NO NEED for a restoration!
There was NO Total Apostacy. The Church has existed thru ALL AGES, the very Gates of HELL will not prevail 'oer' it AND no need for delivering a Restored Faith since the True faith was ONCE delivered never LOST!
( and for you LDS - Joe never restored anything he just modified)
Ep 3:21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Mt 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Jude 1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
John S. wrote:
>> ... there was no time when the RIGHT CHURCH
>> EXISTED except in the Mind of God and via the
>> blood of Christ. The First Church was steeped
>> in legalism.
DAVEH:
> Is this a commonly accepted theory of Protestantism?
> LDS folks believe such thinking is flawed
It is somewhat common in Protestant circles to think this way, but not all
Protestants think this way. John's background is the Church of Christ,
which is a restorationist movement somewhat like Mormonism. Many of the
Church of Christ sects have been labled as cults by other Protestants just
like Mormonism has. One of the themes in the Church of Christ is to get
back to first century Christianity. Apparently, John has rejected much of
the Church of Christ teachings, and one of them is apparently the theme that
there is some kind of perfect church that we need to restore.
In considering this question of whether or not it is possible to have a
perfect church, I consider the churches addressed by Christ in the book of
Revelation. I notice that two of the churches were without rebuke. That
tells me that there have been churches that were perfect.
Peace be with you.
David Miller.
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