Luke 17:2; “It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones”.
Mormon teachings like this one is the epitome of heresies you’ll find in Mormon doctrines. It’s just another example of what they instill in the minds of young kids who are under the tutelage of Mormon leaders.
Smith had no boundaries, teaching whatever fancied him, and the Church obviously had no qualms with his mischaracterization of the Lord. We saw a few days ago how he had declared himself to be the Holy Ghost incarnate (see post for 9/11/2016), and this time around God’s Holy Spirit been put in ‘time out’, until He can learn how to behave properly. As a Mormon, I had no idea the Holy Spirit is God until after I left the Church.
Tragically, this is also the case for many who are still trapped in Mormonism today.
Can you just imagine telling God Himself that He’s to go and stand in a corner? Wow! I don’t even know how to respond to that one, other than to beg the Mormon people to get out now while the getting’s good! Come out and be saved dear ones so you aren’t condemned in this group who tolerate Joseph Smith’s blasphemy!
Pastor John Piper has a great article on his site about God’s Holy Spirit where he said, “The grace of God precedes and enables saving faith. We do not initiate our salvation by believing. God initiates it by enabling us to believe (Ephesians 2:8–9; 2 Timothy 2:25; John 1:13).” – John Piper, ‘How to Receive the Holy Spirit’.
Also see Acts 5:3-4 which clearly tells us the HS is God!
“But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? 4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.”