“Which Christ though? That’s kind of the point of the article, isn’t it?”
Very true and a good point. I am not defending the Islamic or Buddist “Jesus”. Please don’t think that. I am simply trying to understand the whole “my Jesus is better than your Jesus” game that Christians play with each other. If you want to put your faith in Jesus Ruiz, be my guest. But why don’t you come to Sunday worship with me and learn about a Jesus who can actually change your life?
“I am simply trying to understand the whole “my Jesus is better than your Jesus” game that Christians play with each other.”
But Jesus IS better than the false Jesus of Mormonism, or of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, or of the Baha’i, and so on and so forth.
“But why don’t you come to Sunday worship with me and learn about a Jesus who can actually change your life?”
Only the real Jesus can change your life. If yours teaches something contrary to what Christ and the Apostles passed down to us, it is accursed.
Gal 1:6-9 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: (7) Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. (8) But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. (9) As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
“I am simply trying to understand the whole “my Jesus is better than your Jesus” game that Christians play with each other.”
It’s not a game, because souls are at stake. We’re told to be on guard against those who preach another gospel, or another Christ, which is exactly what Mormonism does. So, once you recognize that is the situation, warning others about Mormonism’s false teaching is imperative.
” If you want to put your faith in Jesus Ruiz, be my guest. But why don’t you come to Sunday worship with me and learn about a Jesus who can actually change your life?”
I don’t want to put my faith in a gardener, I was just using that as an example to highlight the foolishness of believing everyone who says they believe in “Jesus” at face value. Believing in Jesus Ruiz is obviously far different than believing in Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Believing in the Mormon Jesus is different also, just in a subtler way.