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"You think Christians are better than [Mormons]? Just check
out your preachers on TV!!"
You are most likely referring to the modern false prophets and preachers. Contrast the words,
attire and the actions of modern false preachers prophets against the
Bible.
Jesus chose to be homeless (
"And Jesus said to him, 'Foxes have holes and birds
of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.'" (Luke
9:58)) and the Apostle Paul was poor at times (
"Not that I speak in regard to need,
for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be
abased, and I know how to abound. Every where and in all things I have learned
both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need."
(Philippians 4:9-10)).
The Bible does make provision for preachers to be paid a wage, and for
those who rule and teach the Bible well to be worthy of “double honor” (
"Let the elders
who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in
the word and doctrine. For the Scripture says, ‘You shall not muzzle an ox while
it treads out the grain,’ and, ‘The laborer is worthy of his wages.’" (1 Timothy
5:17-18))
But nowhere does the Bible say that preachers and self-proclaimed prophets are to get rich off the poor.
Christians, including prophets and preachers, are supposed to share as per their need (
“Now all who believed were
together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods,
and divided them among all, as anyone had need.” (Acts 2:44-45, not have rich
false prophets - preachers keep taking more.
The preachers who beg for money while wearing
gleaming suits and jewelry are not preachers of the Word of God, but the false
prophets
Jesus warned about:
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s
clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves." (Matthew 7:15).
There are many good preachers who live modestly
and faithfully serve God, often in obscurity. But even these preachers are not “better”
than anyone else, Mormons included. All humans fail to meet
God’s standard of
perfect obedience and are therefore sinners
bound for hell unless we accept Jesus of the Bible
as our Savior and Lord.
But biblical Christianity is better than Mormonism - the belief system. In fact,
it isn’t just 'better'. One is the truth written by God using humans as we use
pens; the other is a false
hood started by false prophets.
Joseph Smith False Prophet
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