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To: Gamecock

It is written “Those who have seen me have seen the father.”

A lot of sons look like their father!

It is also like so many passages in the Bible ambiguous and that is why so many of the mainstream content!


208 posted on 05/30/2008 2:51:01 AM PDT by restornu ( Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 1 John 11)
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To: restornu; P-Marlowe
A lot of sons look like their father!;

22Then came the Feast of Dedication[b] at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23and Jesus was in the temple area walking in Solomon's Colonnade. 24The Jews gathered around him, saying, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ,[c] tell us plainly." 25Jesus answered, "I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father's name speak for me, 26but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. 27My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. 29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all[d]; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30I and the Father are one."

John 10: 22-30

Jesus wasn't describing a physical resemblance to God. He was equating Himself as part of the God head - and His divine connection as One with the Father.

But, I believe this fact of scripture may be bothersome to you because it does not fit Mormon teaching.

209 posted on 05/30/2008 3:07:35 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I wasn't in church during the time when the statements were made.")
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To: restornu

***A lot of sons look like their father!***

True. But that doesn’t mean you have seen the father. If you see the son, that’s all you see.


219 posted on 05/30/2008 4:20:30 AM PDT by Gamecock (The question is not, Am I good enough to be a Christian? rather Am I good enough not to be?)
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