Hi Kevin--
Kevin: The WHOLE Mormon argument is you are missing something.
Raymond: I disagree, our position centers around Jesus Christ restoring His Church and gospel to the Earth in the Latter-days. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord: and he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began." (Acts 3:19-21) "That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:" (Eph 1:10)
Kevin: You need further revelation your Bible is incomplete, in error and lacking in the truth
Raymond: Incomplete� the Bible is missing books; "Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?" (2Chr 9:29) "And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea." (Col 4:16)
Raymond: In error�
Who moved David to number Israel? "And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah." (2Sam 24:1) And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel." (1Chr 21:1)
Did the men hear a voice? "And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man." (Acts 9:7) "And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me." (Acts 22:9)
Kevin: You have the Bible BUT do you have the Book of Mormon? (Like the recent TV add)
Raymond: The Book of Mormon� "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people," (Rev 14:6) "And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned." (Isa 29:11-12) "Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes." (Ezek 37:19-20)
Kevin: You need Joe Smith
Raymond: True� "Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets." (Amos 3:7)
Kevin: You need the priesthood
Raymond: True� "And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron." (Heb 5:4) "And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen." (Rev 1:5-6)
Kevin: You need the Temple
Raymond: True� "And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments there of, even so shall ye make it." (Ex 25:8-9) "And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat the their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved." (Acts 2:47-48)
Kevin: So LDS beguile unstable souls with enticing words Col 2:4
Raymond: Not true. We do not �beguile� nor do we seek �unstable souls.� As for the words we teach, we seek to teach the words of Christ.
�Raymond
Kevin Deegan wrote:The WHOLE Mormon argument is you are missing something.You need further revelation your Bible is incomplete, in error and lacking in the truthYou have the Bible BUT do you have the Book of Mormon? (Like the recent TV add)You need Joe SmithYou need the priesthoodYou need the Templeetc.So LDS beguile unstable souls with enticing words Col 2:4In actuallity it is LDS who are generally full of Pride in their own RighteousnessThey have so much you don't have after all.
