Sharing Our Faith with those of other faiths…Other faiths and ideologies to be discussed in this series will include…
Cultural Christianity Agnostics/Humanists
Wicca Universalism
New Age/Hindu Judaism
Jehovah’s Witness Mormonism
Buddhism Islam
Sharing Our Faith with those of other faiths…
Other faiths and ideologies to be discussed in this series will include…
Cultural Christianity Agnostics/Humanists
Wicca Universalism
New Age/Hindu Judaism
Jehovah’s Witness Mormonism
Buddhism Islam
Sharing Our Faith with those of other faiths… Today, we will explore:
Jehovah’s Witness
Mormonism
Sharing Our Faith with those of other faiths…
The Pew Forum Research group says over 78% of US Citizens are “Christian…”
51% Protestant
24% Catholic
1.7% Mormon
0.7% Jehovah’s Witness
Both Jehovah’s Witness and Mormonism are both classified as “cults.” Why is this important?
“But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed…
…As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. Galatians 1:8-9
We must be prayerful in sharing the gospel…we MUST NOT depend on our own strength, but on the power of the Holy Spirit…
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning…The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us…
John 1:1-2, 14a
Sharing Our Faith with those of other faiths…
Essentials:
We have all done wrong in God’s eyes…Rom3:23
This wrong doing separates us from God forever…Rom 6:23
God sent His Son Jesus to take our punishment…Rom 5:8
Sharing Our Faith with those of other faiths…
Essentials:
Turn away from doing wrong as a way of life…Acts 2:38
Confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord…believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Rom 10:9
Sharing Our Faith with those of other faiths…
The main thing to remember in sharing your faith…
in the power of the Holy Spirit, you have to
SHARE
the plan of salvation…
If they reject the message,
DO NoT STOP
being their friend or loving them…
Cult…any belief which diminishes what the Bible says who Christ is…
1 John 4:4 says…
“…do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out in to the world.
“…This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist…”
Cults claim to be biblically based Christian denominations
All cults deny or redefine any or all essential Christian doctrines
Cults/sects usually claim to be led by divinely inspired leaders.
Cults claim a new inspired written scripture
Cults claim to be the only true church in the world.
Mormonism
Famous Mormons:
Glenn Beck Stephen Covey
Ty Detmer Andy Reid
Steve Young Mitt Romney
Butch Cassidy Marie Osmond
Harry Reid Gladys Knight
Basic Mormon Background:
Official Name: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Founder: Joseph Smith Jr.
Worldwide: 13.2 million believers
US: 5.7 million
Aren’t they just another denomination like Baptists or Presbyterians? They use words like…gospel, atonement, virgin birth, and even pray in Jesus’ name…Mormons, afterall, are very good people who aggressively send missionaries…
So…what is the real deal?
Faith: different than Biblical faith as it has a different Jesus…they believe Jesus was born a spirit child of God. Faith is seen as a response to whatever Christ commands, not as a trust in His complete ability to save. This kind of faith never results in a personal relationship with Him. Taken from 4truth.net
Repentance: Biblical repentance is essential, but Mormons believe involves confessing and abandoning sin as well as restoring all damage done by one’s sin…it is a work in the obedience to the Church of LDS’s mandates. Taken from 4truth.net
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