Protected Species? ROTFLOL!
MHG, I know you like smileys, that's why all my group hugs have been smileys so far, here, try this one on for size...
“I’m playing catch up, I won’t hold it against you. It’s pretty common wording though from you, please refrain.” And since you are a protected species at FR, I will not even try to answer further.
I find it hard to fathom that you won’t even try to engage in this discussion without having to resort to tactics that will close a thread, so you just give up.
Let me give you one last go at that post, for there are some items in here that are most relevant.
___________________________________________________________________________ Now, on to the subject... Of course Ananias and Sapphira lied! That is obvious. So did Peter about the Christ. God didn’t kill him though, did he? He was made the head of His church. In fact, he revealed to Peter that he would kill Sapphira. It’s much more than a lie, it’s a breaking of covenants.
But, you do make an excelled point as to the necessity of works. Ananias and Sapphira were believing Christians, and yet God held them accountable for their actions. Thanks for pointing that out.
The “all things in common” was practiced by the saints, and all that believed practiced together. I believe that Christ himself set the example here in Matthew:
Matthew 19:21
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
The LDS believe that not only did the early Jerusalem Christians have all things in common, but so did the Nephites, after Christ’s appearance to them in the new world. We also believe the residents of the City of Enoch also had all things in common. The early LDS church also tried it, and in some aspects, it was successful, but it ultimately failed due to the pride, which we all have. In a perfect world, as I suspect will happen during the millennial reign of Christ, we will love each other more than ourselves, and practice “all things in common” once again.
Cheers.