“And they shall give heed to that which is written, and pretend to no other revelation; and they shall pray always that I may unfold the same to their understanding. And they shall give heed unto these words and trifle not, and I will bless them. Amen” (D&C 32:4-5).
This revelation was given to Joseph Smith in 1830, before he ever altered any of his previous revelations. God’s wording here seems to suggest a gentle warning to not alter the revelations (scripture, Word of God), nor to disobey them.
That which is written is a reference to scripture such as the Bible. To give heed to something does not only mean to listen and obey, but also means to hold it, to guard and protect it. And of course to pretend can mean to act like you have something before you have it, or to deliberately deceive, showing something to be that which it is not. To trifle is not only to treat lightly, but is also to cheat. It is sad that not many years later and they (the saints) were already disregarding that which was written. They pretended to many revelations, and they definitely trifled with the words of God.
Scripture was not guarded, but changed at will to suit changing doctrines. Revelations were made up out of the deceitfulness of mens own hearts. We were cheated out of receiving the pure word of God and now have a garbled mess worse than most pseudopygriphal texts.
Give heed to that which is written. Hold to the scriptures; especially the Bible (especially Torah). Even as late as Joseph Fielding Smith, he declared,
“It makes no difference what is written or what anyone has said, if what has been said is in conflict with what the Lord has revealed, we can set it aside. My words, and the teachings of any other member of the Church, high or low, if they do not square with the revelations, we need not accept them. Let us have this matter clear. We have accepted the four standard works as the measuring yardsticks, or balances, by which we measure every man’s doctrine. You cannot accept the books written by the authorities of the Church as standards in doctrine, only in so far as they accord with the revealed word in the standard works. Every man who writes is responsible, not the Church, for what he writes. If Joseph Fielding Smith writes something which is out of harmony with the revelations, then every member of the Church is duty bound to reject it. If he writes that which is in perfect harmony with the revealed word of the Lord, then it should be accepted.” (Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 3:203-4)
Since his time, the cult of personality has only grown worse and many “faithful” Mormons willingly reject scripture for whatever their idol says that stands as CEO of the Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. My own father declared that you can burn the Bible and all scripture, and that all we need is the President of the LDS Church. He even went so far as to declare that “the brethren” are the word of God itself, they are the very rod of iron that Lehi saw in vision. This idea is so preposterous and without scriptural authority, it is not even worth debating. These are tell tale signs of a cult. And frankly, that mindset is purely satanic. It was the first tactic Satan ever tried, to get Eve to doubt the Word of God and go contrary to it. No one could say such things that was filled with the Spirit of God. I am saddened. Hopefully he repented of such thoughts.
When truth no longer becomes important to you, but the highest look of righteousness is obedience despite facts, idolatry is in full sway. When a man is set up on a pedestal, and it is declared that if you are not in that man’s church nor do you follow him that God will not save you, you know you are in a cult. It is not currently a violent cult, but it is definitely cultish.
Let it be known that God can save you independent of Mormonism or Catholicism or any other “ism”. Fear God and keep his commandments and you can be saved. Mormons can be saved, and so can non-Mormons. But beware of following false prophets. For if you do, it shows that you do not know God as well as you think you do. God’s people know his voice and will not follow strangers.
I know I write a lot against Mormonism, but that is because that is my background. I want these messages to reach all people, and not to push any honest and pure away. Let it be clearly known, I loved being a Mormon.
I had access to so much light through the Book of Mormon, Lectures on Faith, and so much more. I do not speak out against truth. But I will speak against lies wherever they are found. Perhaps in the future I will be more vocal of the many evils of Islam (which was founded by the devil) and Catholicism (also founded by the devil) or the pagan Hindus and so much more.
However it seems there are already so many blogs and videos that cover that information, I deem it unnecessary to do so here.
My message is always the same:
Hold to the iron rod of the Word of God, and it will bring you to him in righteousness. Measure all doctrines against the Word of God, most especially the Torah. If I can be proven wrong by scripture and/or revelation, I will change my views. However, the foundation is always the written word. Give heed to it. Read the scriptures and obey exactly what they say. If someone tells you something is sin or you need to do something to be saved, demand they prove it thoroughly from scripture. If they cannot do so there is no need to give heed to that messenger.
Seek God’s face. If you are a person of faith, you should expect to see the fruits of faith. If you have true faith in God, you will experience the miraculous in God’s own ways and timing. You should expect dreams, visions, healings, angels, tongues, wisdom, knowledge, voices, prophecy, and all other necessary gifts that accompany those of faith.
If you are not seeing these types of things in great abundance, you ought to take some serious reflection, and ask God to show you why. He will show you what you need to repent of if you are willing to see it.
You must give heed to that which is written if you are to be a candidate of salvation. You will damn yourself if you rely upon men who constantly abuse and contradict scripture. It doesn’t matter who someone says they are or what authority they claim to possess or even what experiences they claim to have, if they teach contrary to scripture. This is the standard God has given us to help us judge the wolves from the shepherds.
I know God’s Word is true and pure for he cannot lie and he has promised he would preserve his word. I am not a perfect man and as such do not set myself on a pedestal. Of course I sin, but I don’t want to. I want to be perfect and I know it is possible. Those who think perfection is impossible in this life will never try to attain it. They will constantly justify their sin. They will lie a little yea take advantage of one because of his words, surly God will justify in committing a little sin. There are many who teach after this vain and foolish doctrine. Those who think they will be saved simply by following some man, will become spiritually lazy and intellectually dull.
That’s all for tonight. God bless you and keep you. And have a wonderful Sabbath today. Shalom
