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Receiving the Holy Ghost

Posted in Baptism into the Mormon Church, tagged , on 09/01/2025| 1 Comment »

 In Mormonism, the Holy Ghost is the third member of the Godhead. He doesn’t have a physical body like the Mormon god and Jesus; he is a spirit. After you have been baptized into the Mormon Church, you are then able to receive the Holy Ghost. This involves two or more priesthood holders laying their hands on your head, praying a blessing on you to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. This blessing enables you to have the Holy Ghost as your spiritual guide, provided you continue to uphold the covenants made at your baptism. (more…)

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Baptismal Interview Questions – Conclusion

Posted in Baptism into the Mormon Church, tagged , , , , , on 01/03/2014| Leave a Comment »

MormonBaptisimAs I conclude this series on Mormon Baptism I’d like to touch on what it means to be baptized in the Mormon Church versus into the body of Christ. The quote below is from the church’s Newsroom website, and gives an accurate view of how the church sees baptism (emphasis mine).

“Baptism into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints requires full immersion in water by a person who holds the priesthood authority to baptize. It is the means by which people join the Church. Those who are baptized into the Church are cleansed of their previous sins and placed under covenant to live the principles of the gospel.”

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Baptismal Interview Questions – Part 5

Posted in Baptism into the Mormon Church, tagged , , , , , , on 01/02/2014| Leave a Comment »

Baptismal Interview Questions – Part 5

MormonBaptisimOne thing you’ll learn as you begin the process of converting to Mormonism is that Mormons think of themselves as a “covenant keeping people”. They believe they enter into and make many covenants with God throughout their lives, the first being the one they enter into when they’re baptized into the Mormon Church. This final question in the interview process asks for their commitment to keep this covenant.

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Baptismal Interview Questions – Part 4

Posted in Baptism into the Mormon Church, tagged , , , , on 12/31/2013| 6 Comments »

LDS_baptismIn part 4 of my series I’m going to address the 5th question asked of new converts at their interview to be baptized into the Mormon Church. The question in its entirety goes as follows:

5. You have been taught that membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints includes living gospel standards. What do you understand of the following standards? Are you willing to obey them?

a. The law of chastity, which prohibits any sexual relationship outside the bonds of a legal marriage between a man and a woman.

b. The law of tithing.

c. The Word of Wisdom.

d. The Sabbath day, including partaking of the sacrament weekly and rendering service to fellow members.

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Baptismal Interview Questions – Part 3

Posted in Baptism into the Mormon Church, tagged , , , , , , , , on 12/05/2013| Leave a Comment »

For part three of my discussion on the questions asked during the interview process before one becomes a member of the Mormon faith I’ll be focusing on the third and fourth questions.

This set of questions has to do with the Mormons view of repentance and what they consider the more “serious sins”.

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Baptismal Interview Questions Part 2

Posted in Baptism into the Mormon Church, tagged , , , , on 11/20/2013| Leave a Comment »

This will be part 2 in my series on the questions asked of people before they become baptized members of the Mormon Church. This second set of questions is focused on the individuals “testimony” of church leaders who’ve been called to be prophets of this organization.

Question #2-

 Do you believe the Church and gospel of Jesus Christ have been restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith?

Mormon doctrine teaches that a Great Apostasy occurred after Jesus was crucified and the apostles died, and with it came the loss of all gospel ordinances and priesthood authority. And because these things need to be restored God choose Joseph Smith to be his prophet and restorer of their faith.

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Baptismal Interview Questions – Part 1

Posted in Baptism into the Mormon Church, tagged , , , , , , , on 11/14/2013| Leave a Comment »

This is part one of my series on the interview questions asked of people before they’re baptized in the Mormon Church. The first question has two parts, one is asking them if they believe God is their “Eternal” Father and the second is about Jesus.

1. Do you believe that God is our Eternal Father?

   Notice the word “eternal” in this question? Mormons believe that all of us are born children of God and that He has always been our Father, even before we were born. They believe that all of us lived in a pre-existent state as spirit children of the Father and his goddess wife/wives before we were born on earth.

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Baptismal Interview Questions- Intro

Posted in Baptism into the Mormon Church, tagged , , , on 11/06/2013| Leave a Comment »

LDS_baptismDuring the next couple of weeks I’ll be presenting a short series on the six questions people are asked before they’re baptized into the Mormon faith.

As I read over the questions I wondered if people going through the interview process felt more like they were interviewing for a job than coming to faith in Jesus Christ. As you’ll see the questions are more about what the convert is committed to do, and what they believe about Church leaders than a testament of what Jesus has done in the life of the believer.

That’s what our conversation to Jesus should be about; it should be about what he did for us on the cross. We were once lowly, wretched sinners and He picked us up out of the muck and mire, washed our sins away with His blood and saved us.

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