Blainer) You could tell all that with one sentence? But as I said once, "A rose by any other name still smells the same." Churches or congregations, is there a difference other than the wordage?
On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 23:47:29 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Glenn - Another "switch-a-rue". You totally bypassed what Jesus > said. Jesus > said the one and only true church is individuals. > PS. I don't go by English. I go by the original languages. And > yes, it is > plural here. Read what DavidM wrote about looking for the true > church and > not finding THE church/congregation. That one seems to fly over > your head > too. No mind, it would fly over most people's head. > > > Blainer) "YE" is a plural word in old English. > > > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 08:39:55 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Glenn - Jesus said, I am the ye, (individual people) are the > > > branches. Look > > > at how DavidM said it. The true church is made up of individual > > > > Christians > > > who make up the Lord's congregation. Mormons think like the > Church > > > of Christ > > > Restoration Movement. I don't accept other denominations as > being > > > the true > > > church either. Nor do I accept any or all the divisions within > > > Mormonism as > > > being the truth church. The true church includes all born again > > > > people in > > > any congregation. Just like hell fire, Mormons are in > contradiction > > > of > > > Jesus' teachings. > > > > > > > > > > >> >>> DAVEH: This is where we disagree, Glenn. From my > point of > > > view, I do > > > >>> NOT "accept other denominations" as being the 'true Church', > but > > > I do > > > >>> accept those churches and the members of those denominations > "as > > > > > > >>> Christians" because they purport to accept Jesus as their > > > Saviour. IMO, > > > >>> even if they believe the doctrines incorrectly, they are > still " > > > >>> Christians" if they are attempting to follow in our Savior's > > > > footsteps. > > > >>> And, I accept them as being my brother & sisters "because we > > > > have the > > > >>> same Father God". > > > >> So does this mean that people in other denominations can go > to > > > heaven or > > > >> just the bottom level? Laura > > > > DAVEH: We've touched on this before a bit. IMO, anybody can > go > > > to > > > > 'heaven' if they have a covenantal relationship with the Lord. > > > > The > > > > question becomes how one defines heaven. LDS theology > believes in > > > 3 > > > > spheres or levels of heaven. Those who do not have a > covenantal > > > > relationship will find themselves in the lower two levels > after > > > the > > > > resurrection. > > > > > > > > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
