True Latter-day Saints

I posted this quote back in a 2012 post I did.  But I feel it's worth posting again because it is more pertinent now than it was even in 2012, and certainly more pertinent now than it was in 1961.

“No true Latter-day Saint and no true American can be a socialist or a communist or support programs leading in that direction. These evil philosophies are incompatible with Mormonism, the true gospel of Jesus Christ.” – Secret Combinations by Elder Ezra Taft Benson of the Council of the Twelve Apostles. General Conference, October 1961

It's unfathomable to me how many Latter-day Saints ascribe to the evils of communism and socialism.  Even those Latter-day Saints who are very active in the Church and even those in high leadership positions.

It was made clear, 63 years ago, by one of the Lord's prophets, seers, and revelators – Ezra Taft Benson – that communism and socialism are evil.  And that being a member of the Lord's true church and being a socialist/communist are incompatible.  You cannot be a true Latter-day Saint and be a socialist/communist at the same time.  You're either one or the other.  You cannot serve God and mammon (Matthew 6:24).

If you are a Latter-day Saint and support the evil philosophies of socialism and communism you are a Latter-day Saint in name only and do not follow the true gospel of Jesus Christ.  President Benson clarified that even if you support programs leading in the direction of socialism/communism you are not true Latter-day Saint, nor a true American.

It truly baffles me how many so-called Latter-day Saints support the evils of socialism/communism and the programs that destroy not only America but individuals' lives.

It's really not that hard to see through Satan's lies if you live in the world but are not of the world.  If you are trying every day to live the gospel of Jesus Christ, it's easy to see the truth.

But, these are the last days before Christ's Second Coming.  And as Matthew warned, even the very elect will be deceived in the last days (Matthew 24:24).

There are rocky, steep, treacherous roads ahead as we prepare the world for the Second Coming of our Savior.  We must hold fast to the iron rod and stay on the strait and narrow path or we will be lost like so many of our fellow Saints.

That's my two cents.