As true Bible believing Christians know, 'there are NO coincidences with our Lord Jesus'....

The fact that this 'post' keeps resurfacing is a GREEN LIGHT, that we must get the word out about the false doctrine of the LDS, Mormon Church.

I don't do the 'copy and paste' business (guess I should learn)...nevertheless....here is a "Testimony of Brenda", from <www.4mormon.org> , which is to expose the false doctrine of the Mormon Church. It is a Researach for Christians to get the word out. You can go there via the website mentioned above and click on "Testimonies of Former Mormons" , "EX-LDS".

THE STORY OF BRENDA'S EXIT OUR OF MORMONISM --

The Testimony of Brenda:

"I was in my early 20's, honorably discharged from the Navy, happily married, and had my first child. My husband and I were living away from home and we soon clicked with another young couple that lived next door. We learned that they were LDS. Until that time, the only exposure I had to Mormons had been Donnie and Marie Osmond, who had a weekly TV program during the 70's.

Our new friends started bringing our daughter to primary with their kids and eventually we were fellowshipped into Mormonism. I was not raised in the gospel and knew nothing about the Scriptures. My ignorance and vulnerability made me a prime target for the missionaries. I had very few questions to ask and I blindly believed what they taught about Mormonism, and I was told to accept on faith what I did not understand. I was told Mormonism was not Christian, but simply the only true church and only way to eternal salvation. That all other churches were false and created by Satan to deceive us and keep us away from the true church (Mormon church).

My husband and I both came from dysfunctional families and we were lonely for friendship and a substitute "family." I think it was those emotional lures that attracted us to Mormonism. After we were baptized and our daughter Kimberly was blessed, our lives were totally consumed by obedience to Mormon Church's expectatins, doctrines, and callings. Our lives were no longer ours.

MY TEMPLE EXPERIENCE--

As we approached our one-year anniversary in the church, we were told that we should start preparing for the temple. This was an entirely deeper level of doctrine that I was not told about by the missionaries before they baptized me. The temple decor was absolutely beautiful. I remember being surrounded by a pool of smiling faces from our ward. I did not like being separated from my husband while I was there because I was unable to whisper to him about what I was being exposed to, nor talk to him about the "strange signs and tokens".

I remember feeling a mixture of horror, fear, and very uncomfortable. Those feelings were compounded by the guilt I felt because I thought there was something wrong with me for feeling that way. All the "seasoned" temple goers were so happy for me and they shared how much they loved doing temple work. Why didn't I feel that way? I tried to convince myself otherwise and even made myself go several more times. The 24-hour wearing of my 'neawly acquired temple undergarments' constantly reminded me of something amiss---but what?

THROUGH LOSS--FOUND CHRIST

I had no one outside the Mormon Church to talk to about my experiences so I continued to exist in something that was at least familiar with me. It was a result of the 1992 suicide loss of my only child where I found and received Jesus Christ through on-line Internet support groups for parents who lost children to suicide. I learned that God of the bible was not once an "exalted" human and that I was saved without works or rituals. I found peace in learning more about the Biblical God and in knowing that I have eternal salvation.

GOD'S SERVANT--

If I had not experienced the turmoil and pains of Mormonism and the difficulty from trying to leave it, would I have thirsted as I now thirst to bring Mormons into the light of Jesus where their agony would be replaced with joy, peace, and love for their newfound Jesus of the bible? Would they be able to find the way to true eternal salvation? The Biblical God will continue to be with me throughout all my trials. I am so thankful that I am alive for time and eternity, and you can be, too!

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WITNESS FOR JESUS,INC. PO BOX 50911 COLORADO SPRINGS,CO
www.4mormon.org 80949 USA
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Fellow-believers, we must get this word out. The enemy, Satan himself, is out to kill, steal and destroy. Jesus, the way, the truth and the life, tells us that Satan is a fallen angel.

LUKE 10:18 Jesus said to the 70 disciples "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven."

Prophecy by Isaiah-

Isaiah 14:12-15 "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."

The 5- "I WILLS" of Satan, caused Father God to throw him out of heaven. Satan wanted to be like GOD!

It is total blaspheme for someone to say that Satan was a brother of Jesus!!! Jesus was God in flesh.

We read this in COLOSSIANS 1:12-20

"Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness (Satan's power), and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins;

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firsborn of every creature:

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

And he (Jesus) is before all things, and by him all things consist.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the the preeminence.

For it please the Father that in him (Jesus), should all fulness dwell;

And having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven."

We accept, by faith, that Jesus Christ is God.

We serve a Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Thank you and may the Lord Jesus open our eyes to His truth!
Blessings, Abishag <><