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From the article: The "Feeling Worthy?" message "targets a foundational fact of Mormonism, the need for all Mormons to achieve worthiness in order to receive eternal life," according to campaign literature....The campaign says God's truth is "the concept of free and full forgiveness through Christ" rather than the "earned forgiveness taught in Mormonism." Cares preaches that God's forgiveness and blessings are available to everyone for free if they simply accept the "good news of God," that "we are already perfect and worthy in God's sight."

Past "prophets" like Spencer W. Kimball & others then stress that you have to earn forgiveness -- Kimball even had a chapter in a book entitled, "Keeping God's Commandments Brings Forgiveness."

But as somebody once said, “Jesus’ love is not something we earn, it earns us.” Whereas, Mormon "scripture" is more like:
That by keeping the commandments they might be washed and cleansed from all their sins... D&C 76:52

In the Mormon church, obedience is ground zero.
Even before faith -- obedience earns you faith (so said Lds "prophet" Joseph F. Smith)
Even before forgiveness -- obedience earns you forgiveness (so says Lds "prophet" Spencer W. Kimball)
Even before being able to be washed & cleansed from sins -- obedience must be earned (so said founding "prophet" Joseph Smith)
Even before grace -- restoration "grace for grace" only comes to Mormons "according to their works" (Helaman 12:24, Book of Mormon)

The Mormon "bad news" -- not a "good news" gospel at all -- is obedience not only now and later -- but before anything:
Faith,
forgiveness,
washing or cleansing from sin
grace

None of it kicks in for the Mormon until all the obedient works are racked up! That, my friends, is a false gospel through and through!

2 posted on 12/29/2009 10:38:38 AM PST by Colofornian (If you're not going to drink the coffee, at least wake up and smell it!)
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One thing some people forget about the Old Testament is that through out the whole Old Testament, God showed his righteous standard, and holiness, and no matter how much mankind tried, no one could ever live up to God's righteous standards, only ONE would and could fulfill God's standard of righteousness and was to fulfill ALL the law..... that was Jesus Christ our lord.
13 posted on 12/29/2009 11:22:45 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (There is no civility in the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USA)
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