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March 3 – During the last supper Jesus told the disciples that his blood would be shed for them.  Matthew 26:28; “For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins”.

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Islam vs Mormonism

 by Kirk Grim

                The Islamic faith is centered on the belief in one God and in Arabic he is called Allah. The Muslims, followers of Islam, believe that Muhammad was visited by an angel of light from whom he received God’s final revelation. Muhammad claimed that this angel of light was Gabriel, the same Gabriel as the one from the Old Testament of the Bible. It was several years before these visions were recorded in what is called the Quran, the sacred scripture of Islam.

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Martyrdom of Joseph Smith

Carthage shootout Martyrdom:  the act of extreme suffering; torment.

 Martyr:  a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.  One who makes great sacrifices or suffers much in order to further a belief, cause or principle.

      The definitions of martyr and martyrdom above will serve as the foundation of what we’re looking at today for this subject matter.  The Mormon Church has emphatically defended their position that Joseph Smith fulfilled the requirements of martyrdom.  I thought it’d behoove us to look at how people in history have indeed become martyrs for the Lord and compare those alongside the case of Joseph Smith.

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