Church pleads for more senior missions, why are people ignoring the Lord’s call?

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It's a disingenuous comment, since he already admitted that Interpreter paid for their transatlantic airfare and for part of their initial hotel stay (and meals). We can probably safely assume that their return airfare is getting billed to Interpreter, too.

The Proprietor has lied with such consistency for so many decades that telling the truth would probably short-circuit his nervous system.

For me, the “lie” to which this thread pertains, is the lie seniors make when they vote to sustain the Apostles but refuse to sustain them in faith and action.

Sustaining the Apostles also means “acting in faith” and following the direction of the Apostles because one believes the Twelve are communicating the counsel of God.

By not taking the leap of faith required to serve a senior mission of the Lord’s choosing, and instead spending one’s time galavanting around the globe on cruises and tours, one is actively demonstrating that they do not sustain those Apostles. Words are easy, actions take courage.

[I Have Questions]

Posting this here so that it can be answered without dragging the other thread off topic…

Gad,I checked a church source and see a senior mission is an invitation not a commandment. That is a part of why I keep feeling puzzled over people giving out condemnation for not going.

First of all, I’m not condemning people for not going, I’m calling LDS apologists and message board protagonists hypocrites for not practicing what they are preaching. For being two faced. They portray themselves as staunch church believers in their words, but when it comes down to actions, they show they don’t really believe the Lord is working through the Apostles. If they did, they would acknowledge that when an Apostle pleads with them to stop living their lives of convenience and personal pleasures, and to sign up and serve a senior mission, it’s their Lord and Saviour pleading with them. It’s Him they are ignoring.

Go globetrotting on nice cruises etc if they want to spend their retirement that way. By all means participate online instead of answering the call. I’ve no problem with that. But don’t bang on online about the importance of the gospel and of covenants and of faithfulness etc when in they aren’t prepared to back those words up with actions. Their hypocrisy is making a mockery of the Atonement they claim to believe in (but really they don’t, it’s just an angle they can use to try and have an argument in which they can portray yourself as superior).

Serve or don’t serve. But don’t try and claim that you serve God without actually putting your money where your mouth is.