Ensign, ‘How Men Are Saved,’ November 1974, October 1974 General Conference “Man is a soul, that is, a dual being, a spirit person clothed in a tangible body of flesh and bones. God is a perfected, saved soul enjoying eternal life. He is both immortal and exalted to the highest glory. He is enjoying that blessed condition which men may attain to by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel.” – Marion G. Romney (more…)
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God Was Saved And You Can Be Too
Posted in salvation, tagged Ensign November 1974, false apostle Marion Romney, salvation through obedience on 11/29/2019| 1 Comment »
LDS Rejection of Jesus’ Spilt Blood
Posted in salvation, tagged Ensign 1998, false apostle Dallin Oaks, sacrament, works v grace on 08/24/2019| 1 Comment »
Ensign, ‘Have You Been Saved,’ May 1998 “We are saved from our sins (see Hel. 5:10) by a weekly renewal of our repentance and cleansing through the grace of God and His blessed plan of salvation (see 3 Ne. 9:20–22).” — Dallin Oaks
Matthew 1:21 “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”
Romans 5:8 “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (more…)
Bait and Switch of Mormon Salvation
Posted in salvation, tagged Ensign May 1998, false apostle Dallin Oaks, works v grace on 08/22/2019| 2 Comments »
The LDS reference for today is an absolute heartbreaker. For the sake of overall brevity, we’re limiting ourselves to just a few comments Dallin Oaks gave in a General Conference speech. To read his article in full, see Ensign, ‘Have You Been Saved,’ May 1998.
“As Latter-day Saints use the words saved and salvation, there are at least six different meanings.
What do we say when someone asks us, “Have you been saved?” This question, so common in the conversation of some Christians, can be puzzling to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints because it is not our usual way of speaking.
We tend to speak of “saved” or “salvation” as a future event rather than something that has already been realized. … (more…)
Chaotic Confusion of LDS Gospel
Posted in salvation, tagged Alma, Doctrine and Covenants, false prophets of Mormonism, Joseph Fielding Smith, joseph smith on 05/21/2019| 1 Comment »
Warning for those contemplating membership in the Mormon Church!
Question of the Day:
What happens to people who die before having had a chance to hear the gospel?
Today we’re looking over LDS prophecies concerning the fate of mankind; LDS, and otherwise.
As we look over LDS canon, we can clearly see how Smith’s directives evolved over time. In the beginning stages of his preaching, the fate of those who didn’t fully obey the gospel was clearly defined. His signature canon, the Book of Mormon published in 1830, declared there are no 2nd chances. His chronic contradictions were implemented to create confusion, not peace.
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No 2nd Chances (more…)
LDS: No Salvation without Joseph Smith
Posted in salvation, tagged Bruce McConkie false apostle, false prophet, Mormon Doctrine p 472, no salvation without Joseph Smith on 04/12/2019| 3 Comments »
Mormon Doctrine, p. 472 “If it had not been for Joseph Smith and the restoration, there would be no salvation. There is no salvation outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” — Bruce R. McConkie, 1966 (more…)
LDS Heaven Password Protected
Posted in salvation, tagged Brigham Young, false doctrines of Mormonism, General Conference October 1968, password needed for heaven, Theodore Burton on 02/01/2019| 5 Comments »
General Conference, ‘Importance of Records,’ October 1968, 76 “My dear brothers and sisters…If you were to approach a military installation some dark night, you would be immediately challenged by a sentry with the question, “Who goes there?” If you were to answer that challenge with the word “friend,” the sentry would answer, “Advance, friend, and give the password.” If you were neither able to give the password nor to identify yourself, you would be placed in an embarrassing and dangerous position.
Yet millions of those presently living on the earth are totally unprepared for death and to enter through the gates of the celestial kingdom. They know neither the password nor will they be able to identify themselves as a son or a daughter of God. They have never taken upon themselves the name of the Only Begotten Son of God, nor passed the necessary tests of faith, repentance, baptism, and the gift of the Holy Ghost. Nevertheless this identification is needed for the entry into the kingdom of heaven…” — Theodore M. Burton, Assistant to the Twelve Apostles (more…)
Eyring’s Salvation Lies Cause Mormon Doubt and Confusion
Posted in salvation, tagged false apostle Henry Eyring, false christ, General Conference April 2007 This Day on 10/30/2018| 2 Comments »
“This Day,” Conference April 2007 “It is hard to know when we have done enough for the Atonement to change our natures and so qualify us for eternal life. And we don’t know how many days we will have to give the service necessary for that mighty change to come. But we know that we will have days enough if only we don’t waste them.” Henry B. Eyring (more…)
God’s Salvation v. My Personal Best
Posted in salvation, tagged doing the best you can, false apostle, General Conference April 1987, M. Russell Ballard on 10/05/2018| Leave a Comment »
General Conference, ‘Keeping Life’s Demands in Balance,’April 1987 “Just do the very best you can each day. Do the basic things and, before you realize it, your life will be full of spiritual understanding that will confirm to you that your Heavenly Father loves you. When a person knows this, then life will be full of purpose and meaning, making balance easier to maintain.” — President M. Russell Ballard (more…)
No True Salvation for Ignorant
Posted in salvation, tagged false teachers of Mormonism, Henry W Naisbitt, Journal of Discourses, no salvation without knowledge on 08/18/2018| Leave a Comment »
1 Corinthians 1:18-20 “For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?”
Journal of Discourses 21:39 “Salvation, in its largest aspect, consists in the proportion of truth received; men and women only are saved in proportion to the truth which they appropriate. An ignorant man will only obtain the salvation which belongs to the ignorant.” – Henry W. Naisbitt, Salt Lake City, November 23, 1879 (more…)
No Knowledge, No Salvation
Posted in salvation, tagged false doctrines of Mormonism, Joseph F. Smith, knowledge required for salvation on 08/10/2018| 1 Comment »
Journal of Discourses 20:30 “What we do not learn relative to the salvation of our souls which are our bodies and spirits, in this probation we will have to learn in the eternity which lies before us, for we cannot be saved without knowledge. “But what if we never get knowledge?” Then we never will be saved.” – Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake City, July 7, 1878 (more…)
No Salvation Without Revelation
Posted in salvation, tagged TPJS p 160. false teachings of Joseph Smith on 05/23/2018| Leave a Comment »
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 160; “Salvation cannot come without revelation; it is in vain for anyone to minister without it. No man is a minister of Jesus Christ without being a Prophet. No man can be a minister of Jesus Christ except he has the testimony of Jesus; and this is the spirit of prophecy. Whenever salvation has been administered, it has been by testimony. Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I will say that no man knows these things without this.” (more…)
Salvation Through Knowledge
Posted in salvation, tagged False Prophecies of Joseph Smith, HC 5:387 on 05/20/2018| Leave a Comment »
History of the Church 5:387; “It is not wisdom that we should have all knowledge at once presented before us; but that we should have a little at a time; then we can comprehend it. … Salvation is nothing more nor less than to triumph over all our enemies and put them under our feet. And when we have power to put all enemies under our feet in this world, and a knowledge to triumph over all evil spirits in the world to come, then we are saved…” Joseph Smith, May 14, 1843 (more…)
Jesus’ Atonement Ineffective without Joseph Smith
Posted in salvation, tagged false prophecies of Jeffrey Holland, New Era April 2017, No Joseph Smith means no salvation on 04/01/2018| 2 Comments »
New Era, ‘Testify of the Restoration,’ April 2017; “Yes, our message is most certainly the Atonement of Jesus Christ and all that it stands for, but … Take away Joseph Smith and the First Vision, take away the events which followed, take away a direct restoration from heaven, and what do we have? We don’t have much…
We cannot reject Joseph Smith, nor forget him, nor omit him, nor try to tell our message without him without also rejecting the message and dismissing the powers that he brought. He stands at the head of the greatest of all gospel dispensations… I testify that many plain and precious truths of the gospel and all of the priesthood keys of that gospel had been lost from the earth and had to be restored. … We have to testify of such a restoration, or we have no testimony at all!” – Jeffrey Holland
Salvation Chasm: Mormonism v. Christianity
Posted in salvation, tagged confession of men, false gospel of Mormonism, works v grace on 01/12/2018| Leave a Comment »
Journal of Discourses 15:370-371; “He sends forth his servants with the truth, and he makes this promise—he made it through Joseph Smith—If they will believe in Jesus Christ, repent of their sins, be baptized for the remission thereof by one having authority, they shall receive the Holy Ghost and a testimony from Him as to the character of the work in which they have engaged.” – George Quayle Cannon, Salt Lake City, March 23, 1873 [emp. mine]
Mandatory Tithing for Mormon Salvation
Posted in salvation, tagged false prophet Joseph Smith, money for salvation on 01/05/2018| Leave a Comment »
Doctrine and Covenants 64:23; “Behold, now it is called today until the coming of the Son of Man, and verily it is a day of sacrifice, and a day for the tithing of my people; for he that is tithed shall not be burned at his coming.”
No Tithing Means No Salvation for Mormons
Posted in salvation, tagged false teachings of Mormonism, The Seer, tithing for salvation on 10/13/2017| 6 Comments »
The Seer, p. 164; “… those whose names are not found on the tithing Books as having paid up the full amount of their tithing can in no wise be permitted to enter the holy temple and receive their endowments; those great and holy temple ordinances instituted from before the foundation of the world, as the only means by which the Saints can be exalted to the fullness of celestial glory, will be withheld from them, until the debt is cancelled: it is a debt which you owe the Lord; and it is for your good to pay it; as for the faithful servants of God it matters not to them whether you pay your tithing or not; the Church can get along without it; it is only for your own good that you are exhorted to obey the Lord in this thing, knowing that if you fail, you cannot receive the blessing.” – Orson Pratt, November 1853
Is Mormon Exaltation Salvation, or Idolatry?
Posted in salvation, tagged false doctrines of Mormonism, godhood, idolatry, Mormon salvation is exaltation on 03/11/2017| Leave a Comment »
General Conference, ‘The Book,’ October 2014; “The leaders did not set the requirements for exaltation. God did!” – Allan F. Packer
Ok, before we look at Mr. Packer’s comment let’s see what Mormons mean by “exaltation”.
The Gospel Principles manual defines exaltation this way:
“Exaltation is eternal life, the kind of life God lives. He lives in great glory. He is perfect. He possesses all knowledge and all wisdom. He is the Father of spirit children. He is a creator. We can become like our Heavenly Father. This is exaltation.”
Witnessing to Missionaries and Buskers
Posted in salvation, tagged LDS Missionaries, Pike Place Market, witnessing on 01/27/2017| Leave a Comment »
1 John 3:1 ‘Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God.’
Today isn’t the normal Mormon quote of the day. We’re moving out of our comfort zone based on the Lord’s promptings.
My first question today is this –
Remember the day you were saved? Do you recall how dramatically it changed your life? Do you live with that much enthusiasm every day? Do others know about it?
A favorite pastime for our family is visiting Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle. Four city blocks stretching across nine acres, are filled with indoor vendors selling anything from fresh fish and flowers, to fruits and vegetables, and even floor to ceiling teas and spices from all over the world. There’s really no other place like it!
For Mormons Jesus’ Shed Blood Not Worth Much
Posted in salvation, tagged blood of Jesus, death of Jesus, died for sinners, Jesus, Romans 5:8 on 10/19/2016| 1 Comment »
The Seer, p. 255; “Jesus Christ did not shed His blood to save us in our sins, but to open a way whereby man might obtain forgiveness through Faith, Repentance, and Baptism: and no man can be saved who neglects either of these principles.” – Orson Pratt
Romans 5:8; “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Salvation Requires a Good Memory
Posted in salvation, tagged false doctrines of Mormonism, memory required for salvation, Preparing to Enter the Holy Temple, temple endowments on 04/25/2016| Leave a Comment »
Preparing to Enter the Holy Temple, pp. 31-32
As one might imagine, the longer a person spends dealing with Mormonism, the more things you’ll find. For me there’s a handful of Mormon books I’ve classified as the worst of the worst, and while the 42 page booklet named above is repulsive, only parts of it would make my list. Today we’re looking at an excerpt in question to show why it doesn’t line up with the word of God!
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