@RandomLDS Your fruit looks good from the outside, but is rotten on the inside. Satan is happy to let this demonic cult appear righteous while it steers millions away from the true God and Christ.
@realDrTT Go ahead and block me - I'm gonna block you. You make light of a situation far more serious that mere doctrine disagreement - Mormons propose a different Christ and a different gospel. They were founded on the idea that you are an apostate. You are not serving God by abiding them
@PeacemakingSt Cultish Mormon whose entire evil theology is founded on the premise that EVERYONE BESIDES MORMONS are APOSTATES... now wants be "besties" and sing Kumbaya.
No thanks Mr. Demonic Culty Dude.
Hard pass.
@BiblicalBeauty It's both. Jesus was a master story teller, and His lessons were brilliant, layered, and multi-dimensional. They're designed to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable- frequently simultaneously. Don't flatten the text to single issue- You miss the forest for 1 tree.
@BiblicalBeauty Layered lesson contrasting the rich w/ her ultimate submission and reliance. And BTW - God insists in many places we be willing to give all IF He asks -Abraham told to slay only son Isaac, Elijah and the widow (1 Kings 17), and Jesus telling the rich young ruler to go SELL ALL.
@BiblicalBeauty You seem to insist that Jesus would not teach multiple lessons with one story. I disagree, and I never challenged what you and Jmac believe the primary lesson to be - just saying that everything He said was so incredibly rich that there were often several lessons to be learned.
@Exodus15_11 I don't know brother - I really value Spurgeon, Pink, Whitefield, Calvin, Sproul, JMac, Luther, Edwards, Packer, varied Puritans, and others. ( Not saying I agree with 100% of everything each believed )
@realDrTT Being a Calvinist I also believe that if/when God draws, it WILL be effective. Some caricature this as force, but it is a mercy that the Spirit opens eyes to see so that you come joyfully and willingly.
I strongly oppose the "allowing God to save you" mantra being promoted today.
@BiblicalBeauty Don't you think that some other secondary lessons might still be in there ? - for example, a secondary lesson might be that giving should be enough to be sacrificial ?
@realDrTT I will pray that God draws him unto Himself. ( I am a firm believer that John 6:44 specifies that Elon CAN'T go to Christ unless the Father draws him ).
@Danielle_Ln7 Even that which comes from Satan was allowed by God, but the comfort is that He promises to use every bit of it for His glory and our ultimate good.