Deceiving the Elect

Good morning to you!  It's Sunday and I wanted to drop a post.

Terry?...there are problems for sure.  I will take him back Friday, the 20th, to see how the blood tests come back and will bring you up to date on his health.  No sense speculating etc.

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In the meantime...Natalie- you have never "neglected" me.  Yes...it would have been fun to share our Church membership in high school and grow together in the Gospel but we are doing that now!  Doing our best to stay on the covenant path!  Love always to you!  xoxox

Speaking of the Covenant path...In all the years I've been in the Church I've heard about the Matthew scripture and the chaos and evils of the last days and ... if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Somehow or other it always came across that wouldn't really happen but if it were possible etc. etc.  The emphasis was always on the wickedness of the last days but somehow or other the very elect would not be deceived. 

For the first time in my recollection an Apostle has spoken and warned us and told us that some of the elect are being deceived!  Right now!!  He then explains how "de-conversion" comes about and what we need to watch for and what we need to do.  Did you already see/hear this?  If not...here are couple of paragraphs but do read the entire talk by Elder Ballard from a few days ago.  that is just a dab of what he said...read it all!!!  (I just realized that this was actually given in 2016 at a multi-stake conference in SLC area)  So the talk is new to me because I wasn't in that meeting in Salt Lake!)

(There will be a separation of the wheat from the tares in the Church.  Hymn #94.  and wolves in sheep clothing!  Isn't there a Hymn about that?)

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Elder Ballard...here

I remind you of Jesus’s prophecy regarding the last days in which we now live: “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect” (Matthew 24:24). We are saddened when we witness some of the “very elect” deceived, as Jesus warned.

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They include sincere daily prayer, faithful fasting, regular study and pondering of the scriptures and the words of the living prophets, making the Sabbath day a delight, partaking of the sacrament with humility and always remembering the Savior, worshipping in the temple as often as possible, and, finally, reaching out to the poor and lonely—both those close by and across the world.

When someone stops doing these simple but essential things, they cut themselves off from the well of living water and allow Satan to muddy their thinking with his deceptively polluted water, which clogs arteries of faithfulness and drains the spirit with counterfeit nutrition. Sin and guilt cloud the mind—leading many to deny past inspiration and revelation and causing a “de-conversion” from the truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

(Look up 2 Cor. 11:3, 13:5)