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Here are two letters written by Mark Champneys to a man who is considering marrying a
Mormon girl. From: exmormon@integrityol.com (Mark Champneys)
Reply-to: exmormon@integrityol.com
To: "Mr. X"
Thank you for your email regarding your potential marriage to an LDS young
woman. This is something I get a lot of email about, and it is very
important.
I urge you not to consider getting married until you deal with first things
first. You need to get "Ms. X" saved. You need to witness to her.
Mormons are lost, because they do not trust Christ's promise to pardon all
their sin forever based upon His death on the cross. They believe that they
must first be worthy of His forgiveness by their works and by
repenting--which they define as stopping their sins and never repeating
them. This means that in order to be forgiven of all sins forever, they
must stop all sins forever. (If your "Ms. X" does not believe this, she
does not believe in Mormonism.)
What kind of marriage is it to be bound to someone you know is destined for
hell because of her Mormonism? If you truly love her, getting her saved is
far more important that having her now.
I recommend that you study my website carefully. Learn the diferences in
terminology from my glossary. Then go to my website to Frequently Asked
Questions by evangelical Christians where you will find a question about
witnessing to Mormons. I think that my answer there will be of help to you.
It has helped others in your same situation.
If you are unequally yoked to an unbeliever, particularly a Mormon, you are
doomed to misery, not happiness. I know what I'm talking about. Even if
she becomes a Christian, you will have plenty of struggles because of her
family if they are LDS. (My wife will vouch for this.) But if she does not
become a Christian, you are in for a great deal of pain. I urge you to heed
this advice. Make it your first order of business to lead her to the real
Jesus, THEN marry her. It will make all the difference in the world to your
happiness and hers. And I know that my advice is Biblical:
(2 Cor 6:14-16 KJV) Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:
for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what
communion hath light with darkness? {15} And what concord hath Christ with
Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? {16} And what
agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the
living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I
will be their God, and they shall be my people.
By the way, "Mr. X", I have given this advice to others and have gotten some
wonderful email back telling me of Mormons coming to the Lord, and then the
relationship blossoming. And one email I got back from a young man did not
have such good news, but he thanked me for saving him from getting into a
very painful marriage that he finally saw would have happened. Either way,
I feel that this is what the Lord would say to you if you asked Him the same
question.
(Psa 37:4 KJV) Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the
desires of thine heart.
Keep God first in your life, and He will give you that perfect marriage in
His own timing.
Your brother in Christ,
Mark Champneys
exmormon@integrityol.com
http://www.integrityol.com/exmormon
Subj: Yoked together
From: exmormon@integrityol.com (Mark Champneys)
Reply-to: exmormon@integrityol.com
To: "Mr. X"
"Mr. X",
>The reason why I feel she has salvation is because she has said the sinners
prayer with me to the Lord.<
This is wonderful news. You want to make sure she understands the meaning
of that prayer, however. A prayer does not save her, but faith does. This
kind of faith is simply a decision to trust the promise of God, and take Him
at His word when He says...
(John 6:47 KJV) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me
hath everlasting life.
A person either trusts such a promise or they don't. If "Ms. X" trusts
Jesus to pay her penalty for her so that He can rightly offer her the total
forgiveness of sins, then she knows for certain that she has eternal life.
If she isn't sure that she has a perfect record book in heaven, then that is
a telltale sign that she is not trusting His promise. I encourage you to
talk about this. I encourage her to write down the date that she received
eternal life by praying the sinner's prayer from her heart. That way, the
devil will never be able to convince her that such a day of decision never
happened. She will know that it happened, and be better inclined to cling
to God's promise.
>I don't think it'd be wise to say that all of the people in the Mormon
church have no salvation. There have been people who believe in Jesus and
people who don't in every church. What do you think?<
It is impossible to stay in the Mormon Church if you have been saved by
grace through faith. The LDS Church is not comparable to other churches.
There are probably a few Mormons who are recently saved (hopefully "Ms. X"
is one of them), but they cannot stay Mormons for very long because
Mormonism is so diametrically opposed to the gospel of grace found in the
Word of God. The lesser gods of Mormonism are diametrically opposed to the
Most High God. Mormons worship idols, none of whom is the Most High God. I
realize that Mormons are generally sincere people who want to do the right
thing, but I will say emphatically that their doctrine is evil and leads to
certain destruction. Moreover, it simply does not work, anyway. It brings
about the forgiveness of sins of no one.
This was not easy for me to accept, because all the people I cared about the
most at the time I left the Church were LDS. I did not want to think that
they were all going to hell. But in studying the Bible for a long time, I
am convinced that they are not "OK." They are going to be condemned,
because God will not allow anyone to stand in His presence and take any of
the credit for being there. All glory goes to the Most High. Yet every
Mormon who believes in their doctrines is relying upon their own merit,
their own worthiness, to earn the atonement of their sins. They must cease
permanently any sin they are forgiven of, which means they cannot possibly
be forgiven of all sin forever according to their own doctrine. My own
mother is dying of cancer at this moment, and she refuses to stop trusting
in her own worthiness. Her Mormonism renders her unwilling to receive the
pardon which is so essential to dwelling with God as an undeserved gift.
Jesus will say this to such a good person as my mother:
(Mat 7:22-23 KJV) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy
name done many wonderful works? {23} And then will I profess unto them, I
never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Boasting simply will not do at the judgment. If a person wants to be judged
for their deeds, they most surely will be. And God's standard is
perfection.
I am not concerned whether "Ms. X" denounces the Mormon Church right away,
but she needs to know that her only hope is the precious blood of Jesus upon
the cross, and not an ounce of her own righteousness contributes a single
thing towards her salvation. If she is resting entirely upon Him, her
Mormonism will take care of itself... and leave her.
I pray you will have a blessed marriage, bound together by Jesus Christ and
Him crucified.
In Christ,
Mark Champneys
exmormon@integrityol.com
http://www.integrityol.com/exmormon
P.S. I don't encourage you to visit a Mormon Church until you are
thoroughly studied in their terminology, so you will know what they mean by
what they say there. When that time comes, you can possibly be a witness to
them when you go.
Subj: RE: Mormonism
"Mr.X",
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