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.
DAVEH: That isn't the way I've understood most Protestants to
believe. If so, then why is there such a reluctance to add to the
Word, so to speak? When I've addressed the need for current
revelation on TT in the past, some TTers have used Rev 22.......
[18] For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the
prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God
shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
.........as their (faulty) logic in dismissing the option of God
revealing more Scripture. And, I've heard that from more than just one
single TTer. It is a common argument that is used by many
Protestants......and as such, it would suggest that your above comment
about........
additional revelation would be welcome
........... is not correct. Can you give me some examples of
Protestants making such a claim anywhere on the net? That is such a
simple and concise statement, one would think it would be easy to
google it and turn up a lot of examples of Protestants saying exactly
the same thing with exactly the same words. Yet this is what I got
when I tried it.......
Your search - "additional revelation would be welcome" - did not
match any documents.
........Which to me would seem very strange if it was a commonly
believed desire of Protestants.
Many of us believe that the gospel of Jesus Christ is complete.
DAVEH: Which is why I think you are myopic on this, Perry. Are there
ANY Protestants who think otherwise? Doesn't believing in that manner
suggest that you would not welcome any additional revelation,
as it would imply that your basic premise is flawed? How can you
consider the gospel of Jesus Christ to be complete, and then
welcome additional revelation? I can only assume that the many
you mentioned below does not include you?
Should God choose to reveal more scripture it would be welcome
DAVEH: As I see it, Protestantism would not be receptive to it at
all........especially, if such revelations were to point out the errors
promulgated by Protestant theology. I would be most interested in
seeing you find stuff on the net to support your above claim. I
suspect you are merely saying such to pacify my belief that
Protestantism does not readily welcome more revelation from God. If
there are many Protestants who believe as you
suggested....it should be easy for you to provide evidence, Perry.
Otherwise, I can only assume you are grinding your ax against Mormonism.
Charles Perry Locke wrote:
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]>
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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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