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Recent content by theMormon

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    For Non-Mormons Only: A Respectful Discussion with theMormon

    My dear friends ... Non-Mormon Christians, Christian Mormons, Non-Christian Mormons, and all others. This is my last post. Thank you for the privilege of helping me develop this thread. It started as a place for non-Mormons to ask questions of a Mormon ... it turned into a Mormon asking...
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    For Non-Mormons Only: A Respectful Discussion with theMormon

    Certaintly! But you joined us late ... you may not know I have left the Mormon Church while trying to work things out on this very thread. I will tell you what I know, based on more than 30 years in the church; but I left the church less than 2 months ago and am about to face...
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    For Non-Mormons Only: A Respectful Discussion with theMormon

    I believe in grace as the Savior and his apostle taught it in the New Testament. Now that you feel I am "harping" about the subject, I have nothing further to say to you about it.
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    For Non-Mormons Only: A Respectful Discussion with theMormon

    MamaZ, each of the scriptures I have quoted are in context. The cry that things "are taken out of context" is a lazy way of not being able to directly deal with the scripture itself that I cited. Please identify one statement I made that is not true about grace, as I have quoted from the...
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    For Non-Mormons Only: A Respectful Discussion with theMormon

    Sorry, LivingLifeHisWay, I didn't mean to ignore your previous response. I did read it, and I liked what I read, but I decided I wanted to share a message of warning with those who abuse the notion of grace. I don't believe you do. Again, my apologies for not responding directly to your find...
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    For Non-Mormons Only: A Respectful Discussion with theMormon

    You and A New Dawn got me "real good" re "antinomianism." Don't find the word in the scriptures, so I don't care to know what you mean. I pray, Gort, you are not found ignorant of what Grace really means at the last day.
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    For Non-Mormons Only: A Respectful Discussion with theMormon

    I am not a judge. I am concerned, however, about those who hide behind the claim of grace, which will find them naked in the end.
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    For Non-Mormons Only: A Respectful Discussion with theMormon

    O, all ye Christians who claim or imply that you will be judged sheep, and not goats, simply by the "grace" you have purported to receive ... PLEASE, PLEASE, READ THE SAVIOR'S WARNING TO THE GOATS IN MATT. 25 AND UNDERSTAND HIS WARNING, LINE BY LINE. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE "GRACE" AS YOUR...
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    For Non-Mormons Only: A Respectful Discussion with theMormon

    Hi, MamaZ. Thank you for your amazing post! Yes, the Gospel of Christ is LOVE ... or, as the apostle Paul said, "charity." As I understand Paul's words about charity in 1 Cor. 13, and as I understand John's words in his letters, if we say we are Christian but have not charity, we are...
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    For Non-Mormons Only: A Respectful Discussion with theMormon

    Yes, my friend, Skylark, your post was centered on what it means to live the gospel of Christ because you seek to live the gospel of Christ by yielding to the Holy Spirit. I take the position that anyone who centers his or her life on Christ and his teachings in this way will be one of he...
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    For Non-Mormons Only: A Respectful Discussion with theMormon

    Hi, Skylark! Glad to hear from you again. You wrote, "As a follower of Christ I am to love even "the least" of my neighbors, and with God's help I try to do so." Yes, yes ... that's the sheep in you, my friend. I realize my grace-filled Christian friends want to keep talking about grace...
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    For Non-Mormons Only: A Respectful Discussion with theMormon

    Thanks for your response, LivingHisWay. Welcome to the discussion. So you agree that the Golden Rule is God's standard for the world, correct? That he expects us to treat one another this way? That by treating one another this way we are "living his gospel"? That it is important all...
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    For Non-Mormons Only: A Respectful Discussion with theMormon

    You've given me all you're willing to give me on Matt. 25 and 7 apparently, A New Dawn. Let me ask others what they're willing to give me. I'll not ask you again. Also, I think you read too much into my "alive in Christ" point. Beware, also, that I use dramatic license quite liberally...
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    For Non-Mormons Only: A Respectful Discussion with theMormon

    It truly saddens my heart that, after many days, I could not find one non-Mormon Christian or one non-Christian Mormon or one Christian Mormon who was willing to take me line by line through the Savior's words in Matt. 25, above, concerning what he meant by who the "goats" will be at his Coming...