believe in His name:
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who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but
of God.
John 3:5-7 (NKJV)
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5 [/SUP] Jesus answered,
"Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
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That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
Colossians 2:6 (NIV)
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So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in Him,
COME, HE is waiting to be your LORD.
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