What I’ve Learned from Mormons
I have known several Mormons quite well. I know their families, their habits, and their testimony.
I completely disagree with their beliefs about God as they relate to anything taught by Joseph Smith. This opposition to their beliefs has led to many a healthy conversation and debate. But I can’t escape the many wonderful things about Mormons that we would do well to emulate.
It is not fair to accuse the majority of Mormons, no matter how wrong you find their beliefs, of the gross evils committed by sects in their religion (i.e. polygamists).
Christianity has had plenty to mar the purity of its testimony and I would not want someone tying my God or my beliefs to the Crusades, or to the Inquisition or to the Salem Witch Hunts.
With the that idea in mind, and the admittance that not everything that all Mormons do is right, or even properly motivated, let’s take a look at what I have learned from my experience with Mormons…
- If you say you believe in something, spread the word
- Commitment to excellence produces good fruit
- Being above reproach provides great credibility
- There is value in setting yourself apart from the culture
- Good family values produce good personal values
- Hard work and dedication pay off
- Good deeds done to others are a virtue
- But, without a true understanding of God and relationship with Him everything else you do is in vain
- And, righteousness comes from our position and identity in Christ through faith in Him, not by our own works
Do you think there is value in what can be learned from Mormons?
