Exposing Evil

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Posted by Connor on November 2nd, 2006

From the mouth of the Prophet:

Our lives have already become jeopardized by revealing the wicked and bloodthirsty purposes of our enemies; and for the future we must cease to do so. All we have said about them is truth, but it is not always wise to relate all the truth. Even Jesus, the Son of God, had to refrain from doing so, and had to restrain His feelings many times for the safety of Himself and His followers, and had to conceal the righteous purposes of His heart in relation to many things pertaining to His Father’s kingdom.

When still a boy He had all the intelligence necessary to enable Him to rule and govern the kingdom of the Jews, and could reason with the wisest and most profound doctors of law and divinity, and make their theories and practice to appear like folly compared with the wisdom He possessed; but He was a boy only, and lacked physical strength even to defend His own person; and was subject to cold, to hunger and to death. So it is with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; we have the revelation of Jesus, and the knowledge within us is sufficient to organize a righteous government upon the earth, and to give universal peace to all mankind, if they would receive it, but we lack the physical strength, as did our Savior when a child, to defend our principles, and we have a necessity to be afflicted, persecuted and smitten, and to bear if patiently until Jacob is of age, then he will take care of himself.
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six 1843-44 pp 392

Hmm… is Jacob yet of age? If not, when will he (we) be? The Church seemingly walks and pins and needles so as not to incur the wrath of the many governments they must work with. With things getting worse around the world, when will the time come when we boldly stand forward to expose evil, offer liberty and security to those who will congregate with us, and fiercly oppose that which Satan is upholding and working on?

Satan is making war against…the very foundations upon which society, government, and religion rest…He plans to destroy freedom—economic, political, and religious, and to set up in place thereof the greatest, most widespread, and most complete tyranny that has ever oppressed men. He is working under such perfect disguise that many do not recognize either him or his methods…He comes as a thief in the night; he is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Without their knowing it, the people are being urged down paths that lead only to destruction…
First Presidency Heber J. Grant, J. Reuben Clark Jr., David O. McKay, Conference Report, October 1942, p. 14

Satan is real, and he is really working against us. He is building up his own kingdom to try and afflict and suppress God’s. What is our charge, then, in relation to this?

Therefore, that we should waste and wear out our lives in bringing to light all the hidden things of darkness, wherein we know them; and they are truly manifest from heaven—
These should then be attended to with great earnestness.
Let no man count them as small things; for there is much which lieth in futurity, pertaining to the saints, which depends upon these things. (D&C 123:13-15)

Expose evil. Establish righteousness. Warn your neighbor. Spread the truth to all of God’s children.

[S]hall we not go on in so great a cause?

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