The Bible is our foundation and our anchor
You just summed up a major difference between the two of us. The Bible is your anchor. Our anchor is Jesus Christ. Therefore we look for every word which proceeds from his mouth. Not just one source.
I'm sure you are happy deifying one book, but I trust in the Lord and his Holy Spirit to reveal ALL things. He revealed the Bible to me, He also revealed a lot more, and will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
[/QUOTE]
One question, Whom do you think inspired the authors of these 66 books in the bible. I.E. Who inspired these authors. The bible says that God through His Holy Spirit. So when man reads the bible he is receiving God's Holy Spirit inspired knowledge and wisdom for life.
******
You are ignoring the millions of my statements claiming the Bible is inspired of God. However, the Bible does NOT anywhere state, that God will not speak again. In fact it has references to many holy writings not found in the Bible. That is why I refuse to ignore other sacred writings inspired of God besides the Bible.
So why do we need additional info, when the bible ends with, there is no need to add to nor detract from this without a great curse upon those that do.?
*******
The Bible does not end with that. Since it is quite clear that John is the last book of the Bible and not revelation. The last words of the Bible are stated as such; John chapter 21 verse 25: And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
That is how the Bible ends. That is a fact.
What is also an indisputable fact is that the people responsible for compiling the order of the Bible were appointed by the Pagan Roman emperor Constantine during the council of Nicea, out of which came the great compromise known as The Nicean Creed. Such was not appointed by God, but by a Roman Emperor. This council is responsible for putting the Gospels, Epistles and revelations in the New Testament out of chronological order. That is a fact. I will not bow to the authority of the Nicean Creed. If you want to that's fine, but I refuse.
Your interpretation of the words in revelation is a stretch at best. But you are welcome to it.
As Ralph mentioned in previous posts, that N.T. says that the bible is the book for reproof, teaching, and all guidance in one's Christian walk/life.
******
It sure is; and you might try reading it with an open mind. Let it's words teach you. Not the convoluted opinions of the preachers you have adopted.
By the way, this comment that God allowed polygamy so that He could get those Mormons multiplying faster, is actually God going against Himself. Jesus said that it's one man, one woman. That's marriage.
Jesus never said that in the Bible. Anywhere. Curiously, the only place he ever mentioned it is in the Book of Mormon in Jacob chapter 2 verse 27 :Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall have none. Since you are such an anti-polygamist, you should be more a fan of the Book of Mormon than the Bible because it's the only one that denounces polygamy in writing.
To jump to polygamy is not unlike Abraham not patiently waiting for that miracle baby named Isaac that happened in Sarah's advanced age. Abraham instead did it the old humanistic fleshy way, took things into his own hands and went into his slave girl and begot Ishmiel. And we all know how the decendents of Ishmiel impacted the nation of Israel, and even the rest of the world to this day.
I think that's pretty self righteous to claim that all descendants of Ishmael have been nothing but a blight on society. There has been much good that has come from those children of God. Many of them will be heirs of God's Kingdom. You are just blind to it.
When man doesn't wait by faith on God's provisions he takes the fleshly/worldly root; thus, polygamy was used as an excuse to procreate at an accellerated speed. Unfortunately, polygamy also increases birth defects and recessive genes to come out into a population with very severe effects.
Pure speculation on your part. The Bible doesn't denounce Abraham one bit. If he was so far off in the wrong, God would have mentioned it and wouldn't have chosen his seed to be the house in which all children of the world would be blessed. I'm pretty sure old Abraham is in good standing with God to this day.
You know that the Mormon gene pool was very limited, and polygamy only adds to the problem.
Pure nonsense.
Now you have a fistfull of progeny, inter-marrying, and multiplying the chances that adverse recessive genes come to the forefront in the offspring. God doesn't encourage this, nor green light it.
Where are your studies on birth defects among Mormons compared with anyone else?
. Any other adult questions you would like to add?
