I feel strongly impressed that my first posting should be about our Savior, Jesus Christ. I know of no individual that ever walked this earth that more has been written about or sung about than Jesus Christ. Even the element of time used in the world today is marked by the birth and death of Jesus Christ. He is known to the Jew, the Christian, the Mohammedan, and the unbeliever. We make solemn oaths upon His name and use His name repeatedly in vain.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the few churches that has His name in its title...........and rightfully so. After all, this is His Church. There is no doubt in my mind that Christ is leading His Church today through a Prophet, just as He has done throughout the history of this world. There is no doubt in my mind that the church that Christ established on earth when he was here for the first time in body and spirit has now been restored upon the earth once again.
There is much discussion about whether or not Mormons, ( as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are often called), are Christian. This is a dictionary's definition of a Christian.: "of, pertaining to, believing in, or belonging to the religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ". So why are not Mormons considered Christian? The church that we Mormons belong to even has his name in it, which most churches don't have. Really, whose church is it if it is called: Main Street Church, Everybody's Church, Church of the Green Meadows, etc. These are all made up names, by the way, but you get the idea. Look on the left of this blog and you will see the Articles of Faith of the LDS Church. These 13 articles are what we believe in.
What I find interesting is that the LDS Church is one of the fastest growing churches in the world, yet each individual ward, or church building, is made up of strictly volunteers serving in the church. The Mormon church has no paid members in its individual wards leading and teaching the gospel. Even the Churches' missionary program is made up of unpaid volunteers who pay their own way. Young men, young women, and retired seniors give 1 1/2 to 2 years of their life in the mission field preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ........and they pay their own way for the privilege to do this. Amazing. IMHO
Perhaps tomorrow I will ramble on about another miss-understood piece of the Mormon religion, that being the Word of Wisdom.
