Bible Question:
Typical ! I am not a member of THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS ! But it is JESUS CHRISTS CHURCH ! It MUST BE ! I have done extensive searches,pondered and prayed and recieved an ANSWER through THE HOLY SPIRIT, FROM GOD not any man ! Of all the different denominations and DOCTRINES,theologies and phylosophies of men in this world,THIS CHURCH holds ALL the KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD ! This is my opinion !!! (humbeled by grace) Matt.16:15-20 JESUS tells of a RESTORATION not reformation ! You all became very aggressive to me. You all twisted my simple words and questions ! None of you could even answer my questions ! It is TRULY the BLIND LEADING the BLIND. BUT you can all SEE again !!! I KNOW the bible is THE WORD OF GOD. But it´s incomplete and distorted and changed to suite the DOCTRINES of men ! What are the KEYS OF THE KINGDOM JESUS gave to Peter ??? Obi 1 Kanobi |
Bible Answer: Hell Obi, I was one of those that became "aggressive" toward you and for that I fall short and sincerely apologize and ask your forgiveness. While it is my passion for my own beliefs that give way to this, that is no excuse for responding in any way other than with love, patience, and compassion. But that does not mean that I should not and am not absolutely appropriate in presenting "argument" to support my position and or/ discredit what I believe to be inaccurate and/or false teaching. So, let me say, the referred to posts are available for all to see. I believe that any who study them will find several things to be fact. 1. Many of us answered your questions and did so very directly, accurately, truthfully and provided scripture for support. Interestingly, the answers were all consistent which should at least make you stop and consider your position. 2. No respondents twisted your words, however and once again, a study of your repetitive monotonies makes it quite evident that you were intentionally trying to either a). ask a trick question to take and twist a respondents answer to mean what he/she did not say, b). manipulate and/or twist what is clearly printed and expressed in the Holy Scriptures to say something it is not saying, c). assume or declare that scripture gives name and title to "the one true denomination of Christianity" although that denomination did not exist for centuries after the fact. So, please, do not blame others for what in fact your were (and apparently continue to be) doing. And as far as being aggressive and suggestively inappropriate in response, your (being obviously much younger in years to the average poster) referring to the rest of us as "children" was not only inappropriat but also disrespectful. I forgive you. Also, using computer recognized YELLING to refer to the rest of us as the BLIND LEADING the BLIND is once again rude, inappropriate, and downright disrespectful. I forgive you; and no, I am not being sarcastic, I really do forgive you. Finally, Obi, I point out your contradiction here; that you base an entire argument on a single verse in the bible and then preach, that the bible is "incomplete and distored and changed to suit(e) the DOCTRINES of men!" Argument: If this is true of the bible, then you should absolutely refuse to base any belief at all on any part of it. for in as much as it is imperfect or inaccurate, how can you or I determine which part is safe to believe? This point then appears to be your unveiling. It is because that you have no faith in the bible as God's word that you use it to ask questions that are both misleading and intentionally divisive. Furthermore, you have no faith in it and so can receive no answer from it. Isa 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. You see, Obi. The bible if it ever was the word of God, continues to be the word of God. He, the same God that inspired it's words be written down, has not dropped the ball during the ongoing translation process. Your right in assuming that man has not the power or authority to maintain it's purity; therefore we know that it is God Himself who does so. With Love, Jeff |