Thelma Geer - Mormonism Mama And Me

MORMONISM
MAMA, and ME

Thelma Granny Geer

Come and hear, all ye that fear God,
and I will declare what He hath done for my soul

(Psalm 66:16)

M OODY P UBLISHERS
CHICAGO

1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986
T HELMA G EER
Moody Publishers Edition, 1986

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Geer, Thelma.
Mormonism, mama, and me.
Bibliography: p. Includes index.
1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Controversial literature. 2. Mormon ChurchControversial
literature. 3. Geer, Thelma. I. Title.
BX8645.G43 1986 289.332 86-8558
ISBN 0-8024-5633-2 (pbk.)

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Dedicated
lovingly and prayerfully to
my Mormon singing mother
and
singing mothers everywhere,
That all may sing with Mama and me
our new song:

Thou art worthy to take the book,
And to open the seals thereof:
For Thou wast slain,
And hast redeemed us unto God
by thy blood.

(Revelation 5:9)

Illustrations

T o name all of those who have aided in the production of this book would require a book itself. However, you all know who you areand I bless God for the contribution that each of you made. Special thanks must go to my dear loving and patient husband, Ernest. Most of all, I am beholden to the Holy One who brought them into my life and who convicted me of my sin and need for salvation, brought me up out of the horrible pit, and set my feet upon a rock and established my goings (Psalm 40:2). To Him I became indentured when He caused my name to be written in the Lambs Book of Life. To Him, the author and finisher of all faith, I give all honor and glory and praise, now and forever.

A s I prepare Mormonism, Mama, and Me for this fifth edition it is Mothers Day, 1986. Again my heart longs for and misses my precious mamaone of Gods dearest and greatest gifts to me. Through tear-dimmed eyes I reread of Mormonism, Mama, and Me and return in memory to those precious last hours of Mamas life here on earth. In awed stillness and reverence before God, I relive that triumphant, momentous moment when at last Mama quietly surrendered her soul completely and eternally into the keeping of Gods matchless and only Son.

Again on this special Mothers Day, when Im missing Mama so much, Im reminded of the love of God that sent His unique Son to die for our sins. I think of how lonesome and empty heaven must have been while He was away. I praise and thank God that He so loved the worldincluding my beloved Mormon people and Mama and me.

As I pray and plan and labor to bring Mormonsand all othersto exclusive faith in Jesus and His atoning death on the cross, the task seems hopeless, the obstacles unsurmountable. But God reminds me that He is more than able. Didnt He bring mea stubborn thirty-one-year-old fourth generation Mormonup and out and set my feet upon the Rock, Christ Jesus, and establish my goings (to go and tell)? Hasnt He through these thirty-nine years of my Christian pilgrimage empowered me to go and tell what Jesus means to me and what He longs to mean to my Mormon people? And is it not amazing that He still marvelously strengthens and energizes me to keep on keeping on even though Im now seventy-going-on-seventeen?

Im more than amazed; Im excited and delighted, for, you see, as a perky seventeen-year-old Mormon miss at those Friday night Mormon dances I really thought I was dynamite. And now I amall because of He who lives in me. Since He lives in me and I in Him, I cant help but keep on answering His charge to go and tell. Today I claim His promises as I did thirty-nine years ago. Many shall see it and shall trust in the Lord (Psalm 40:3b). Ask of me, He prompted, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession (Psalm 2:8).

Through Mormonism, Mama, and Me (now more than 150,000 in print in five-and-one-half years), God is giving me the heathen for my inheritance and the world for my possessionfor the glory of God the Father and the exaltation of His dear Son.

You, too, can claim the above blessed promises. You, too, through Mormonism, Mama, and Me can put into effect these soul-winning promises for your loved ones.

Begin by calling their attention to the picture of my original 1830 first edition of the Book of Mormon (see inside front cover). Ask them to read on page 17 the last sentence of the first paragraph wherein I pledge and give notice: my original (1830 1st edition) Book of Mormon (valued at $7,000) will be surrendered to the first Mormon able to prove that any Mormon doctrine discussed in this edition of Mormonism, Mama, and Me has not been taught by Mormon authorities.

Entreat your Mormon family members and their friends to research Mormonism, Mama, and Me. Direct their attention to paragraph three, It required the male and female, united, to make one image of his [Gods] own body it required the male and female to make an image of God. Be sure to refer them to the footnote that asserts that their LDS Compendium contains the best available material for the use of the Elders. As late as 1898, Mormon missionaries and other LDS elders were openly teaching that it required male and female to produce Adam. Today it is a hidden, secret doctrine.

Then, by using the index, locate and show them photocopies of page 120 of the Compendium. Turn next to the photocopy of Brigham Youngs public statement that Adam was made as you and I are made.

Follow through each subject so that you can help Mormons and non-Mormons see that Mormonism is not of God. Gently and prayerfully expose their doctrines to the searchlight of biblical truths. Then leave the results and the glory to God, who so loved.

Let me hear from you.

I am yours in Jesus,
Granny Geer

T his is a singing love story. Perhaps it should have been entitled Our New SongMamas and Mine. In it I hope to impart to you my love for Jesus, for Mama, and for my beloved Mormon people. But, most of all, I would have you know the love of Jesus and how much God so loved.

This book is my sincere attempt to explain the complex subject of Mormonism and the very hallowed experience I had of salvation by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. As you read this mixture of testimony and refutation of false doctrine, please bear in mind that this book is prompted by my deep love and concern for my beloved Mormon people. As a fourth generation Latter-day Saint who was born in the Mormon country area of Eastern Arizona, I grew up loving the Mormon people, their heritage, customs, and way of life. For this very reason, I want all of them to know assurance of salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ and to acknowledge His divine right to be preeminent in every way and in everything. As the apostle Paul cried out from the bottom of his heart for his people, Israel, to be saved (Romans 10:14) so do I cry out to my people (who think they are literally a modern Israel) that they too, might be saved.