Today we’re looking at the definition of some words in the Mormon vocabulary. The reason for this comes from the LDS teaching above.
Leaders of the LDS Church proclaim some of the wildest things, and unfortunately members usually absorb what they’re taught without giving it a second thought. If you’re LDS we’re praying you’ll stop and think about the terminology used in this man’s teaching, as well as the teachings in the Church today.
Undoubtedly, the Church today still teaches mankind is immortal and they also teach the families are forever plan. The terminology may have changed a bit, however, the meaning of what’s taught is strikingly the same. Let’s compare these things with what God says –
Who is immortal?
1 Timothy 6:16; “Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.”
Clearly, the Bible says that Christ (God) alone is immortal.
What is a spirit?
James 2:26; “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”
Job 27:3; “All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils.”
Ecclesiastes 12:7; “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
The spirit that returns to God at death is God’s spirit. Therefore, the LDS teaching that man’s spirit is eternal can’t be true.
What is a soul?
Genesis 2:7; “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”
The soul is a combination of both the body and spirit. People are living souls. Souls aren’t immortal, nor are they eternal.
With this correct understanding of immortality, souls, spirits and where we came from, how can anyone justify what Mr. Pratt said? Furthermore, how does the Mormon doctrine of families are forever work?