Do Joseph Smith and Ellen White fir Bibal criteria of a true Prophet?
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Thank you again, but at this point I could not easily read it. I know what people call cults, but I have never heard about them from God.
Waiting on him
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@Waiting on him Always a good question to ask.
As far as the activities of a local church are concerned, Acts 2.42 is a good guide (all linked with sound doctrine, of course).
When two groups teach different things we need to compare what they teach with the Bible to find out who is right.
Don't we have a responsibility to warn people if they are in error? If we warn them and they refuse to believe us we will have fulfilled our responsibility and don't need to be concerned about them any more.
All of ther redeemed in Lord jesus, all of those saved and in the Body of Christ!
paul and Jude seemed to have the concern to confront heresy head on that was creeping into the Church even of their time!
That is not achieved Without good information about what is believed.
Warning: you “anti-cult” site gives you completely bad info and only drives people away from Christ.
If you want to stay embracing that, that’s your choice.
If it pertains directly to us so that we ourselves can make the right choices in our walk before God, yes. However, with literally thousands of sects/denominations/churches/beliefs that differ so much from each other based on the Bible, can we really compare them all or might it not be a good thing to follow the lead of the Holy Spirit to receive what God has for us?
Our responsibility is to God. Don't jump out ahead of Him. Sometimes He will use us to help others, but we should be slow to presume that we are always the bearers of absolute truth and that the other guy definitely had it wrong... even if it seems so to us... while the other guy may effectively be saying the same things about his position.
During the years I have served God, especially during the earlier times, I always thought that certain things [essentials?] were unquestionably correct. God has changed me on several of those and He showed me that I need to be open, really open, to the possibility that there are still some lies in me, even though I cannot see them. This is loving the Truth even when we may not know exactly and precisely what every point of truth is. Remember that a little child [physically little] may know very little but really love Jesus. And what was that Jesus said?
"And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Matt 18:2-4
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Prayer Warrior
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It has been shown on this forum how some Mormon doctrine blatantly contradicts Bible doctrine; therefore, it is anti-biblical. This has been shown from LDS scriptures and other LDS materials, including quotes from the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith, as well as from other LDS leaders.
I pray that you will come out of the darkness into God's glorious light and see the truth about LDS doctrine!
Waiting on him
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The way I view it is this, let's say your wrong and JWs and LDS have people seated in Christ, and you or I accusing them otherwise. What would this make me?
Waiting on him
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When I was received and regenerated in Christ I had no doctrines or theology, all I had was agreement.
And also see the truth about Methodist doctrine, and Baptist doctrine, and Pentecostal doctrine, and JW doctrine, and Catholic doctrine, and Mennonite doctrine, etc. to the extent that any of them hinders a person on his approach to a clear vision of God and the things of God. Then again, when God sees a heart hungry and thirsty for His righteousness will not that heart be filled no matter where he attends regularly and no matter to which group he belongs... or even if he does not attend and does not belong to any church to the carnal eye?
Prayer Warrior
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That's true, and I have said as much in threads about some of the groups that you list in your post. This thread is not about those groups.
I don't place groups who get some of their main doctrine from sources other than the Bible--doctrine that blatantly runs contrary to Bible doctrine--in the same category as Christian denominations that get their doctrine from various aspects of Bible doctrine.
I appreciate your sentiment here, but it’s also incredibly frustrating as it feels like your praying to have me not believe something I don’t believe in the first place and that the explanations I spend so much time writing are just being ignored.
Prayer Warrior
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I'm surprised and glad to hear that you don't believe Mormon doctrine that is contrary to the Bible. Yay!
Nobody believes what's being posted here-- it's that glaringly inaccurate!
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