Jim (first convert in 1970, at Ft. Sam Houston, who is now in Bishopric of LDS Church, who has become haughty and proud and arrogant in the extreme),

 

Letter from one of my latest converts (he can’t spell and he can’t write, but this man will be saved in the Kingdom of God, while knaves, hypocrites, liars and imposters shall be cast out, saith the Lord).  You people would make hell out of heaven with your pride and haughty looks and attitude.

 

 

While Modern Pharasees are Cast Out, Saith the Lord

 

11  Yea, they have all gone out of the way; they have become corrupted.

12  Because of pride, and because of false teachers, and false doctrine, their churches have become corrupted, and their churches are lifted up; because of pride they are puffed up.

13  They rob the poor because of their fine sanctuaries; they rob the poor because of their fine clothing; and they persecute the meek and the poor in heart, because in their pride they are puffed up.

14  They wear stiff necks and high heads; yea, and because of pride, and wickedness, and abominations, and whoredoms, they have all gone astray save it be a few, who are the humble followers of Christ; nevertheless, they are led, that in many instances they do err because they are taught by the precepts of men.

15  O the wise, and the learned, and the rich, that are puffed up in the pride of their hearts, and all those who preach false doctrines, and all those who commit whoredoms, and pervert the right way of the Lord, wo, wo, wo be unto them, saith the Lord God Almighty, for they shall be thrust down to hell!

16  Wo unto them that turn aside the just for a thing of naught and revile against that which is good, and say that it is of no worth!  For the day shall come that the Lord God will speedily visit the inhabitants of the earth; and in that day that they are fully ripe in iniquity they shall perish.

17  But behold, if the inhabitants of the earth shall repent of their wickedness and abominations they shall not be destroyed, saith the Lord of Hosts.

18  But behold, that great and abominable church, the whore of all the earth, must tumble to the earth, and great must be the fall thereof.

19  For the kingdom of the devil must shake, and they which belong to it must needs be stirred up unto repentance, or the devil will grasp them with his everlasting chains, and they be stirred up to anger, and perish;

20  For behold, at that day shall he rage in the hearts of the children of men, and stir them up to anger against that which is good.

21  And others will he pacify, and lull them away into carnal security, that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well—and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.

22  And behold, others he flattereth away, and telleth them there is no hell; and he saith unto them: I am no devil, for there is none—and thus he whispereth in their ears, until he grasps them with his awful chains, from whence there is no deliverance.

23  Yea, they are grasped with death, and hell; and death, and hell, and the devil, and all that have been seized therewith must stand before the throne of God, and be judged according to their works, from whence they must go into the place prepared for them, even a lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.

24  Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!

25  Wo be unto him that crieth: All is well!

26  Yea, wo be unto him that hearkeneth unto the precepts of men, and denieth the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost!

27  Yea, wo be unto him that saith: We have received, and we need no more!

28  And in fine, wo unto all those who tremble, and are angry because of the truth of God!  For behold, he that is built upon the rock receiveth it with gladness; and he that is built upon a sandy foundation trembleth lest he shall fall.

 

(Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 28:11 - 28)