[Duncanbelem]

I love your desire to bring souls unto Christ. He will greatly be pleased with our efforts. For this is our purpose to bring souls unto Him. I love the Lord Jesus Christ, and I desire to return to Him. I know that He is the path, and that there is no other path, but I must confess I am a Mormon. I need to be honest with you. I have no desire to contentious. I want you to continue to do what you believe Christ wants you to do, for I am but a man.

I grew up as a Mormon. I was taught in the Mormon Church. I served as a Missionary. And this is what I do
"And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins." -- 2 Nephi 25:26 The Book of Mormon.

I know that there is no other way but Christ. Joseph Smith is not our path.

" And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is fone God, without end. Amen." 2 Nephi 31:21 The Book of Mormon

I too know that we shouldn't trust in the arm of the flesh

"O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee forever. I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh; for I know that cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh. Yea, cursed is he that putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh his arm." 2 Nephi 4:34 The Book of Mormon

I also read and trust the Bible, The Book of Mormon Commands us to.

Now about Joseph Smith. I have heard of the accounts about Joseph Smith you have made. But these account are made by Men, and cursed is He than puts His trust in men.

How have you come to know God? Where did you learn of Him? I Trust you value the Bible as much as I do. I would be lost in a dark hole without the Bible. I think we all would agree that we would all be lost without the Bible. But yet not one word in the Bible was not written by a Man. Yes God used Man to write His words, but all the words were written by men, and yet without the Bible we would not be saved. Because it was by the Power of Christ that is was made.

God works through Man to bring to pass His eternal work.

What is the purpose of the Bible, to point man to Christ
"Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me" John 5:39

What is the purpose of Prophets
"To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins" Acts 10:43
To point people to Christ. Then were never meant to replace Christ

What happens to men if their are no prophets or teachers

"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ" Eph 4: 11-15.

So without men to teach the true doctrine of Christ we will be tossed to and fro in false doctrine of men.

What are some false Doctrines of men

Homosexuality and that it is ok.
Marriage is bad.
We should allow gay marriage.
Evil is good and good is evil.
sex before marriage is good and normal.
and the list goes on and on and on.

So back to the accounts by a man about Joseph Smith. Then same could be said about

Moses someone could call him a murderer. Ex 2 : 14
"And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known."

David, author of psalms, could be called an adulterer. 2 Sam 12:19

Paul criticized the church of god and murdered many of it's members. Acts 9

Peter could be called a liar. Matt 26:34

the are all men but were used by God. The above accounts are true, but there are many false accounts of men.

Many called Jesus Christ a blasphemer. Matt 26:65 The Jews killed Him for this very reason. Even after that for hundreds of years members of the church were killed because people thought they were evil. These accounts were false

Just because a man says someone is evil, doesn't mean he is.

I do not put my trust in men but in Christ, Jesus.

I do not wish to argue about this. We should not fight. If you would like to discuss them thats ok. I believe we should unite forces against evil.

I believe we should unite against sin. Unite for Jesus Christ.
"Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ"
Eph 4:13