tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1369998004636482033.post2476014995402070155..comments2023-09-01T01:25:17.121-07:00Comments on The Conservative Phrontistery : A Debate Worth Watching: Jay Sekulow vs. Pastor Robert JeffressJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11927889966152627253noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1369998004636482033.post-45223489542298458042011-10-10T07:23:17.188-07:002011-10-10T07:23:17.188-07:00I've yet seen or heard anti-LDS comments that ...I've yet seen or heard anti-LDS comments that are entirely accurate. The mis-information out there is amazing. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is entirely centered around Jesus Christ - His life, teachings and Atonement. It's members profess Jesus Christ as their Savior, saved by Him alone. They give unprecedented humanitarian service to relieve suffering throughout the world. Is this not what Evangelicals claim as being "Christian"?Nancynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1369998004636482033.post-64614186251764524912011-10-10T02:53:09.984-07:002011-10-10T02:53:09.984-07:00It is Pastor Jeffress's conviction that Mitt b...It is Pastor Jeffress's conviction that Mitt believes in a different God.<br /><br />I am concerned that Pastor Jeffress may believe in a God that is different than that preached by Jesus Christ.<br /><br />In 324 AD, the emperor Constantine made a decision for which he had no authority from God, deciding that God is not only without body, parts or passions, but also unknowable. Baptists subscribe to that doctrine. In fact, ALL Christian faiths between 324 AD and up until Joseph Smith taught that, in spite of the divisions that existed on the subject in 324 AD.<br /><br />In my reading of the Bible, God is NOT unknowable. Jesus called Him not only Father, but Our Father, a relationship that is sometimes translated even more personally as "Daddy." Does that ring of a God who is unknowable?<br /><br />If we do not know God, it is because we do not get on our knees and ask to know Him.<br /><br />Baptists continue to teach that God is unknowable, without body, parts or passions, in my view directly contradicting a core teaching of Jesus about our relationship with God and the nature of God.<br /><br />If you are a Christian who is not Mormon, and if you believe that God is knowable, it is very possible that it is because of the influence of the experience of that Joseph Smith who Pastor Jeffress rails against. Mormon missionaries and other Church leaders have now been preaching not only the divinity of Christ but this special relationship with God for 180 years, and I for one am the beneficiary of it.<br /><br />The idea that one can know God is not heretical. It is not to be feared. It is to be encouraged, and God's Spirit itself encourages it.<br /><br />Jesus taught that if we knock, the door will be opened. If we remain in ignorance of God as our Father, it is our own choice and our own unbelief that keep that door closed.<br /><br />Thank you for this excellent debate. :) I appreciate hearing Pastor Jeffress speak for himself, and honor his right to speak even if I vehemently disagree with his conclusions.Jed M. Merrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10897380161163815065noreply@blogger.com