DAVEH wrote: Eternal progression is the evolution from our spiritual birth to eventually becoming one with God, and like God. To do that, I believe it was necessary for the fall of Adam to take place, and the grace of the Lord to provide a pathway to salvation.
1. "one with God" means "one in purpose".
2. "like God" means "become a god", not "godlike".
From: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Courtesy of My Nephew Jeff Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 09:39:57 -0800
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> Hi Dave: > I find it interesting that your nephew is stuck on the same question > as you DAVEH: I think most LDS folks are curious to know how > Protestantsunderstand God's creation of Lucifer, the tree of knowledge > of good andevil and the relationship they have with the plan of > salvation. From ourperspective, those things are very important to > our eternal progression.From what I am hearing from TTers, it seems > most Protestants believeAdam's fall was an unfortunate incident that > has caused a lot of grief foreverybody. That is diametrically > opposite of my belief. Judy:In all the years I've been around > believers I've never heard anyoneagonizing over the fall. I accept it > as having taken place before I wasborn. > DAVEH: But.....you do prefer that it had not happened, do you not? > From my perspective, the fall was an important part of the plan of > salvation, and is necessary for our eternal progression. > I can't do much about them but God has made a way for me todo > something about me and since Jesus is the lamb slain before > thefoundation of the world, God took care of things before they > happened.What do you mean by "eternal progression" > DAVEH: Eternal progression is the evolution from our spiritual birth > to eventually becoming one with God, and like God. To do that, I > believe it was necessary for the fall of Adam to take place, and the > grace of the Lord to provide a pathway to salvation. > and what does the expression"tracted into" mean?DAVEH: Knocking on > doors until you tract into a situation that is a bit unusual.DAVEH: > I'll let Jeff speak for himself when he returns this summer, asI > suspect he will join TT again and you can ask him personally. Judy:Has > he been born again by the Spirit of God and is he a follower of the > resurrected Christ? One who walks after the Spirit daily or is he > just > another follower of Joseph Smith and his BofM? You don't have to > answer the above ... because if that were true hewould not be a Mormon > missionary who is out there tracting.DAVEH: LOL........Ohhhhhh Judy, > aren't you cheeky!Judy
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