President Russel M Nelson is a Prophet of God. When he speaks, it is as if God Himself is talking. He admonished us in the 2023 Spring Conference that we should not give family the “Silent Treatment.” That effectively means that God has told the Prophet to say that. My children, Derek, Donny, Naomi, Khadra, and Elliott are all giving Kay, Steven, and myself the “Silent Treatment” our Prophet talks about. They all fail to comply to Gods/Prophets’ words. They are being flagrantly disobedient to God, and you are looking on saying and doing nothing. This is the tip of the iceberg. There are others who will be exposed for assisting Satan and not even knowing it. I will prove my point that Satan is getting very busy and subtle in Bridgend.
A person who demonstrates blatant disregards to the words of God and ignores His counsel should be restricted in their activity within the church to prevent false doctrine and values being inadvertently taught to the congregation. To Stop Satan’s influence over them and from tempting other members of the congregation into paths of unrighteousness. They should be advised to not partake of the sacrament until their issues are resolved. They should not be asked to give sacrament talks or to teach church classes in the event that they might inadvertently or intentionally influence church members with false doctrine. It is well to note that the most profitable person to Satan is the person who does not realise that they are active in his service. They all to often bolster his active servants thinking they are serving the Lord’s anointed. It would be all to easy for me to give examples, but it is fundamental to all knowledgeable Christians to prevent the ingress of Satan’s influence within the Lord’s church.
The cause is quite simply a lack of knowledge in the word of God, or a lack of understanding in His expectations of us. Satan will get almost everyone to see good as bad and bad as good.
Isaiah 5:20–21
20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!
Again, let me demonstrate. If you trust your eyes to see and believe that what you are seeing is a fact and, therefore, true, it is easy to discern that either a person is unintentionally duping you with their lack of knowledge and understanding, or, if the person knows what they are doing is purposefully wrong, they are intentionally duping you. To do this you need an example that you know to be true. Let us take the words of the Prophet telling us not to give the “Silent Treatment” to our family or the commandment given to Moses stating that we should honour our mother and father. If you are incapable of honouring your parents what hope is there for you to honour your fellow man. We know that both scenarios come directly from God, that is a given. If you then see a man who sits in the sacrament meeting without greeting or acknowledging his parents on their arrival or speaking to them whilst they are there. When you see that he looks through his mother like she is not there when she asked for a hug from him. Then you have concrete evidence that they are in opposition with God by not keeping his commandments that he has given them. There can be no question about it. A good Bishop would then interview them.
If other members bolster or defends the action of giving the “Silent Treatment” you can bet your bottom dollar that the person is either intentionally or unintentionally volunteering his services to Satan to protect the aggressor, who is usually a fully paid-up member of Satan’s Clan. If that person cannot be drawn to repentance for his error, then you know he/she is in the direct service of Satan. It can then be said that the ward is in serious trouble and requires Stake intervention ASAP, especially if you have a drop in clothing standards, especially when passing the sacrament, late comers disturbing the reverence of the passing of the Sacrament, an unsociable congregation, bullying techniques being used by other member without sufficient knowledge of the scriptures resulting in the bolstering of false scriptural principles, lack of home and visiting teaching, and leaders calling family members as their councillors. Turning a bind eye to indiscretions. You then have difficult times ahead as Satan has a strong foothold in your chapel.
Elder Jaffrey R Holland gave this talk at conference
We don’t have to go back to toxic situations or harmful relationships to completely forgive. But forgiving others and forsaking resentment will bring us true happiness found only through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
My eldest and youngest boys, both active in the church, claim that this means that it is OK to exclude their parents from their lives, take their children from their grandparents and wrap it all up nicely and give us the “Silent Treatment. Now, it would not surprise you to know that Jeffrey R Holland and President Russel M Nelson are close friends and speak to each other frequently. They never disagree with each other over doctrine or its interpretation. President Russel M Nelson said “do not give family members the “Silent Treatment” and, according to my sons interpretation, Elder Jeffrey R Holland said it is OK to give the “Silent Treatment” to family. Two friends in the first presidency, according to my sons, and Hannah, claim that is what transpired. They have either purposely lied to suit their situation with me or they have misinterpreted his words, I hope, for their sakes, it is the latter.
Let me give you an example of what Elder Holland meant. on the internet you can find many debating forums with hundreds of topics that you can choose from to debate. If you choose a topic on life forms on Madagascar and during you debate your opposer gets hostile in forcing his opinion on you and the debate runs out of control. Elder Holland tells us to stop debating that toxic subject with that person and steer clear of it with this person but continue to debate on more inert subjects with him. Their is nothing to be gain in the life forms on Madagascar debating forum with this person so do not go back to it. What a more amicable interpretation is that instead of an excuse to break the commandment to honour your mother and father and deliver the “Silent Treatment” to your family. The Church is logical the scriptures are perfect. A situation like this, where members of the first presidency disagree on doctrine, would simply never happen and did not happen here. My sons and probably Jack Legge, got it wrong.
Elder Holland concluded his talk pleading with Church members to repair old injuries and reconcile with each other and with God. “My beloved friends, in our shared ministry of reconciliation, I ask us to be peacemakers—to love peace, to seek peace, to create peace, to cherish peace. I make that appeal in the name of the Prince of Peace, who knows everything about being ‘wounded in the house of [His] friends’ but who still found the strength to forgive and forget—and to heal—and be happy.”
I Think that the point I am making is that a man and his wife and children sit in the chapel in the Bridgend ward who are actively ignoring the Prophets instruction to them because they blatantly and without care of hurting our feelings, give me, my wife and my son the cold shoulder and the silent treatment. They prevent their children, our grandchildren, from communicating with us. Although they blatantly contravene the commandment to forgive others of their transgressions, refuse to love one and another as Jesus loves us, and refuse to honour their mother and father they are still asked to give sacrament talks, teach classes, partake of the sacrament, and misinterpret an Apostle of God and preach the false doctrine it produces. They encourage less knowledgeable members of the church to bolster their blasphemy and false teachings drawing them into their web of deceit and contention. You, or anybody else, just need to watch them during sacrament to see them dishonour Kay and I by giving us the Silent Treatment. That is a direct contravention of gospel principles and commandments. That is Satan being able to do what ever he likes without repercussions. That is the beginning of the end. Should we sit by with closed mouths whilst Satan reaps havoc in our chapels. I do not want the silent treatment. I love my children but I have had dealings with the influences of Satan and know his agenda for the children of God. He is Lucifer, son of the morning, enchanting and deceiving, able to portray himself as an angel of God to lure the innocent carefully into hell in his attempt to thwart the plan of salvation. I am a victim of his malicious intents. I was sat in my living room enjoying my retirement when a she devils enticed me to be her friend. Within days I lost my children as a direct result of her meddling. I am a innocent lamb who has been lead to the slaughter. Beware of the wolf dressed in sheep’s clothing. You might be next.
This constitutes my conclusion to Elliott. I hereby kick the dust off my sandals to him and will stop wasting my limited time on trying to make amends with him. The next olive branch will have to come from him.
We Did Our Best 