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jiminycricket
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Date: November 24, 2015 12:43PM
That would be Apostle Bruce R. McConkie. He said,
. . ."There are yet others who have an excessive zeal which causes them to go beyond the mark. Their desire for excellence is inordinate. In an effort to be truer than true they devote themselves to gaining a special, personal relationship with Christ that is both improper and perilous."
. . ."Now I know that some may be offended at the counsel that they should not strive for a special and personal relationship with Christ."
RE the Q15: . . ."you have never heard one of them advocate this excessive zeal that calls for gaining a so-called special and personal relationship with Christ."
. . ."You have heard them teach and testify of the ministry and mission of the Lord Jesus, using the most persuasive and powerful language at their command. But never, never at any time have they taught or endorsed the inordinate or intemperate zeal that encourages endless, sometimes day-long prayers, in order to gain a personal relationship with the Savior."
. . ."I am well aware that some who have prayed for endless hours feel they have a special and personal relationship with Christ that they never had before. I wonder if this is any or so much different, however, from the feelings of fanatical sectarians who with glassy eyes and fiery tongues assure us they have been saved by grace and are assured of a place with the Lord in a heavenly abode . . ."
. . . "It is a fine and sacred line, but clearly there is a difference between a personal and intimate relationship with the Lord, which is improper, and one of worshipful adoration, which yet maintains the required reserve between us and him who has bought us with his blood. . ."
His conclusion:
. . . "But you have been warned, and you have heard the true doctrine taught. Those who need to study the matter further would do well to get and study a copy of what I have said when it is published by Brigham Young University."
https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/bruce-r-mcconkie_relationship-lord/- - -
Well, scanning and reading that talk made me sick to my stomach. I used to eat that stuff up. Pure BS now.