They Walk in Darkness, because they have not the Holy Ghost

A walk into darkness; for they have not the Holy Ghost, to know the Devil has pulled them down into his pit, with the chains of hell. We are the Gentiles in the Church; the warnings are mostly pointed to us, the LDS members, not the Gentiles outside of it, who have never read the Book of Mormon.

[The fullness of the Gospel is to be taken from the Gentiles. The end of verse 10, shows that it is not a matter if, but a matter of when, the Gospel will be taken from the Gentiles. The Gentiles in this instance  especially applies to those running the LDS Church and its members in our day; as shown below.]

3 Nephi 16:

10 And thus commandeth the Father that I should say unto you: At that day when the Gentiles shall sin against my gospel, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their hearts above all nations, and above all the people of the whole earth, and shall be filled with all manner of lyings, and of deceits, and of mischiefs, and all manner of hypocrisy, and murders, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, and of secret abominations; and if they shall do all those things, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, behold, saith the Father, I will bring the fulness of my gospel from among them.

[ What is the fullness of my Gospel, the doctarine that we are challenged to come into the presence of Christ, not at death, but before we die; and receiving your Exaltation, and being one of his sons and daughters; as the Prophet Fathers before us have done, and as Joseph Smith; reference to the end of verse 10 above.]

Mormon 8:

35 Behold, I speak unto you as if ye were present, and yet ye are not. But behold, Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me, and I know your doing.

 36 And I know that ye do walk in the pride of your hearts; and there are none save a few only who do not lift themselves up in the pride of their hearts, unto the wearing of very fine apparel, unto envying, and strifes, and malice, and persecutions, and all manner of iniquities; and your churches, yea, even every one, have become polluted because of the pride of your hearts.

 37 For behold, ye do love money, and your substance, and your fine apparel, and the adorning of your churches, more than ye love the poor and the needy, the sick and the afflicted.

 38 O ye pollutions, ye hypocrites, ye teachers, who sell yourselves for that which will canker, why have ye polluted the holy church of God? Why are ye ashamed to take upon you the name of Christ? Why do ye not think that greater is the value of an endless happiness than that misery which never dies—because of the praise of the world?

 39 Why do ye adorn yourselves with that which hath no life, and yet suffer the hungry, and the needy, and the naked, and the sick and the afflicted to pass by you, and notice them not?

 40 Yea, why do ye build up your secret abominations to get gain, and cause that widows should mourn before the Lord, and also orphans to mourn before the Lord, and also the blood of their fathers and their husbands to cry unto the Lord from the ground, for vengeance upon your heads?

 41 Behold, the sword of vengeance hangeth over you; and the time soon cometh that he avengeth the blood of the saints upon you, for he will not suffer their cries any longer.

2 Nephi 26:

20 And the Gentiles are lifted up in the pride of their eyes, and have stumbled, because of the greatness of their stumbling block, that they have built up many churches; nevertheless, they put down the power and miracles of God, and preach up unto themselves their own wisdom and their own learning, that they may get gain and grind upon the face of the poor.

[President Benson most soundly re-warned us in our near past; WO be unto him that is at ease in Zion!

Do we still hear that today ? Presently some of the Church leadership are saying, All is well in Zion; can we trust that, how many times in the past,  have we been told otherwise; especially when our eternal salvation and exaltation is  on the line; can we  trust the arm of flesh.]

2Nephi 28:

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

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

[Can we ever have enough of the word of God. But the real word of God is actually personal revelation from God to each individual, as they pray and read scripture, learning line upon, and  being sanctified to be like him in the process. That is the only word of God that can save us and bring us into his presence.]

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.

[How well do we as LDS sit secure in our homes and churches and think, we know all that God has revealed, until he reveals more to our leaders. We need to look at D & C 76: 7,  And to them will I reveal all mysteries, yea, all the hidden mysteries of my kingdom from days of old, and for ages to come, will I make known unto them the good pleasure of my will concerning all things pertaining to my kingdom.

 8 Yea, even the wonders of eternity shall they know, and things to come will I show them, even the things of many generations.

 9 And their wisdom shall be great, and their understanding reach to heaven; and before them the wisdom of the wise shall perish, and the understanding of the prudent shall come to naught.

 10 For by my Spirit will I enlighten them, and by my power will I make known unto them the secrets of my will—yea, even those things which eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor yet entered into the heart of man.]

29 Wo be unto him that shall say: We have received the word of God, and we need no more of the word of God, for we have enough!

 30 For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have.

[We are reminded here not to trust the Arm of Flesh; we should only trust and learn from Christ; unless the Holy Ghost testifies what a person says is true; but if you lack the Holy Ghost, can you tell if they do, or do you just hope they are teaching correct principles;  again can one afford to be so trusting, if their  exaltation stands in the balance.]

31 Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man, or maketh flesh his arm, or shall hearken unto the precepts of men, save their precepts shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost.

[Here again, a prophecy is given, that says apostasy will come to the Gentile LDS Church, but he will show mercy to those who repent. Who are they, not the ones seen as active Saints, in good standing within the Church; all whom are chanting,  all is well, follow the Prophet, he will not lead you astray. This warning again, is not for those outside of the Church, but those within it.] 

32 Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord God of Hosts! For notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day to day, they will deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord.

[There are save but two Churches, the Church of the Lamb and the Church of the devil; it says nothing about the LDS Church; one has to conclude that the warning includes it/us as well. There is no indication in Scripture, that the LDS Church will have any existence beyond this period of mortal life, the Church of the Lamb will be the only Church after this time; and then Church of the First Born for those who become like Christ.]

1 Nephi 14:

9 And it came to pass that he said unto me: Look, and behold that great and abominable church, which is the mother of abominations, whose founder is the devil.

 10 And he said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth.


[If there are only two churches, which one do you belong to, which one do you think you are in? Can you ignore any warning, that the possibility might exist,   you might  be in the wrong one.]

2 Nephi 28:

  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.

[I see some shaking in our near future, the Lord will allow something to happen in the Church, that will cause those with the faith,  and eyes to see, and the ears to hear,  that something is amiss.]

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;

[Men come to believe the precepts of men, mingled with Scripture, as their truths, as did those Hebrews and Jews of the past,  and as those in the Book of Mormon, who fell. If you believe you will be saved, like the Zoramites, is that not in a way, saying three is no hell. And if God is trying to speak to you, are you not also denying the Holy Ghost. ]

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.rd God of Hosts.

The Holy Ghost is able to tell you all things, once you have it, no other source is needed, to bring you unto Christ and the Father.  The Lord has more recently shown me:

Faith =Holy Ghost= Salvation/Exaltation

No Holy Ghost = No Revelations=No Salvation/Exaltation

My Sheep hear my voice, those that do not, are not my Sheep; taken from Joseph Smith’s, Lectures on Faith.

Without the Holy Ghost, one cannot approach me and the Father, Amen

People with the Holy Ghost follow Christ, those without the Holy Ghost, follow men. People who follow men, do not have the Holy Ghost.

People who follow men, never learn to know their Heavenly Father and Christ. Which is needed to have a true testimony with Christ; one has to have actually seen, heard or been touched by him; by having a living relationship with him; to know him and have a testimony of him.