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Unfortunately, too many are like your Mormon analogy, you can be Scriptural and still out of the will of God.

Nice to have a point of agreement! It's not enough to "believe the Bible." Mormons, JWs, Moonies, and unitarian pentecostals all "believe the Bible." Christians believe what the Bible teaches as well. Now, the foundational creeds of the church are handy summaries of what the Bible teaches concerning God, man, salvation, and eschatlogy. The creeds affirm that our Lord will physically return and we will be raised. The creeds have little to say beyond that, however, concerning the anticipated course of history.

Thanks for the reply. It is nice to have some agreement!

It's not enough to "believe the Bible." Mormons, JWs, Moonies, and unitarian pentecostals all "believe the Bible." Christians believe what the Bible teaches as well. Now, the foundational creeds of the church are handy summaries of what the Bible teaches concerning God, man, salvation, and eschatlogy. The creeds affirm that our Lord will physically return and we will be raised. The creeds have little to say beyond that, however, concerning the anticipated course of history.

I'm not much into the creeds, primarily because our focus should be on the Scriptures themselves.