Judy wrote: > **But those walking in the light know that it is > not the Father's House First because God no longer > put's his name on buildings, His house is the body > of Christ, living stones, a human temple.
That's what Stephen preached and was stoned for. Don't you see a similar attitude of the Mormons toward the street preachers as we see in the Jews toward Stephen in Acts 6? Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. (Acts 6:9-14 KJV) But Solomon built him an house. Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? Hath not my hand made all these things? Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. (Acts 7:47-54 KJV) These passages convey to me a very severe opposition between the people of the Temple and Stephen. Do you see it differently? Judy wrote: > He also told the people to listen to what they said > because they sat in Moses seat - but not to follow > their example as to deeds so I don't see a similarity > here. Well, that is a good point. The Mormons certainly do not sit in Moses's seat. Perhaps a better comparison of the Mormon relationship to Christianity would be to consider the Samaritan relationship to Judaism. Most Jews did not consider Samaritans in the covenant, primarily because they did not recognize Jerusalem as the place where Yahweh put his name. Most Samaritans, on the other hand, considered themselves part of the Mosaic covenant. Do you think the Samaritans and Jews might be a better analogy? David Miller wrote: >> The Bible does not tell us, but maybe Jesus even got >> jailed for doing this kind of thing. It would make >> the crucifixion seem more plausible in that the justice >> system doesn't usually kill someone who doesn't have >> some kind of jail record already. Judy wrote: > **I doubt it - the reason the thief was saved on the > cross was because he knew Jesus was innocent and had > done nothing wrong. If he had been in prison ppl would > have known it. Our justice system may not be perfect > but it is for everyone's benefit and is God ordained. Of course people would have known that Jesus had been in prison, but that does not mean that God would have necessarily seen fit to preserve that information in the Bible. We know that the apostles spent time in jail right away. If they put the apostles in jail, why would we think that Jesus was never put in jail. I mean, what would you do with someone who goes into the Temple with a whip and turns over tables and uses the whip to run people out. Those people legally had a right to be there. Why would you think that they would not put him in jail for doing that? Don't you think that they would have fined him and made him pay for damages? Peace be with you. David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida. ---------- "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.
