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All very strange..."Celestial marriage by proxy"
Can I make a list of women to send to the LDS Church to tie me to?
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All very strange..."Celestial marriage by proxy"
Can I make a list of women to send to the LDS Church to tie me to?
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Since you are already married, you might consider your own wife."Celestial marriage by proxy"
Can I make a list of women to send to the LDS Church to tie me to?
Yes, in fact most Christian do not follow Christ.
It is rather easy to know. As your scripture says, it is by their fruits that you can know. Fruits is another word for good works. You can also tell by the way they talk too.
You said: "I know a lot of Christians that wear the cross on their necks, but are living with their lover and never go to church and would not be caught doing a service project or teaching a Sunday School class etc., etc., etc."It is rather easy to know. As your scripture says, it is by their fruits that you can know. Fruits is another word for good works. You can also tell by the way they talk too.
I know a lot of Christians that wear the cross on their necks, but are living with their lover and never go to church and would not be caught doing a service project or teaching a Sunday School class etc., etc., etc.
Of course you are correct.You said: "I know a lot of Christians that wear the cross on their necks, but are living with their lover and never go to church and would not be caught doing a service project or teaching a Sunday School class etc., etc., etc."
Unfortunately there are bad people in every denomination as only Jesus Christ has lived a perfect life. That being said, those who repent and thereafter keep the commandments of LOVE, are the good fruit:
(Pearl of Great Price | Articles of Faith 1:13)
13 We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.
If it is possible, I would like to take up the topic of this OP again. "One Essence".
I learned earlier in this OP that as humans we are all of "one essence" because we are all human.
Before I go any further I wish someone would tell me that I am correct or not. Please respond.
In post #8, I wrote, "Essence is defined as qualities common to God." There are 2 important sides to this statement:I learned earlier in this OP that as humans we are all of "one essence" because we are all human. Before I go any further I wish someone would tell me that I am correct or not. Please respond.
What is the essence of God?In post #8, I wrote, "Essence is defined as qualities common to God." There are 2 important sides to this statement:
1) The Holy Trinity share the essence of God in a unique way. Human beings don't share in the essence of God; and
2) The Holy Father, Holy Son, and Holy Spirit are not 3 separate personages. They're 3 prosopa (concrete co-eternal manifestations) of 3 hypostases (modes of existence) of the One Transcendent God.
I answered this in message #8, 2 Mo ago. You're still asking!!!What is the essence of God?
I did not read your whole post #8 to Peter1000 where you said: "Essence is defined as qualities common to God. Such as being unlimited / omnipresent, eternal / immutable, and all-powerful /omnipotent. The Holy Father, Holy Son, and Holy Spirit. What makes God one is that he has only one will and activity.I answered this in message #8, 2 Mo ago. You're still asking!!!
They're indeed one in will, glory, and perfection. They also share qualities such as being unlimited / omnipresent, eternal / immutable, and all-powerful /omnipotent. The metaphor you mentioned would be acceptable if the water, ice, and steam coexist at the same time from eternity and have one mind, emotions, and will.Some people have described the Trinity as being similar to water, ice, and steam. Do you support that description? I myself believe they are one on glory, and perfection as described by Jesus in John 17:21-23.
It is rather easy to know. As your scripture says, it is by their fruits that you can know. Fruits is another word for good works. You can also tell by the way they talk too.
I know a lot of Christians...
I know a lot of Christians that wear the cross on their necks, but are living with their lover and never go to church and would not be caught doing a service project or teaching a Sunday School class etc., etc., etc.
I believe that the Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit. I also believe that these three members of the Godhead share more attributes than glory and perfection. However, to be of one substance they would all have flesh and bones like Jesus, but a spirit does not have flesh and bones.They're indeed one in will, glory, and perfection. They also share qualities such as being unlimited / omnipresent, eternal / immutable, and all-powerful /omnipotent. The metaphor you mentioned would be acceptable if the water, ice, and steam coexist at the same time from eternity and have one mind, emotions, and will.
In Jesus, the eternal Son of God took flesh and became man (Luk 24:39). The Heavenly Father and the Holy Spirit never took flesh. And God the Son like them is immutable and didn't acquire any mutations. His deity did not change. God is still one essence / one being / one substance. Jehovah is Elohim.
What's the bread and water?I wonder if he took the bread and water. We don't call helping others "service projects."