The purpose of this blog is to make my readers aware of the new evil that is before us. A man named Phil Davis and his group called Doctrine of Christ, as he is up to deceiving the elite, the vulnerable or anyone who will listen. Please avoid him just as you are avoiding the Denver Snuffer, Mormon Stories with John Dehlin, Jeremy Runnels with the CES Letter and other evil anti-Mormon groups. If you would like to know details of these groups and others who are anti-Mormon please contact our wonderful friend Hannah Stoddard at: [email protected]
Official Position of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
“We urge Church members to be cautious about participating in any group that promises-in exchange for money-miraculous healings or that claims to have special methods for accessing healing power outside of properly ordained priesthood holders,” said church spokesman Eric Hawkins.
Boyd K. Packer said,
“Many an academic giant is at once a spiritual pygmy and, if so, he is usually a moral weakling as well. Such a man may easily become a self-appointed member of a wrecking crew determined to destroy the works of God.
“Beware of the testimony of one who is intemperate, or irreverent, or immoral, who tears down and has nothing to put in its place.” (In Conference Report, Apr. 1974, p. 138; or Ensign, May 1974, p. 95.)
President Joseph F. Smith said,
“Among the Latter-day Saints, the preaching of false doctrines disguised as truths of the Gospel, may be expected from people of two classes, and practically from these only, they are:
“First—the hopelessly ignorant, whose lack of intelligence is due to their indolence and sloth, who make but feeble effort, if indeed any at all, to better themselves by reading and study; those who are afflicted with a dread disease that may develop into an incurable malady—laziness.
“Second—the proud and self-vaunting ones, who read by the lamp of their own conceit; who interpret by rules of their own contriving; who have become a law unto themselves, and so pose as the sole judges of their own doings. More dangerously ignorant than the first.” (Juvenile Instructor, Mar. 1906, p. 178.)
Keys for Avoiding Deception
Enrichment J: Keys for Avoiding Deception, Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual (2002)
Introduction
Since the councils in the premortal world Lucifer has “sought … the misery of all mankind” (2 Nephi 2:18). He “sought to destroy the agency of man” (Moses 4:3), “to deceive and to blind men, and to lead them captive … even as many as would not hearken unto [the Lord’s] voice” (Moses 4:4). President Joseph F. Smith warned the Saints of the continuation of Satan’s workings: “Let it not be forgotten that the evil one has great power in the earth, and that by every possible means he seeks to darken the minds of men and then offers them falsehood and deception in the guise of truth. Satan is a skillful imitator, and as genuine gospel truth is given the world in ever increasing abundance, so he spreads the counterfeit coin of false doctrine. Beware of his spurious currency, it will purchase for you nothing but disappointment, misery and spiritual death. The ‘father of lies’ he has been called, and such an adept has he become through the ages of practice in his nefarious work, that were it possible he would deceive the very elect.” (Juvenile Instructor, Sept. 1902, p. 562.)
In order to be able to discern the deceptions, imitations, and counterfeits, one must be able to recognize manifestations that are real, legitimate, and true. The Savior warned that in the last days “there shall also arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch, that, if possible, they shall deceive the very elect, who are the elect according to the covenant” (JS—M 1:22). It is important to understand the principles that will enable one to avoid the deceptions of Satan.” Source
Question: What do you get when you combine Denver Snuffer with Chad Daybell?
“Answer: Phil Davis [And as I understand the money supporter, Justin Griffin]
“There is a disturbing movement among members of a group called the ‘Doctrine of Christ’ to believe that Brigham Young killed Joseph Smith. Members of the ‘Doctrine of Christ’ group are disaffected members of the Church who are influenced by a man named Phil Davis. He is a single man living in Utah County who use to own a Chocolate Factory.
Every person with truth in their heart should stare at such an evil falsehood. For it is a grievous matter to see members of the Church- who are duped by the devil- gather themselves together and cause others to stumble after them. The Doctrine of Christ website states that they are “An open community of believers who seek to learn, follow, teach and value the ‘doctrine of Christ’ above all else”.
However, if you examine them you will not find anything but contradiction and rejection to every principle of truth restored by the Prophet Joseph Smith. In addition to this diabolic claim that Brigham Young killed Joseph Smith, Phil Davis also teaches his followers that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints DOES NOT have the Melchizedek Priesthood. And the story gets even more sinister… Phil Davis claims that Joseph Smith has returned to the earth and is translating the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon. YES!! They really believe he is working with a reincarnated Joseph Smith to restore a terrestrial order to the earth. Unfortunately, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will not have access to the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon, according to Davis. Only those who have received a “baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost” performed by a person or angel with the Melchizedek Priesthood will have the sealed portion.
The allegations and charges made by Phil Davis and ‘Doctrine of Christ’ members about Brigham Young and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have serious and eternal implications for members of the Church that demand close investigation. Let’s Begin our Investigation of Phil Davis In a podcast archived on their website called “Personal Experiences and Waking up to Christ” recorded on April 9, 2020, Phil Davis tells his eager and gullible listeners a wild, sensational, and very disturbing experience he claims he had in 2015 after he spent a few days camping with some friends at Parowan Gap in Central Utah. If you have read this far, get some popcorn. Phil’s story will have you on the edge of your seat. It is unlike anything you have ever read in scripture. It is so sensational in fact that there is not a single person in all of the scriptures who has ever had a more spectacular spiritual experience than Phil Davis. Are you ready for it? Please try not to laugh because there are people that hang on to every word Phil says and follow him without reservation. We should pray for them.
Phil describes Parowan Gap as a temple site with an ancient blood and peace altar. He and his unidentified buddies went to spend a few days in Parowan Gap to “make themselves more Holy”. When they get there he claims ‘the spirit’ told him to build an altar. Before I continue, I just want to point out that there are two kinds of “spirits”. The Holy Spirit and the Unholy Spirit. Not all inspiration is from God. The Lord revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith in 1831, ‘Behold, verily I say unto you, that there are many spirits which are false spirits, which Have gone forth in the earth, deceiving the world”. According to Phil Davis, the “spirit” tells him to build an altar. So they build an altar. Then the “spirit’ tells him to pitch the doors of his tent to surround the altar. He and his buddies spend the rest of the night around this altar. Then they retire to their tents to have all-night prayers with the intention that they would assemble together again at 4 am around the altar. However, Phil missed three nights of sleep in preparation for this trip so he was physically ill from lack of sleep so he fell asleep and couldn’t wake up until 9 o’clock the next morning. They resume their worship around the altar when the “spirit” tells Phil to take the sacrament. As he is taking the sacrament, the sun comes up over the horizon and he begins to visualize that Christ is also ascending over the horizon and light, glory, and fire are coming off of Christ’s body. Phil then begins to visualize Christ’s light, glory, and power coming into his body and it initiates a baptism of fire. Phil then begins to proclaim the Hosanna shout as loud as he can. As he was proclaiming the Hosanna shout fire comes down from the sky and the altar becomes a temple altar. Then another man joins in and starts proclaiming the Hosanna shout and fire comes down from the sky again and the altar now becomes an altar in the Holy of Holies.
At this point, Phil discovers that his Spirit is no longer in his body and he is transfigured like Moses. He finds himself standing outside a large stone building in a location he has never been before. He ascends the steps and comes to a large door. The door has a series of locks on it and he looks down at his waist and sees a set of keys. He precedes to unlock the locks on the door and goes inside. Inside he sees a very narrow set of stairs without handrails. Phil then precedes to wash in a large basin of water and a man comes forward and begins to clothe him in a white robe. Then the man brings forward armor and a sword and Phil is clothed with the armor. He then ascends the stairs and comes to a second door with no locks. He opens the door and it looks like he is looking into the center of the sun. He enters the door and begins to ascend upward at a rapid speed. He then finds himself standing in a room high above the earth. In the middle of the room was who he alleges is Jesus Christ. Phil tells this being he believes to be Christ that he desires to be a witness to the atonement. He claims he is taken to Gethsemane where he witnesses the atonement in 3rd person but also gets to enter Christ’s body (that’s not creepy at all) to actually feel the pain of Christ’s suffering.
Several months later Phil goes to his private altar up Provo canyon where his spirit leaves his body and again he is in “Christ’s” presence. He parts several veils and Christ presents him to the Father. He then has a vision open up of the “end times” and he asks Christ to be sent on a mission and as his spirit is standing above his body a horizontal portal opens up and he goes inside and finds himself in a strange land where he saves a Christian lady from being killed by Muslims. He enters the portal again and then finds himself back in his body. He concludes by describing his experience by stating and I quote: “So in preparation for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ in Glory, the heavens are again opened in ways that have not been opened since the days of Joseph Smith”. Clearly alleging that the heavens have been sealed until he had this experience.
These sensational experiences are similar to what Chad Daybell and several other excommunicated energy healers have described. The scriptures warn us about Satan transforming himself into an angel of light in order to deceive and devour the weak-minded and those who lack knowledge. Altars are for consecrated temples that have been set apart by those who hold Priesthood keys and preside over the Church. Individuals who build “altars” in the mountains and worship around them are acting outside the bounds of Priesthood authority and they open themselves up to the Devil who is anxious to flatter them with “spiritual experiences”. In conclusion, These are the people who want you to believe that Brigham Young killed Joseph Smith that Joseph Smith has returned to the earth and is working with Phil Davis. They also want you to believe the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not have the Melchizedek Priesthood so you need a man like Phil Davis who can provide a Melchizedek Priesthood baptism in order to enter into the Terrestrial Order. #DOCTRINEOFCHRIST #theveryelectwillbedeceived”. By LDS Energy Healing/Emotion Code Exposed
Many of the Quotes below are from: Keys for Avoiding Deception from the Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual.
Joseph Smith’s Instructions
The Prophet Joseph Smith instructed that the manifestation of these gifts was not for public display but rather to benefit those who were already believers and who were striving to build the work of God (see History of the Church, 5:27–29). The nature of the gifts of the Spirit is that their effects are not readily visible when they are received. The Prophet said: “There are several gifts mentioned here, yet which of them all could be known by an observer … ? The word of wisdom, and the word of knowledge, are as much gifts as any other, yet if a person possessed both of these gifts, … who would know it? Another might receive the gift of faith, and they would be as ignorant of it. Or suppose a man had the gift of healing or power to work miracles, that would not then be known; it would require time and circumstances to call these gifts into operation.” (History of the Church, 5:29–30.)
Some Manifestations Are Not of the Spirit
Using the Doctrine and Covenants as a guide, Elder Marion G. Romney provided the following rules to aid in discerning the differences of manifestations:
“By the statement in the revelation on spiritual gifts, ‘… it is given by the Holy Ghost to some to know the diversities of operations, whether they be of God, … and to others the discerning of spirits’ [D&C 46:16, 23], it appears that there are some apparently supernatural manifestations which are not worked by the power of the Holy Ghost. The truth is there are many which are not. The world today is full of counterfeits. It has always been so. …
“The Saints were cautioned by the Lord to walk uprightly before him, doing all things with prayer and thanksgiving, that they might ‘… not be seduced by evil spirits, or doctrines of devils, or the commandments of men.’ [D&C 46:7.] …
“These citations not only sustain the proposition that there are counterfeits to the gifts of the spirit, but they also suggest the origin of the counterfeits. However, we are not required to rely alone upon their implications, plain as they are, for the Lord states specifically that some of the counterfeits ‘… are of men, and others of devils.’ [D&C 46:7.]
“Some of these counterfeits are crude and easily detected, but others closely simulate true manifestations of the spirit. Consequently, people are confused and deceived by them. Without a key, one cannot distinguish between the genuine and the counterfeit.” (In Conference Report, Apr. 1956, p. 70.)
Distinguishing between the Manifestations of the Spirit and the Counterfeits
The Prophet Joseph Smith emphasized the importance of being able to discern or distinguish between manifestations of the Spirit and counterfeits, between the genuine and the false. “A man must have the discerning of spirits before he can drag into daylight this hellish influence and unfold it unto the world in all its soul-destroying, diabolical, and horrid colors; for nothing is a greater injury to the children of men than to be under the influence of a false spirit when they think they have the Spirit of God. Thousands have felt the influence of its terrible power and baneful effects. Long pilgrimages have been undertaken, penances endured, and pain, misery and ruin have followed in their train; nations have been convulsed, kingdoms overthrown, provinces laid waste, and blood, carnage and desolation are habiliaments in which it has been clothed.” (History of the Church, 4:573.)
The Doctrine and Covenants teaches: “And that which doth not edify is not of God, and is darkness. That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day. … And I say it that you may know the truth, that you may chase darkness from among you.” (D&C 50:23–25.)
There are manifestations of supernatural power outside the Church. The Prophet Joseph Smith noted: “One great evil is, that men are ignorant of the nature of spirits; … and imagine that when there is anything like power, revelation, or vision manifested, that it must be of God” (Teachings, p. 203.) He noted keys for telling when a gift is from God. Of manifestations that overwhelm or incapacitate a person with something inexpressible, he asked: “Is there any intelligence communicated?” (p. 204). Of manifestations in which a person writhes or babbles or loses control, he said, “Now God never had any prophets that acted in this way; there was nothing indecorous in the proceeding of the Lord’s prophets in any age [see 1 Corinthians 14:32]” (p. 209). “A man must have the discerning of spirits … to understand these things. … ‘Christ ascended into heaven, and gave gifts to men; and He gave some Apostles, and some Prophets, and some Evangelists, and some Pastors and Teachers.’ [See Ephesians 4:8, 10.] And how were [they] chosen? By prophecy (revelation) and by laying on of hands—by a divine communication, and a divinely appointed ordinance—through the medium of the Priesthood, organized according to the order of God” (p. 206).
President Harold B. Lee,
Cautioned that some people may not follow the line of authority in the Church:
“We call upon you holders of the priesthood to stamp out any such [false doctrines] and to set to flight all such things as are creeping in, people rising up here and there who have had some ‘marvelous’ kind of a manifestation, as they claim, and who try to lead the people in a course that has not been dictated from the heads of the Church.
Joseph Smith wrote: “The great difficulty lies in the ignorance of the nature of spirits, of the laws by which they are governed, and the signs by which they may be known; if it requires the Spirit of God to know the things of God; and the spirit of the devil can only be unmasked through that medium, then it follows as a natural consequence that unless some person or persons have a communication, or revelation from God, unfolding to them the operation of the spirit, they must eternally remain ignorant of these principles. … Whatever we may think of revelation, … without it we can neither know nor understand anything of God, or the devil.” (History of the Church, 4:573–74.)
Joseph F. Smith, Anthon H. Lund, and Charles W. Penrose wrote in 1913 about those who make false claims or declare erroneous doctrines:
“When visions, dreams, tongues, prophecy, impressions or any extraordinary gift or inspiration conveys something out of harmony with the accepted revelations of the Church or contrary to the decisions of its constituted authorities, Latter-day Saints may know that it is not of God, no matter how plausible it may appear. Also they should understand that directions for the guidance of the Church will come, by revelation, through the head. All faithful members are entitled to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit for themselves, their families, and for those over whom they are appointed and ordained to preside. But anything at discord with that which comes from God through the head of the Church is not to be received as authoritative or reliable. In secular as well as spiritual affairs, Saints may receive Divine guidance and revelation affecting themselves, but this does not convey authority to direct others, and is not to be accepted when contrary to Church covenants, doctrine or discipline, or to known facts, proven truths, or good common sense. No person has the right to induce his fellow members of the Church to engage in speculations or take stock in ventures of any kind on the specious claim of Divine revelation or vision or dream, especially when it is in opposition to the voice of recognized authority, local or general. The Lord’s Church ‘is a house of order.’ It is not governed by individual gifts or manifestations, but by the order and power of the Holy Priesthood as sustained by the voice and vote of the Church in its appointed conferences.
“The history of the Church records many pretended revelations claimed by imposters or zealots who believed in the manifestations they sought to lead other persons to accept, and in every instance, disappointment, sorrow and disaster have resulted therefrom. Financial loss and sometimes utter ruin have followed. …
“Be not led by any spirit or influence that discredits established authority, contradicts true scientific principles and discoveries, or leads away from the direct revelations of God for the government of the Church. The Holy Ghost does not contradict its own revealings. Truth is always harmonious with itself. Piety is often the cloak of error. The counsels of the Lord through the channel he has appointed will be followed with safety. Therefore, O! ye Latter-day Saints, profit by these words of warning.” (In Clark, Messages of the First Presidency, 4:285–86.) Source of most quotes here
