Here are the following verses that God used to help bring Kathleen out of Mormonism:
Galatians 2:20-21, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Colossians 1:14-17, Psalms 103:12, Matthew 27:51, Matthew 10:37-38, Isaiah 43:10, Isaiah 64:6, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 3:23, 3:28, 5:1-2, 11:6, Jeremiah 17:9.
KATHLEEN’s STORY OF FAITH
After being born and raised in the LDS Church, Kathleen became an inactive member after a painful divorce. Not wanting anything to do with religion or God, she still wanted to believe in the LDS teachings. She began dating a Christian man who lovingly challenged her to compare the many teachings of the LDS faith with what the Bible teaches.
The Lord led her on a long process of careful research and prayer. “God was very patient with me and showed me bits of truth from the Bible in small doses. God knew me so well and knew how traumatic it would have been to find out that my whole life I had believed a lie. It had never occurred to me that the Bible contradicts the Book of Mormon in many places.” When her Christian boyfriend showed her that nowhere in the Bible does it talk about the LDS teachings on the pre-existence, becoming a god, celestial marriage, etc…, she was terribly shocked. She truly believed these teachings were common knowledge to all Christians.
God eventually led Kathleen out of the LDS faith and into a saving relationship with Jesus Christ only a few years ago. The same Christian man who helped her leave Mormonism is now her husband. For her birthday, he gave her the book, “Speaking the Truth in Love to Mormons” by Mark Cares.
She encourages Christians to be patient, loving, and persistent when witnessing to Mormons. A huge hurdle is discovering the contradiction between the Bible and 2 Nephi 25:23 where it says that God’s grace is only sufficient after all you can do. “Another thing that helped bring me out of Mormonism was learning how the Bible came about. This is not really something taught in the LDS church. I grew up in the Mormon Church believing the Bible to be good but very unreliable. Discovering just how God was able to preserve his precious words over thousands of years is a miracle and certainly a tribute to how powerful God is (Matt. 24:35).”
Kathleen’s entire family is still Mormon. They are not very happy with her decision to leave the LDS faith. She continues to pray for them and reach out in love as much as possible. Her prayer is that one day that the powerful Word of God will break the chains the LDS Church has on them. She writes, “The word of God and Jesus’ unconditional love is what started the process of bringing me out of the LDS church and into a saving relationship with Jesus. Oh praise Him! My prayer is that God can use me to spread his love and word to all my LDS friends and family.”
