Posted in salvation, tagged baptisms for the dead, false doctrines of Mormonism, joseph smith, necromancy, salvation, temple works, works vs. grace on 08/14/2013| Leave a Comment »
Psalm 3:8 – Salvation belongs to the Lord.
The Mormon Church puts a huge burden on the members of the church to help redeem the dead and participate in the work of salvation as they share the Mormon gospel with others not of their faith. This burden is placed on their shoulders at a very young age as they prepare to be baptized and from there prepare to attend the temple as a young man or woman performing baptisms for the dead.
Posted in Temple Ceremonies, tagged baptisms for the dead, creation, Endowment ceremony scripts, false doctrines of Mormonism, new temple film, sealings, telestial world, temple endowments, temple videos, terrestrial world, the veil on 08/05/2013| 2 Comments »
Because of the sheer volume to the amount of information there is about the temple, we’ve created another page! Woo-hoo! This time we put all things about architecture, ceremonies, handshakes and prayers, etc in one page, making it easier to retrieve any info on scripts, videos or news updates about the temples.
Click here to take a look or have your eyeballs hang a right over to the widgets.
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged Alma 34:33-35, baptisms for the dead, Book of Mormon says no salvation after death, dead works, false doctrines of Mormonism, marriage by proxy for the dead, necromancy on 07/17/2013| Leave a Comment »
No Baptisms for the Dead?
Ask your Mormon friend to explain what Alma meant when he said there’s nothing to save you after you die.
Be sincere! Tell them you’ve read a passage in the Book of Mormon that’s caused you to wonder about the Mormon practice of baptisms for the dead and wanted to get an idea of what this means from a Mormon and not an outsider.
They’ll appreciate being asked for their opinion and it gives them something to think about! This teaching in Alma contradicts everything they do in those temples.
Alma 34:33-35; “…behold, if we do not improve our time while in this life, then cometh the night of darkness wherein there can be no labor performed. 34 Ye cannot say, when ye are brought to that awful crisis, that I will repent, that I will return to my God. Nay, ye cannot say this; for that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life, that same spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world. 35 For behold, if ye have procrastinated the day of your repentance even until death, behold, ye have become subjected to the spirit of the devil, and he doth seal you his; therefore, the Spirit of the Lord hath withdrawn from you, and hath no place in you, and the devil hath all power over you; and this is the final state of the wicked.”
Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, tagged Adam saved by Jesus' atonement, baptisms for the dead, bible, Christianity, false doctrines of Mormonism, false gospel, false Jesus on 06/12/2013| Leave a Comment »
Mormon Doctrine, pg 62; “”And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall.” (2 Ne. 2:25-26.) “The atonement,” King Benjamin explains, “was prepared from the foundation of the world for all mankind, which ever were since the fall of Adam, or who are, or who ever shall be, even unto the end of the world.” (Mosiah 4:7.)”
Posted in Mormon Temple Videos, tagged baptisms for the dead, chanting, false doctrines of Mormonism, Lucifer, prayer circles, secret Mormon temple rituals on 08/18/2012| Leave a Comment »
Mormon Temple Videos
It’s hard to encapsulate into one word or even one phrase what it’s like going through the rituals in the Mormon temple.
The majority of people are immediately besieged with a creepy feeling from their experience, present company included. While I personally wasn’t married in the temple or went through sealing ceremonies with my parents, I was baptized for the dead on numerous occasions.
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged baptisms for the dead, Christianity, false doctrines in the Book of Mormon, Jesus, John 3:5, Moroni 10:26, necromancy, salvation on 07/22/2012| 1 Comment »
Baptisms for the Dead
Moroni 10:26; “And wo unto them who shall do these things away and die, for they die in their sins, and they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God; and I speak it according to the words of Christ; and I lie not.”
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged 1 Cor. 15:29, baptisms for the dead, Corinthian church, false doctrines of Mormonism, Jesus, Mormon temples, necromancy, resurrection, Saviors on Mt. Zion on 03/29/2012| Leave a Comment »
Saviors on Mount Zion
Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, Chapter 41: pg. 468-478; “We become saviors on Mount Zion by performing sacred ordinances for the dead… “But how are they to become saviors on Mount Zion? By building their temples, erecting their baptismal fonts, and going forth and receiving all the ordinances, baptisms, confirmations, washings, anointings, ordinations and sealing powers upon their heads, in behalf of all their progenitors who are dead, and redeem them that they may come forth in the first resurrection and be exalted to thrones of glory with them.”
Posted in Baptisms for the Dead, tagged baptisms for the dead, baptizing Daniel Pearl in Mormon temples, baptizing Gandhi in Mormon temples, false doctrines, Jesus, mormonism, necromancy, salvation on 03/02/2012| Leave a Comment »
Posthumous Baptisms for the Dead
This Time Around – Baptizing Mahatma Gandhi and Daniel Pearl
In 2002 Wall Street Journalist Daniel Pearl was killed by terrorists in Pakistan. Fast forward about a decade and Helen Radkey finds the Mormon Church posthumously baptized Mr. Pearl in the summer of 2011 in a Mormon temple in Twin Falls, Idaho. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-nn-mormon-church-daniel-pearl-posthumous-baptism-20120229,0,2105684.story
Posted in March, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged 1 Cor. 15:29, 2 Nephi 9:38 & Hebrews 9:14, baptisms for the dead, Christianity, false doctrines, Jesus, mormonism, no salvation after death on 03/01/2012| Leave a Comment »
March 1 – Hebrews 9:14 tells us the worthlessness of dead works. It says; “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?”
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged baptisms for the dead, Christianity, false doctrines, grace, Journal of Discourses 19:229 dead spirits chase after you, Mormon temples, mormonism, Wilford Woodruff on 02/28/2012| 2 Comments »
Necromancy
Journal of Discourses 19:229-230; “The dead will be after you, they will seek after you as they have after us in St. George. They called upon us, knowing that we held the keys and power to redeem them. I will here say, before closing, that two weeks before I left St. George, the spirits of the dead gathered around me, wanting to know why we did not redeem them.” – Wilford Woodruff
Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, tagged baptisms for the dead, bible, false doctrines, Jesus, mormonism, Mormons are saviors of men, necromancy, Savior on 12/21/2011| Leave a Comment »
Ensign, Nov. 2006, pg 11; “President Hinckley has told us that ‘just as our Redeemer gave His life as a vicarious sacrifice for all men, and in so doing became our Savior, even so we, in a small measure, when we engage in proxy work in the temple, become as saviors to those on the other side who have no means of advancing unless something is done in their behalf by those on earth’ (Discourses of President Gordon B. Hinckley, Volume 2: 2000-2004 [2005], 265).
“This is such meaningful service we give because our departed brothers and sisters literally become more connected to us.” – Richard H. Winkel, “The Temple Is About Families”
Posted in Thought of the Day about Mormonism, tagged baptisms for the dead, bible, Book of Mormon, false gospel, false prophecy, Jesus, Moroni, salvation, why baptize on 11/15/2011| Leave a Comment »
Baptisms for the Dead
Moroni 10:26 says there is no salvation for those who die in their sins. Why baptize for the dead?
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged baptisms for the dead, bible, false doctrines, Jesus, Lucifer to save the world, mormonism, necromancy, Pearl of Great Price on 11/10/2011| 2 Comments »
Jesus Appointed as Savior Contested
Abraham 3:27-28; “And the Lord said: Whom shall I send? And one answered like unto the Son of Man: Here am I, send me. And another answered and said: Here am I, send me. And the Lord said: I will send the first. 28 And the second was angry, and kept not his first estate; and, at that day, many followed after him.”
Posted in Thought of the Day about Mormonism, tagged baptisms for the dead, Barack Obama's mother baptized into Mormon Church posthumously, bible, false doctrines, Jesus, necromancy, salvation on 10/27/2011| Leave a Comment »
Posthumous Baptism for President Obama’s Mom
Peggy Fletcher Stack, Salt Lake Tribune, May 6, 2009; “President Barack Obama’s mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, who died in 1995, was baptized posthumously into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints last year during her son’s campaign, according to Salt Lake City-based researcher Helen Radkey.
Posted in Symbols of Occult on Mormon Temples, tagged baptisms for the dead, Masonic temples, Mormon temples, Moroni an angel of light, Nauvoo and Salt Lake Temples, necromancy, occult markings, occult sybols, pentagrams, Saturn stones, square and compass, temple towers on 09/30/2011| Leave a Comment »
Nauvoo and Salt Lake Temples 4
As we close up our miniseries on the Nauvoo and Salt Lake Temples I pray both Christian and Mormon alike will take these things and go to the word of the Lord to learn more on what He has to say about them.
Posted in Temple Ceremonies, tagged 2nd anointing, baptisms for the dead, confirmations for the dead, false doctrines, false gospel, sealings, temple endowments on 08/23/2011| Leave a Comment »
Temple Ceremonies:
Baptisms of the Dead, Sealings, Confirmations and Reconfirmations of the Dead, Ordinations of the Dead, Washing of Feet and 2nd Anointings
Baptisms for the Dead
The baptismal font inside the Mormon temple sits atop twelve, usually all white, alabaster bulls which stand in a circle facing outwards.
The font is in the basement of the temple which is supposed to be a “similitude of the grave”. The bulls and font are typically two stories tall.
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged 2nd Nephi, baptisms for the dead, bible, Book of Mormon, false doctrine, Jesus, Mormon Dilemmas, mormonism, salvation on 06/24/2011| 7 Comments »
Baptism for Dead not Necessary
2 Nephi 9:38; “And, in fine, wo unto all those who die in their sins; for they shall return to God, and behold his face, and remain in their sins.”
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged baptisms for the dead, Book of Mormon, false doctrine, false teachers, Jesus, mormonism, Mormons are saviors on Mt. Zion, salvation by grace, Savior on 05/27/2011| 5 Comments »
Mormon Dilemma 4 – Power to Save
Matthew 1:21 says an angel of the Lord told Joseph and Mary she would bring forth a Son, and to call Him Jesus,
“For He shall save His people from their sins”.
Posted in Baptisms for the Dead, tagged baptisms for the dead, baptize, bible, endowments, false gospel, freedom, gospel, heresy, Jesus, lds church, Mormon temple, mormonism, ordinance, proxy baptisms, truth, works vs. grace on 01/24/2011| 1 Comment »
Baptisms for the Dead
The following paragraph about the practice of baptizing the dead was taken from Jefflindsey.com, an LDS “apologetic” website–if there is such a thing. It shows how Mormons helplessly try to explain the practice of baptizing the dead:
“Baptism for the dead is a powerful evidence that Joseph Smith was a real prophet and the Church of Jesus Christ has been restored. The LDS practice has long been derided as absolute fiction and an abomination, and based on a terrible mis-interpretation of 1 Cor.15:29. However, long after Joseph Smith restored the practice through revelation, dozens of ancient documents have turned up showing that early Christians (at least some) indeed believed in and practiced baptism for the dead much as we do today. “
I am always glad to see the appearance of the phrase “through revelation” because it usually means that all other Mormon explanations have been exhausted leaving only “we do what we want through revelation.”
If there’s a part of scripture that best illustrates how Mormons twist the word of God, this is it. We have always maintained that Mormons are great basing an entire belief system upon one or two verses of scripture. This is a well known fact amongst those of us who work in the field of counter-cult ministries. The LDS Church is no exception to this rule, although they would vehemently deny the allegations. There is literally one verse that talks about baptism for the dead and this is what the Mormon Church has put their minds on to set a standard of a dead work for their god. It is found in 1 Corinthians 15:29 and it says; ‘Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead?’
The key to understanding scripture is to read all things in context before you apply it to any teaching. The first half of 1 Corinthians 15 is speaking about the absurdity of not believing in the resurrection of the dead. Paul gave examples of those who had witnessed Jesus’ resurrection and then went on to explain that baptizing for dead people was even more absurd if they didn’t believe in the resurrection. The uniqueness of Christianity lies in the resurrection of the dead. For whatever reasons, the Corinthian church believed they needed to perform this proxy for the dead and Paul was there to set them straight.
Joseph Smith is quoted in the book Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pg. 179 as follows; ‘The Saints have the privilege of being baptized for those of their relatives who are dead, whom they believe would have embraced the Gospel, if they had been privileged with hearing it, and who have received the Gospel in the spirit, through the instrumentality of those who have been commissioned to preach to them while in prison.’
Several questions arise in my mind when I read this thought process of Smith’s. First of all, how does one know if their dead relative got the chance to hear the gospel in spirit prison? Secondly, how could someone ever presume that their dead relative would even accept the gospel? Third, if, as many Mormon leaders teach today, that all people will be caught up in the first two levels of heaven regardless of whether they’re Mormon believer or not (i.e. they deny the concept of hell), then what is the point of baptizing the dead? Aren’t we all already going to heaven?
Let’s look at the exact passage in scripture:
1 Cor. 15: 29
“Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead?” KJV.
Just to gather some meaning here, let’s read the same verse from the NLV to get a better understanding:
“What good will it do people if they are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised, why are people baptized for them?”
Mormon “apologists” put all their reasoning behind the word “they,” in 1 Cor. 15:29, as if to imply that since Paul said “they” in referring to his fellow apostles in the early part of the chapter, that he means to attribute “they” to [the apostles’] practices later in the chapter as well.
We cannot build a doctrine based on that. We need more. We need to know what is biblical and what is not, based on the entire bible. Since God is not a God of confusion, He tells us what is His ways and what is not. We know that when we see things mentioned in the bible, as in God’s law in the Old Testament, we also saw it in practice in the scriptures as well. Paul talks about living a life for Christ numerous times in the New Testament and we see many characters in the Gospels doing just that. We also see what Paul wrote to the Churches in Ephesus, Corinth and others, yet again, we see it put into practice in Acts. We also know that the Church of Corinth was a church that was practicing some strange rituals. They had lost their way and Paul’s letter was sent to correct that. That alone should make us suspicious and cause us to question his motives for mentioning baptisms for the dead—if the context to the chapter were not obvious already.
But let’s look at this from one other angle. Doesn’t it seem reasonable that if baptisms for the dead were truly God’s way, then it’s a significant thing? Forgetting or not baptizing the dead as the Mormon’s teach would cost someone their salvation, or so we’re led to believe by LDS doctrine. That’s an incredible statement if true! If it were a practice of the early church, and a teaching of Jesus Christ that Paul taught as well, shouldn’t it have appeared somewhere else in scripture? Perhaps Paul just wasn’t that concerned about the dead. And perhaps Jesus had better things to do.
Again, I cannot over emphasize this. The idea of baptizing the dead so that people could be resurrected who would otherwise be lost for all eternity is a rather astonishing idea. And there is much to be lost if the Church has failed to practice this exercise. Were it not the pagan ritual that it is, then we should have seen it put into practice by the early church. The book of Acts gave us many examples to follow, preaching, baptism, and laying on of hands, to name a few.
I was baptized for the dead on several occasions in the Ogden Temple while I was growing up as a Mormon in Utah. I remember thinking I had never heard of any of the people I was baptized for so I was unable to say if those people accepted the gospel. Each time I went to do my proxy work I wondered if what I was doing was in vain. I prayed that with all my hard work to stay holy and pure to get in the temple wouldn’t be for nothing. I wasted many hours praying they would accept what I had to offer them.
The Lord tells us to set our minds upon the things of Christ. In 2 Corinthians 10:5 it says; ‘Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ’. The church keeps their members busy so they don’t have the time to think about the obedience of Christ, let alone anything He would want them to do, i.e., studying His Word.
My prayer now is that if you are a Mormon, you will study the entire passage in 1 Corinthians 15 to see where this teaching originated. I can assure you that it had nothing to do with the Mormon Jesus’ teaching on the ‘eternal principles’ of baptizing for the dead in the meridian of times and everything to do with Jesus’ resurrection as told consistently in other scriptures in the bible. Can Mormons present the same evidence for Baptism of the dead being taught elsewhere in scripture?
Posted in Interesting Facts of the 3-in-1, Uncategorized, tagged angel of light, baptisms for the dead, bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, false gospel, false prophecy, false prophet, gospel, Jesus, joseph smith, Pearl of Great Price, salvation, Savior, truth on 01/12/2011| Leave a Comment »
Interesting Facts about the 3-IN-1 – Part 2
A few years ago I wrote an article pointing out a few discrepancies in the writings of LDS doctrines. My purpose in this is to lovingly point out some items that are indeed confusing. I had someone e-mail a few weeks ago that told me she is “Mormon doctrine” so it was always going to be insulting when I write things that are “anti”.
There are two things I have to say about that comment. 1 – People are not a rule written down on a piece of paper. You are a human being whom God loves and who He has created. 2 – The materials that I use for information on this website are not written out of maliciousness towards the Mormon people. The information gathered is taken directly from the writings of the LDS Church making it impossible to be “anti”.
FALSE PROPHECY ABOUT DARKNESS AT CRUCIFIXION
1 Nephi 19:10 says there would be three days of darkness on the day of Jesus’ crucifixion.
The Bible says there were three hours of darkness at the time of the crucifixion: Mark 15:33 says; “And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.”
NEPHI SAYS WOE TO THEM WHO DIE IN SINS; BIBLE ASKS WHY ARE YOU BAPTIZING DEAD PEOPLE; D&C SAYS IT IS GOD’S ORDINANCE TO BAPTIZE THE DEAD
2 Nephi 9:38; “And, in fine, wo unto all those who die in their sins; for they shall return to God, and behold his face, and remain in their sins.”
D&C 124:29-30; “For a baptismal font there is not upon the earth, that they, my saints, may be baptized for those who are dead— For this ordinance belongeth to my house, and cannot be acceptable to me, only in the days of your poverty, wherein ye are not able to build a house unto me.”
1 Cor. 15:29 says; “Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?”
The question begs to be asked; what is going on here? The apostle Paul was asking the Corinthians why they were practicing a pagan cult ritual when they didn’t even believe in the resurrection. Nephi says there are no second chances in heaven; once you’re dead, that it folks, your time to obey and believe is done. And lastly we see how Joseph has said that God demands we baptize our dead relatives so they may be saved as well. This is a classic example of how the LDS doctrine confuses people.
THE COLOR ISSUE
2 Nephi 26:33 says; “… for he doeth that which is good among the children of men; and he doeth nothing save it be plain unto the children of men… and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female…”
Answers to Gospel Questions, 2:188; “Kindly see chapters 15 and 16, in The Way to Perfection, for further light in relation to the reason why the Negro cannot receive the priesthood. In brief, it is as follows: Because of transgression in the first estate which deprives him in this second estate. Since Cain slew his brother… the children of Cain should not have the privilege of bearing the priesthood until Abel had posterity who could have the priesthood and that will have to be in the far distant future. When this is accomplished on some other world, then the restrictions will be removed from the children of Cain…”
The following passages of LDS “scripture” further explain why God turned people dark after they were here on earth and why they were not allowed to hold the priesthood until 1978: Abraham 1:21-7; Moses 7:7-8; 2 Nephi 5:21-4.
We’ve written articles on this topic before and will happily continue to do so in order for those in Mormonism to see the problems within their own doctrine and allow the Lord to speak to them through this. There is absolutely nothing in the Bible suggesting we are a certain color because of some supposed past behavior.
In addition, the Bible clearly proclaims that we were first created in the womb, not spiritually created first; 1 Cor. 15:46; “Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.” Also see Jer. 1:5 which say God formed us in the belly.
Why do the doctrines of Mormonism vary?
If you’re a member of the LDS Church have you ever wondered why the writings of the Church haven’t changed in regards to this kind of thing? If the doctrines of God change, shouldn’t your published lesson books change as well to ensure that no one gets confused? And why did God change his mind anyway?
One more thing…if those who are dark sinned in the pre-existence, why was Jesus dark here on earth? He’s from the Middle East!
LANGUAGE OF THE JEWS?
There are many complex problems within the books of Ether and Mormon. First in the writings of the prophet Mormon, we see that God’s chosen people have changed their native tongue. By the time they got on a ship to sail for the Americas, they are speaking and writing in a language not spoken by anyone else on earth. They’ve called it “reformed Egyptian”.
If that wasn’t bad enough, when they begin to write their story down, the plates aren’t big enough to write out all the things God wanted them to write.
Then we move on to the next book, Ether, and it tells the readers that he is writing a synopsis of what it was like at the tower of Babel. Here is when God destroyed the tower and confounded everyone’s language, forcing people to scatter with their own languages. Now the Bible says everyone’s language was changed. Ether says that everyone’s language changed but Jared, Jared’s brother and just their friends.
So in Mormon it says they (the Nephites), changed the language before they got to the Americas and they were speaking the language of their fathers; that being reformed Egyptian.
Then in Ether we read how God answered their prayers and didn’t change a thing about their language. Way back in Mosiah 1:6 it says they were speaking the language of their fathers (reformed Egyptian) when they left Jerusalem.
So were all the Jews speaking reformed Egyptian in Israel?
Why did they alter their language after asking God not to confound or change it?
Mormon 9:32-4 says; “And now, behold, we have written this record according to our knowledge, in the characters which are called among us the reformed Egyptian, being handed down and altered by us, according to our manner of speech. And if our plates had been sufficiently large we should have written in Hebrew; but the Hebrew hath been altered by us also; and if we could have written in Hebrew, behold, ye would have had no imperfection in our record. But the Lord knoweth the things which we have written, and also that none other people knoweth our language….”
Ether 1:34-7; “And the brother of Jared being a large and mighty man, and a man highly favored of the Lord, Jared, his brother, said unto him: Cry unto the Lord, that he will not confound us that we may not understand our words. And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto the Lord, and the Lord had compassion upon Jared; therefore he did not confound the language of Jared; and Jared and his brother were not confounded. Then Jared said unto his brother: Cry again unto the Lord, and it may be that he will turn away his anger from them who are our friends, that he confound not their language… and the Lord had compassion upon their friends and their families also, that they were not confounded.”
Gen. 11:7-9; “Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.”
NEPHITES BELIEVE IN CHRIST BUT KEEP LAW OF MOSES
Jacob 4:5; “Behold, they believed in Christ and worshiped the Father in his name, and also we worship the Father in his name. And for this intent we keep the law of Moses, it pointing our souls to him; and for this cause it is sanctified unto us for righteousness...”
Hebrews 9:14-5; “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.”
ALMA, ALMA, ALMA… JESUS BORN IN JERUSALEM; MEN WASHED WITH BLOOD OF LAMB IN 82 BC; PEOPLE BAPTIZED, WOMAN SAVED BY JESUS, CHURCH ESTABLISHED IN 90 BC.
Throughout the first 600 years of the story in the Book of Mormon there are countless examples of people and places named that qualify the Book of Mormon as a false prophecy. The last 421 years have their own set of problems, but for now we’ll just be listing a few examples of the BC era for our proof, taken from the book of Alma.
Alma 7:10; “And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.”
Matthew 2:1; “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.”
Alma 13:11; “Therefore they were called after this holy order, and were sanctified, and their garments were washed white through the blood of the Lamb.”
Alma 19:29, 35; “And it came to pass that she went and took the queen by the hand, that perhaps she might raise her from the ground; and as soon as she touched her hand she arose and stood upon her feet, and cried with a loud voice, saying: O blessed Jesus, who has saved me from an awful hell! O blessed God, have mercy on this people!”
“And it came to pass that there were many that did believe in their words; and as many as did believe were baptized; and they became a righteous people, and they did establish a church among them.”
HOW TO BECOME SONS AND DAUGHTERS UNTO GOD
Moroni 7:48; “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified even as he is pure. Amen.”
D&C 11:30; “But verily, verily, I say unto you, that as many as receive me, to them will I give power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on my name. Amen.”
Moses 3:5, 7; “…For I, the Lord God, created all things, of which I have spoken, spiritually, before they were naturally upon the face of the earth… And I, the Lord God, had created all the children of men; and not yet a man to till the ground; for in heaven created I them; and there was not yet flesh upon the earth….”
“And I, the Lord God, formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul, the first flesh upon the earth, the first man also; nevertheless, all things were before created; but spiritually were they created and made according to my word.”
The last set of LDS “scripture” can be confusing to those who aren’t acquainted with Mormonism. The passage from Moses is located in the Pearl of Great Price and refers to the period of time the Mormons know as the “pre-existence”. They believe that all mankind was spiritually begotten by God (Heavenly Father) through a sexual union with a “Heavenly Mother”. When the time came for God to create mankind, He breathed “life” into Adam to live here on earth. Thus, man’s spirit is waiting for an earthly “tabernacle” to reside in so they can earn their way to godhood themselves.
Ask the Mormon how many times they really need to be born to be a son of God. Nicodemus asked Jesus in the gospel of John how many times he needed to be born and Jesus told him that he had to be born of the spirit. Mormons already did this in the pre-existence according to the book of Moses.
WHERE WERE MY SINS PAID FOR?
1 Nephi 11:33 says; “And I, Nephi, saw that he was lifted up upon the cross and slain for the sins of the world.”
D&C 19:18-9; “Which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit—and would that I might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink—Nevertheless, glory be to the Father, and I partook and finished my preparations unto the children of men.”
Encyclopedia of Mormonism, pg. 542; “Modern LDS leaders have emphasized that Jesus’ most challenging experience came in Gethsemane. Speaking in a general conference of the Church in 1982, Marion G. Romney, a member of the First Presidency, observed that Jesus suffered “the pains of all men, which he did, principally, in Gethsemane, the scene of his great agony” (Ensign 12 [May 1982]:6). Church President Ezra Taft Benson wrote that “it was in Gethsemane that Jesus took on Himself the sins of the world….”
1 Corinthians 1:18-19; “For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
BIBLE IS ETERNAL, BUT THEN AGAIN…
2 Nephi 9:16 says; “And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which cannot pass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are filthy shall be filthy still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the devil and his angels; and they shall go away into everlasting fire, prepared for them; and their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever and has no end.”
Articles of Faith, pg. 214; “The historical and other data upon which is based the current Christian faith as to the genuineness of the Biblical record are accepted as unreservedly by the Latter-day Saints as by the members of any sect; and in literalness of interpretation this Church probably excels.”
Doctrines of Salvation 3:191; “We are all aware that there are errors in the Bible due to faulty translations and ignorance on the part of translators; but the hand of the Lord has been over this volume of scripture nevertheless, and it is remarkable that it has come down to us in the excellent condition in which we find it. Guided by the Books of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Spirit of the Lord, it is not difficult for one to discern the errors in the Bible…”
Isaiah 40:8 says; “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
2 Nephi 10:3; “Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that Christ—for in the last night the angel spake unto me that this should be his name—should come among the Jews, among those who are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify him—for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other nation on earth that would crucify their God.”
Matthew 1:20-1 says; “But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”
While it may seem this isn’t all that important, let me expound a moment. Whenever a member of the LDS Church refers to the Lord they only refer to Him as Christ, never by His given name of Jesus. While that in itself isn’t necessarily a bad thing, His name is not Christ. Christ is a Hebrew title for Messiah or anointed one. It’s as if they’ve stripped Jesus of His personal identity by calling Him by His title only.
For instance, my name is Michelle Grim. Now if everyone referred to me by Mrs. Grim all the time, including my family, friends, and business associates, etc. it places a wall or barrier between them and me. I’m Michelle to my husband, close friends, acquaintances and relatives. Of course I’m mom to my children and finally I’m Mrs. Grim to those whom I interact with at the bank, grocery store, or the schools that my children attend.
Our first name is what helps identify us and personalizes our relationships with other people. When I hear the name Kirk, I think of my husband; if I hear the names Jacqui or Axi, I immediately think of my daughters.
When the Mormons refer to any of the apostles in the Bible they refer to them by their first names, why not Jesus? Could it be they do not want members of the Church to be on a personal basis with Jesus?
Mormon Doctrine, pg. 392 says this about using the name “Jesus”;
“Though it was a common name anciently, its use by the Lord God Omnipotent as his personal name has given it a sacred connotation for all succeeding generations. (Acts 2:36.) Accordingly its profane and repetitious use is not in keeping with the true spirit of reverence and worship.”
FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST ARE ONE GOD
D&C 20:28 says; “Which Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are one God, infinite and eternal, without end. Amen.”
Encyclopedia of Mormonism, pg. 548; “Yet God the Father is not one in substance with the Son or the Holy Spirit, but is a separate being. The Father existed prior to the Son and the Holy Ghost and is the source of their divinity. In classical terms, LDS theology is subordinationist; that is, it views the Son and the Holy Ghost as subordinate to and dependent upon God the Eternal Father. They are his offspring. Thus Joseph Smith referred to the Father as “God the first” to emphasize his priority in the Godhead (TPJS, p. 190). The Son and the Holy Spirit were “in the beginning, with God,” but the Father alone existed before the beginning of the universe as it is known.”
Joseph Smith’s Testimony 1:17; “It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!”
Isaiah 9:6; “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
These are just a handful of examples you can read in the doctrines of the Church and compare them with the true scripture; that being the Bible. We pray the Mormon people will look for themselves and go to the Heavenly Father to ask Him if these things are true.
With Love in Christ;
Michelle Grim
1 Cor. 1:18
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