~”I have not taken it out of context. You are plainly stating that UNLESS YOU ACCEPT JOSEPH SMITH, you are NOT SAVED.”~
No, I have said UNLESS YOU ACCEPT THE GOSPEL (by which I mean the Restored Gospel - as Christ taught it, not as Christianity has corrupted it), you are NOT SAVED.
Accepting Joseph Smith is incidental. He preached the Gospel.
I have explained it half a dozen times now, to ears that are evidently willfully deaf. I will not explain it again.
Exactly right. Call all you want. I stand by it.
- Acceptance of the Gospel is required for salvation.
- Smith was the prophet through whom the Gospel was restored.
THEREFORE IT FOLLOWS THAT:
- Acceptance of Smith is required for salvation.
Why is this so difficult for so many of you to understand?
Oh, and feel free to take this post, partially quote it, and take it out of context, too. As if I could stop you.
HMMMmmm...
Matthew 28:19-20
19. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
I wonder...
Just what was it that Christ 'taught'?