Do you mind giving it a second try?
DAVEH: OK Perry, let me succinctly explain what I tried to explain
before.
Paul was a busy guy....too busy to baptize many. His time was
better spent traveling to meet more people, than to spend time trying
to baptize those who heard his testimony. He left that job to others
who had the proper authority to do so, in order that he could testify
of Jesus (the mission of an apostle) to many more.
Did my second effort make it any easier to comprehend, Perry?
Charles Perry Locke wrote:
Dave, you response does not appear to have anything at all to do with
the question. Do you mind giving it a second try?
"will you tell us the mormon interpretation (or, at the very least,
your interpretation) of the following verse? Exactly what is Paul
trying to say here?
1 cor 9:14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who
preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel."
Perry
From: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*will you tell us the mormon interpretation
(or, at the very least, your interpretation*
DAVEH: I'm not sure why you want to know my opinion on this, Perry.
I thought you might prefer to delete my posts instead of responding to
them, as you might think it would give me platform to preach
Mormonism. :-)
I don't see that Paul's mission was any different than the current
day apostle of the LDS Church. He/they are a special witness of our
Lord, Jesus Christ. I view their missions as being to testify of
Jesus to as many people as they can. To do that efficiently, requires
that they not tarry much to perform baptisms. That may have been
particularly pertinent to Paul, as I suspect finding bodies of water
sufficient for immersive baptisms would have occupied a fair amount of
his time in an arid climate without the modern transportation
conveniences we have now. Even so, baptisms can easily be performed by
those given the authority to do so who are not so time constrained,
which is the case now as it was in Jesus' time. We do not have record
of our Lord performing baptisms, yet he set the example by being
baptized himself. Why would we expect Paul (or latter-day apostles) to
be any different?
Charles Perry Locke wrote:
Dave, *will you tell us the mormon
interpretation (or, at the very least, your interpretation*) of the
following verse? Exactly what is Paul trying to say here?
1 cor 9:14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who
preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
Thanks,
Perry
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