16 But, exerting all my powers to call upon God to deliver me out of the power of this enemy which had seized upon me, and at the very moment when I was ready to sink into despair and abandon myself to destruction—not to an imaginary ruin, but to the power of some actual being from the unseen world, who had such marvelous power as I had never before felt in any being—just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me.
When I was 19 I was visited by at least two evil evil spirits that I could see, I'm sure there were more I couldn't see. And I had a similar experience with my tongue bound, I was pressed down and couldn't move and I was scared out of my mind. I really did have to exert all my powers to call upon God, it was not an easy thing when I couldn't talk, and every time I would try to pray in my head the thought was whisked away. This shared experience between Joseph Smith and myself was a huge part in my joining the church. Finally, I was understood and I wasn't the weirdo that this happened to. It was a very good thing for me to read this.
17 It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!
After such a hard experience I am so glad it was immediate and not wait five or 10 minutes, that would seem like an eternity.
D&C 74
3 And it came to pass that there arose a great contention among the people concerning the law of circumcision, for the unbelieving husband was desirous that his children should be circumcised and become subject to the claw of Moses, which law was fulfilled.
Oh my this is a battle that rages on still. I absolutely cannot stand circumcision and I have a million reasons that are so just IN me that I cannot be crossed on this unless the person wants me to just whither them. I don't think this is the right place to write about it, and I think that's the challenge for me to not write about all my opinions on this... One quick note is Chris and I don't argue about this, but I do with other people fairly often..
4 And it came to pass that the children, being brought up in subjection to the law of Moses, gave heed to the traditions of their fathers and believed not the gospel of Christ, wherein they became unholy.
Yet another reason not to do it, haha. I don't think this holds true today, and it's a good thing!
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I really like that one from Joseph Smith's experience. I've been in that fit of fear several times. Sad, though, that I'll only call on God if it reaches that state of fear... I usually try to fight it out for myself if it some other way that evil forces are working on me.
I haven't felt that type of fear since then. I do get fearful from time to time though. It's not something that comes slowly and builds up for me, it's just all at once and then I do call on God for help!
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