Have you ever tried to reason with a Mormon elder? I have – dozens of them two at a time. It’s like trying to reason with your cat when it has just jumped up on the dining table and coughed up a fur ball in your bowl of split pea soup. You’ll find you make no progress whatsoever. Notice the look on your cat’s face. Now look at the Mormon elder’s face. IT’S THE SAME LOOK!
Spiritual truth cannot be force fed. That is one of the hardest truths I ever had to learn. I thought, “If I quote enough scripture, and if I refer to each and every scripture in proper sequence, starting with the basic foundational scriptures and then building thereon in a calm manner, and if I use good, sound reasoning, my hearer will have to finally conclude, ‘I see what you are saying. Yes, I agree with you!'” Not so. Not so at all. Try it with your cat first. I guarantee you that you will have success with the cat before you succeed with the Mormon, or anyone else who has embraced spiritual error in some of their beliefs or doctrines.
Then why do I continue to write Bible based articles, expounding on doctrines I realize most other Christian believers do not believe or accept as Bible truth? Because I am a sower of seed. That is my function in the body of Christ. I have no choice in the matter just as my heart has no choice in the function it performs. Also, I have no way of knowing what mind or minds might or might not be receptive to God’s Word. I am continually surprised when someone communicates with me by email, letter or phone call and says that they are overjoyed and consider themselves greatly blessed at having received some article I have written and sent to them via email, my website, or by U.S. Mail.
The Lord’s parable of the sower and the seed is found in three of the four gospel accounts: Matthew 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20 and Luke 8:4-15. In that parable Jesus describes four different types of hearers. Only one of the four types is described as having the ability to receive the Word, act upon it, and produce fruit. I never know when sowing the Master’s seed upon what type of ground the seed has fallen. Often it falls on rocky ground and does not take hold at all. Some falls by the wayside and is trodden down immediately or Satan takes it away quickly. Then some falls upon ground that also produces weeds and thorns and the Word is quickly choked and dies. The harvest is neither my responsibility or function. I shall ever remain a mere sower of seed.
Someday I shall have to give account to the Lord of the harvest as to how I have fulfilled my duties. He will not hold me responsible for those who refused to hear or who heard and failed to act upon what they heard. He WILL hold me responsible for what I said and taught. If I teach error, I shall give full account for having done so. And I can suffer great eternal loss if I have taught error. That is WHY I keep myself surrendered fully to the LORDship of Jesus Christ and it is why I continue to read the scriptures daily even though I long ago completed the reading of the entire Bible many dozens of times. And I am ready to be called into the throne room and face my Lord. Are YOU?