tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32788823.post2363370442096520194..comments2024-02-25T15:35:32.248-06:00Comments on One Eternal Day: Is Mormonism Christian?Standfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18181764095358321088noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32788823.post-71348839081586520182008-09-17T16:58:00.000-05:002008-09-17T16:58:00.000-05:00I think this is a question that is best looked at ...I think this is a question that is best looked at from a historical perspective. I'll state up front that I am LDS (i.e. Mormon).<BR/><BR/>The LDS church teaches, and I believe, that man can be saved only in and through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. "Mormons aren't Christians" accusations often contain an argument that we don't believe in the "same" Jesus as orthodox Christianity, so let's look at that a moment.<BR/><BR/>The Jesus I believe in was born into this earth of a Virgin named Mary approximately 200 years ago in Bethlehem. The Jesus I believe in ministered the last three years or so of His life throughout the regions of Jerusalem and Galilee. During this ministry, He healed the sick, caused the lame to walk, gave sight to blind, and revived the dead. He forgave sinners while rebuking their sins. He taught a doctrine of love, forgiveness, and compassion. At the end of His life he suffered both in Gethsemane as well as on a wood cross at Calvary. Three days after His death, He rose from the dead, showing Himself to Mary, the Apostles, and others.<BR/><BR/>Do I believe I am Christian? Unequivocally I do. Through a historical lens I would hope all would agree that we believe in the same Jesus as the orthodox Christian world. We do believe things *about* Him that people consider unorthodox, but we do believe that He is our Savior and that we can not make it back to God by any other way. If that's not Christian... ?<BR/><BR/>God bless.Matt Parkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01224710061292919819noreply@blogger.com