>Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
We believe that in our resurrected bodies, those who have completed all the requirements of salvation, will achieve godhood. We don't become the same as God, but we become like him in nature as 2 Peter 1:4 explicitly says. By this we can do everything he does. How is this that big of a difference?
What you must do to be a Christian is believe Jesus to be the Son of God. We believe that. We are Christians.
Sebastian Rodriguez
Well for one, like protestantism you're offshoot/ breakaway from the original church, which only the catholic and orthodox church hold any grounds to. Also second i've noticed, is your church has cult mentalities when your leader Joseph smith was persecuted. Instead of standing his ground he rounded up his followers, left civilization at the point, settled in Utah away from reality/civ. Literally that's cult mentality like it's not real dude im sorry. Also your triniatarian claims how are they any different from Muslims then? So yea i'd would say yea it's just borderline cult at that point. Like come back to the real church one based in tradition.
Genesis 3:8 says God was walking. Also Exodus 33:11 affirms that God has a physical face. It even says Moses spoke with God as if he were a real friend. This indicates a physical body. Also, three men meet with Abraham in Genesis 18, which is clearly the Godhead.
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The Church Father Origen taught about pre-mortal life.
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Ok, and? What does that detract in anyway?
But, if I understand correctly, Protestants believe the same thing about Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox and other Protestants.
The Bible clearly affirms the need for baptism and marriage (see Genesis 2:24 for marriage, and Acts 22:16).
Christian Watson
A follower of Christ is someone who believes Jesus is the Son of God. Muslims don't follow Christ in this respect.
Three beings =/= three gods. We believe in one God in three beings.
Henry Garcia
Guys, there is no use in debating a Mormon or any of these cults, please save your energy and time. Think about it, if you were able to successfully convince this particular OP, then the entire Mormon religion would die out. That's not going to happen. They are trained and armed to the teeth in their belief system. Once you start getting into an argument with the devil, you lose. Pray for OP and let the mods take care of this situation and give their final word.
And OP, if you're interested in understanding the differences between Nicene-Creed Christianity and Mormonism, please check out this YouTube channel and leave us alone: youtube.com/channel/UCK9RJwC7Er16-Y8dvIQ-3tw
There's not a quick answer to 2 Peter 1:4 because, essentially, that's the verse the entire essence-energy debate hinged on. Here's an article. It's long, but if you want to know why you're incorrect, I'd highly recommend reading it. myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/Russell_partakers.html Or you could just read Palamas' works themselves
This thread is going to go nowhere fast unless you're actually trying to learn something. We can help you, but you need to listen.
Sebastian Turner
I'm trying to reach out to my other Christian brethren and hope to have dialogue. Ecumenism between our denominations.
