no need to restore the truth
Greetings,
Paul wrote the following,
“I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.” Gal 1:6-9
The Gospel message preached by the Apostles and recorded in the New Testament was and is true and complete, and can be either accepted or rejected. There has never been a need for a "restored" gospel. I do not say this with disdain, as I am sure Joseph Smith was indeed searching for truth and you who are Mormons are sincere in your belief as I am in mine, but only one can be right. And since Joseph Smith seems to have done the exact thing Paul warned against, adding to a Gospel that was already complete and declared finished by Jesus Christ and receiving new information form an angel, wouldn't the New Testament account be more reliable than extra-biblical books added in the 1800's? The Gospel didn't need to be restored just preached.
You have been suckered by joey smith!
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Originally Posted by disciple
Thanks for your reply. How can you cite what Paul "didn't say", he didn't say a lot of things. The Gospel preached by Paul was the one and only true Gospel and if you believe it was lost then you must also believe that God is inept and weak and Jesus died in vain, for many people surely perished waiting for Joseph Smith to restore what was lost. I understand your zeal to prove your beliefs are true, that is human nature but you are trusting the word of Joseph Smith and disregarding the word of Jesus Christ who proclaimed He was God.
False. Jesus prophesied of the falling away too. Knowing the Great Apostasy happened doesn't mean we believe God can't do all things. It's simply the fact that man has changed the true gospel into a distorted version of it. The gospel of Jesus Christ is true, we deny the gospel that has been created through men's intervention. Doctrines such as the Trinity and ex niliho have been created by men, not taught by God, Jesus, or the prophets and apostles.[/QUOTE]
PLEASE SHOW US THE SCRIPTURE that says Jesus prophesied any great falling away by HIS CHURCH.
INDIVIDUALS left.
The Apostle John addressed that:
1 John 2:19
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
NKJV
Those who left were NOT OF us at all. They were not CHRISTIANS.
Of course you are AFRAID to address the GREAT APOSTASIES of the MORMONS. In less than 200 years there have been OVER 150 APOSTASIES in YOUR MORMON RELIGION. I can list them if you wish.
Does THAT MEAN YOU LOST YOUR AUTHORITY TO ACT FOR GOD? DOES THAT MEAN YOUR SCRIPTURES GOT LOST?
Yet you FALSELY CLAIM that is what happened in the church JESUS CHRIST BUILT. AND HE IS GOD. Joey smith built a MAN-made religion. And you are sucker for it!