“No offense, but you come across as a brainwashed cultist.”
Now why would I take offense at such a statement?
You keep saying that the Jesus I love is not the Jesus of the Bible, not your Jesus. I thought Jesus died for all sinners. Silly me. In our faith we believe that Jesus Christ is the Great Jehovah of the Old Testament and the Savior and Redeemer in the New Testament. The Book of Mormon is another Testament of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church.
If you want to continue to accuse me of being a brainwashed child of the devil, I would like to say something. Jesus Christ is my personal Savior and He is my Judge. Without Him I would truly be lost forever. I believe in Jesus Christ and He is my advocate with the Father. I believe in the Holy Ghost, too, who ever lives to draw us closer to Heavenly Father and His beloved only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ. I love the Holy Ghost!! I don’t think Jesus Christ likes it very much when people call Heavenly Father’s children evil names. And I know the Holy Ghost doesn’t like it either.
But it’s a free country. You can continue on your merry way. You are only hurting yourself.
“You keep saying that the Jesus I love is not the Jesus of the Bible, not your Jesus. I thought Jesus died for all sinners. Silly me.”
Saundra,
You claim to be a mormonite.
You claim to love Jesus Christ.
I don’t doubt the first. I take you at your word.
I don’t know about the second. Here’s why:
Are you saying you love Jesus Christ, who is revealed in the Bible: Eternally God, not created or made?
- OR -
Are you saying you love the Mormonite Jesus, who started as a created spirit child, became just a regular human, then worked his way up to godhood?
If you are answering the first, GREAT! If so, come out from among the cultists and be holy.
If you are answering the —> mormonite jesus,< — your statement is meaningless. In that case, you are believing in a jesus that can NEVER save, nor have died for anyone. A strictly human Jesus, who was created, would have his own sins to pay for.
The real Jesus had an eternal life to lay down and no sins of His own to pay for.
Mormons use the NAME of Jesus Christ, but they DENY His Nature - the very nature that allows Him to be the Savior of all who believe in Him and accept His gift of grace through faith.
In short, mormonism teaches a different gospel that the Apostle Paul condemned as FALSE.
If you are sticking with that heresy when you speak about your happiness, it is you who is hurting yourself, eternally.
SD - exactly how did Jesus short - circuit the eternal principles - to become a God WITHOUT coming to earth, fulfilling all the ordinances and principles (such as temple ordinances - marriage, baptism for dead, etc - ALL WITHOUT a 'body'. The assembled lurkers are desiring to know.