Written in fall in the year 2020 AD.
My beloved brothers and sisters.
I have testimony.
Jesus Christ and his church is an inseparable part of my life. I go to church, not because some sister is especially pretty, but I do it for Jesus Christ. I go to church, not because I am convinced, but because I have a testimony, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the true church; and that is the true church, not because the human being say so, but because of true happenings. The gospel that was brought to earth by Jesus Christ, but it was lost when the apostles were chased away and murdered. Many centuries later, restored by Jesus Christ, when he transferred the power of attorney to Joseph Smith Jr. by laying on of hands.
The year 2020. The pandemic has changed many things in the world; some are less and some are more affected. The houses of the church were closed for some time; and it had been a hard time. When the houses were reopened, the joy of being back in church; and I have remembered my little book. I wrote the following words a few weeks before the church houses were closed. “When I am in church, to be among good souls, among brothers and sisters; and far too often I am among the others, the non-saints, who sin.”
No human being is free from sin. It is written in the Scriptures: “The fall of Adam and Eve is in every human being, and with it the sin.” And further it says: “The earth is a place of proving for the human being, the repentance of sin in order to return to the Kingdom of Heaven to God’s presence.” “The repentance is more than just a word and a deed, but the realrepentance comes from the heart, and a repentance cannot be forced, and it is a lot of work on oneself and the neighbor.”
A parable. The true repentance cannot be forced.
A rich man who had much land and treasures; and he was a respected ruler by his righteousness. His son lived in sin; and the father knew that the people would not acknowledge a sinner as ruler. The father said to his son that if he repents of the sin, then he will be his heir, and all the land and all the riches will be at his feet.
When the son heard this, and he saw all the lands and all the riches, then he did as the father had said to him. From then on he lived a life free of sinful deeds, and he only said words that flattered everyone in the people; and everything he had done just to get recognition from the people.
I tell you, the son of the rich man, he was not reversed from sin, but he became selfish, and he had hardened his heart for the riches of the world and all that is worldly.
The true repentance comes from the heart.
A Mormon, a sister, her name is Al Carraway. I have not met her personally, but I follow her on Instagram.
She was not born into the church. She led a life of sin and had many paintings engraved into her skin. She had got to know the church through missionaries; and she had received a testimony and was reversed from sin. She has written a book: “More Than the Tattooed Mormon”. She cannot remove the scars on her skin from her sinful past, but her repentance comes from the heart.
The Holy Spirit is the true truth; and Jesus Christ knows the hearts of the human children; and no human being is able to hide from God.
I am a witness of Jesus Christ. Figuratively spoken: There is a special plant; and the special thing about this plant, it grows only where Jesus Christ is. I testify, the plant grows in his church The Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; the plant can be found in the houses of the church. I have written these words, far away from the church, in a place where I have lived for 4 years, but the plant does not grow in that place; but the source of my words is from the heart. The true repentance comes from the heart; and in our hearts this plant grows, which only grows where Jesus Christ is; and this makes us to brothers and sisters. We are one family. The people of Jesus Christ; and in his name, Jesus Christ, Amen.