Why do I think God created us? I think He created us because He loves us. He’s our Abba Father. I can’t wait to crawl up on His lap and get a great big hug. Of course, that all depends on my relationship with His Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus is my way back to Heavenly Father and all I have to do is love Jesus with all my heart, which I most certainly do. The Holy Ghost helps us love Heavenly Father and His Son more and more. What a mighty God we serve!!!!!!!!
Saundra,
I have read all the post and I wanted to respond to you. Many times Mormons use the same words as Christians yet they have different meanings.
Same words, different dictionary.
The most distinct and defining difference is Christians believe Jesus Christ is God. That is a huge difference, of gigantic proportions.
Mormon faith teaches that one must do enough good works to earn themselves a higher level of heaven. A true Christian is obedient to God’s word because we love him, not out of obligation. Believers are going to heaven because of God, it is not anything we will do or have done.
When you ask a child to wash the dishes, most often they will grumble about it and complain because they see no benefit in doing it. However, if that same child decides to do the dishes, without being asked, in order to make their parents happy and they decide to sweep the floor without being asked, than the parents are blessed by it. If all you ever did was truly believe in Jesus Christ, that is enough! It is finished. But we continue to grow in our obedience to his word because we know it pleases him. After all, he died for us, even while HE KNEW we were sinners. It is for freedom that God died. (read Galatians 5). What is this freedom he was talking about. It is freedom from performance religion.
I could go on and on, but I can tell you one thing. I pray that my Mormon friends will come to understand what God’s grace is all about. They are simply wearing themselves out trying to earn their way to heaven. see this website:
http://concernedchristians.org/