@LadyDemosthenes 5. with the ordinances performed on their behalf and the choice left to them. So when we say acceptance is required, the requirement comes with a guarantee that everyone receives the chance. No one is damned for being born in the wrong century or the wrong country.
@LadyDemosthenes 4. who h means the gospel reaches beyond the grave. That’s why Paul references baptism for the dead as a live practice in 1 Cor 15:29, and it’s why we build temples. Every person who ever lived gets a full opportunity to accept or reject Christ,
@LadyDemosthenes 3. One more thing, because you’re reading this through a Catholic/Protestant lens where dying without Christ means hell. We reject that premise entirely. Christ preached to the spirits of the dead between His death and resurrection (1 Peter 3:18-19, 4:6)
@LadyDemosthenes 2. The Joseph Smith point is Luke 10:16: rejecting the messenger rejects the sender. And “keep ALL commandments” assumes repentance, since nobody does it perfectly. That’s what the Atonement is for.
@LadyDemosthenes 1 Doctrines of Salvation isn’t canon, but the substance holds with one correction. Resurrection is free for everyone through Christ. Exaltation requires covenants. And “merits” is JFS’s word, our scripture says we rely wholly upon the merits of Christ (2 Nephi 31:19).
@ThingBeak@cabuzinha03@sola_chad 2. Revelation 3:21: Christ grants the overcomer to sit with Him in His throne, as He sits in the Father’s throne. 2 Peter 1:4: partakers of the divine nature. Athanasius wrote that God became man so that man might become god.
@ThingBeak@cabuzinha03@sola_chad 1. Romans 8:17 says heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ, “that we may be also glorified together.” Hebrews 1:2 says Christ is heir of all things. A joint-heir inherits what the other heir inherits.
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Acts 7:55-56. Stephen sees Jesus standing at the right hand of God. Two distinct figures. Stephen saw what Joseph Smith saw.
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John 8:31 defines discipleship as abiding in Christ’s word. Homoousios appears nowhere in scripture. You are measuring Christianity by a 4th-century creed and calling the result biblical.
@ThresherKing@Fair_and_Biased 1/2 You quoted John 10:30 and skipped John 17:21-22, where Jesus prays his disciples “may be one, even as we are one.” By your reading, the apostles were supposed to merge into a single being. The oneness in John is unity of will, purpose, and glory.