Would it comfort you to know that before I became a Mormon I accepted Jesus Christ as my Saviour?
Or do you think my salvation had been undone by my baptism into the LDS church?
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I echo the posts made by MHG and ES.
If you were really saved you wouldn’t have joined Mormonism. Or, along similar lines, you rejected Christ (and lost your salvation) by rejecting the Christ of the Bible and going after a false Christ of Mormonism and a system of works.
In short, either you were never saved, or you lost your salvation. I’m not part of the OSAS crowd, at least not as the LDS think what it means.
Salvation in Christ is belief in the grace of Christ through faith, not works. Salvation is predicated upon a RELATIONSHIP with Jesus. If I sin, I don’t lose my salvation, but if I no longer believe or go after a false Christ I terminate that relationship and thus am not saved. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost (which is what Mormonism is) is the unforgivable sin.
In short, because you became a Mormon you divorced Christ.
I thought I was a Christian growing up, I wore a cross, listened to Stryper, went to vacation bible school and various churches. I thought I was a Christian when I was LDS. But only after as MHG put it I accepted Jesus as your personal Savior (by grace through faith alone) and God’s Spirit entered my life did I realized I never was a Christian before that. I was just thinking I was. I didn’t have a RELATIONSHIP with the Jesus of the Bible.
There is a somewhat hidden lesson in what Jesus taught regarding the Bride of Christ, but to apprehend it one needs to know something of the Jewish form for marriage. A betrothal period is counted as binding, as if one were married already. But the actual wedding is a future event anticipated during a betrothal period. I believe the ‘betrothal period’ is that span of life during which fidelity to The Christ is established. Following strictly the ten commandments? No, only Jesus was able to accomplish that. But following the two great commandments Jesus explained to the Pharisees, yes, that is what the trimming of the lamps int eh parable of the virgins is all about. You cannot earn salvation, but you can fall short of fidelity to your vows ... and God even taught that the unfaithful could repent and return to Him. Jesus taught on this notion with several of His parables and in the Sermon on The Mount. He also emphasized it with the churches spoken of in Revelations. The essence of OSAS is that remaining in a fideltiy with The Lord Christ assures salvation once one plights their troth with Him. even if it requires repentence and turning from sin long after the moment of His saving Grace applied to the human spirit. ... And at 65, having been saved in my twenties, I speak from deacdes of experiencing the Grace of God in Christ for I am a living sinner saved by His Grace. Thanks be to God.
Hi Reaganaut, thanks for your response.
I’ll just say that after I first turned to Jesus and accepted him as my Saviour I wanted to find out I should best follow Him. When I came across the Book of Mormon and the LDS Church I rejoiced to find that the way was made clear. I found a new abundance of the Holy Spirit and happiness. It wasn’t a divorce, it was a greater communion.
Best to you,
Normandy