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Gosh, it looks like that apostles were all messed up at first then:

Acts 2:
37 ¶ Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

41 ¶ Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

Studying the scripture is certainly to be encouraged, but you notice in Acts 17:11 that they 'received the word with all readiness of mind' FIRST. Kinda sad when a self-proclaimed christian has to resort to trying to tell people to NOT pray, and NOT trust the Holy Ghost.

The audience of Acts 2 and Acts 17 are the same???? No way.

Paul wasn't embarrassed that the Bereans search the scripture to see if wht he, An Apostle, said was true. Why not subject Joseph Smith to the same test? Paul calls that NOBLE!

***Kinda sad when a self-proclaimed christian has to resort to trying to tell people to NOT pray, and NOT trust the Holy Ghost.***

Kinda sad when you put words into someone's mouth so you can be sad about what you think they said.

WHY DID JOSEPH SMITH CHANGE WORDS IN HIS 'TRANSLATION' OF THE BIBLE? WHY DID JOSEPH SMITH ADD WORDS TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION IN HIS 'TRANSLATION'?

I note you still avoid a ground rule directed one-on-one discussion with Marlowe...

Studying the scripture is certainly to be encouraged, but you notice in Acts 17:11 that they 'received the word with all readiness of mind' FIRST. Kinda sad when a self-proclaimed christian has to resort to trying to tell people to NOT pray, and NOT trust the Holy Ghost.

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Grig this reminds me of ~

2 Nephi
4 Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot understand them it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye knock; wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in the dark.

5 For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should do.

6 Behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and there will be no more doctrine given until after he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh. And when he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh, the things which he shall say unto you shall ye observe to do.

7 And now I, Nephi, cannot say more; the Spirit stoppeth mine utterance, and I am left to mourn because of the unbelief, and the wickedness, and the ignorance, and the stiffneckedness of men; for they will not search knowledge, nor understand great knowledge, when it is given unto them in plainness, even as plain as word can be.

8 And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray.

9 But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.