Your life will be better when you read the Book of Mormon and apply its principles

Only those born again are prepared to hear. No man can choose to listen.

We are not to water dip anyone. 1 Corinthians 1 14I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; 15Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. 16And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. 17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

God will open and close doors as He sees fit and it has 0 to do with a man typing amen on this post.

Rationalism or empiricism, particularly when coupled with hypersensitivity and emotionalism, will lead people into false doctrine.

This type of wishing sounds nice but... I believe it would be better to ask for those in the fire of tribulation to be given strength to deal with these trials. Not to be spared from them. These fiery trials are what save the sheep from their flesh

if i visited and debated in their own forum everyone that 'misrepresented what i said' i'd be busy 'til the end of time respectfully, grow up

The Gospel According to Feelings Jeremiah 17:9 — “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” We live in a generation that has elevated feelings to the position of final authority. Once upon a time, a man would ask, “What does the Bible say?” Today he asks, “How do I feel about it?” Once upon a time, Christians measured truth by Scripture. Now many measure truth by emotional experience. If a sermon feels good, it must be true. If a doctrine feels uncomfortable, it must be wrong. If a worship service creates a strong emotional reaction, it is assumed to be spiritual. If a Bible teaching offends modern sensibilities, it is quickly dismissed. In many churches, feelings have become the pope, the council, the seminary, and the final court of appeal all rolled into one. The problem is that God never intended emotions to sit on the throne. Emotions make wonderful servants but terrible masters. They are part of human experience, but they were never designed to determine truth. Jeremiah 17:9 strikes directly at the heart of this problem. God says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” That is not the description of a trustworthy guide. It is the description of a traitor living inside your own chest. The modern world says, “Follow your heart.” God says your heart is deceitful. The world says, “Trust your feelings.” God says your feelings flow through a desperately wicked heart. The world says, “Live your truth.” God says there is only one truth and it comes from Him. The collision could not be more direct. One system says the answer is within you. The other says the answer is found in the word of God. One enthrones self. The other enthrones the Lord. This obsession with feelings has infected Christianity from top to bottom. Entire doctrines are accepted because they make people feel loved. Entire doctrines are rejected because they make people feel uncomfortable. Churches compete to create emotional experiences while neglecting doctrinal instruction. Christians often evaluate their spiritual condition by asking, “Do I feel close to God?” rather than asking, “Am I walking according to Scripture?” The result is confusion, instability, and spiritual immaturity. Feelings rise and fall like ocean tides. One day you feel strong. The next day you feel weak. One day you feel saved. The next day you feel abandoned. One day you feel victorious. The next day you feel defeated. If your theology is built upon emotions, then your spiritual life will swing like a pendulum. God never intended believers to live that way. He gave us something far more reliable than feelings. He gave us His word. Chapter One The Heart Is a Terrible Compass The first lesson every believer must learn is that the heart is not a trustworthy compass. A compass works because it points consistently in the right direction. The human heart does the exact opposite. It points wherever the flesh wants to go. It can justify almost anything if given enough opportunity. People have followed their hearts into adultery, addiction, false religion, financial ruin, broken homes, and spiritual disaster. Yet every one of them thought they were doing the right thing at the time because it felt right. One of the greatest lies ever sold to mankind is the idea that sincerity guarantees truth. It does not. A man can sincerely believe poison is medicine and still die. A person can sincerely follow a false religion and still be lost. Sincerity does not transform error into truth. It simply makes error more dangerous because the person believes he is safe while walking toward destruction. The heart has an incredible ability to convince a man that wrong is right and right is wrong. This is why Scripture repeatedly calls believers back to the objective authority of God’s word. Proverbs 3:5 says, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” God knew

Paul to all those in Rome, "I am confident that you are able to instruct one another" Romans 15:14 Paul to Timothy, "The Servant of the Lord must be able to teach" 2 Timothy 2:24 We ought, therefore, teach one another And be humble enough to be taught by the other

The Bible isn’t understood through philosophical logic. It’s learned like math. The Greek word for disciple or learner is where we get the word math

I've never read the "Church Fathers," but if the nonsense the Orthodox and Catholic Church practice cones from them....I never intend to read them. Their practises are not biblical.

The sons of God are not Protestant.

Fellow believers, @just_keep_read argues that Calvinists are inconsistent. If people are spiritually dead and cannot come to Christ apart from regenerating grace, how can they still be held responsible for rejecting the gospel? That objection sounds persuasive until we ask a deeper question: Why should inability remove responsibility? Scripture certainly teaches that fallen man is spiritually dead (Ephesians 2:1–5; Colossians 2:13). It also teaches that apart from God’s gracious work, no one can come to Christ (John 6:44), the natural man cannot receive the things of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:14), and those who are in the flesh cannot please God (Romans 8:7–8). But notice what Scripture never says. It never says that inability makes sinners innocent. Instead, Jesus explains why people remain in darkness: “People loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil” (John 3:19). The problem is not that sinners desperately want Christ but lack the ability to reach Him. The problem is that sinners do not want Christ as He is. They willingly suppress the truth, love their sin, and refuse the light. That is why Reformed theology speaks of moral inability, not mechanical inability. A blind man cannot see because he lacks sight. A sinner cannot come because he loves darkness. Those are not the same kind of inability. The 1689 London Baptist Confession simply affirms what Scripture affirms. God effectually calls His people by the Spirit, granting what He commands. At the same time, every person remains accountable for rejecting God’s revelation and refusing His gospel. The objection assumes that if man cannot come, he cannot be guilty. Scripture teaches the opposite. Man cannot come because he is guilty. That is why salvation must be by grace from beginning to end. The same Bible that says we were dead in trespasses and sins also says we are without excuse. Both truths stand together because both come from God.