Zone1 We are the Acorn and God is the Oak Tree

[Cougarbear]

Latter-day Saints believe that we are the acorns and God is the Oak Tree. Whereas traditional Christians believe that God, is completely separate and different from what we are. The paramount quality of God is love, and that's about intimacy and connection and interrelatedness. Sovereignty is about distance, right? God is probably sovereign of the universe. But, I don't believe He thinks that's His most important attribute. Creation ex nihilo emphasizes distance. I don't see what purpose that serves. Other than a kind of abject humility and deference, which has nothing to do with paternal love.

As Jesus said twice in the Bible, we are gods in embryo. We are the acorns and can become like God. In fact, the Bible says we are to be perfect even as our Father in Heaven is perfect. Traditional Christianity runs away from the Father and Son having paternal love. I'm glad God so loved us that he sent his Son, Jehovah to become Jesus and atone for our sins and go through the resurrection after his death. So sad for those who cannot understand God better and have the fulness of the Gospel as do members of his restored church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

 

[Blackrook]

LDS can't be considered Christian because it holds to non-Christian beliefs.

 

[Cougarbear]

LDS can't be considered Christian because it holds to non-Christian beliefs.

Whew!!! I'm glad we don't! We are free to freely learn more about our relationship with our Father in Heaven and His Son, Jesus Christ than "traditional" Christians. And, because of this, we are able to progress towards exaltation rather than only salvation. The non-Christian beliefs are ordinances by authority that the rest of believers in Christ don't have and will receive a lesser glory if they don't become connected with the true Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

[Blackrook]

Lesser glory? There's only two destinations, ultimately, heaven or hell.

 

[Cougarbear]

Lesser glory? There's only two destinations, ultimately, heaven or hell.

Read 1Corinthians chapter 15. There are 3 kinds of resurrected bodies of glory. 3 levels of heaven. Hell is not a glory. Paul was caught up in a vision or the 3rd Heaven level.

 

[luiza]

Latter-day Saints believe that we are the acorns and God is the Oak Tree.

Why are all the Oak trees susceptible to terrible disease ?
Because they have Christian branches .

Oak trees commonly face a range of diseases and issues, including Oak Wilt, a fungal disease that causes wilting and browning of leaves; Sudden Oak Death, which results in cankers and sap bleeding; Oak Anthracnose, characterized by dark spots on leaves; Bacterial Leaf Scorch, leading to scorched leaf edges; and Galls, abnormal growths caused by insects or mites.

 

[Cougarbear]

Why are all the Oak trees susceptible to terrible disease ?
Because they have Christian branches .

Oak trees commonly face a range of diseases and issues, including Oak Wilt, a fungal disease that causes wilting and browning of leaves; Sudden Oak Death, which results in cankers and sap bleeding; Oak Anthracnose, characterized by dark spots on leaves; Bacterial Leaf Scorch, leading to scorched leaf edges; and Galls, abnormal growths caused by insects or mites.

Well, then you can remain an acorn. Squirrel food. Because most people who have lived will not grow into eternal exaltation. Most will accept salvation in a lesser state of glory, terrestrial or telestial. But not celestial where we have increase in our posterity for all time and all eternity.