Act 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Gal 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Gal 1:7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Gal 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Whoever rejects the Gospel of the Grace of God is accursed...Can not be and is not a child of God, a Christian...
Of course anyone can call themselves Christians and they do...
Joh 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
This or these verses may not apply to you guys but they certainly apply to someone...Someone, under any circumstances will not come into condemnation...He/she is Saved...Right now...And I submit that one someone they apply to is me...
I will agree with you that one of us is wrong and is not a Christian...But we both use the name Christian...Somebody's going to have to give it up...
Can not be and is not a child of God, a Christian...
- - - - -
What is intersesting about your statement is it is the basic Christian view, that we BECOME children of God by adoption through our faith in Christ.
Mormon teaching is that we are all BORN children of God (because our spirits were born to Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother).
They ignore the adoption part all together. To them we are born without a sin nature and children of God. We only CHOOSE to sin, theoretically all humans can choose NOT to sin (Mormon motto is “Choose the Right” or CTR).
Jesus, our elder spirit brother, chose NOT to sin and that is why He got to be the Savior.
Our other elder spirit brother, Lucifer, wants us to sin because he is peeved he didn’t get a body and wasn’t picked as the savior. No, I am not kidding, I can provide references.
We had it first. I'd insert a smiley face here but it isn't really funny.