“And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the away; and there is bnone other way nor cname given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the ddoctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the eFather, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is fone God, without end. Amen.”

Now read 3 Nephi 11:27,36  from the Book of Mormon.

“27 And after this manner shall ye abaptize in my name; for behold, verily I say unto you, that the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost are bone; and I am in the Father, and the Father in me, and the Father and I are one...

...36 And thus will the Father bear record of me, and the aHoly Ghost will bear record unto him of the Father and me; for the Father, and I, and the Holy Ghost are bone.”

 Now, the above two verses sound pretty much like the doctrine of the Trinity. BUT this next passage of Mormon scriptures is teaching the doctrine of Oneness where Jesus is one and the self-SAME BEING as the Father. And that is a direct contradiction of the doctrine of the Trinity which teaches that Jesus is NOT the Father. So that is contradiction number THREE found in the Mormon Church teachings which I have already covered in Part 1 of this study called “A LETTER TO MORMON CHRISTIANS” using different Mormon verses. So be sure to read Part 1 if you have not already done so. For now, let us continue with Part 2 of this study as a letter to Mormon Christians by taking a look at contraction #5.

Please read Alma 11:26-29 from the Book of Mormon.

“And Zeezrom said unto him: Thou sayest there is a true and living God?

27 And Amulek said: Yea, there is a true and living God.

28 Now Zeezrom said: Is there more than one God?

29 And he answered, No.

30 Now Zeezrom said unto him again: How knowest thou these things?

31 And he said: An aangel hath made them known unto me.

32 And Zeezrom said again: Who is he that shall come? Is it the Son of God?

33 And he said unto him, Yea.

34 And Zeezrom said again: Shall he save his people ain their sins? And Amulek answered and said unto him: I say unto you he shall not, for it is impossible for him to deny his word.

35 Now Zeezrom said unto the people: See that ye remember these things; for he said there is but one God; yet he saith that the Son of God shall come, but he shall anot save his people—as though he had authority to command God.

36 Now Amulek saith again unto him: Behold thou hast alied, for thou sayest that I spake as though I had authority to command God because I said he shall not save his people in their sins.

37 And I say unto you again that he cannot save them in their asins; for I cannot deny his word, and he hath said that bno unclean thing can inherit the ckingdom of heaven; therefore, how can ye be saved, except ye inherit the kingdom of heaven? Therefore, ye cannot be saved in your sins.

38 Now Zeezrom saith again unto him: Is the Son of God the very Eternal Father?

39 And Amulek said unto him: Yea, he is the very aEternal Father of heaven and of earth, and ball things which in them are; he is the beginning and the end, the first and the last;”

Nowhere is a plurality of Gods actually taught as fact with no interpretation needed in the Book of Mormon ITSELF, but Joseph Smith certainly believed and taught elsewhere in one of his other books. Doctrines of Salvation Volumes 1-3, that he and other Christians could be exalted to become Gods. But for now, let us see what the Mormon book the Doctrines and Covenants teaches Mormons on this subject of becoming Gods. Please read Doctrines and Covenants 132:18-24. I know that it seems like a lot of words to read but I like to give my readers a lot of CONTEXT so that they can see that I am NOT taking the Mormon verses out of their context.

Doctrines and Covenants 132:18-24.

“And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife, and make a covenant with her for time and for all eternity, if that acovenant is not by me or by my word, which is my law, and is not sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, through him whom I have anointed and appointed unto this power, then it is not valid neither of force when they are out of the world, because they are not joined by me, saith the Lord, neither by my word; when they are out of the world it cannot be received there, because the angels and the gods are appointed there, by whom they cannot pass; they cannot, therefore, inherit my glory; for my house is a house of order, saith the Lord God.

19 And again, verily I say unto you, if a man amarry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the bnew and everlasting covenant, and it is csealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of dpromise, by him who is anointed, unto whom I have appointed this power and the ekeys of this priesthood; and it shall be said unto them—Ye shall come forth in the first resurrection; and if it be after the first resurrection, in the next resurrection; and shall inherit fthrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers, dominions, all heights, and depths—then shall it be written in the Lamb’s gBook of Life, that he shall commit no hmurder whereby to shed innocent iblood, and if ye abide in my covenant, and commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood, it shall be done unto them in all things whatsoever my servant hath put upon them, in time, and through all eternity; and shall be of full force when they are out of the world; and they shall pass by the angels, and the gods, which are set there, to their jexaltation and glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of the kseeds forever and ever.

20 Then shall they be gods, because they have no end; therefore shall they be from aeverlasting to everlasting, because they continue; then shall they be above all, because all things are subject unto them. Then shall they be bgods, because they have call power, and the angels are subject unto them.

21 Verily, verily, I say unto you, except ye abide my alaw ye cannot attain to this glory.

22 For astrait is the gate, and narrow the bway that leadeth unto the exaltation and continuation of the clives, and few there be that find it, because ye receive me not in the world neither do ye know me.

23 But if ye receive me in the world, then shall ye know me, and shall receive your exaltation; that awhere I am ye shall be also.

24 This is aeternal lives—to bknow the only wise and true God, and Jesus Christ, whom he hath csent. I am he. Receive ye, therefore, my law.”

Basically, these verses are teaching Mormons that UNLESS they are Married in the Mormon Temple BY an AUTHORIZED Mormon priest they cannot become exalted to be Gods and have spirit children like Almighty God the Father.

I wonder if Mormons believe Jesus was MARRIED? For you see, according to their own church doctrine, if Jesus was not married then he can not be exalted to become a God. And if SINLESS Jesus did not succeed to become a God by a celestial marriage then how can a Mormon ever hope to be as good and sinless as Jesus to do all they can to be saved?

Now, just because you have never heard anything in the Mormon Church about becoming a God does not mean that this widely taught doctrine was never taught by Joseph Smith and his followers from around the 1830s to very recent modern times in the 1990s which is when the Mormon Church seemed to begin to downplay one of their most revered doctrines of the past. Also, please keep in mind that Jesus HIMSELF teaches us that Christians will NOT be given in MARRIAGE in the world to come.

Please read Matthew 22:29,30. 

“Jesus answered and said unto them, You do ERR, NOT KNOWING the scriptures, nor the power of God. 

30.  For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are AS the angels of God in heaven.”

So the celestial covenant of marriage in the Mormon Temple is a LIE that contradicts the very words of Jesus himself. And you just read in the Doctrine and Covenants that the angels are NOT Gods and the ONLY way to become Gods is by MARRIAGE in the Mormon temple BY a Mormon priest.

 So I have to agree with Jesus and say that the Mormons have ERRED by NOT KNOWING the Scriptures written in the Holy Bible, the ONLY word of TRUTH, that never contradicts itself like books written by MEN such as Joseph Smith and his followers who keep CHANGING what the Mormon Church teaches.

Let us move on to contradiction number SIX.

CONTRADICTION #6.

Since we are on this subject of the Mormon Church CHANGING their doctrine on how to be saved by ADDING the Mormon Temple ordinances as being REQUIRED if a Mormon desires to desire to become a God and have spirit children in the world to come. Let us see the proof directly from the Mormon books and other publications. Here is my question to all Mormons.

“Does the Mormon Church CONTRADICT itself as to how they teach that a person MUST be saved?”

Does the statement you are saved by faith and NOT of works. And the statement you MUST keep these Temple ordinances that are NOT taught in the Holy Bible or in the Book of Mormon if you want to receive eternal life in the highest level of heaven contradict each other.

Again, are not Mormons taught that the Book of Mormon is the most perfect book of ANY book on the earth and that it has the FULL gospel of Jesus Christ in it? So then, did God FORGET to tell Joseph Smith about the Temple ordinances or were they ADDED later by men who were NOT truly anointed by God. For you see, IF God foreordained Joseph Smith to be the MAN to RESTORE the church and the gospel, then surely God would have NOT FORGOTTEN to tell Joseph Smith about all of the Temple ordinances that MUST be kept if one desires to obtain eternal life in the world to come.

And if these other men were truly anointed by God to add the Temple ordinances then Joseph Smith was NOT a true prophet. And thus, the Book of Mormon should be burned so that no one can ever be deceived by it again. You cannot have TWO books that are revered as divine scripture and believe them BOTH when they CONTRADICT each other. That is like you saying that you believe in the Bible and in Humanism at the same time. It is impossible because Humanism teaches that there is NO God and the Holy Bible teaches us to know the one true God and his Son Jesus who God made to become both Lord and Christ to rule for Yahweh the Father in the world to come.

Please read 3 Nephi 11:32-40 from the Book of Mormon.

“And this is my doctrine, which is the doctrine the Father hath given unto me; and I bear record of the Father and the Father beareth record of me, and the Holy Spirit beareth record of the Father and me; I I bear record that the Father commandeth all men, everywhere, to repent and believe in me.

33 And whoso believeth in me, and is baptized, the same shall be saved; and they are they who shall inherit the kingdom of God.

34 And whoso believeth not in me, and is not baptize, shall be damned.

35 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine, and I bear record of it from the Father; whoso believeth in me believeth in the Father also; and unto him will the Father bear record of me, for he will visit him with fire and the Holy Ghost.

36 And thus will the Father bear record of me, and the aHoly Ghost will bear record unto him of the Father and me; for the Father, and I, and the Holy Ghost are bone.

37 And again I say unto you, ye must repent, and abecome as a blittle child, and be baptized in my name, or ye can in nowise receive these things.

38 And again I say unto you, ye must repent, and be baptized in my name, and become as a little achild, or ye can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God.

39 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my adoctrine, and whoso bbuildeth upon this buildeth upon my rock, and the cgates of hell shall not prevail against them.

40 And whoso shall adeclare MORE or LESS than this, and establish it for my doctrine, the same cometh of evil, and is not built upon my rock; but he buildeth upon a bsandy foundation, and the gates of hell stand open to receive such when the floods come and the winds beat upon them.

41 Therefore, go forth unto this people, and declare the words which I have spoken, unto the ends of the earth.”

So then, the Book of Mormon teaches that only FAITH and obedience to the one ordinance of water baptism is required to be saved. But under contradiction #5 we just read that being seal in married is a requirement to receive exaltation to become a God in the worlds to come. Let us read some more Mormon verses in the Doctrines and Covenants on the subject of celestial marriage. Please read AGAIN Documents and Covenants 132:4,15-21 which basically says that any Christian who is NOT married in the Mormon Temple will become and ANGEL forever and they will never become Gods. And the good faithful Christians who obey the NEW LAW of Jesus to be married in the Temple following all the ordinance will be exalted to the GLORY of becoming a God to continue their seed throughout eternity. So Mormons believe in THREE levels in the world to come which I address in other studies under the heading >>>MORMONISM<<<

Documents and Covenants 132:4,15-21.

“15 Therefore, if a aman marry him a wife in the world, and he marry her not by me nor by my word, and he covenant with her so long as he is in the world and she with him, their covenant and marriage are not of force when they are dead, and when they are out of the world; therefore, they are not bound by any law when they are out of the world.

16 Therefore, when they are out of the world they neither marry nor are given in amarriage; but are appointed angels in bheaven, which angels are ministering cservants, to minister for those who are worthy of a far more, and an exceeding, and an eternal weight of glory.

17 For these angels did not abide my law; therefore, they cannot be enlarged, but remain separately and singly, without exaltation, in their saved condition, to all eternity; and from henceforth are not gods, but are aangels of God forever and ever.

18 And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife, and make a covenant with her for time and for all eternity, if that acovenant is not by me or by my word, which is my law, and is not sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, through him whom I have anointed and appointed unto this power, then it is not valid neither of force when they are out of the world, because they are not joined by me, saith the Lord, neither by my word; when they are out of the world it cannot be received there, because the angels and the gods are appointed there, by whom they cannot pass; they cannot, therefore, inherit my glory; for my house is a house of order, saith the Lord God.

19 And again, verily I say unto you, if a man amarry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the bnew and everlasting covenant, and it is csealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of dpromise, by him who is anointed, unto whom I have appointed this power and the ekeys of this priesthood; and it shall be said unto them—Ye shall come forth in the first resurrection; and if it be after the first resurrection, in the next resurrection; and shall inherit fthrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers, dominions, all heights and depths—then shall it be written in the Lamb’s gBook of Life, that he shall commit no hmurder whereby to shed innocent iblood, and if ye abide in my covenant, and commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood, it shall be done unto them in all things whatsoever my servant hath put upon them, in time, and through all eternity; and shall be of full force when they are out of the world; and they shall pass by the angels, and the gods, which are set there, to their jexaltationand glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of the kseeds forever and ever.

20 Then shall they be gods, because they have no end; therefore shall they be from aeverlasting to everlasting, because they continue; then shall they be above all, because all things are subject unto them. Then shall they be bgods, because they have call power, and the angels are subject unto them.

21 Verily, verily, I say unto you, except ye abide my alaw ye cannot attain to this glory.”

So AGAIN the Book of Mormon CONTRADICTS the Mormon book The Doctrines and Covenants. And BOTH Mormon books CONTRADICT the only word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible. Let us move on to contradiction number SEVEN.

CONTRADICTION #7.

The Bible ITSELF teaches that if a prophet prophesies by the word of the Lord and that prophecy does not come to pass as the prophet said then that prophet did NOT speak by ME, thus says the Lord. In other words, if a prophet says that the Lord says something and that prophecy does not come to pass just as the prophet said it would then that prophet is NOT a TRUE prophet of God.

Now here is a PROPHECY that was prophesied by Joseph Smith that is written down for all Mormons to read in the Documents and Covenants 84:1-5. Please read it for yourself and then prove to yourself by searching the building permits of the State of Missouri between the time of the prophecy to the time of Joseph Smith’s death because he said that the Lord said the Temple would be built in Missouri before that generation passed away. And it never happened. So according to the Bible ITSELF, John Smith is a FALSE prophet.

Documents and Covenants 84:1-5.

“A arevelation of Jesus Christ unto his servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and six elders, as they bunited their hearts and clifted their voices on high.

2 Yea, the word of the Lord concerning his church, established in the last days for the arestoration of his people, as he has spoken by the mouth of his bprophets, and for the cgathering of his dsaints to stand upon eMount Zion, which shall be the city of fNew Jerusalem.

3 Which city shall be abuilt, beginning at the btemple lot, which is appointed by the finger of the Lord, in the western boundaries of the State of Missouri, and cdedicated by the hand of Joseph Smith, Jun., and others with whom the Lord was well pleased.

4 Verily this is the word of the Lord, that the city aNew Jerusalem shall be built by the gathering of the saints, beginning at this place, even the place of the temple, which btemple shall be creared in this dgeneration.

5 For verily this generation shall not all apass away until an bhouse shall be built unto the Lord, and a ccloud shall rest upon it, which cloud shall be even the dglory of the Lord, which shall fill the house.”

And that was well over 150 years ago and ALL of that generation is dead and gone. So Joseph Smith is a FALSE prophet used by Satan as a tool in Satans’ hand. Also, if Joseph Smith was a TRUE prophet then NONE of his teachings from the Lord could be OVERRULED as being in ERROR by any future prophet of the Mormon Church. That would be like calling Jesus a LIAR because according to Jesus Smith it was Jesus who gave him the revelations of the new covenants. So either the new living prophets are FALSE prophets or Joseph Smith was a FALSE prophet because a TRUE prophets revelation will never be CHANGED by another true prophet of God.

Did you know that there are over 3,900 changes that have been made over the years in the Book of Mormon? Do your own research and check it out for yourself. As the Mormon Chuch changed their beliefs form believing that Jesus IS the Eternal Father to that of Jesus truly being a LITERAL SON OF god as a SEPARATE person from the Father, they had to make many CHANGES in the Book of Mormons. But the missed at least one that I found today.

Please read Alma 11:38,39 in the Book of Mormon.

“38 Now Zeezrom saith again unto him: Is the Son of God the very Eternal Father?

39 And Amulek said unto him: Yea, he is the very aEternal Father of heaven and of earth, and ball things which in them are; he is the beginning and the end, the first and the last;”

Now, currently, the Morom Church tries to explain AWAY their many contradictions by long drawn out teachings to distract their followers. But the FACTS are that Joseph Smith and the early Mormon Church believed that Jesus IS the Father, as in, Jesus was one and the self-same BEING as the Father. And then, through the years, the Mormon Church saw that their belief CONTRADICTED the Bible ITSELF so they CHANGED their belief to better fit what the Holy Bible teaches. And that meant that they NEEDED to CHANGE all the verses that USED to say that Jesus IS the Eternal Father to Jesus is the SON OF the Eternal Father. But they missed at least one which I have already shown you. So rather than keep making more changes with so many Christians watching them, they try to say that Jesus is the Eternal Father because Jesus CREATED the heaven and the earth. What a LIE! The Bible ITSELF does not teach Christians that Jesus CREATED the heaven and the earth. That is an ERROR in their own personal interpretation of the Scripture. For you see, Jesus HIMSELF says that God created all of creation.

Mark 13:19. 

“For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.”

Jesus also said that God created man and woman.

Mark 10:6.  

“But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.” 

Genesis 1:1.  

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

Genesis 1:27.  

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”

Malichi 2:10.  

“Have we not all ONE father? Has not ONE God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?”

The ONE TRUE God was ALONE and BY HIMSELF when he ALONE created the heaven and the earth and all that exists BY HIMSELF. And the ONE God is the ONE Father.

Isaiah 44:24.  

“Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, and he that formed YOU from the womb, I am the LORD that makes ALL things; that stretcheth forth the heavens ALONE; that spreadeth abroad the earth BY MYSELF;”

How can you remain in a church with so many contradictions? I implore you to come to Jesus and believe the TRUE Gospel of Jesus Christ taught in FULL in the New Testament of the Holy Bible.  Please read the studies  “REVELATION 3:14 IS JESUS THE CREATOR?”, “EPHESIANS 3:9-11 DID JESUS CREATE ALL THINGS?”, and “COLOSSIANS 1:15-17 WHO CREATED ALL THINGS?”.

Be assured that there are MANY more contradictions in the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints. We have barely scratched the surface. But I will save those many contradictions in the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints for Part 3 os this study. If you have not yet read Part 1 of this study then I implore you to do so. For Part 1 please click on this link “A LETTER TO MORMON CHRISTIANS”. And to continue reading contradiction #8 plus several more in Part 3 please click on this link “WHAT DOES ANOTHER TESTAMENT TRULY MEAN?”

Also, in closing, here is a LINK to many other online resources to help Mormon see the TRUTH that Mormonism is NOT sound Biblical Christians and that they are being DECEIVED by the contradictory teachings of the Mormon Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Days Saints. This LINK also has some pointers on how to EFFECTIVELY witness to Mormons. If you are a Christian who thinks that they will never come across a Mormon in PERSON you can still witness to Mormons all over the world on the Internet. So avail yourself to some of the best witnessing material available. Please understand that I do not agree with all their teachings but they do have many thought-provoking questions that all Mormons should be asking themselves for their very eternal life is at stake. Read all the studies that I have under the heading >>>MORMONISM<<< and also check ou this LINK of ONLINE RESOURCES for WITNESSING to MORMONS

Thanks for reading and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God in his ONLY word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible.

Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ,

Brother Mark.

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