A HOUSE DIVIDED
Mark 3:25; “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.”
According to the Assistant of the Twelve Apostles, ElRay Christiansen, the words of Jesus are flat out wrong. Check out what he had to say at a General Conference –
Conference Report, April 1953, p. 35; “There are two spirits striving with all men; one telling them what to do that is right, and one telling them what to do that will please themselves, that will gratify their own pride and ambition. If we live as we ought to live we will always follow that spirit that teaches us to do that which is right.” – ElRay Christiansen, Assistant to the Twelve Apostles
All that aside, what about our Lord? He spoke through the apostle Paul, telling us that we’ve not received the spirit of the world, and also when Paul wrote a type of dissertation on the inner struggle man has with himself in Romans chapter seven. Those things don’t mean there are two spirits inside of man.
As we saw in Mark’s gospel, a house divided cannot stand!
1 Corinthians 2:11-14; “For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
You can read similar LDS quotes in our database 3,000 Reasons to Leave Mormonism.
Please, when you can, take a moment and explain how God’s Holy Spirit took up residence inside of you when you accepted the Lord! The Mormon will be able to tell there’s something different in the way you live, and their own life. Be sure to tell them that Satan doesn’t abide in, or with you!
With Love in Christ;
Michelle
“… 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. …”
The spirit of the world is Satan. God is above all and through all; He is a Spirit and not in human form.
We Christians know that there is nothing WHATSOEVER comparable to Christianity. Mormonism has nothing comparable with Christianity. Same words are used but they have completely different meanings.
That said, our Triune God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Our God is 3 persons as one God. (You can try to understand it similar to: A man is one being, he is 3 persons as a Father, Husband, and a worker at his job. SAME being but 3 persons.) They are all God who is a Spirit. Jesus is God, the Holy Spirit is God, The Father is God. The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. He prays for us, comforts us, Explains the Word to us as we read the Bible, and shows us our sin. When your heart is sincerely trying to understand the Bible and what God wants you to know, then the Holy Spirit will teach and lead you.
Jesus has 2 natures; human and divine. When he taught people on earth, he was human; when he died on the cross in our place, he was human, giving up using His divine nature. When He did miracles on earth, he was using His divine nature.
There is nothing man says or does that supersedes what God does. We are filthy rags, worthless and only worthy of death. Smith, et al. are all trying to tell you otherwise. it’s the spirit of the world, Satan, that is constantly trying to pull people away from God, lower Jesus to human terms, fill the egos of man by making them think they are equal to God and salvation, etc.
Only the Holy Spirit, through reading and hearing the Word (Bible) can convict you of your sins by showing you that you’ve failed to keep the Ten Commandments (Law). When you’re repentant and ask God His forgiveness, with a truly contrite heart, the Holy Spirit knows this. He then shows you the Gospel (Good News) that you are forgiven by Jesus’ blood on the cross. Your sins won’t be held against you.
When you are baptized in the Christian church, you are baptized into Christ’s death and resurrection. You then receive the faith to believe and then do good works to show thanks for Jesus dying for you. (You don’t need faith before baptism as that implies you doing something. We do nothing towards our faith, forgiveness, belief.)
The hymn says,” Nothing in my hands I bring, Simply to the cross I cling.”
It’s God’s great love for us that He died in our place. It’s with His mercy, that He lets us come to Him. This is the simple explanation of Christianity.
You see, the Mormon religion is lead by the WRONG spirit. It does not bring a person to the RIGHT Jesus but only their false version. We here are not trying to bash Mormons but only show the Mormons the REAL Jesus and how to ‘meet’ Him.
We are praying for you to have this real joy as we have. The freedom of the Christian Conscience by having the “blackboard list” of your sins daily erased each time you come to Jesus and ask His forgiveness.
Pick up your Bible, without Mormon helps, and read it with a sincere heart. Ask Jesus to KNOW the truth.