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  1. Everything A Prophet Says Must Come True

    in Scripture Study Forum

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    Deuteronomy 18:20-22

    20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death."

    21 You may say to yourselves, "How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD ?" 22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.

    Well, let's consider that for a moment...

    2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

    3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.

    4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

    5 ¶ So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

    10 ¶ And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

    (Jonah 3:2 - 5, 10)

    Soooo, Jonah wasn't a prophet? What he proclaimed didn't happen either, even though he said it would. It doesn't mention the 'unless' phrase "IF you don't repent...". It simply says that the city will be destroyed.

    Or am I missing something here??

    He certainly wasn't a model prophet if you say he was a prophet.

    He tried to run away from the LORD and in turn got swallowed by a whale.

    Your call on making him your example.

    Any others?

    Guess the Bible is false. :rolleyes:

    Your call.

    I would say maybe mistranslated.

    But if you want to discount the whole book because of that, go right ahead.

    p.s. Don't worry. I know you were trying to be clever.

  3. Everything A Prophet Says Must Come True

    in Scripture Study Forum

    Posted

    Deuteronomy 18:20-22

    20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death."

    21 You may say to yourselves, "How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD ?" 22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.

  5. Unnanounced!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    we also have some inactives that won't answer the phone when you call. they won't make appts or make appts and then aren't home when you show up, and sometimes you know they are there but they pretend they are not.

    They never even tried to call though. lol.

  6. Unnanounced!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    There is a friend of mine who was complaining about LDS members coming without calling. This only started happening after they left the church.

    I was like , "HEY! SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME!" because I am a loud person, and I yell everything.

    Anyway, we got the response from an RM that:

    "As a Mormon missionary, we always preferred to make unannounced visits in person instead of calling. From my perspective at the time, our goals to teach people and commit them to meetings were much more reachable if we could talk face to face. This was especially true for inactive members. "

    We all still agreed that picking up a phone and catching us coming out of the shower (which would ALWAYS happen to me) or during dinner is not very polite.

    Is it worth it to come unannounced?

    Do you actually have better luck talking to us that way?

    In all honesty, I was nice to them, but they picked up I was not interested, and I sent my BF to talk to the missionaries. He is very assertive where as I am not.

    I guess my main question is, because we are inactive, does that mean that you can't call us on the phone anymore? I am just as polite on the phone or in an email as I am in person. I will not lash out. I will just politely say I don't want a visit today. I will call you when I am ready.

  18. More Than One God?

    in Christian Beliefs Board

    Posted

    I am not talking about the churches. I am talking about the people in my family. I am not concerned about what some people I have never met and have never met me think about some letter I sent. I am concerned about how my loved ones react, and whether the church suddenly thinks I need to be visited more.