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To: caww
....There are many things of God we do not grasp the full meaning of nor it's entirety this side of heaven. And we do not just have to believe it or not...the Lord oftentimes gave evidence and or revealed it to those who sought understanding of.....many times He took His disciples aside and explained what they did not initially understand. He continues to do so today and many can attest to this fact..

That's what the LDS say.

262 posted on 06/29/2010 11:17:36 PM PDT by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: 1010RD

Interesting response...appears you might be dodging the issue, however I would hesitate to agree that Mormons say that, perhaps it is your interpretation of what they say...... but I can certainly attest that Christians do say so for it is based on the fact Christ did indeed take His disciples aside and indeed revealed to their understanding what He had spoken of...and He does to this day. An example today would be how years ago the prophetic books were difficult to understand....of course now we understand far more as technology, science, archeology etc, has revealed so much more than we knew before. These have assisted in our understanding and much more of the times and places scripturally.


277 posted on 06/30/2010 12:26:17 AM PDT by caww
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To: 1010RD

These antis/ exLDS have a tendency to throw the baby out with the bath water.

I thank the Lord for the Book of Mormon or else the Bible can seem very ambiguous in some places and a stumbling stone for those who are seeking and a free pass for those who don’t want to change their ways.

Rom. 9: 32
32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith,
but as it were by the works of the law.
For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

This is a good example and why there is disagreements between the school of faith without works vise versa etc.

If works is done for show then it is NOT done by the spirit of the Lord, but by the letter of the law which is dead.

Gal. 2: 16
16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, (flesh)
but by the (spirit) faith of Jesus Christ,
even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ,
and not by the works of the law: (flesh)
for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

1 Thes. 1: 3
3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith,
and labour of love,
and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ,
in the sight of God and our Father;

The work of the Lord has to be done we are His hands, arms legs and eyes and ears on earth we are leading people to do good, uplift to magnify each other lives or we do work like the opposition when is to stall or tear down etc.

We only need to look at the Gulf Oil spill to see how the opposition works against good!

If the children of the Lord were allowed to furnished this disaster could have been mitigated.

These antis always want to paint the LDS in a us vs them yet the LDS recognized we are all God’s children.

Mosiah 8: 18
18 Thus God has provided a means that man, through faith, might work mighty miracles; therefore he becometh a great benefit to his fellow beings.

Alma 26: 22
22 Yea, he that repenteth and exerciseth faith, and bringeth forth good works, and prayeth continually without ceasing—unto such it is given to know the mysteries of God; yea, unto such it shall be given to reveal things which never have been revealed; yea, and it shall be given unto such to bring thousands of souls to repentance, even as it has been given unto us to bring these our brethren to repentance.

2 Nephi 3

23 Wherefore, because of this covenant thou art blessed; for thy seed shall not be destroyed, for they shall hearken unto the words of the book.

24 And there shall rise up one mighty among them, who shall do much good, both in word and in deed, being an instrument in the hands of God, with exceeding faith, to work mighty wonders, and do that thing which is great in the sight of God, unto the bringing to pass much restoration unto the house of Israel, and unto the seed of thy brethren.


297 posted on 06/30/2010 7:14:08 AM PDT by restornu
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