We believe that Jesus Christ restored priesthood authority to earth for the same reason that he ordained apostles and gave them authority in the New Testament. After Christ left the earth the apostles had the authority to direct the affairs of the church by revelation.
The apostles were killed, however, and over time the the authority to direct the church was lost. Hence the need for a restoration.
Really? And why limit apostles to 12?
After Christ left the earth the apostles had the authority to direct the affairs of the church by revelation.
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What about the 3 Nephites, did they have the priesthood?
MORMONism has NO proof of this thing they so unabashedly proclaim.
“The apostles were killed, however, and over time the the authority to direct the church was lost. Hence the need for a restoration.”
Bull - or Heresy, if you prefer.
The Apostles were the FOUNDATION of the church.
Ephesians 2:20-22 (New International Version)
“built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.”
This is a historical fact. Done. No longer needed to lay
a new foundation.
The Church functioned FINE before the lds cult arose in
the 1800s. It functions according to the Bible without
any lds necessary.
This is in addition to the heresy the mormonic verses
teach:
Polytheism - trillions of gods
Jesus the created spirit being
God, just a regular guy who won the god-powerball lottery
polygamy in the church
false teaching about the triune nature of God
ETC.
The Jesus you believe “restored the priesthood” is a
created spirit being. Not the Biblical Jesus Christ
who is God, was always God and never will be anything less
then God.
ampu
over time the the authority to direct the church was lost.
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But how can that be ???
John the Baptist and the 3 nephite children never died...
over time the the authority to direct the church was lost.
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AH make that the other John...
John the Apostle...
But how can that be also ...
Because you also said ...
“The apostles were killed”
So which is it ???
Joey Smith was twooful when he claimed John was still alive in 1844...
or Joey Smith was lying and you are correct john was killed...
OR
Joey was twooful when he said that John the Apostle was alive in 1844...
but John was killed between June 1844 and June 2010...
So you then both woulod be twooful...
Dont get mad at me...
I didnt invent the everlasting moving and everlasting progressive and everlasting revisionable lunacy of mormonism...
How about we justy saqy that Joey Smith was a liar when he said that the LORD Jesus christ was a liar...
How about we just agree with the Bible that the LORD Joeus Christ never lost, misplaced, dropped, or had stolen His Bride, the Church, the Believers in Him ???
Is or is not John alive, and where is he????????????
After Christ left the earth the apostles had the authority to direct the affairs of the church by revelation.
The apostles were killed, however, and over time the the authority to direct the church was lost. Hence the need for a restoration.
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So according to Joey Smith and mormonism...
1. all the apostles were dead
2. Jesus the bridegroom was dead or incapacitated or “victimized” to obscurity...
So that the Bride of Chrsit was left on her own alone and widowed...
until the sparkly Joey Smith came along 1800 years later and rescued err restored the Bride of Christ by becoming the new and improved bridegroom ???
Well thats what you said...
At least thats what you said that Joey smith said..
just think about that kid...
After Christ left the earth the apostles had the authority to direct the affairs of the church by revelation.
The apostles were killed, however, and over time the the authority to direct the church was lost. Hence the need for a restoration.
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So that the Bride of Chrsit was left on her own alone and widowed...
until the sparkly Joey Smith came along 1800 years later
So how did the Constitution of the United States ever get written 25 years BEFORE the lord joey smith was ever born ???
How did the the Church ever stumble along for all those 1800 years without the sparkly-Joey-with-the-golden-eyes
to rescue her from the tower ???
to awake her with a kiss ??
to dance with her at the ball ??
Well ???