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On June 24, 2001, at 11am, I went to a Mormon temple. It was much bigger than the JW's Kingdom Hall. Interestingly, they are located on the same street and right next to each other!

Apparently, they call their services "wards". When I was very young, I tried to get into a Mormon service and they stopped me at the door. They asked me if I was in this ward. I asked them if a ward was like a service. The man replied, "No, it's like a ward!" Haha.

This ward opened up with a song called, "As I Search the Holy Scriptures". It's number #277 from their hymn book. I kept a hymn book and evaluated it. If you'd like to read about the songs they sing, please go here.

After the song, there was a nice prayer that talked about renewing our covenants with God. There were announcements and another hymn. They sang number #172. "In Humility Our Savior". Some of the words of this hymn went like this, "when we have proven worthy of your sacrifice divine, let our glory around you shine." This is a contradiction to Christian doctrines because we don't believe we are worthy or Christ's sacrifice. We never could be.

Unlike those two hymns, many of their hymns had the same names as well known hymns and songs. However, they had very different words. The organ played while the people sang. They sang very well and it sounded eerie. It was unnerving.

As soon as I sat down, near the back, my heart raced. I was shaking a little, so I prayed for peace. I didn't get it, immediately, so I prayed fervently.

The lay people wore white shirts and ties. It was ironic that I wore a with shirt, too. I don't think I planned this. They walked around and served everyone communion. I didn't take it and either did Sarine. We thought this would be a considerable offense to God, since this is a heretical church.

There were ten men sitting in chairs at the front of the room. I'm not sure what their purpose was. They didn't really do anything. However, one of them stood and spoke a testimony/mini-sermon.

I spoke in tongues, but heard nothing from God. I'm not sure this has ever happened. If it has, it is quite rare. I think my petition to God was being blocked by demonic forces.

Kids are allowed in the main service. There was lots of crying. The parents seemed to have big families and didn't really care if their kids were loud.

When I'm in my church services at The Rock, God always teaches me lots of things. I write these things down. I heard a spirit speaking lessons to me, here, too. However, I didn't trust what was being said to me. The things didn't necessarily contradict God's Word. I simply didn't want to accept any revelations I was receiving in this heretical church.

People who have very developed, biblical discernment can discern a lot. They can hear a band and tell that one of the musicians isn't a believer in Christ. I didn't want to make anyone stumble by trying to gain godly wisdom from this service and passing it on. Note: there were only a couple things that I discounted. I really wasn't taught much, especially not much compared to what I usually learn in my services.

A strange phenomenon occurred when I read the Book of Mormon. I had gotten one from my local library and decided to bring it with me. The tension I had felt before left me! I believe the demonic forces that were oppressing me left and I was comforted by God. This could be the reason why Mormons read their heretical books. Demons could oppress them until they read and when they begin reading, the demons could leave, making them feel relief. This could deceive people into thinking what they are reading is right and good. However, I knew better.

At one point, toward the middle of the service, I heard a low rumbling noise. It was rather eerie. I believe it was God's angels trying to enter the building. The doors were closed and I think demons were guarding them. If I could only see into the supernatural realm, I think I would have seen something amazing.

Danny Perez, a newly returned missionary, spoke and represented the high council. I imagine the high council was the title for the ones sitting in front of the church. He read from Moroni 10:3-5 and it said to win disciples.

Hardly anyone was reading. In fact, I saw no one. Many people were squirming and not paying attention.

During Danny's speech, he kept encouraging people to read the Book of Mormon. He said everyone should pray and see if the Book of Mormon was true and we should read it all the time. This is a heretical doctrine that I really don't like. The Bible never says to pray over a religious book and see if it's from God or not. Having unbelievers pray about the Book of Mormon is a foolish way to see if it's correct or not. They could hear anything in their head.

Danny went on to tell us that he understand the Bible by reading the Book of Mormon.

Finally, there was a prayer that closed the service. During some elder's prayer, he stated that the Mormon Church was the only church that "gives eternal happiness". Isn't God the one who gives eternal happiness? Isn't saying that your church is the only one that gives eternal happiness awfully heretical?

Today is the 6^th day of my 40 day fast. I believe God spoke to me clearly about the evils of this church. I have studied the Mormon doctrines a lot, but going to this service and reading their hymn book has confirmed what I learned.

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