LDS Questions: Answering Questions Your Mormon Friends Ask: Topics Include: Mormons and Christianity, Praying about the Book of Mormon, A Living Prophet, Priesthood Authority, A Testimony (LDSQ Seminar from Witnesses for Jesus, Inc. - www.4witness.org)
This lady makes no sense at all. I would love to have a chat with her in person.She reads the scriptures but does not understand that.
Heb Chp 7 =The priesthood is without father or mother.
loki1830 3 years ago
Don't take it personal. everything I stated are in plural form. Christians' imaginations about God: that he is so huge that he fills the universe, and so tiny to live in our heart, yet the Bible claims Jesus on the right hand of God his Father, our Heavenly Father. Now as for the P/Authority, Jesus gave it to his 12 Apostles & not to any of his believers, as those Phillip found in Samaria and that P/Blu is not imaginary. FYI Apostles also are highpriests directly from Jesus himself.
leSavaii 3 years ago
What did I imagine? I'll read that chapter, but anything I said wasn't imaginary.
PolarisBlu 3 years ago
Thats the biggest problem among todays christians, they imagine things up.The 12 Apostles that Jesus hand-picked and them authority/power(Matt.10:1/Luk.9:1)to preach, were given to him by his Heavenly Father(John.17:6-10)I advice you to read the whole chapter, its a beautiful prayer. Read about the believers that Phillip came across in Samaria(Acts.8:9-19)Baptized by John the Baptist.And I wonder why the Apostles sent Peter & John from Jerusalem to Samaria? Were the believer allowed to preach?
leSavaii 3 years ago
Yes, there were the fishermen and Jesus was all like, "COme and I'll make you fishers of men" And they instantly followed him. He didn't go, "here let me bless you otherwise you can't follow me." Also Jesus is talking to all believers about baptizing and going to all nations not just the apostles. So we get authority because Jesus promises it. I should find a verse that explains it...
PolarisBlu 3 years ago
The 12 men that followed Jesus during his minstry didn't just all of a sudden came & follow Jesus. Jesus personally chose, blessed, and ordained each of them to preach in his name. How does that priesthood-authority is linked up to your christian faith? Did Jesus personally came down from heaven, blessed & ordained your ministers? or just thru immaginations?
Its true Jesus ordered only those whom he gave the power (priesthood-authority) to go out into all nations & baptized them w the P-Auth.
leSavaii 3 years ago
I know Mormons believe we are all children of God and that you need priesthood authority. I was just saying that's what Christians believe humans are. Also we have authority through Jesus Christ the only Melchizedek priest. High priests were liasons between God and man. Jesus is our High Priest. And believers have the authority as well. In Matthew it says go unto all nations and baptize in my name. So even if Mormons hold a priesthood there is no point to it.
PolarisBlu 3 years ago
Muslims, Hinduists, Buddists, Athists, etc, etc. are all children of God, whether you're christian or not. God, our Father created all of us, his children in his own image. He "wants all of us to come back" Does that mean we came from somewhere? Did we live somewhere before we were born? True, there are few that takes the narrow path to happiness, and the rest need a lot of help, even the lady on the video. She preaches without being authorized by God to do so. She holds no priesthood authority.
leSavaii 3 years ago
We are never referred to as his sons and daughters until we are Christians. We are his adopted heirs to his kingdom. I think Paul talks about this in Romans. Of course God would want everyone to come back, but narrow is the way to heaven and broad is the way to hell. Even Christians are on the Broad path sometimes. I think mostly in America though b/c there is no persecution so we are all soft in the faith. Not saying we need persecution, but that would drastically change that.
PolarisBlu 3 years ago
Chief Priests & Elders in the temple confronted Jesus saying: "...By what authority doest thou these things, and who gave thee this authoriry?"
You mentioned blood-related to hold the Priesthood. Have you forgotten that we are all blood related since the Garden of Eden? God view all of us (human race) as His sons & daughters whether you're a christian or not, and God wants us, all of His children to come back home to Him victoriously.
leSavaii 4 years ago