OneNewsNow.com reports Lou Sheldon is backing Gov. Mitt Romney for President.
What bothers me the most are Sheldon’s responses. First where he says he won’t back others on the ticket because…
“…it would be impractical to endorse one of them because winning the White House requires a lot of money and a large, experienced staff like Romney has.”
In other words, “I am betting on the horse with the best odds”, or “I am not concerned about principle, as much as I am winning.” More disturbing than that however is his defense of Romney’s Mormonism.
“He reads the Bible regularly. He has said — and I asked him — that he has received Jesus Christ as his personal Savior,” the pastor declares. “He believes that Jesus Christ is the divine Son of God, only Son of God divine, and was crucified, buried and raised from the dead for our behalf. So, I think as he addresses those issues, that’s certainly going to ignite good feeling [among Christians].”
First, Mormonism is a cult. Lou Sheldon certainly knows that. They frequently use similar terms as Christianity, but have a completely different understanding of things such as God, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Heaven, Hell, etc.
Secondly, IF Romney were truly born-again, he would repent and leave the Mormon Church or at the very least be extremely uncomfortable within it and in the process of leaving. Before some of you explode on me, no, I can not judge whether a person is truly saved, but we can look for visible signs of repentance and faith in Christ. If he just lacks knowledge, I’ll pray that he finds the truth and leaves the church he so adamantly defends.
Which brings up the question - Is Mitt Romney Good Enough to Get Into Heaven? Are YOU?
June 18th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
I’m glad you admitted that you have no authority to judge whether a person can get into Heaven. Christ is the only path to God. And I agree that it’s fair to look for visible signs or manifestations of a persons acceptance of Christ. I don’t know who I’m going to vote for yet, but I like Romeny, he seems the most Christian of all the candidest of either party. He is the most moral of them all. I think he stint with being pro-choice was out of a respect for the standing law in MA, and his desire to appease the democratic masses so that he could be elected and reform Ma in other areas. I have friends that are mormon. they are some of the best people I know of any faith. I don think that since they don’t believe in the trinity that they are not Christian.. since thats what my evangelical friends have tried to tell me. If a Mitt Romney Mormon isn’t good enough to get into Heaven, but and Al Sharpton Methodist is… I’m not sure if it’s a place I want to be.
June 18th, 2007 at 4:51 pm
David, thank you for your comments. Let me clarify a couple points.
Morality is not exclusive to Christianity. While Christianity does require morality to show our love (John 14:15) or to show the world we are indeed followers of Christ. It is not the only seemingly moral religion. Therefore, morality is not a test for truth. No matter how sincere or devote a person is, they may be sincerely wrong.
I’m not sure your evangelical friends were correct in stopping at that point. My point is that no matter how “good” Mitt seems he is not good enough to get into heaven. None of us are. Not on our own. Which brings us back to the question, who does or how does one get into Heaven? And that is where Mormonism and Christianity differ.
I care a lot less about where Mitt Romney spends the next 4 years and more about where he’ll spend his eternity.
What about you David? Are you good enough to get into heaven?