“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say…” — CS Lewis, Mere Christianity, pp. 55-56.
General Conference, “A Teacher Come from God”, April 1998 “For each of us to “come unto Christ,” to keep His commandments and follow His example back to the Father is surely the highest and holiest purpose of human existence. To help others do that as well—to teach, persuade, and prayerfully lead them to walk that path of redemption also—surely that must be the second most significant task in our lives.” — Jeffrey Holland
Matthew 22:36-40 “Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
John 3:13 “And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.”
It seems Mr. Holland went out of his way to misquote what the Lord said about the two greatest commandments. Adding insult to injury, he didn’t tell the truth of our main purpose in life and that is to worship the Lord!
Most noteworthy is the absence of whom they’re following. There was no mention of Jesus being God in the flesh, rather, it was another long list of qualifications to obtain salvation. This is a sign of a false god who’s tricked them into believing salvation through faith isn’t a viable option.
Lastly, we can’t go ‘back to the Father’ because we’ve not been there yet! Jesus clearly stated that He alone had been in heaven.
Be sure to share the significance of the Two Greatest Commandments with a Mormon today!
With Love in Christ —
Michelle
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