‘Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.’ Acts 4:12
General Conference, ‘A Living Witness of the Living Christ’, April 2020 “The central message of the Book of Mormon is to restore the true knowledge of the essential role of Jesus Christ in the salvation and exaltation of mankind.” — Gérald Caussé
John 3:30 “He must increase, but I must decrease.”
1 Peter 1:25 “But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.”
Contrary to what this man said, the message in the Book of Mormon is filled with ruinous lies about the Lord Jesus. One example is found in 3 Nephi 19:30 where it says Jesus is white.
Furthermore, the BoM didn’t provide any new info we didn’t already have in the Bible.
Another problem in Mr. Caussé’s talk is when he said Jesus had an essential role in the exaltation of mankind.
This isn’t remotely true beloved! All throughout the Bible we read how God has proclaimed there are no other gods – He’s the only God there is!
Why would Jesus exalt man for a godhood position if he’s always declared there are no other gods? Check out Isaiah chapters 40-46 for several examples of this.
Moreover, the BoM doesn’t contain any verses telling the reader godhood is possible. This is one of the numerous LDS basic beliefs that’s missing in the BoM.
Lastly, the Lord has told us numerous times His word endures forever – Praise His Holy Name! For an example of some of those, see our Bible is Reliable Database. If you believe, and trust in Him, why wouldn’t you trust His word?
With Love in Christ;
Michelle
The Bible has the TRUE KNOWLEDGE of the essential role of Jesus Christ. And it didn’t need restoring. There is no such thing as exaltation. There are no degrees of heaven, and we CANNOT become gods or “like” God. This is what the adversary wants us to believe. Just like he tricked Adam and Eve in the garden.
Notice how Mr. Caussè used the word knowledge. What tree was it Adam and Eve weren’t supposed to eat from?
Satan’s main tactics against humankind are Doubt and Denial. In the Garden of Eden, Satan asked Eve: “Yeah, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree in the garden?” Eve responds to Satan by telling him that God told her (Adam) and that could eat of every tree except the one in the middle of the garden.If they ate of that tree they would die. Satan then tells Eve: “You shall not surely die. For God knoweth that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes will be open, and ye shall live as (gods), knowing good and evil.” (Genesis 3:1-5)
Mormonism is Satan on display. Place Doubt on the validity of the Bible (Art #8), then, completely deny the Bible, by adding something called “The Restored Gospel. The Restored Gospel coming about because God wanted us to know that His Bible was not sufficient. As part of this Restored Gospel (D&C), people are told that they can become (gods). The very same thing Satan told Eve.n Genesis 3:5
Satan has used the same tactics since the beginning of humankind. He uses the Doubt and Denial tactics because they work.
Satan’s mention to Eve that she could become a God, is what Satan whispered into Joe Smith’s ear.The way Satan likely figured, If it worked on Eve, certainly it could work on Joe Smith.