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To: StormPrepper
Sure it does, if you conveniently change the words... How many new "Bibles" have Evangelicals put out now that change the wording to be more "convenient"?

I think you Mormons have plenty of "conveniently" changed words in the Joseph Smith version of the Bible. I'd be careful with those stones you are throwing, living in that glass house and all.

I noticed that you didn't respond to the other scriptures I posted. Was that a bit too inconvenient?

It was inconvenient only because of the late hour in which I responded. I also tend to think that responses get lost in the crowd when a bunch of points are addressed in one post. What additional points would you like to hear my thoughts on?

The real problem I think Mormons have - and they are not alone in this - is that they start with a false concept about the Lord Jesus Christ and then interpret Scripture through those "colored glasses". However, if one starts with the truth that Almighty God, Jehovah, is the ONLY, TRUE GOD, that besides Him there is NO savior, that He ALONE is the Creator of all that exists or ever did exist, then the RIGHT view of who Jesus is can be understood. Jesus is Almighty God incarnate (in the flesh) just as prophecy said He would be. He is "God who saves us", Emmanuel/Jehoshua/Yeshua, as His very name means. And the Prophets of the Lord said that one day, Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14) and again, For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)

In Mormonism, y'all believe that Almighty God was once a man who became a God, am I correct? Yet, throughout the word of God He says that he ALWAYS existed, that He is the "self-existent one", the I AM. How should an honest Bible student then understand verses that speak of Jesus as a man, yet who existed from all eternity as the Son of God? How should an honest Bible student understand verses that speak of Jesus, as a man, being in submission to the Father? How can one rectify what, on the surface, seems to be a contradiction? I'll tell you how...by being CONSISTENT in interpreting Scripture BY Scripture and not leaning to ones own human understanding. It takes the illumination of the indwelling Holy Spirit to make the word of God clear and it WILL be clear when we seek for truth with all our hearts. I encourage you to continue to seek for the truth.

137 posted on 12/03/2013 12:40:54 PM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: boatbums
"What additional points would you like to hear my thoughts on?"

How about the strongest points of my argument for starters.

Luke 2:52
52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.


If Jesus was perfected from the beginning, how could he increase in favour[sic] with God and Wisdom?

"that they start with a false concept about the Lord Jesus Christ and then interpret Scripture through those "colored glasses""

The irony. I can show you your "colored glasses". Was there point in the life of Jesus when He was on the earth, that He didn't have all wisdom?

I posted the answer in Luke 2. But you won't bring yourself to admit the truth.

Also, I don't have to make excuses for Rev 11 either.
144 posted on 12/03/2013 1:42:06 PM PST by StormPrepper
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