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This is why member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are Christian.
Who gets to define a movement? Its Founder. Not a council that met nearly 300 years after He ascended.
"Christian" means disciple of Christ (Acts 11:26; 1 Pet 4:16). Here's how Jesus defined His disciples, in His own words:
BELIEVE
• "He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live" (John 11:25)
• "If ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins" (John 8:24)
FOLLOW
• "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed" (John 8:31)
• "If ye love me, keep my commandments" (John 14:15)
• "Take up his cross daily, and follow me" (Luke 9:23)
• "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another" (John 13:35)
Latter-day Saints believe Jesus is the Christ, the divine Son of God, our Savior, crucified and risen, and we strive to follow Him. Check and check.
Now the TRUE CHRISTIAN™ test: affirm Nicaea (325), Constantinople (381) and Chalcedon (451), councils convened by Roman emperors.
"They just clarified the Bible." Then quote Jesus saying "of one substance." Nicaea had to use a word found nowhere in scripture (homoousios), then pronounced anathema on anyone who said otherwise.
Jesus gave the test. Which part do Latter-day Saints fail?
#Christian
Latter-Day Saint Dad retweeted
Forgot The Bible said that was a pre-requisite of being a true Christian.
Can you remind me of that verse?
According to your crackerjack scientific process there, I guess any organization that takes young volunteers and applies structure and a purpose to accomplish a goal, is brainwashing them.
Maybe someone should check on the military, Peace Corps, or even intensive athletic programs?
AmIDoingThisRight?
We deserve better critics, or at least ones that can apply logical reasoning skills.
Their whole line of playing gotcha with old quotes is stupid.
It’s not like you can’t use presentism to find fault with any religion (as shown above)
I survived Mormonism… and it’s just me showing up for church. Doing the things I said I would do, like keeping the commandments.
Why do so many try to make it sound like it’s difficult to leave? Just go.
We hope you’ll return. But seriously… no one is forcing you to get into your car and drive to the church building. 💁♂️
Latter-Day Saint Dad retweeted
BYU football received 20 first-place votes in this week's AP Top 25.
Miami received 40 first-place votes; Ohio State received nine.
It's the first time since 1990 that BYU has received No. 1 votes from individual voters.
You: “I survived escape from that cult.”
LDS:
You: the members, I mean victims, are brainwashed.
LDS: Right. We’re the brainwashed ones. You’re welcome back anytime, just maybe see someone about that beam…?
Latter-Day Saint Dad retweeted
An anon friend made this…. But you all need to see it.
#JesusvsJulie
Seriously. I would have thought someone making that kind of opening declaration would expect some feedback. Sensitive I guess.
This is a great conversation between an anti and Grok, where Grok is being prompted to hand an Internet win against the practice of tithing. [ Spoiler: Grok serves up L’s ]
He used the premise of should a “poor African [who] is sending their kids to bed hungry every night” send thier money to the evil rich Mormon church.
After all, the church doesn’t need that money “to keep the lights on” and ought not “take food from the mouths of hungry children”.
When this failed he asked if members were required to have “faith that God wants you to take food from the mouths of children”.
When this one failed, he changed goalposts again to basically ask why the LDS church hasn’t solved global hunger, asking Grok to calculate the amount of dollars given by the Church in pounds of food.
The issue that this guy doesn’t understand is that the church has never asked a member to pay tithes. The Lord has.
Paying tithes isn’t between the member and the church - it’s between the member and God, making God responsible for granting exceptions to His commandment.
Which I’m sure the anti would just say “isn’t that convenient” but God has always asked His people to follow His commandments and tithing isn’t a new fad.
The faith that is required for tithing is between the member and their God, that His promises are real, that He knows who the member is, and that He will bless them.
Reminds me of Jesus and the Widows mite.
@Grok if a poor African is sending their kids to bed hungry every night is it ok for them to not pay 10% of the income as a tithing to the Church of Jesus Christ of later day saints or should people take food from the mouths of the children to give to the LDS Church according to church teachings and talks in general conference?
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Why do Latter-day Saints do so much?
It’s a fair question. Between church callings, temple worship, ministering, missionary work, service projects, scripture study, and keeping covenants, our faith asks quite a bit of us.
But I think understanding why we do these things helps explain something fundamental about what we believe our purpose in life actually is.
We believe we are literally children of God, with the divine potential to become like our Heavenly Father. We believe this life is an opportunity to develop that potential through Jesus Christ.
And we believe that process can begin right here, right now.
We don’t serve others because we’re trying to accumulate enough good deeds to earn a place in heaven. We serve because serving others helps us become more like Jesus Christ.
We don’t keep commandments because we think God needs our obedience. We keep them because we love Him, and because obedience helps us become more receptive to the influence of His Spirit.
We don’t worship, pray, study scripture, or attend the temple simply to fulfill religious obligations. We do these things because we genuinely want a closer relationship with God.
And something remarkable happens as we pursue that relationship.
We begin to change.
Our desires change. Our priorities change. We become more patient, more forgiving, more compassionate. We develop a greater capacity for charity and a greater desire to lift those around us.
Not because we’re accomplishing these things independently, but because we’re allowing Jesus Christ to change us through His grace.
Jesus taught, “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” (John 14:15)
And He promised that those who love Him and keep His words would experience something extraordinary:
“My Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” (John 14:23)
Think about that promise for a moment.
We don’t have to wait until the next life to begin experiencing a relationship with our Heavenly Father. We can invite His presence into our lives today.
That’s why we do so much.
Our purpose isn’t simply to make it to heaven. It’s to become more heavenly, through Jesus Christ.
We believe God wants more for us than simply to be forgiven. He wants us to become like His Son.
And the beautiful thing is that the more we become like Christ, the more we desire to help others experience His love too.
We’re not trying to earn God’s love through our works. We’re trying to become more like the God who already loves us.