[imardmd1]

I'm an "other Christian," and see from his words and witness that Richard Sherlock has been a phony "professor" for many years. He has now made a step backward in time, forward in thinking, an advance toward a genuine faith, but he is not quite there.

He has yet to make one more saving step to make, beyond the "universal church" concept, and into the Company of the Committed (as suggested by Elton Trueblood. another philosopher and prolific writer) by the Blood of The Christ, through the Veil, and into the Most Holy Place to which Peter, and Paul, and John, and Silas, and Timothy, and Mark, and, yes Mary and her children Jacob (James, that is) and Jude, and Cleopas, and his wife Mary, and Cornelius, and Lydia, and Aquila, and Priscilla, and Stephen, and Ananius of Damascus, and many other true confreres of the 120 that gathered together in Jerusalem for the first Pentecost after His Resurrection/Ascension.

Until he makes that step of total committed persistent trust in the Lord Jesus Christ alone, and in The Faith of Him of which He is the embodiment in the flesh, not leaning on reasonings, or traditions, or humanoid experiences, Sherlock is still poised for judgment at the final Great White Throne.

So far, all the so-titled Smithite "Elders" appearing on my doorstep have refused instruction regarding it and their culpability. They have insisted that they will stand in that judgment as to their works and final eternal disposition, and that it will be beneficial to themselves. They do not claim, as do I in faith, to have been judged on the Cross, freed of guilt, and of the penalty and power of Sin as a master. What a shame it will be for them.

Sherlock needs to step in faith back past the inception of what is termed catholic, past its Platonic-based philosophy, past its allegories, syllogisms, reasonings, and supererogatic works, and join the company of the humble and meek truly regenerated believer-disciple bondslave-followers of The Anointed One, into the kingdom of His priests, every one, whose assignment is glorifying Him forever.

Sherlock has, so far, missed the main point. He is still blinded. And set to perish. I pray God to save him yet,

IMVHO

[Houghton M.]

You need to do some ocular logging.

[Campion]

I think you've missed Sherlock's main point. Mormonism says every man can become a god. Protestantism says that every man can become his own Pope. Both of them say that the church Jesus founded on the apostles couldn't stand the test of time and needed "reformation" or "restoration" through some self-appointed human agency.

Only the Catholic vision is consistent with a church guided to "all truth" through the indwelling ministry of the Holy Spirit.

[Mad Dawg]

What’s wrong with syllogisms?

Can you answer the question without recourse to syllogisms?

[one Lord one faith one baptism]

this post can only have been written by someone who joins the Mormons in accusing the Universal Church of apostacy in the second century.

question for you, since you can judge whether someone is saved or not:

can you name three people who lived between 100ad and 1500ad who pass your test of being a Christian and therefore saved?

[vladimir998]

Your opinion is not very humble. It’s also not accurate according to the facts.