SPELLING EDITED Y-1. Is MORMONISM THE ONE TRUE CHURCH?
Some church denominations make the claim that they alone are the ONE TRUE church and therefore a person cannot be saved and receive eternal life in the world to come unless a person joins THEIR church and REMAINS faithful to follow and obey ONLY what their church denomination teaches. And in these “latter” days there had risen some churches and groups of Christians that teach that they have been given SPECIAL revelation from God in these last days to bring the church out of apostasy, as in, they sincerely believe that God has called them to be the ONE TRUE church and thus it is now their God-given duty to try and convert everyone to THEIR church denomination. Now there is not just one church or group of Christians that make the claim that they alone are the one true church. I cover many of those other churches and groups of Christians that say that they are the one true church in some other studies I have written. But in this study, I would like to focus on just one of these churches where it is written in the official church doctrine that they are the TRUE church. Thus the title of this study is, “IS MORMONISM THE ONE TRUE CHURCH?” The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints also called the Mormons is one of these latter-day churches that sincerely believe that they alone are the one true church. And when the church denomination itself says that they are the ONE true church they mean that no one can be saved unless they belong specifically to their church and the congregation follows and obeys to the letter ALL that their church denomination teaches them. Now, this is not to say that each and every single Mormon has heard every teaching of their church. Nor is this to say that every single Mormon believes every single word that they are taught by their church. But rather this study is to make a comparison between what Jesus himself teaches in the Holy Bible to what “Mormonism itself” teaches from the Book of Mormon and their other books like the Doctrines and Covenants, the Pearl of Great Price, and the Book of Abraham. Now I myself am a person of LOGIC and what I believe must make at least some logical sense. I do indeed believe in “feelings”, as in, I believe the feeling we have deep inside of us as true born again Christians will CONFIRM what sounds logical has already shown us to be the truth. In other words, simple logic tells ME that if so be that a church which claims to be the one true church is indeed the one true church then what they teach must be the TRUTH of the whole word of Almighty God. I mean it is not logical for any church claiming that they are the one TRUE church to teach something that is FALSE! Does that sound logical to YOU? I mean, does it not makes sense to YOU that if so be a church that says they are the one true church will NOT contradict anything by what they teach with the Holy Bible? If so, then anyone claiming to be a “member” of what they presently sincerely believe to be the one true church should NEVER EVER be afraid to closely examine for THEMSELVES what they are being taught by their church denomination because the TRUTH can never truly be shown by logic or any other means that it is a LIE. In other words, the TRUTH will always arise and shine to expose what is FALSE. With that being said let us now closely examine the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, the Mormons, to what the Bible itself teaches us in simplicity with no interpretation needed to understand what the Bible is stating as a fact. I will list the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints with a number for ease of going back over each doctrine. We will then compare what Mormonism teaches from the book of Mormon and it’s other books to what the Bible itself teaches to see if what the Mormon church teaches agrees with what Jesus Christ himself teaches in the New Testament under the New Covenant established and made firm in his shed blood. Matthew 26:28-32. Jesus is speaking to his followers.
“For this is MY blood of the NEW TESTAMENT (Or NEW COVENANT, the New Testament) which is shed for many for the REMISSION of sins. 29. But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. 30. And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the Mount of Olives. 31. Then said Jesus unto them, All you shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will SMITE the shepherd, (Jesus is our Passover Lamb without spot or blemish that was SLAIN from the foundation of the world to become our Savior) and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. 32. But after I have risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.”
This is the CORE doctrine of ALL of Christianity. And WHOSOEVER believes that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God who suffered and died being crucified on the cross for the forgiveness of our sin and believes that God raised Jesus from the dead shall be SAVED, as in, you are forgiven of all your past sins and placed in a right relationship with Almighty God being cleansed of all your sins. Is this what YOUR church teaches? Does YOUR church teach that WHOSOEVER believes the gospel of Jesus Christ no matter what church denomination or from whomsoever they hear the gospel is SAVED? Or does your church teach that they ALONE are the ONE true church and that they alone have the ONLY TRUE gospel and that you must obey ALL that they teach in order for you to be SAVED and receive eternal life in the world to come? Let us take a closer look at what the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints teaches compared to what the Holy Bible itself teaches.
#1. The Mormons believe in the Bible both the Old and New Testaments.
I think that most every Mormon will agree that their church teaches them that Mormonism is based upon the Bible, both the Old and New Testament. To say this another way, almost every Mormon does indeed sincerely believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. In other words, most Mormons sincerely believe that Jesus is the Messiah or the Savior and they truly want to live a life that is pleasing to the heavenly Father by following the example Jesus set to live their life without sin as Jesus lived his life without sin. So the question is not whether Mormon’s themselves consider themselves to be a Christian but rather the real question in this study is do the TEACHINGS or the doctrines of Mormonism taught from the Book of Mormon and the other books used by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints AGREE with what the Bible ITSELF teaches? What I mean by this is that one cannot say that they believe that the Holy Bible is God’s word and then turn around and say that the Bible has been corrupted and cannot be trusted when the Bible contradicts what the book of Mormon teaches. Yes, one can INTERPRET the Bible to mean something that the Bible ITSELF is not actually teaching but the Bible itself is without contradiction. In other words, we must allow the Bible to interpret itself by comparing Scripture with Scripture so that what we believe and teach AGREES with the whole word of Almighty God written IN the Holy Bible. This brings us to point number 2 of what Mormonism teaches.
#2. The Mormons also believe in another Newer Testament, the Book of Mormon also called Another Testament of Jesus Christ.
Now, simple logic teaches us that whatever our heavenly Father and his Son Jesus teaches us by revelation in a dream, vision or by the Holy Spirit will NOT contradict what God has already taught us in the Bible itself. In other words, in order for the book of Mormon to be OF God then it must AGREE completely with what the Bible ITSELF teaches us in simplicity without any interpretation needed. To say this another way, if the book of Mormon or any other book used by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints CONTRADICTS any part of God’s word stated as a fact in the Bible that does not need interpretation to know what it is teaching us in plain, simple, easy to understand words then those books are NOT of God. Does this not make sound logical sense to you? What I mean is that if God did indeed truly add more revelation to his word, the Holy Bible, then would it not make sense that neither God nor his Son Jesus nor an angel sent by the one true God would CONTRADICT what Yahweh has already taught us in his written word, the Holy Bible! Therefore, in order for the book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ, to have been given to Joseph Smith as a revelation FROM Almighty God himself then everything written in the book of Mormon and the other books used to teach church doctrine to the Mormons MUST never contradict any part of the Holy Bible. And if ANY contradictions, even just ONE single contradiction is found then a true seeker of the TRUTH, the WHOLE truth, and nothing but the TRUTH of the one true God must reject those books as being given FROM another source other than the one true God and Father of Jesus Christ. The religion of Islam is a perfect example of how Satan the Devil has DECEIVED millions of people by his FALSE prophet Muhammad. So all I am saying to my dear Mormon readers is to search the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible for YOURSELF to see if what the Mormon church is teaching you is from the one true God and Father of Jesus Christ. This is a matter of YOUR eternal life on the line here!
#3. Mormons teach that the only way to know what is the TRUTH is to:
Now one argument used by Mormons to reach new converts is to ask the question of why would INTELLIGENT people believe something that is false? Keep in mind that this is after their missionaries tell you to base your faith on FEELING and not on whether or not the Book of Mormon sounds “logical” to you. Then they state a question based solely on LOGIC to cause their prospective converts to THINK about how many Mormons there are who are highly intelligent people and therefore Mormonism must be the truth because how could so many “intelligent” people believe something that is false? My point is that their line of reasoning based on LOGIC and not on FEELINGS which Mormons teach is the only way to truly know what is the truth so they contradict their own teaching concerning to pray about it to see if it FEELS right and good to you. The FACTS are that millions of highly intelligent people are being DECEIVED by Satan, the god of this present world system. Please consider that some scientists who are some of the most intelligent people in the world are atheists who sincerely believe that there is NO God. Consider the millions of Muslims, the Hindus, and other NON-Christian religions that also base their faith on FEELINGS. Consider the New Age Movement that falsely teaches that all roads lead to heaven. The fact is that being “intelligent” has no bearing on intelligent people teaching the TRUTH because many highly intelligent people have been DECEIVED by Satan to believe things that are NOT the TRUTH which contradict the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible. Please understand that I do indeed believe in feelings but I believe that those feelings that are truly FROM God will never confirm some teaching that is NOT of God. In other words, Satan can counterfeit “feelings” just as easily as he counterfeits other things for the sole purpose of DECEIVING people to believe anything but the TRUTH which will make them free from his oppression and bondage of being his child. Please read what Jesus says to the Jews who are God’s chosen people.
John 8:41-47.
“You do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. (Remember that these are Jews, God’s chosen people under the Old Covenant, who are answering Jesus saying that Satan the devil is their “father” and NOT Almighty God. Notice that they THINK or they sincerely believe with all their heart that God is their Father but Jesus is doing his best to try and get them to see the TRUTH that they are NOT the children of God because they are NOT obeying God’s word to believe the teachings of God’s SON whom he commissioned to preach to them.) 42. Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, you would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. (Now I fully realize that most every Mormon truly and sincerely loves Jesus and truly wants to obey the teachings of Jesus. But the question is are YOU, being a Mormon, truly following what Jesus HIMSELF teaches us in the Bible ITSELF? OR are you following teaching that is NOT SOUND BIBLICAL teaching that was ADDED to the Holy Bible which does NOT AGREE with what the Bible ITSELF teaches? How will YOU know for sure with absolute certainty unless YOU personally search the Holy Bible for YOURSELF to see if what you are being taught in Mormonism is the truth of the WHOLE word of Almighty God? Keep in mind that the Jews sincerely believe that they are CHILDREN of the one true God and that God is their Father but Jesus himself plainly tells them that they are NOT God’s children and the SATAN the devil is THEIR father.) 43. Why do you not understand my speech? even because you cannot hear my word. (They heard the words of Jesus with their physical ear but they were REJECTING what he is teaching them because they sincerely believed that they ALREADY had the truth. My question to you is, are YOU going to reject the teachings of Jesus himself? Remember that the Bible ITSELF states as a FACT with no interpretation needed that JESUS is the way, the truth, and the life and that no man can come to the Father EXCEPT by HIM. The Bible also says that there is NO OTHER name given among men whereby we MUST be saved. In other words, there is NO church denomination that can save you unless that church denomination teaches you about the TRUE Jesus and the TRUE gospel of Jesus on HOW to be saved. And the ONLY way to know if YOUR church is teaching you the TRUTH of the whole word of God is to read and study the Bible for YOURSELF. And any true church will encourage their members to do just that, read and study the Bible to see the truth directly from God’s word for themselves so that they will be rooted and grounded in the TRUTH and not be DECEIVED by false doctrine.) 44. YOU are of YOUR father the devil, (Now the Mormon Church itself teaches that ALL of mankind, as in, every man, woman, and child of every tribe, nation and tongue is a CHILD of God and that God is their heavenly Father. But as you can plainly see with your own eyes that the teaching from the Mormon Church CONTRADICTS what Jesus HIMSELF teaches us in the Bible ITSELF. Now you have the freedom to choose who you will believe but I implore you to believe the teachings of Jesus OVER the teaching of Joseph Smith and the LDS church.) and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar and the father of it. (Satan is the deceiver and those who believe and teach things that CONTRADICT the clear teachings of Jesus are of Satan. And because one rejects the teachings of Jesus is the reason that they are NOT the children of God but rather they are the children of the Devil because they believe the teaching of Satan, the Devil. And the ONLY way to know if one is being deceived is to read and study God's word, the Holy Bible for THEMSELVES. And that is all that I ask my readers to do, search the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, for YOURSELF to see if what you are being taught AGREES with what the whole word of God is teaching. Now if your church teaches you that ONLY the leaders of the church can truly understand and interpret the Bible correctly then that should raise a RED FLAG to you that what you are being taught CONTRADICTS what the Bible ITSELF is teaching!) 45. And because I tell you the TRUTH, you believe me not. 46. Which of you convinces me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do you not believe me? 47. He that is of God HEARS God's words: (In other words, if you sincerely believe that Mormonism is teaching you the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, then you should NOT be afraid to HEAR God’s word directly from the Holy Bible ITSELF. Are YOU going to trust YOUR eternal life to the “leaders” and founders of your church? Keep in mind those of Islam who follow their “PROPHET” Muhammad who sincerely believes with all their hearts that he is the true and final prophet of the one true God. Muslims make the same claim as the Mormons which is that the Bible itself cannot truly be trusted without their true prophet teaching them the true meaning of the Bible) you, therefore, hear them not, because you are NOT of God.”
Jesus is saying that if you deny his words, his teachings, then you are NOT of God, you are NOT his child and God is NOT your heavenly Father regardless of what some prophet is teaching you. Show me one verse in the Bible where we, as Christians, are to be watching for ANOTHER prophet to come to show us the one true church. There is NO such verse. But there are verses that specifically WARN us of FALSE prophets arising, claiming to be Christ or ANOINTED of God as his prophet. Please read the following verses.
Matthew 24:11.
“And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.”
2 Peter 2:1.
“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.”
1 John 4:1.
“Beloved, believe NOT every spirit, but TRY the spirits whether they are of God: because many FALSE prophets are gone out into the world.”
Now I realize that you cannot try the actual spirit or spirits who appeared to Joseph Smith. That was HIS responsibility to TRY or TEST the spirit of spirits who appeared to him to see if they were truly OF God or if they were of the Devil. But you can test his TEACHINGS, the doctrines of the Mormon Church. Let us test a few of the doctrines of the church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints to see if they AGREE with the word of God, the Holy Bible, or if they CONTRADICT what the Bible ITSELF teaches us.
#4. God’s name is Elohim.
Mormonism teaches that God’s name is Elohim.
In truth, the Hebrew word “Elohim” is a TITLE which means mighty one. The angels of God are also called Elohim. Yes, the Hebrew word Elohim is translated as the English word God, god, and gods and most of the time it is speaking of the one true God. However, Elohim is not God’s NAME. God’s name is written with four Hebrew letters that are translated with the English letters YHWH. Most Bible scholars agree that God’s correct name is Yahweh. And many Bible scholars agree that it is acceptable to pronounce God’s name as Jehovah as some English translations have translated YHWH in some verses. Please read the following two verses first and then we will read two more verses which teach us that while Jehovah is ONE of God’s names it is not God’s name translated from the four Hebrew letters YHWH.
Exodus 6:3.
“And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the NAME of God Almighty, but by my name, JEHOVAH was I not known to them.”
In this verse, the King James Version of the Bible translates YHWH as JEHOVAH as opposed to LORD as it does most of the time or as YAHWEH as other translations translate YHWH. Please read a LITERAL translation for yourself by clicking on the blue link.
Psalm 83:18.
“That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, are the most high over all the earth.”
This is not saying that God’s only name is Jehovah alone but rather no one other God is the HIGHEST God. I myself personally believe that Yahweh is the correct translation of the four Hebrew letters YHWH as again the LITERAL translation has translated as Yahweh and not as Jehovah. Now let us read the other two verses and you will see what I mean.
Isaiah 12:2.
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.”
Now if so be that Jehovah is the correct translation of YHWH then the original text would have TWO “YHWH” Hebrew words together. For example, the original text would say, for YHWH YHWH is my strength, but this is NOT what the original test says. The word Jehovah is actually translated from the two letters “Ie” and not from YHWH. See the LITERAL translation for yourself. Remember that LORD is translated from YHWH most of the time in the King James Version.
Isaiah 26:4.
“Trust you in the LORD (Or trust you is YHWH or Yahweh) for ever: for in the LORD (YHWH or for in Yahweh) JEHOVAH (Ie) is everlasting strength:”
When you read the English word “LORD” in all capital letters from the King James Bible it is always translated from the four Hebrew letters YHWH which is translated as Yahweh is other translations of the Bible. So then, IF SO BE that Jehovah is the correct translation of YHWH then it would seem to me that the original text should have read YHWH YHWH as opposed to Ie YHWH. Again please see the LITERAL translation. No matter what you yourself decide on this matter of God’s name my main point is that Mormonism teaches that “Elohim” is God’s NAME as opposed to the Bible ITSELF stating as a fact that God’s NAME forever is Yahweh.
Please read Exodus 3:13-15 from the LITERAL translation.
“And he is saying Moses to the Elohim behold! I coming to sons of Israel saying to them Elohim of fathers of you sends me to you. And they say to me what? NAME of him What? I say to them 14. And he is saying Elohim to Moses I shall become who I am becoming and he is saying thus you shall say to sons of Israel I shall become he sent me to you 15, and he is saying FURTHER Elohim to Moses thus you shall say to sons of Israel YAHWEH Elohim of the father of you Elohim of Abraham Elohim of Isaac and Elohim of Jacob he sent me to you this NAME of me forever and this remembrance of me for generation (to all) generations.”
So then, according to the Bible ITSELF, the NAME of Elohim or the NAME of the one true God is Yahweh forever. Some of you man try and reason this away as being a trivial matter but if Joseph Smith who claims that God himself and his Son Jesus appeared to him and translated the Book of Mormon for him then surely God would have gotten his own NAME correct to at least agree with what God himself had already spoken in his word of truth the Holy Bible. This is just one of the many contradictions I have found where the Book of Mormon does NOT agree with what the Bible ITSELF teaches us. Let us move on to the next doctrine taught in the Mormon Church.
#5. Elohim, who was a man first and then he became a God.
Mormonism teaches that God was first a mortal being on another planet who then BECAME a God among many other Gods who were Gods before he became a God. And then this council of God exalted Elohim to be given the power to create his own planet or to be God over his own planet. However, the Bible itself states very plainly that God is NOT a MAN nor is God the Son of Man.
Please read Numbers 23:19.
“God is NOT a MAN, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?”
Also the word of truth, the Holy Bible teaches us that God did NOT have a beginning as being a created man nor as being born as a son of another man. Rather the Bible teaches us that God has always been an invisible Spirit being who has always had IMMORTALITY.
Please read 1Timothy 6:13-16.
“I give you charge in the sight of God, who quickens all things (It is God, Almighty God the Father alone who is the SOURCE of all life), and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; 14. That you keep this commandment (Or I give you charge before Almighty God the Father AND his son Jesus to KEEP this TEACHING) without spot, (Without error) unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 15. Which in his times (The first and second comings of Jesus) he shall show, WHO is the blessed and ONLY Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 16. Who ONLY has immortality, (In other words, there is only ONE divine eternal being who has always had IMMORTALITY) dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.”
The WHO that Jesus came to SHOW us was the Father, who ONLY is the ALMIGHTY and supreme God over all other gods. In other words, Almighty God the Father is the ONE true God who has never had a BEGINNING and has always been IMMORTAL. Now I do believe that the Bible itself teaches us that Jesus, the SON OF God, had a beginning as the Son of MAN who was highly exalted to become a God under his God and Father who alone is the ONE true God that is the SOURCE of all creation. We also see that Mormonism contradicts the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, by teaching that there were other Gods or a council of Gods BEFORE Elohim became God the Father.
Please read the following verse Isaiah 43:10.
“You are my witnesses, says the LORD (Or says Yahweh, the one true and only Almighty God the creator of all things), and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me, (Or APART FROM me) there was NO God formed, neither shall there be after me.”
Now I myself believe that Yahweh is speaking to Jesus the Son of man through the prophecy of his written word that he has CHOSEN him as his servant the one prophesied to come. Now, this verse can be interpreted as God telling us that it is he, Yahweh himself who manifested himself to become a created being, the Son of Man, who would become a God and there will be no other God after Jesus who will become a god. Or this verse can be interpreted that before Yahweh formed anything there was NO OTHER God. OR this verse can be interpreted as Yahweh as being the ONE true God, the SOURCE of all things and there will be NO OTHER gods after him as being the SOURCE of creating. However one chooses to interpret this verse that interpretation must agree with the rest of God’s word that teaches us that there is only ONE God. And what the Mormon Church teaches does NOT agree with any of these interpretations.
Please read Isaiah 44:6-8.
“Thus says the LORD (Yahweh) the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD (Yahweh) of hosts; I am the FIRST, and I am the LAST, and beside ME there is NO God. (Or apart from ME there is NO God) 7. And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? (In other words, the ONLY gods are the gods who I Yahweh myself have created and set up to be gods FOR me or under me) and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show unto them. 8. Fear you not, neither be afraid: have not I told you from that time, and have declared it? you are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? (Or more precisely is that a God WITHOUT me or without ME making him a God?) yea, there is NO God; I know not any.”
The word “beside” means is there any other God WITHOUT having come out FROM ME? Yea there is NO God; I know not any. This means that Yahweh does not ACKNOWLEDGE Satan to be the god of this present world and has APPOINTED another God to be the god of the world to come, to rule FOR Yahweh during his 1000 year long day of rest on the Seventh 1000 year long day. My main point here is that Yahweh has ALWAYS existed and he ALONE in the SOURCE of ALL things and thus the Book of Mormon CONTRADICTS the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, by teaching that the God of Jesus had a beginning as a man who became the God of only the earth and the heaven of this solar system and that a council of other Gods existed before Yahweh, the God of Jesus.
Please read Isaiah 44:24.
“Thus says the LORD (Or thus says Yahweh), thy redeemer, and he that formed you from the womb, I am the LORD (Yahweh) that makes ALL things; that stretches forth the heavens ALONE; that spreadeth abroad the earth BY MYSELF.”
Yahweh, the God of the Bible, created ALL things. It was Yahweh alone and by himself who stretched out the heavens, the entire universe. There were NO other Gods or gods BEFORE Yahweh. He ALONE has always had IMMORTALITY.
#6. God married a God wife and they bore many celestial children. Two of those children were Jesus and Lucifer.
There is absolutely nothing in the Bible itself that even hints as God having a wife or there being a mother god. But there are many verses in the Bible that clearly teach us that Yahweh creates all things by SPEAKING them into existence. So this whole idea of God having a wife who bore many spiritual children that were sent down from heaven so that they could have a mortal body and later after proving themselves worthy they would be exalted to become gods themselves and be given their own planet to rule over and create things in pure fiction or fantasy out of the mind of Joseph Smith that has absolutely NO support from the Bible and even contradicts how God creates all things. In some ways, Mormonism resembles Islam with its promises of eternal sexual intercourse with 70 virgins. I mean both faiths favor the man as receiving the greater glory in the world to come. But the Bible itself teaches us that when we become a Christian there is NO MORE distinction in God’s eyes between male and female.
Please read Galatians 3:26-29.
“For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. (In other words, if a person is NOT a believer IN Jesus Christ as their Savior then they are NOT a child of God. This is another verse that proves that Satan and Jesus are NOT brothers and all of mankind are NOT the children of God) 27. For as many of you as having been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (This means that we are all EQUAL in the eyes of God and the next verse proves that we ALL receive the same reward or inheritance in the world to come) 29. And if you be Christ's, then are you Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
This means that a woman, who is a Christian, does NOT need a MAN to get her into heaven. Sometimes I wonder if Mormons even read the Bible at all.
#7. Jesus and Lucifer are brothers, as in, ALL God’s spiritual children are brothers and sisters. Thus Mormons believe that Satan is their brother as well.
Now the Bible ITSELF teaches us that Lucifer was a created being called a Cherub which most Bible scholars agree is an angelic being of a higher order than a human being. Most Christians agree that God anointed Lucifer, setting him up as a ruler having his own throne. And in Revelation, we see that Satan is the king of the bottomless pit, who is called the angel of the bottomless pit and has angels under him that make war with Michael and his angels. This means that Lucifer is an angelic being or a created being of an even higher order than the angelic beings. Either way, Lucifer is not a human being and therefore is NO brother to the humans. Jesus, on the other hand, was made to be a little LOWER than the angels or the angelic beings which made Jesus be lower or an inferior being than Satan who is a fallen angel. And nowhere in the Bible are the angels of the angelic beings called our brothers. Jesus, however, is called our brother because he is the Son of MAN, a human being, who was exalted to become a divine eternal being AFTER the cross.
#8. God or Elohim came down from heaven and had sex with the Virgin Mary in order to provide a human body of his Son Jesus.
Mormonism teaches that in the case of Jesus, God the Father came down from heaven and had sex with Mary to conceive a child in her womb and then the already pre-existing “spiritual” child Jesus who was God’s firstborn celestial spirit child was sent down to inhabit that human body. Now according to the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, there are many verses that prove these teachings in Mormonism to be in contradiction with what the Bible ITSELF teaches us. Let us see WHO dwelt in the physical body of Jesus as stated as fact directly from the Bible with no interpretation needed.
Please read John 14:10.
“Believest you not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that DWELLS IN me, he does the works.”
Also, we read in Colossians 2:9 that the fulness of the God DWELT IN Jesus. Almighty God the Father is the Godhead.
Colossians 2:9.
“For IN him (Or IN Jesus) DWELLS all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”
#9. In order for a man to become a god he MUST be married on the earth in this present world to at least one wife. This is a must in order to attain the highest celestial heaven.
The Mormon Church places emphasis on man becoming a god in the world to come and teaches that a man must be married to even have a chance of attaining the highest level of glory in the world to come. Mormonism teaches that God the Father was married and that Jesus was also married. But what does the Bible itself teaches us? We have already seen that nowhere in the Bible does it say that God the Father had a celestial wife. And likewise nowhere in the Bible, itself are we taught that Jesus was married on the earth or that Jesus will literally be married to a wife in heaven for the reason of bearing celestial children. The Bible does teach us that we, the church, the body of Jesus Christ, are the bride of Jesus Christ and at his coming, we will become his wife. This means that we become one with Jesus as a wife is one with her husband. There is nothing in the Scriptures that teach us that Jesus will have sex with the members of his church in order to produce celestial children. Paul teaches us that it is BETTER for a man to NOT marry for the sake of the gospel. Paul was single and for the sake of the gospel, he taught that it was better to remain single if a believer could avoid fornication.
Please read 1 Corinthians 7:7,8.
“For I would that ALL men were even as I myself. But every man has his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. 8. I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.”
Now, this is NOT a commandment from God or his Son Jesus but rather the opinion of the apostle Paul. He also encouraged men and women to marry if they could not bear being single for the sake of the gospel. My main point is that there is nothing in the Bible ITSELF that emphasizes getting married in order to receive a higher place of glory in the world to come.
#10. Marriage is eternal and continues in heaven.
Mormonism teaches that a man and a woman who are married in this present life will continue to be married in the world to come. However, Jesus himself teaches us that there will be NO marrying or given in marriage in heaven. Please read Luke where Jesus is asked about a woman who had seven husbands who died as to which husband would she be married to in the world to come and Jesus replied by telling them that they have erred in understanding the Scriptures.
Luke 20:33-35.
“Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife. 34. And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of THIS world marry, and are given in marriage: 35. BUT they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage:”
In other words, Jesus is saying that NONE of her husbands in this present world will be her husband in the world to come because there is NO marrying in the world to come. This brings us to point number 11 which is not a doctrine of Mormonism but rather something that I have noticed among many Mormons that deeply troubles me. And that is that every testimony that I have heard when a Mormon is asked the question of whether or not they will go to heaven when they die. To my surprise, not one Mormon was sure that they would make it to heaven or not. That to me is so sad and has caused me to wonder if Mormons will receive eternal life in the world to come.
#11. Mormons have NO ASSURANCE of salvation that they will, without fail, receive eternal life in the world to come. The best that they have is HOPE that they are good enough to be given eternal life.
To me when I started seeing that most Mormons have NO absolute assurance or certainty that they ARE saved and that they WILL, without fail, go to heaven when they die just made me sink with sadness. Before this, I was seeing that the Mormon Church had many strange teachings that contradict what the word of truth, the Holy Bible teaches, but then again what church is there that does not have at least one false teaching. So I was seeing the Mormons themselves as being Christians who are being deceived by false doctrine in their church but I never judged them as not being true Christians. Most Mormons that I have seen live good moral lives, they confess that Jesus is their Savior they believe that Jesus is the Son of God, they believe that Jesus is the Christ, and they do their best to follow the example that Jesus left for us to follow which is to live our lives without sin. So to ME if they are doing all these things then how can I judge them and say that they are NOT Christians and their church is a CULT? But then when I began seeing how many Mormons have NO assurance that they ARE saved and that they WILL, without fail, go to heaven when they die, I have to wonder to myself if they are truly born again Christians or are Mormons only Christians in NAME ONLY? Now I cannot speak for every true born again Christian but for ME the moment that I made that firm quality decision to truly trust JESUS as my Savior OVER what the Roman Catholic Church had taught me I KNEW that I KNEW that I KNEW that I was saved and that God had forgiven me of all my past sins. There was and still is that WITNESS deep within me that NO man can ever steal from me giving me complete assurance that I AM saved and that I will, without fail, receive eternal life in the world to come, to rule and reign with Jesus. So all I am saying to my dear Mormon readers is that if YOU personally do NOT have this kind of complete PEACE and full absolute assurance that you ARE saved and that you WILL receive eternal life in the world to come, then I implore you to hear the TRUE gospel of Jesus Christ and be saved so that you WILL have this WITNESS deep inside of you that you are saved.
Please read 1 John 5:9-13.
“If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he has testified of his Son. (In other words, we hear the gospel of Jesus Christ from men first with our reasoning or our head knowledge. Some receive or believe the gospel and some do not. Now IF we receive the gospel by BELIEVING with our head knowledge or reasoning then that is good and we have HOPE. But the WITNESS of God is GREATER. It is when God himself by his Holy Spirit writes HIS witness on our HEARTS that we KNOW we are saved is when hope moves to HEART FAITH. Once this happens there is no man, no teaching, nothing that can ever persuade you that you are not saved. This is what I mean to become a true born again believer in Jesus Christ. This is what it means to be a true Christian.) 10. He that believes on the Son of God HAS the witness IN HIMSELF: (There is NO doubt to a true believer that he or she is saved. We KNOW that we ARE saved and that we WILL receive eternal life in the world to come.) he that believes not God has made him a liar; because he believes not the record that God gave of his Son. 11. And this is the record (Or this is the witness that God gives IN us who truly believe), that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (In other words, God has given us the promise of eternal life and as long as we hold fast to our faith in Jesus as our Savior we have this eternal life abiding in us as a SURE GUARANTEED promise from Yahweh himself who cannot lie) 12. He that has the Son has life; (Or as long as we continue to believe the gospel we HAVE this promise of eternal life as an absolute guaranteed assurance from Yahweh our heavenly Father) and he that has not the Son of God hath not life. (In other words if one never believes in Jesus or one stops believing that Jesus is the SON OF God who suffered and died for their sin then they do not have eternal life abiding in them and they will NOT receive eternal life in the world to come) 13. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; THAT (Or so that) you may KNOW that you have eternal life and that you may believe (Or that you will CONTINUE to believe unto the end) on the name of the Son of God.”
#12. Mormons sincerely believe that they are Christians and they do confess that they believe in Jesus as their Savior. BUT they believe that they are BECOMING clean AS they follow and obey the example that Jesus set for us to follow. But the Bible ITSELF teaches us that the very moment we first believe in Jesus as our Savior we are made PERFECT in the eyes of God. For you see, when we repent and confess our sins then God forgives us of ALL our past sins and CLEANSES us from ALL our unrighteousness. God GIVES us his GIFT of RIGHTEOUSNESS. Please read the study “WHAT IS THE TRUE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST?” #13. Mormons teach that they are saved through Jesus Christ after they do all that they can do. This means to them that after they have done all that they can do they can only HOPE that they have done enough to be made clean by the shed blood of Jesus. Again, please read the study “WHAT IS THE TRUE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST?” God desires that we KNOW that we are saved right now by FAITH. For without FAITH it is IMPOSSIBLE to please God. When we first believe in Jesus as our Savior we become God's WORKMANSHIP. Our OWN works of righteousness done in our OWN strength are as filthy rags to God because there is room for BOASTING that we saved ourselves by our own good works. #14. There are three places in the afterlife. The Celestial place, or the highest place of glory. The Terrestrial place, or a place of lesser glory. And the Telestial place or the place of the least glory. You will NOT find any such teaching in the Bible ITSELF. Please read the study “THE 1000 YEAR OF JESUS!” for all the Scriptures that teach about PARADISE. #15. The priesthood, ceremonies, rituals, Mormon Temple services all of which are necessary to attain the afterlife and which afterlife only a Mormon can attain. Again, God gives us WARNING to NOT ADD to his word. And the Book of Morman was ADDED to the word of God to create a DIFFERENT gospel than what Jesus taught the Apostle Pauls to teach us. So I IMPLORE all my Mormon readers to read all the studies under the heading >>> MORMONISM<<< Thanks for reading and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ, Brother Mark. RETURN TO HOMEPAGE AT |
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