Dave,
It is not additional revelation that we object to, per se, and many (if
not most) Christians feel that if it is in God's will, additional revelation
would be welcome. And to many, additional personal revelation is accepted.
Many of us believe that the gospel of Jesus Christ is complete. That the
faith was delivered once for all to the saints (Jude 3). No more is
necessary, and what we have is sufficient for understanding God's will for
mankind, and attaining salvation. Should God choose to reveal more scripture
it would be welcome...but, to date, no works fulfill that goal.
We have been warned in scripture that if anyone preaches a different
gospel than the Apostles taught, they are accursed. (2 Cor 11:3,4; Gal
1:6-9)
It is the heretical, contradictory, and unbiblical nature of the mormon
extra-biblical works, the nefarious background of JS, the lies and deceit of
the mormon church that we object to. These prevent real Christians from
accepting the mormon works as revelation, or as "another testament of Jesus
Christ". This all points to one thing...the mormon system is not of God.
THAT is what we object to. It is a FALSE religion.
Perry
From: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org
To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] apostles and prophets
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 09:04:34 -0800
*It is perhaps perplexing to them why you would so adamantly argue that the
Scriptures have been closed.*
DAVEH: Yes DavidM, that is correct.....Such does perplex us. I'm
suspect there may be other reasons as well, but it almost seems that the
argument for closure is just a knee jerk reaction because of JS's
contribution of post Biblical revelations. From our perspective, it
appears that Protestants have truly put the blinders on in an effort to
avoid hearing anything God might want them to know that is not included in
the Bible.
Apparently, the only thing that is going to be accepted in a post
Biblical sense, will be Jesus.....and that only after he shows the nail
prints in his hands.
If God felt the need to reveal his will through the apostles and
prophets of Bible times, it truly does seem strange to us (LDS) that many
Christians in this era would reject the idea that God could/would do the
same today. To think that God revealed everything we need to know several
thousand years ago, and that it has been 100% recorded in what we know as
the Bible.....seems a bit more than myopic.....it might even be insulting
to a Lord whose methods are claimed not to change.
/*It appears that such dogma comes out of convenience rather than
conviction.*/
DAVEH: To me, it seems more a matter of stubbornness, rather than
convenience. To allow God to reveal more than he has currently revealed
would simply upset the applecart, so to speak. Protestantism has invested
heavily in both time and effort building a framework of theology that
stands apart from Catholicism, and has adopted a no change policy that
would prevent anybody from making waves. IOW.....Why would they
(Protestants) want to take a chance on finding out that some of their basic
premises are wrong! It is much easier to assume correctness of theology,
and refuse to hear anything that might be contrary. Hence, they stubbornly
reject anything God might reveal outside the Bible.
David Miller wrote:
As for the Scritpures being closed.... I have expressed in this forum many
times in the past that my perspective is that I do not expect more
Scriptures to be forthcoming. Nevertheless, there is no mandate or decree
that closes the Canon. It is only an assumption we have that there will
not be any more Scriptures written until Christ himself returns. I
suspect those just before Christ came the first time thought the same
thing. Nevertheless, Christ did come, and soon more Scriptures were
written. The only reason such a point is necessary is honesty in
approaching the subject. I'm sure to the Mormons, who believe that other
Scriptures have been written, you appear unable to think outside your
little theological box. *It is perhaps perplexing to them why you would
so adamantly argue that the Scriptures have been closed.* /*It appears
that such dogma comes out of convenience rather than conviction.*/
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