To: Cronos
What do you mean? Do you want the Bible to be edited or added to?
To say that God can not speak to man face to face is to deny the power of God.
The writings contained in the bible have great information. But not all of it. Not even a tiny fraction.
Off the top of my head, I can list a couple things the Bible does not answer.
1. Why doesn't God show himself.
2. Why does God allow us to suffer when He has the power to stop it.
3. Why did Christ have to pay for Sins? Why couldn't God just forgive us?
4. What will people do in Heaven?
5. What is heaven like?
6. What were we before we were born?
Here's a biggy that I think everyone should be concerned with:
Matthew 7:21 - 23
21 ¶ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
The Lord is describing Christians. People that had enough faith in Christ to prophesy and cast out devils. That's some pretty strong faith in Christ to have accomplished those tasks...I've never done those things.
But yet...Christ says he never knew them and casts them out.
People that believed Jesus was their personal savior and had enough faith in Him to prophesy....are going to be cast off at the judgment.
Now personally...I think that's some pretty important info. I'd like some more insight into what happened to make sure I'm not one of them. Wouldn't you?
118 posted on
07/22/2008 9:22:26 AM PDT by
Stourme
To: Stourme
Off the top of my head, I can list a couple things the Bible does not answer. I can think of things that LDS 'scripture' does not answer!
Namely; all the things that go on in the Temples.
NONE of that is found in ANY of the 'standard works' considered scripture by the LDS Organization®.
None is found in Joseph Smith's 'translation' of the KJV bible; which LDS headquarters, SLC does NOT consider scripture.
124 posted on
07/22/2008 9:58:16 AM PDT by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Stourme
Off the top of my head, I can list a couple things the Bible does not answer.
1. Why doesn't God show himself.
2. Why does God allow us to suffer when He has the power to stop it.
3. Why did Christ have to pay for Sins? Why couldn't God just forgive us?
4. What will people do in Heaven?
5. What is heaven like?
6. What were we before we were born?
It is obvious that you've not actually studied the bible...
125 posted on
07/22/2008 10:00:37 AM PDT by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Stourme
Well 1. Why doesn't God show himself.
He has -- Christ. The full enormity of the godhead, is, however, to enormous for mortal eyes
2. Why does God allow us to suffer when He has the power to stop it.
Because if he did make everything la-di-dah for us, then we would have no free will and would just be puppets
3. Why did Christ have to pay for Sins? Why couldn't God just forgive us?
Well, better theologians have given postulations for that
4. What will people do in Heaven?
No idea, we'd know when we get there
5. What is heaven like?No idea, we'd know when we get there
6. What were we before we were born?
No idea, we'd know when we get upstairs
139 posted on
07/22/2008 12:06:35 PM PDT by
Cronos
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