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March, 2013

  1. The Testimony Of A 9-Year-Old…

    March 24, 2013 by Ben Tanner

    Eden11I would like to bear my testimony, and I know that the church is true,  I know that Jesus came to earth, and that Jesus was born.  I know that Joseph Smith restored the true church.  I know that the Book of Mormon and other scriptures are true, and that our current prophet is Thomas S. Monson.

    I know that if we listen to the prophet we will know Heavenly Fathers instructions, and that through his teachings of the gospel we can be with him again.  I am very grateful for all that Heavenly Father has given us.  I am also grateful for his gospel.

    I am grateful that through the atonement of Christ we can repent and be forgiven.  I know that the scriptures teach us the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  I would like to share an experience  that I had with angels.

    One night I was having nightmares and I could not go back to sleep, so my dad said a prayer asking Heavenly Father to send angels to comfort me.  I could not see the angels but I could feel them beside me.  I was able to go back to sleep for the rest of the night.

    I know that we can ask Heavenly Father through prayer for things that we need and he will help us.  I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

     

    (I asked my 9-year old Eden to type her testimony here.  I’m one proud Papa.  She has been and will always be one of my favorite people ever, just sayin)

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  2. Born Again Mormons… Alma Chapter 5

    March 17, 2013 by Ben Tanner

    statue2Do Mormons believe in being “Born Again”?  Absolutely.   We believe Jesus meant what He said in John 3:5-8.  A Mormon believes in at least four types of “Born Again” experiences:

     

    1. Your realization that God lives and your need for Jesus Christ (seeing the Kingdom of God)

    2. Baptism (being born of Water)

    3. Baptism of Fire (born of the Spirit)

    4. The continual renewal and rebirth experiences that come as we repent throughout our lives (Can you feel so now? Alma 5:26)

     

    The the Book of Mormon the Prophet Alma asks:

     

     14 And now behold, I ask of you, my brethren of the church, have ye aspiritually been bborn of God? Have ye received his image in your countenances? Have ye experienced this mighty cchange in your hearts?

     15 Do ye exercise faith in the redemption of him who acreatedyou? Do you look forward with an eye of faith, and view this mortal body raised in immortality, and this corruption braised in incorruption, to stand before God to be cjudged according to the deeds which have been done in the mortal body?

     16 I say unto you, can you imagine to yourselves that ye hear the voice of the Lord, saying unto you, in that day: Come unto me yeablessed, for behold, your works have been the works of righteousness upon the face of the earth?

     17 Or do ye aimagine to yourselves that ye can lie unto the Lord in that day, and bsay—Lord, our works have been righteous works upon the face of the earth—and that he will save you?

     18 Or otherwise, can ye imagine yourselves brought before the tribunal of God with your souls filled with guilt and remorse, having a remembrance of all your guilt, yea, a perfectaremembrance of all your wickedness, yea, a remembrance that ye have set at defiance the commandments of God?

     19 I say unto you, can ye look up to God at that day with a pure heart and clean hands? I say unto you, can you look up, having theaimage of God engraven upon your countenances?

     20 I say unto you, can ye think of being saved when you have yielded yourselves to become asubjects to the devil?

     21 I say unto you, ye will know at that day that ye cannot beasaved; for there can no man be saved except his bgarments are washed white; yea, his garments must be cpurified until they are cleansed from all stain, through the blood of him of whom it has been spoken by our fathers, who should come to redeem his people from their sins.

     

    I testify that you can be renewed.  That you can be saved through the atonement of Jesus Christ.  Faith, Repentance, Baptism, The Holy Ghost, and Endurance to the end.

     

    In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

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