I think it is best to leave it up to the Lord to judge who is a true follower of Christ. Only He knows the thoughts and intents of our hearts. He will judge justly according to His wisdom, love, justice and mercy.
I would also hope that any one of us who desires to be a follower of Christ would strive and pray to develop the gift of charity. I am sure that Jesus wants his followers to be kind, long suffering, humble, gentle and selfless.
I like these words of Paul:
Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
I think it is best to leave it up to the Lord to judge who is a true follower of Christ.
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Ah but which “lord” ???
The Lord God Jesus Christ of the Christian Bible ???
or the mormon lord ...a figment of a conmans fertile imagination ???
You never replied to my posting about the apostates a while back. Did you find anything about those posts that weren't true?
You were claiming apostates could be forgiven and not cast in to outer darkness according to Mormon doctrine. Here’s the post you didn’t respond to.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2359545/posts?page=127#127
1Jn:4:1: Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Joseph Smith is a false prophet, so is Brigham Young.
Have you contacted the leaders in Salt Lake and informed them of this? Have you requested that the mormon church abstain from sending out 50,000 missionaries daily to inform Christians that the only way to salvation is through baptism and confirmation as members of the mormon church?
Don't you find it just a LITTLE hypocritical for one to say "Leave it to the Lord to judge" when the goal of mormonism is to convert every soul who is alive or HAS lived?
From Boyd K. Packer, “The Redemption of the Dead,” Ensign, Nov. 1975, 97
"Since baptism is essential there must be an urgent concern to carry the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. That came as a commandment from Him.
His true servants will be out to convert all who will hear to the principles of the gospel and they will offer them that one baptism which He proclaimed as essential. The preaching of the gospel is evident to one degree or another in most Christian churches. Most, however, are content to enjoy whatever they can gain from membership in their church without any real effort to see that others hear about it.
The powerful missionary spirit and the vigorous missionary activity in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints becomes a very significant witness that the true gospel and that the authority are possessed here in the Church. We accept the responsibility to preach the gospel to every person on earth. And if the question is asked, “You mean you are out to convert the entire world?” the answer is, “Yes. We will try to reach every living soul.”
Some who measure that challenge quickly say, “Why, that’s impossible! It cannot be done!”
To that we simply say, “Perhaps, but we shall do it anyway.”
Against the insinuation that it cannot be done, we are willing to commit every resource that can be righteously accumulated to this work. Now, while our effort may seem modest when measured against the challenge, it is hard to ignore when measured against what is being accomplished, or even what is being attempted, elsewhere."
Spoken like a faithful Mormon who wants to be considered Christian without LDS doctrines being scrutinized.
I got some news for you, Christ has already determined who His followers are, those that follow the Bible.
LDS doctrine contradicts the Bible.
More inconsistency. I haven't seen any Mormons rail on Lds "prophet" Hinckley for NOT leaving it up to the Lord to judge who is a true Mormon. (I mean Hinckley wouldn't even acknowledge that fundamentalist Mormons exist, let alone if they are Mormon!)
No. Instead, it's "let's all hail & bow down to our Amos-3:7 scripture-producing 'prophet' who hasn't really produced much new unique Mormon 'scripture' ever since Joe died."