What if the Mormons were Right?

People are in a hurry in New York. They don't have time to be listening to 20 year old kids tell them,

 "I can't prove it to you, but trust me, I know this message is true."

Who is going to listen to that? I certainly wouldn't want to give 20 minutes of my precious time, right as I sat down for dinner, to listen to his "fairytales."

So why should anyone listen? Well, I can answer this question with another question.

What if those young, innocent, smiley, kids with the white shirts and bikes actually know what they are talking about? What if the Mormons are right?

If the Mormons are right, then,
 "this Church was restored in our day by Jesus Christ Himself. Here you will find the authority to act in His name—to baptize for the remission of sins, to confer the gift of the Holy Ghost, and to seal on earth and in heaven." (Dieter F. Uchtdorf)
 In other words, if Christ were to come visit Earth this weekend, he would attend The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for His Sunday service. And He would preside in the meeting.

If the Mormons are right, then God has revealed another testament that Jesus is the Christ called The Book of Mormon. This added testament gives a lot of clarity to some unclear doctrine such as:

• Why baptism is important, and how it should be performed

• That God is the same yesterday, today, and forever

• A better understanding of the story of Adam and Eve

• Our personal relationship with God

We have a pretty long list. If you really want to know more, you can try mormon.org, but I don't want to bore everyone with the endless list of blessings the Book of Mormon provides.

If the Mormons are right, then further knowledge about God's plan for his children has been restored, such as:

• We are LITERALLY God's spiritual children

• Those who did not have a chance to receive the gospel of Christ during their life on Earth will still have a chance to accept the gospel and be saved in the "spirit world." That means your baby wasn't thrust down to Hell just because it died before you could rush it over to the nearest church and have it baptized.

• FAMILIES ARE FOREVER! This is my personal favorite. As I have said many times before, God loves us, and He loves families a lot. We are His Children after all! And He wants us to continue to have those beautiful family relationships for all eternity. Heaven would not be Heaven without this.

If the Mormons are right, then we have the "fullness of the gospel" plainly taught to us through ancient and modern prophets. This gospel of faith, repentance, baptism, receiving the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end are plainly understood because of the restored knowledge we have today. Those 5 steps are interconnected, and when we follow this pattern that Christ Himself taught, we can learn, grow, and progress to become perfected through Him. Sound familiar?

If the Mormons are right, then you can learn how to not only believe in Christ, but show everyone that you try your best to act on that belief.

It may be:

• home teaching/ visiting teaching
• a calling to serve as a leader, door greeter, party planner, clerk, librarian, Sunday school teacher, ward missionary, chorister, organist, cub scout adviser, or whatever else the Bishop can come up with
• living your life as an example for your family and friends
• raising your kids to be strong, productive, independent individuals who will contribute to society
• or simply striving to make yourself a little more Christlike today than you were yesterday

Here's President Uchtdorf again: "Believing in God is commendable, but most people want to do more than listen to inspirational sermons or dream of their mansions above.⁴ They want to put their faith into practice. They want to roll up their sleeves and become engaged in this great cause." 

If the Mormons are right, then the world has a bright future. No one can stop the work from progressing. Those young guys with the white shirts and bikes are coming, and they are coming in larger numbers than ever before. If the Mormons are right, you may find that God loves and blesses His children a lot more than you realize.