Bothoms wrote:
Terry:
I believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the father of lies.
Raymond:
I agree.
Terry:
I believe that with at least six thousand years experience he is a very
good liar and you do not necessarily have to be gullible to be taken in
by him.
Raymond:
I agree.
Terry:
I believe that he is but one person who cannot be everywhere at once as
God can, but he has hoards of demons doing his work and spreading his
lies.
Raymond:
I believe that God is in one place at a time, but that His power and
influence are vast reaching.
Does that mean that you do not feel that God, the Holy Spirit resides
in each Saint, or that God is not omnipresent?
Like
the sun is in one place and its power is felt by all. God also has
angels doing His work. As for Satan, he is in only one place at a time,
but his influence is broadly felt. I believe that his power, though, is
far less than God’s. Oh, and yes, the devil does have demons doing his
dirty work.
Terry:
I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the only begotten Son of God.
Raymond:
I agree.
Then you do not believe that He is the brother of Satan?
Terry:
I believe it is Jesus, Alpha to Omega, a to z, beginning to end.
Raymond:
I agree.
Terry:
He is the second person of the Godhead who created everything that was
created.
Raymond:
I agree, but would add that He created under the direction of His
Father.
Terry:
He was here before the universe was created and will be here when it is
destroyed.
Raymond:
He has no beginning and has no ending. As for the Universe, I don’t
believe it will be destroyed.
Might I assume that you do not take the Revelation given to John to be
literal?
Terry:
They are total opposites, good versus evil. They have nothing in common.
Raymond:
I agree.
Terry:
I believe that the Bible is the word of God and is complete.
Raymond:
I believe that the Bible is the word of God insofar as it is translated
correctly. According to the Bible, itself, it is not complete.
Do you feel that God would allow His absolute truth to be altered to
the extent that we could not stake our eternal lives on it? What would
you need to know outside of the Bible in order to be saved?
Terry:
Everything we need to know about praise, worship, sacrifice, love,
obedience and salvation is contained in this one book.
Raymond:
Do you suppose that all of God’s wisdom is in one book?
No. His ways are higher than our ways. Some of them are impossible
for us to understand, therefore, He has not fed us what we are unable
to digest.
What
if He wanted to say more to us? Would you tell Him no? Would you tell
Him that He should have said it way back when or else you will not
listen?
I would remind Him of the warning He Himself gave not to add to the
BOOK.
Terry:
Anything added since it's completion is of the devil, including but not
limited to the book of Mormon.
Raymond:
That’s a rather bold and broad statement. What proof do you have that
it is of Satan and not of God?
Revelation 22: 18-21 A warning! Do not add to the Book! It was
complete when that was written. It is complete now. Only Satan or his
demons would dare to add to it.
Terry:
That is it in a nut shell.
Raymond:
I look forward to your answers.
Terry:
I will forward something a little more detailed that I wrote a short
time back, before you came on.
Raymond:
Thanks, I look forward to reading it. I’m trying to get caught up on my
email. I guess, that I don’t have all of the available time that many
in this group seem to have.
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