“I wish there were a way I could convince you just how nearly identical our beliefs are in these regards”
tant, I have never said a mormon or jehovah’s witness, or
whatever, could not come to completely put their faith
in Christ, apart from what their group teaches.
On the other hand, if Christ alone is what is necessary
for salvation, then the added things of mormonism and the
other groups are simply what falls into an outhouse.
And at worst, keep many from knowing the Real Christ.
best,
ampu
PS - So how does God sort out someone who professes to believe
in Christ, but doesn’t know who the Christ of the Bible
is, or who the God of the Bible is? Or the Biblical teaching
of original sin? Or any of a hundred other teachings
of mormonism? When he makes a profession, yet professes
another Christ, what does that mean?? How can you believe
the truth about one thing and disbelieve the foundational
truths of scripture that it is built upon? And more importantly,
why make the simple and beautiful Gospel of Christ more
complicated by adding to it? Everything you need for salvation
is given in the Bible. Nothing is missing. Which means that
the entire smith story is non-essential and distracts from
the truth of what God has done.
So what happens if someone lives their whole life and never hears the name of Christ, never learns of His ministry or His work on the cross? What becomes of that soul?