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Am I saved if I have a different biblical interpretation of the oneness of God?

Fallen Prophet

Well-Known Member
“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
‭‭II Timothy‬ ‭2:15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
No mention of "White Throne Judgment".

No mention that this is any different than the judgment bar of Christ.

No mention that there are two different Judgments.

If anything - all of the Lord's mention of the Judgment makes it clear that there will be one - where He will separate the sheep from the goats.

That's the Judgment.
 
No mention of "White Throne Judgment".

No mention that this is any different than the judgment bar of Christ.

No mention that there are two different Judgments.

If anything - all of the Lord's mention of the Judgment makes it clear that there will be one - where He will separate the sheep from the goats.

That's the Judgment.
Think what you want.
 

Fallen Prophet

Well-Known Member
Think what you want.
That's very different from your initial response to my beliefs - which was - "False".

Then you went on to say, "God is the Author and no argument or comment needed because the Scriptures are clear."

Yet now you are allowing me to think what I want? Why the change of behavior?

It is because you know your beliefs are not supported by the scriptures.
 
That's very different from your initial response to my beliefs - which was - "False".

Then you went on to say, "God is the Author and no argument or comment needed because the Scriptures are clear."

Yet now you are allowing me to think what I want? Why the change of behavior?

It is because you know your beliefs are not supported by the scriptures.
Your views are false
 

Psalm23

Well-Known Member
I want to understand why Christians do not think I'm saved. I don't want to argue with them. I genuinely want to understand their rationale.

Here's why it's a question: I recognize that there are many debates among Christians on interpretations of the Bible, yet my understanding is that a Baptist will still admit that a Presbyterian is saved because he or she has accepted Jesus as their personal Savior. But they will not accept that I, as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who accepts Jesus as my personal Savior, is saved. Why?

I have tried to ask this question many times, and except for once with a person I was able to convince that I do not want to argue, it has always quickly turned into why they believe Joseph Smith was an evil deceiver, not answering my question.

The one person who did answer me explained that because I do not believe in the Trinity, that even though I say the name "Jesus Christ", that I do not believe in the REAL Jesus Christ. That what I believe is a fictional idea that is not real, and that I have merely attributed the name "Jesus Christ" to that fictional idea. The REAL Jesus Christ that I should be accepting as my Savior is in the Trinity.

My question therefore is, if I interpret John 17:21 that "one" in the way that the followers of Jesus can be aligned perfectly with Him, the same way that Jesus Christ is already perfectly aligned with His Father, than does that interpretation nullify me?

Why do other disagreements over scriptural interpretation not nullify other Christian's beliefs?

And if a person who is initially unfamiliar with Christianity, then learns about it from a Christian missionary, and confesses Jesus, and then dies from an accident, and still harbors mistaken beliefs about God because he has not yet been taught fully by the missionaries, is he saved?

Your illumination on the topic would be appreciated.

In John 8:24 Jesus said “I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.”

I think that many Christians interpret this as meaning to you have to believe Jesus is God in order to be saved.
 

Andrew Reil

Member
In John 8:24 Jesus said “I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.”

I think that many Christians interpret this as meaning to you have to believe Jesus is God in order to be saved.
Ok, I do. I believe the Jesus of the New Testament, and worship Him, and confess that He is my Saviour. I also follow Him.

Some Christians have argued with me that despite my confession I am not saved because I don't accept their interpretation of the scriptures, specifically the Trinity. I interpret John 17:21 that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are one in purpose nor person. Fellow Christian see that as blasphemous and evidence that the "Jesus Christ" I believe in may have the same name as the true God but is not the same. They say I therefore am a pagan essentially. The same as if I worshipped Zeus but called him Jesus Christ.

What I don't understand is that there are other doctrinal differences between Christian sects, in that they interpret other scriptures differently, but none of them say that those other sects are not saved or that they are not Christians because the don't agree with them.

I am not offended, and I don't want to argue. I want to understand why my different interpretation makes me a pagan while other Christians only have friendly non-salvation disagreements.

I suspect the emotional answer is "we don't like the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" which I am a practicing member of. But what I want to learn is the theological rational that they apply to their conclusion.
 

Katzpur

Not your average Mormon
People who have died without Christ are not in the lake of fire yet but will be at the end.
I'm just curious. How does this make you feel? I mean, I don't know if you have kids or anything, but suppose one of them died in infancy, too young in age to have accepted Christ. Do you honestly feel a loving and just God would condemn that child to an eternity in hell? And what about the billions and billions of people who have lived their lives without ever even having heard the name of Jesus Christ, much less having been introduced to His gospel? Did God just put them here on earth for no other reason than to be His eternal firewood? Would He have told us that we must accept His Son as our Savior in order to be saved and then made it literally impossible for so many to do so? Sometimes you've got to examine your beliefs in light of what common sense tells you. Unless, that is, you're really okay with God being a monster.
 

Katzpur

Not your average Mormon
In John 8:24 Jesus said “I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.”

I think that many Christians interpret this as meaning to you have to believe Jesus is God in order to be saved.
What do you think it means, Psalm23?
 

Psalm23

Well-Known Member
What do you think it means, Psalm23?

I think it is possible that it could mean you need to believe Jesus is God to be saved. At the same time, it may mean you need to believe Jesus is the Messiah to come, or the Son of God. At the same time, I believed in Jesus as Savior as a child. I had a simple faith and my view of Jesus was God and Jesus. I don’t think God would require for a child to understand the divinity of Jesus to be saved.
 

37818

Active Member
Says right there in the Scripture I shared
All right there in 20 clearly written and explained in other scriptures but your view isn’t in the Scriptures, I will be at the judgement seat of Christ which is different than the White Throne judgement.
There is nothing in Revelation 20 to separate the judgement seat from the white throne judgement, Revelation 20:11-15. Only your interpretation of it. 2 Corinthians 5:10-11, ". . . For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; . . ." Revelation 20:15, Revelation 21:7-8, Revelation 21:27.
 

Fallen Prophet

Well-Known Member
There is nothing in Revelation 20 to separate the judgement seat from the white throne judgement, Revelation 20:11-15. Only your interpretation of it. 2 Corinthians 5:10-11, ". . . For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; . . ." Revelation 20:15, Revelation 21:7-8, Revelation 21:27.
They sound exactly the same to me.
 
I'm just curious. How does this make you feel? I mean, I don't know if you have kids or anything, but suppose one of them died in infancy, too young in age to have accepted Christ. Do you honestly feel a loving and just God would condemn that child to an eternity in hell? And what about the billions and billions of people who have lived their lives without ever even having heard the name of Jesus Christ, much less having been introduced to His gospel? Did God just put them here on earth for no other reason than to be His eternal firewood? Would He have told us that we must accept His Son as our Savior in order to be saved and then made it literally impossible for so many to do so? Sometimes you've got to examine your beliefs in light of what common sense tells you. Unless, that is, you're really okay with God being a monster.
Gods not a monster but
They sound exactly the same to me.
They aren’t
 
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