Tuesday, June 26, 2012

My Testimony of the Apostasy

I have been teaching a friend of mine, about the Restoration of the Gospel, his open for me to teach him and he says it's all very interesting and he feels good about learning it

As I been learning more about the great Apostasy, I know that this is the true church on the earth, that it was restored

In Ephesians 4:5 it says  "One Lord, one faith, one baptism"

Taking this from the "True to the faith" booklet "The Old Testament prophet Daniel prophesied that God would "Set up a kingdom" that would "never be destroyed" and would "stand for ever" (Daniel 2:44). In making this prophecy, he spoke of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the kingdom of God on the earth today. "
-Done with the True to the faith book-
 Amos 8:11-12 "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord
 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it."
 Prophecy of the Apostasy,


There's a talk in the Ensign June 2012 session. Please read The Honor and order of the Priesthood




In 1976 an area general conference was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Following the closing session, President Spencer W. Kimball [1895-1985] desired to visit the Vor Frue Church, where the Thorvaldsen statues of Christus and of the Twelve Apostles stand...
“To the front of the church, behind the altar, stands the familiar statue of the Christus with His arms turned forward and somewhat outstretched, the hands showing the imprint of the nails, and the wound in His side very clearly visible. Along each side stand the statues of the Apostles, Peter at the front to the right and the other Apostles in order.


Most of our group was near the rear of the chapel with the custodian. I stood up front with President Kimball before the statue of Peter with Elder Rex D. Pinegar and Johan Helge Benthin, president of the Copenhagen stake.
“In Peter’s hand, depicted in marble, is a set of heavy keys. President Kimball pointed to those keys and explained what they symbolized. Then, in an act I shall never forget, he turned to President Benthin and with unaccustomed firmness pointed his finger at him and said, ‘I want you to tell everyone in Denmark that I hold the keys! We hold the real keys, and we use them every day.’

“I will never forget that declaration, that testimony from the prophet. The influence was spiritually powerful; the impression was physical in its impact.

“We walked to the back of the chapel where the rest of the group was standing. Pointing to the statues, President Kimball said to the kind custodian, ‘These are the dead Apostles.’ Pointing to me, he said, ‘Here we have the living Apostles. Elder Packer is an Apostle. Elder Thomas S. Monson and Elder L. Tom Perry are Apostles, and I am an Apostle. We are the living Apostles.

“‘You read about the Seventies in the New Testament, and here are two of the living Seventies, Elder Rex D. Pinegar and Elder Robert D. Hales.’

“The custodian, who up to that time had shown no emotion, suddenly was in tears."

I know that the these men are called of God and hold the real keys to the Priesthood.
We watched this video in Sunday school last week and  I felt the spirit so strongly that I looked it up and watched it again
A Search for Truth

Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it

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