As I was vacuuming my house today I was noticing all my Easter decor and started thinking it's time to take it down. My thoughts turned to an Easter video I would watch as a kid. I remember these angry faces spitting out, "CRUCIFY HIM!" I never could understand why anyone would say that. Why was that the consensus of the masses? What were they seeing that was just simply not true about Jesus?
Lately, and maybe it's just me, but I feel like there has been a huge influx in people coming online shouting that "mormons are a cult". I've heard this since I was a kid, so it's not new... but I am seeing it increase. More and more it's become acceptable to bash on my religion and why? It's 2026, how is this okay? Would we do that about any other group of people?
To reiterate what I tried to say in my last post: it doesn't shake me. Not my faith anyway. Not in the way I think people want it to. No "light bulbs are going off", there's no questioning my whole belief system... no faith weakening is occurring... and why? Because those voices are just as misinformed as the people who shouted, “Crucify him!”
The world is telling me I'm in a cult- the same world who crucified our Lord. Those voices will never be stronger to me though than the still small voice that testifies of truth.
I was reading in Jacob 7 yesterday morning in The Book of Mormon. A man named Sherem contends with the prophet Jacob and denies the existence of Christ. Sherem tells Jacob that the gospel of Christ was blasphemy because "no man knoweth of such things." Jacob replies in part, "it has been made manifest unto me by the power of the Holy Ghost".
The world can tell me I am in a cult, but I know better. The Holy Ghost has manifested to me the truths found in my Church. I believe there is light and truth found in many places, because God loves us all. But it also just makes sense to me that Jesus Christ had a certain path to follow - and that path can be found where His gospel is. That is in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That's not supposed to feel like a diss on any other church, it's supposed to feel like an invitation. An invitation to join his circle, to walk with Him.
Not everyone walked with Him in his day. In fact, the masses were shouting to kill him. It feels a little bit the same to be a member of His church today - it's not exactly popular in the eyes of the world. But I cannot deny what I know.
Here's one thing I do know: The Book of Mormon makes me a better person. Truly. I have felt power flowing from its pages. So naturally I want to share it with anyone who will listen! Get yourself a copy and find out for yourself.
President Russell M. Nelson: “My dear brothers and sisters, I promise that as you prayerfully study the Book of Mormon every day, you will make better decisions—every day. I promise that as you ponder what you study, the windows of heaven will open, and you will receive answers to your own questions and direction for your own life. I promise that as you daily immerse yourself in the Book of Mormon, you can be immunized against the evils of the day, even the gripping plague of pornography and other mind-numbing addictions” Here are other prophetic promises regarding The Book of Mormon.
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