Mormonism - Part 2 - Doctrine of Jesus

September 4, 2007 by Pastor Matt.

 It is important to understand who Jesus is.  If one believes Jesus to be a liar, just a teacher or just a good person, and they call upon the name of that Jesus to save them, it is useless.  That Jesus would not be able to save you in your sins.  You have to believe the Jesus of the Bible in order to be saved.

Don’t let Mormons fool you.  President Hinckley and Joseph Fielding Smith are prophets who speak for God.  They are the utmost authority on Mormonism.  In places that the Mormons disagree or where the prophets contradict the Word of God, the Mormons will tell you that these prophets were speaking on their own opinion.  Remind them of what their own church printed, “You can ALWAYS trust the living prophets.  Their teachings reflect the will of the Lord…” (True to the Faith, p.129).  Ask them if they dare to disagree with their prophets.  Milton R. Hunter was on the First Council of the Seventy and was sustained as a prophet of God.

Who is Jesus to Mormons?

NOT THE SAME JESUS AS CHRISTIANS - “In bearing testimony of Jesus Christ, President Hinckley spoke of those outside the Church who say Latter-day Saints ‘do not believe in the traditional Christ.’ ‘No, I don’t. The traditional Christ of whom they speak is not the Christ of whom I speak.”  (LDS Church News, June 20, 1998, p. 7)

NOT ALWAYS GOD - Jesus, like all other gods before Him, had to become a God. He is the literal Son of God like we are children of God, but He’s without sin (Fielding Smith, The Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 346-7 [pre-2002 edition]).

BROTHER OF LUCIFER - “The appointment of Jesus to be the Savior of the world was contested by one of the other sons of God. He was called Lucifer, son of the morning. Haughty, ambitious, and covetous of power and glory, this sprit-filled brother of Jesus desperately tried to become the Savior of mankind.” (Milton R. Hunter, Gospel Through the Ages, p. 15)

NOT BORN OF A VIRGIN - “Christ was begotten by an Immortal Father in the same way that mortal men are begotten by mortal fathers.” (Mormon Doctrine p. 547)

THE TRUTH

ALWAYS GOD - “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word WAS God.” (John 1:1)  (The Word = Jesus)

CREATOR OF LUCIFER - “All things were made by him [Jesus]; and without him was not any thing made that was made.” (John 1:3)

BORN OF A VIRGIN - “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost…Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son…” (Matthew 1:18,23)

Can you see the distinct differences?  I hope they are obvious to you.  If you call on the name of the Jesus of the Latter Day Saints, you will not be saved.  I know that sounds harsh, but this is written out of love, so that all might come to know the Jesus of the Bible. 

To sum up, their Jesus cannot save you in your sins (Alma 11:37).  He is no different than us.  He had to work his way in becoming a god and so do we.  The Jesus of the Bible has all the power to save us in our sins (Romans 5:8).    Trusting in grace alone, in the work of Christ alone, their is forgiveness of sins. 

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