Katzpur
Not your average Mormon
Men will be judged according to what is true, regardless of the source from whence that truth comes.Baerly said:They teach that all men will be judged out of the Bible. This is a faithful saying, not because the Book of Mormon says it but because the Bible teaches it. Here is their error. They also teach that men will be judged out of Mormon writings (2 Ne. 29:11).
Huh?The revelation of the Mormon Church teaches that you can see without knowing anything about Mormonism or the Bible.
As a matter of fact, when Jesus Christ spoke to his followers in the Holy Land, He is recorded in the Gospel of John as having said, Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. He also said that His own personal mission was only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. So who were the other sheep of whom He spoke, people who were evidently not living in the Holy Land but who were, at the same time, of the house of Israel? We believe they were the people whose story is told in the Book of Mormon. After Christs resurrection, he stayed among his Apostles and others for a time. But, according to the Book of Mormon, before He returned to heaven where He now awaits the time of His Second Coming, He visited the people of ancient America. He established His Church here, teaching exactly the same gospel He had taught in the Holy Land.The Book of Mormon teaches that God would reveal His message unto others (2 Ne. 29:11-12). The last sentence in 2 Nephi 29:12 is a terrible sentence. It says too much. According to the Book of Mormon, the Lord said, "I shall speak unto all nations of the earth and they shall write it."Smith wanted to leave the impression that the Book of Mormon should be added to the Bible as inspired of God. However, what he said was far more than that. His sentence structure says 1) that God shall "speak" to all nations and 2) that "they" [all nations] shall write. Thus, according to Deceiver Smith, we will have inspired writings from "all nations," not just from one, or a dozen, or a hundred nations, but from each and every one of them.
You are absolutely right! The spiritual gifts did cease to exist shortly following the deaths of the Apostles. The Church Christ established had fallen into apostasy. Of course, spiritual gifts would have ceased to exist. Thanks for strengthening the LDS position.The Bible teaches that revelation from God ceased in the first century. In 1 Corinthians 12-14, Paul teaches that love will not perish but the partial (miraculous capabilities) would be superseded by the impartial (completed will) (1Cor 13:8). This same truth is taught in Ephesians chapter 4. Paul again predicts the termination of spiritual gifts. Since the cessation of the supernatural was anticipated after the death of the apostles, we would expect that second century folks would no longer be exercising supernatural power. Historically, after the first century, the report concerning miraculous events from second and third century "Christians" were few. Those that are mentioned are questionable.
Well, I have news for you. Twelve million people worldwide do follow both the Book of Mormon and the Bible. The conclusions you've presented are nothing more than a pathetic attempt to discredit something you obviously know little about. The warning mentioned in Galatians 1:8-9 was in reference to the apostasy that took place in the early days of the Church. A "different gospel" was being preached within little more than a century after Christ died.Therefore, the Book of Mormon cannot be from God. It and the other so-called inspired writings from the Mormon Church are bogus. Mormon "Scriptures" are not equal to the Bible but to the Koran. Both the Book of Mormon and the Koran were supposedly given by an angel from heaven. Anticipating this deceitfulness, God gave a dire warning that Smith and the Mormon Church have ignored. He said, "But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema. As we have said before, so say I now again, if any man preacheth unto you any gospel other than that which ye received, let him be anathema" (Gal. 1:8-9). Students cannot follow the Bible and the Book of Mormon. You must reject one or the other. For over 1,700 years men became Christians without the Book of Mormon. Follow the Bible and it alone and you will be blessed.
You know, your message of love didn't quite get through. It kind of got lost when you called my scriptures "bogus" and my prophet a "deceiver." Maybe you ought to rethink your signature, Baerly. Something less disingenuous may fit you better.in love Baerly