August 8 – John 5:26; ‘For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.’
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No where in this passage of scripture does it say that God has a body of flesh and bones but Joseph Smith’s words have convinced millions of people otherwise.
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In the book, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 181 it says; ‘That which is without body, parts and passions is nothing. There is no other God in heaven but that God who has flesh and bones. John 5:26. As the Father hath life in himself, even so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself. God the Father took life unto himself precisely as Jesus did.’
Well, I’m sure you probably know this, but they use that passage because since Jesus was human with body parts, etc, that means his father had to be the same way. After all, their god needed to have sex with Mary to provide the body!