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Originally Posted by Moksha
Has this inquiry been overlooked by the non-mormons on this board?
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Importants things....
Have faith in Jesus redemptive work for me.
Don't blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
Love the Lord your God.
Love your neighbour.
Have neither faith plus works nor a faith without works but have a faith that works.
Church authorities is primarily Jesus (my eternal high priest) and his teachings as expressed in the NT by him and his original apostles. I'll show respect to elders and teachers and even people I would count as apostles but not at the expense of my own conscience. If I disagree, I will respectfully stand my ground and take the consequences of my disobedience.
Hopefully without being too offensive, isn't the concept that following the "prophet" absolves from one from personal moral responsbility to follow God's revealed law problematic. Isn't that how fringe "Mormon" groups justify all sorts of excesses?