@Imaimeemiami@Mini_Ender@RandomLDS Here's a better question: How does Jesus define His followers? Is it by their religious dogma? Or is it in how they treat each other and keep His commandments?
John 8:31; 13:34-35; 14:15; 15:12-14 "Love God & one another"
Matt 5:16; 7:16-21; 12:33 "By their fruits"
@Mormonger It's no secret that being loud, obnoxious, and bigoted can get you followers. The real question is if you can follow Jesus: be a peacemaker, respond with silence, be ok with persecution...
Jesus said true disciples abide in his word (John 8:31), love one another (John 13:35), deny themselves and take up the cross (Matt 16:24), and do the Father’s will rather than merely claim “Lord, Lord” (Matt 7:21). LDS place Christ at the center and seek to follow those teachings, so they fit a framework based solely on his recorded words. Broader creedal tests that LDS reject lie outside that direct standard.
@Imaimeemiami@Mini_Ender@RandomLDS None of us have a perfect knowledge of God and His ways, so no, people can have plenty of interests & beliefs that may not be correct while also following Christ. Eventually, they will need to put aside those false beliefs, but initially they may still be ignorant
@Imaimeemiami@Mini_Ender@RandomLDS But you have not answered any of my questions, because you know the answer and it destroys your narrative. Just like when Jesus asked the Pharisees of the baptism of John was of God, in response to their question, they would not answer him.
Are you perfect in following Jesus?
@Imaimeemiami@Mini_Ender@RandomLDS No, I did answer by pointing out that it's obvious that no human can perfectly follow Jesus because we all sin and none of us know everything.
So yes, you can follow Jesus while still believing things that may be false. Eventually, true disciples will embrace any/all truth
@Imaimeemiami@Mini_Ender@RandomLDS And if you want proof, look at Matt 25. Look at how He spent time with Publicans and sinners. Look at how He criticized the Pharisees in Matt 23:23
Jesus will lead people into truth. But that doesn't mean they immediately are going to be perfect in following Him
@Imaimeemiami@Mini_Ender@RandomLDS My answer is that Christ doesn't expect every person who believes in Him & follows Him to have a perfect knowledge of all things. So yes, a person may follow Jesus while still holding on to some incorrect traditions, beliefs, etc, while they are learning how to be like Jesus
After seeing some really insane playoff predictions, I felt like I could come up with a pretty realistic one, based on where teams currently are and future schedules.