"Book of the true love of Christ"
2007-09-23 09:26:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I guess, as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I better make a bit of a defense here. I only do it to make sure you understand the "Mormon" position though. It is up to you to believe it or not. It is more important that you understand what I'm telling you than it is for you to listen to me right now.
I speak in defense of my Savior and His Church.
Latter-day Saints believe that Christ is the everlasting Son of the Living God. He is the messiah. He is the only way - the ONLY way - we can be saved. By no other name can we be saved.
Christ is a God. He is perfect. He died for our sins. He asked us to have faith in Him.
Now...if the LDS Church teaches of "another" Christ than it teaches of a higher, mightier, more powerful and more loving Christ than any other Christian church. I would imagine, however, that our teachings are more similar than different.
Anybody who says that the LDS Church isn't Christian - that is, that it doesn't preach of Christ, testify of Christ, believe in Christ, follow Christ, et cetera ad infinitum - is completely ignorant of the true facts. I say that with love.
I challenge any person here to show me that the LDS Church as a whole doesn't, and/or the members as individuals don't believe in Christ.
That is my response to those "answers" given above to the question at hand.
In regards to the question at hand,
I do think that the LDS Church is justified in teaching others about Christ. If you live in the USA, the justification comes from the Constitution. If not, the justification can come from scripture.
2007-09-23 09:43:25 · answer #1 · answered by Chris B 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
"Are the (LDS) Mormons Justified, in teaching you About Jesus Christ?"
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The Saints are the only authorized people to expound on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Nobody is "justified" in teaching about anything, unless they are authorized to do so, based on the principles and authority of the thing they want to teach about.
Now, that seems like an awfully simple thing to say, and yet, how widespread the disregard to that concept is! For what is it about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, or about Jesus Christ himself, would justify another or not???
Well, the answer is simple, but nobody but the LDS seem to know it! You simply are not "justified" to teach about Jesus if you don't have his permission. And his permission comes by his priesthood, which only comes by the laying on of hands.
When he set up his church, he ordained men as his apostles by the laying on of hands, and the rest of his church was distributed the same way all the way down to the local level, as the letters of Paul suggest. In those letters, he does not write to just anybody. At the beginning of his letters he consistently addresses "the Saints," thus indicating that there was a "local level" among the Church of Jesus Christ in those days.
The Saints were the authorized people, and those letters were written to them, not to anybody else. True it might be that a man who was not a Saint could apply the teachings of the scriptures to his life. But what would be the final result of that? The man would join with the Saints and be numbered among them! And at that point, he also would be known as a Saint. And so it is clear to see, that the intended people to receive the things of God are the Saints, because they are the ones who have qualified to receive it! And so naturally, they would be the only ones "justified" to teach those things to others.
While the LDS are known widely through the accusations of others, it is simply a matter of fact that when it comes to teaching and discussing the matters of the principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, they are the only ones "justified" to do so. Because, at any moment, in an actual discussion on principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, one Latter-day Saint who knows his religion could back any Christian, regardless of their knowledge, into a corner in a matter of seconds!
I'm not talking about religious "history," or interpretations. I'm talking about actual principles of the Gospel. No man has at his reach, the depth of knowledge on religious principles, that a Latter-day Saint does. Period!
2007-09-23 14:43:49 · answer #2 · answered by Atom 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In Christian theology, justification is God's act of declaring or making a sinner righteous before God. Justification is not a specific part of LDS doctrine. Sharing the Gospel is a requirement in keeping the commandments.
2007-09-24 03:22:38 · answer #3 · answered by Isolde 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There's no law against evangelization, no matter what religion you ascribe to.
I welcome any Mormon who wants to discuss matters of faith with me, especially in relation to the person of Jesus Christ, the 2nd person of the Holy Trinity.
However, I reserve the right to disagree, and to question whether Mormons are even a Christian denomination.
2007-09-23 09:31:46 · answer #4 · answered by Veritas 7 · 5⤊ 3⤋
If by "justified" you mean "have the right to tell me about their imaginary friend from a mythical book," then sure, why not.
2007-09-23 09:34:27 · answer #5 · answered by Frank 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
About as justified as anybody else, I'd say.
2007-09-23 09:39:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
C L is correct. The Mormon Jesus is not the same Jesus as the Jesus we read about in the Bible.
Pastor Art
2007-09-23 09:33:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 7⤋
Are they "justified?". Justified by whom? Me?
2007-09-23 09:33:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Ive seen some strange stuff that people believe in but the Mormon cult is bizarre
2007-09-23 09:31:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 7⤋
The Mormon "Jesus" isn't Jesus at all. They stole his name and bits of his story, then mixed it with their own fairy tale ideas.
2007-09-23 09:30:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 8⤋