31 Yea, it shall come in a day when there shall be great pollutions upon the face of the earth; there shall be murders, and robbing, and lying, and deceivings, and whoredoms, and all manner of abominations; when there shall be many who will say, Do this, or do that, and it mattereth not, for the Lord will uphold such at the last day. But wo unto such, for they are in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity.
In Mormon chapter 8, found in the Book of Mormon, Moroni is the last Nephite left after the Lamanites came and destroyed all the Nephites (the Lord would have saved the Nephites and helped them but it was at a time when the Nephites were very wicked and did not turn to God for help. He wants to help us but if we are wicked then we separate ourselves from Him.
Moroni was one of the very few righteous Nephites though and he took the records made by the Prophets (aka--Book of Mormon), added some writings, and then he hid the records in the ground to be preserved until the Lord declared it time for the records to be found and used. Many years later, a man named Joseph Smith the very first Prophet in these Latter Days found the record, after Moroni (now passed away and now an Angel of God) appeared to him and told him where to find the records.
Through revelation and visions Joseph Smith restored Jesus Christ's church back to the earth, translated (with the urim and thummim) the records, and published them to what is now known as The Book of Mormon.
Sorry long explanation but really it is rather short compared to the whole story but I just felt good about sharing details.
Part of the writings that Moroni added to the Book of Mormon talk about what the world will be like when the Book of Mormon comes to the earth (which is now). You can read the whole chapter to see the rest but what I wanted to focus on was verse 31 where it says, "there shall be many who will say, Do this, or do that, and it mattereth not, for the Lord will uphold such at the last day."
It is true, a lot of people are saying things like that. Such as Gay marriage is OK or sex is OK before marriage, or pornography is OK, and things like that. I have heard before that God isn't up there (heaven) looking down on anything and it is wrong when people think He is.
SO NOT TRUE! Even if God didn't send His judgements to sin (but He does, because He can see the destruction that not only sin causes on the sinner but also the people surrounding the sinner), I can tell you one good reason why IT DOES MATTER to live as the Savior and to follow His Prophets. Because it causes pain. These things rob happiness. Heavenly Father doesn't just set commandments because He is trying to make us miserable, it is because He is trying to save us from falling into misery, addiction, divorce, murder, ... etc. He is trying to keep us from the grasp of Satan. He loves us. He loves me. I have experienced pain from someone else making wrong decisions and it almost destroyed my family. That is Satan's goal, to destroy families.
It does matter.
Love,
Becky joy
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