Met once again with the Mormons for the third (and final!) time.
Instead of meeting on my deck, this time my neighbor wanted me to come over to their house and watch a video about Joseph Smith. I agreed so that I could get them to watch the DNA video. (They refused to watch the DNA video anyway... because it's not produced by the LDS... and they call me "closed-minded"?)
Well... the video was sappy. Good production, but it was like a Little House on the Prarie version of Joseph Smith's "vision". There were a lot of things in it that were factually wrong.
So after 20 minutes it FINALLY ended. This time there were FOUR Mormons there. The 2 young missionaries, my neighbor, and someone else from their church. I guess there was no way they were going to let me be alone with those 2 missionaries. What are they scared of? lol
So my neighbor asked me point blank "So are you ready to kneel and accept Joseph Smith as a true prophet??"
I said "Nope, I'm not buying any of this."
I thought the one missionary guy was going to cry. He and I really connected personality-wise, and I genuinely like the guy. It was obvious that he really thought I would be converted.
So the one missionary gave me his testimony, as did my neighbor... again. So I began to share mine... again. And again, my neighbor cut me off in the middle of it. This was the third time he cut me off during our meetings over the past month while I was giving my testimony. So I called him on it.
I said "Look... I've been more than gracious and let all y'all give your testimonies. Yet, everytime I attempt to give mine you cut me off. And then you call me "closed minded"?"
He backed off and apologized.
Right when I had another opportunity to give my testimony the two missionaries had to leave. Apparently they have a curfew while they are missionaries and it was after 9pm at this point.
As they were leaving the one missionary, who I really like, told me he was really going to dig into and investigate the DNA issue... so praise God, hopefully this wasnt a complete waste of time!
After they left the other Mormon left, and then it was my neighbor and I, and we talked for another hour.
Talk about some wacked-out beliefs! He got into being sealed to my family, temple rights, pre-existant beings, Jesus and Lucifer being brothers, levels of heaven, multiple gods, etc etc etc... all the things that they are not supposed to get into with someone like me!
He even told me that Hitler was saved and in heaven, tho he is in the lowest heaven. Sorry... I cant serve a god who isnt a god of justice!
And praise be to God, the Holy Spirit gave me scripture to counter every thing that he brought up. Scriptures I hadnt even thought about in years came to my mind.
My neighbor seemed unmoved... but I'm not discouraged because it's not me who can whoa someone to Christ. It's the Holy Spirit. All I can do is preach the Word in season and out.
So we ended on a decent note. My neighbor said, as I was heading out the door, "My wife and I will be standing beside you in the temple when you are sealed to your wife and your boys!"
I joked and said "The Devil better have a sweater on that day cuz it's gonna be mighty cold in hell!"
My advise to anyone thinking of witnessing to Mormons... KNOW THE BIBLE! And don't expect to see results. At least not right away. They are in so much deception that it is like coming off herion addiction. It simply does not happen overnight. And in most cases it doesn't happen at all. They use the same terms we use, but they mean totally different things... so it's easy to trip up. Just like you need to be trained to handle hazzardous waste, you need to be well trained to handle these folks.
Krispy