Destroying Truth

After listening to a conference talk given by a false Mormon apostle testifying of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon, I post this as a rebuttal. The Book of Mormon is a fable authored by a guilty false prophet. This is the story of the printing press, a symbol of dispersing the truth of God. A divine instrument of salvation and the death of liberty, when it is destroyed. I would ask that false teacher, did he step over the mangled printing press in Nauvoo to find the truth of the cornerstone of his religion?

Part One.
Some of the inventions of mankind are so revolutionary that they change the course of history. These inventions are inspired genius. They are even more remarkable when they redistribute power from the ruling classes and restore it to the people. It is especially marvelous when a single invention can flood the world with the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The printing press changed the world by mass production of written text. It allowed for the printing and mass distribution of the holy bible. The power of God unto salvation was released to the four corners of the world again. God in his infinite wisdom spread His merciful message of grace through thousands of copies of the scriptures just as He did in the beginning of this common area when thousands of scrolls flooded the ancient world with the written gospel message of the saving faith available to all through Jesus Christ.

“For I the LORD do not change” Malachi 3:6 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” Hebrews 13:8. Just as the hand written scrolls of the ancient world flooded the world with the written word of the Lord, so did the printing press fill the world with the preserved written word of God again.

Those ancient scrolls and the printing press were able to spread the word of truth given in the written word, so that the Truth would be revealed. “What is Truth?” asked the Roman Dictator. But before the question is ever asked aloud our Lord provided the answer, “I am the way, the truth, and the life”. The printed words of scripture are made alive by the power of God’s Spirit to testify of the Truth, Jesus. The word made flesh. Immanuel. Urged on by the Rulers of some of the Jews that Roman Dictator would try to silence the truth and crucify the word made flesh. An appeasement to keep the kingdom of Caesar at peace. By killing the Prince of Peace.

Those printed words upon the pages are only reinforced, not undermined as more of those ancient manuscripts are found each year. The reliability of the written word of scripture, the Holy Bible, is sustained by Almighty God. The Psalmist sing, “The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.” Psalm 119:160; The prophets proclaim, “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” Isaiah 40:8; The Apostle appeals “but the word of the Lord remains forever.” 1 Peter 1:25. And the authority of the Master declares, “For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.” Matthew 5:18. The printing press, an instrument used to proclaim truth, flooded the world with the written truth, the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Part Two.
There is another story about the printing press that is a little more obscure. It is a small printing press from Nauvoo, Illinois around 1844, about 300 years after its invention. When another truth was being made known to the world. The truth that the false prophet Joseph Smith, jr. had been a closet polygamist and had more than one wife. Published proof that Joseph was living contrary to the commandments of God “Thou shall not covet thy neighbor’s wife” and “Thou shall not commit adultery”; yet he still professed to be the prophet of God. “If you love Me, keep My Commandments” the Lord said. What prophet of God would rebel against God by not keeping His commandments?

Rather than take responsibility for the consequence of his many sins, the false prophet led a mob and broke into a private business and destroyed the offending printing press, the symbol of dispersing the truth. He attacked the sacred right of freedom of speech and of the press. This American Dictator did this to kill the truth to protect his small kingdom in western Illinois. Not unlike that Roman Dictator did so many years before in killing truth and murdering its twin peace. Yet the rule of law would finally prevail, he would be arrested for this crime of destroying another man’s property. While waiting for trial the wage of sin found him, death.

Joseph claimed to be a lamb being led to the slaughter. The last lie in a long string of “bearing false witness.” The largest lie being the five hundred page fable titled the Book of Mormon. He was guilty, has there ever been a guilty lamb? No.

Yet, was this last crime punishable by death? No, the breaking into a private business and destroying a printing press does not deserve death. But then again was the loss of several minutes from a single tape from the oval office that bad? No, but when it is the last link in a long chain of immoral activity, why shouldn’t the full measure of the law be enforced? Did Al Capone deserve 21 years in Alcatraz for tax evasion, or did he deserve more than that for all the other high crimes he had committed. Wouldn’t Joseph the false prophet deserve more punishment for enslaving millions on his highway (shiny and paved four lane toll road) to hell? Wouldn’t all the false prophets that succeeded him deserve the same condemnation?

Conclusion
Where am I going with all this? The tale of the printing press is a symbol of the dispersing of truth with two different endings. The divine and the dark. First the divine story, after a thousand years of abuses by the powerful Catholic hierarchy, the power of God was unleashed to the masses, through this small invention millions were set free into the Liberty of Christ. Second the dark tale, another printing press was destroyed to enslave millions more in a vain attempt to kill the truth. A desperate act to destroy truth. Has any harm ever come from shining the light of truth into darkness? yes, but it is harm for the devil and his minions. The light burns evil. Evil must destroy truth along with every instrument that brings it forth. Even if it is only a small printing press in a little newspaper office on the frontier of America. Truth must die for evil to grow.

“and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:32.

This is one more testimony among many thousands of others I hold for my love for the written word of my LORD, the Holy Bible. The great sovereignty of God to save mankind through the expansion of truth. The truth of His Son, Jesus Christ offered to save us from the growing evil and those who would destroy the truth or try to hide it.

The written word of God is not only a pillar of belief for conservative Christian theology. It is the truth of God. It completely and clearly reveals the power of God unto Salvation. It reveals Jesus Christ, in all his power, glory, and splendor made weak like the rest of His Creation to suffering and die to set men free from sin. Don’t try to cover your own sins by destroying your neighbor’s printing press, don’t kill the truth, instead let the blood of Jesus wash you clean. Believe Jesus. Trust Jesus. Love Jesus. Obey Jesus. Jesus will set you free.