I can tell you this, you do not know my heart, and the audacity of you trying to judge my own heartfelt convictions in my Savior Jesus Christ are misplaced...that's Jesus Christ born of mary, taken to Egypt when young to avoid Harrod, taught in the Temple in His youth, turned water into wine, healed the sick, raised the dead, taught the Gospel to and called his disciples...crucified for the sins of the worldand buried, rose the third day in a glorious resurrection and Who will return one day to bring peace to this Earth...do you get my point? The Jesus Christ I worship is the Son of the living God.
If you think that you can reach into my heart and pronounce judgements as you have done towards my faith, I tell you now, in all humility and truth, you are wrong.
What you are doing is disparaging and alienating people whom should be (and would be) your friends and allies if you would simply release your bias and judgements against them.
I tell you sincerely and with no animosity, that your judgements are wrong. All doctrinal issues aside, on the critical points of Jesus Christ, Him crucified, and Rededemer of the world, which in the end is the saving doctrine, which if sincerely held will bring men and women back to Him, we can be, and should be allies.
I was raised a southern baptist. I love my baptist friends, and have pastors and close friends and deacons in the church who know I am a Christian and have no problem voicing it. You know why? Because they know me and have seen me interact with others, including themselves out of my Christian faith.
Sorry to go on...but your judgemental pronouncements are so alien to what we as Christians ought to be doing together in this time of turmoil, that I could not help furthering my witness to you regarding the same.
II Chron 7:14 (I believe that, and am doing all I can to achieve it)
I will let is rest now. Say what you will...my statements and witness stand for themselves and others can also judge for themselves.
“I was raised a southern baptist. I love my baptist friends, and have pastors and close friends and deacons in the church who know I am a Christian and have no problem voicing it. You know why? Because they know me and have seen me interact with others, including themselves out of my Christian faith.”
IF ANY “Southern Baptist” genuinely accepts you as a “Christian” they are either lying to you or ignorant fools in regards to scripture and theology and really should not call themselves Southern Baptist. Sadly there are liberal (Jimmy Carter types) still lurking in the Southern Baptist Convention. Half the so-called Southern Baptists in Texas have gone over to the liberal side. I honestly don’t know why they continue to call themselves Southern Baptist. They are only “nominal” members of the SBC. It is shameful for me to even have to mention them.
There is NO more hateful an act than to tell a lost sinner (in this case a mormon) that he is a “Christian” when he clearly cannot be in accordance with solid Christian/Biblical (Sola Scriptura) theology. These SBC friends of yours don’t seem to grasp that moral behavior is not necessarily evidence of being a Christian.
Whatever, I will not back down. Mormons are NOT Christian, and to buy into mormon beliefs is naive and irrational (or to be horrible deceived). Argue all you will....it won’t change a thing. Throw away your Mormon books and literature and stick with the Bible alone - and NOT seen through mormon glasses that distort. There you will find the whole truth...the kind that trully saves from sin. This is NOT to be found in mormon teaching. This is the audacious truth. So, if I have audacity, I am glad of it.
I think we have both staked our positions clearly. I honestly bear you no ill will...in fact I am concerned about you, your family, and any you may corrupt in your deceived state. May God have mercy on you and grant you true repentance from heresy and grant you saving faith.
BTW - I DO NOT consider myself intrinsically better than you. If anything I consider myself to be a vile person in my own being. ANY good that may be in me comes from God. Without Him in the person of God the Son, Jesus Christ, I would be totally hopeless and helpless.
“Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found. Was blind, but now I see.” John Newton
“Could my tears forever flow. Could my zeal no langor know. These for sin, could not atone. Thou must save, and Thou alone. In my hand no price I bring. Simply to Thy Cross I cling.” Augustus Toplady