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Christianity and Mormonism (LDS) are Very Different
· Mormonism Research Ministry Introduction (Mp3), Free Speech in Utah (Mp3)
Witnessing to LDS (Mp3) - Some suggestions about speaking with your LDS friends and acquaintances
· Heart of the Matter with Shawn McCraney (Mp3 - Mp4) - It's where Mormonism meets Biblical Christianity face to face! Started in early 2006, Heart of the Matter is a TV show produced in the Mecca of Mormonism, Salt Lake City.
· Testimony out of (LDS) Mormonism and into Christianity (Video)
· Joseph Smith dies in his own ill-fated jailbreak
Deuteronomy 4:39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD He is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
Mormonism (LDS) practices and engages in the longtime deceitful and illegal marketing practice of "bait and switch" to offer - bait the customer with one product and then through excuses, deceit and manipulations to steer the customer into a different inferior product. In this case Mormons universally offer Jesus, the Bible and a "truer Christianity" and then in a dishonest way switching from the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Bible to the teachings of Joseph Smith and others.
The Mormon Church is deliberately trying to avoid their true identity as a Mormon cult and is instead representing themselves as something they are not, which is true Christian followers of Jesus. Following are a few considerations as to why Mormonism is a cult and in no way resembles Christianity.
Isaiah 11:10 And in that day there shall be a root (offspring) of Jesse (father of King David), which shall stand for an ensign (signal-flag) of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and His rest shall be glorious.
The prophet Isaiah instructs that the Gentiles will follow and find their rest in the Messiah, Jesus Christ a descendant of Jesse - (the father of King David). Joseph Smith is not a root of Jesse and is therefore not to be followed for he has no rest associated with his false teachings. Jesus is the Messiah, He does provide rest and eternal life to both the Jews and to the Gentiles. Jesus is a descendant of both Jesse and King David via Mary as she was also a descendant of King David.
Jeremiah 31:31-35 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which My covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put My law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is His name:
The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah instructs us that there will indeed be a New Covenant/Testament and the New Testament in the blood of Jesus will be the final Testament for all time. The New Testament brought in a complete reconciliation of man to God and therefore complete knowledge of God to each individual who seeks after a relationship with God.
Joseph Smith is completely wrong to present his new-new testament document as something representing God. There is zero Biblical indication that an American Joseph Smith was to rewrite the word and promises of God and it is just as unsettling that there is completely no factual base or historical accuracy to the strange document that Joseph Smith and his fellow Mormon (LDS) members claim offers divine insight.
*Get this…. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) will increase its efforts to discourage the use of the term "Mormon Church" and instead emphasize the name Jesus Christ when referring to the church. In an interview with the New York Times, Mormon Apostle Dallin H. Oaks said "The church will urge reporters to initially identify it by its full name, and subsequently call it the church of Jesus Christ."
*Southern California Christian times Vol. 12 No. 4 April 2001.
That is deception! – Their own apostle is practicing deception!
2 Corinthians 11:13-14 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
The Mormon Church is deliberately trying to avoid their true identity as a cult and instead represent themselves as something they are not, which is true Christian followers of Jesus.
The (LDS) Mormon Dilemma - Trying to become gods by disobeying God
Following are a few considerations as to why Mormonism is a cult and in no way resembles Christianity.
Mormons would have us believe that Mormonism is a Christian denomination, in fact according to the Mormons they are the only denomination in favor with God and therefore the exclusive denomination and the exclusive church of Jesus. Keep in mind that Mormons do not even follow Jesus or the Bible. Mormons follow their writings and their Apostles like the "Apostle, Dallin H. Oaks."
1. The number one reason Mormons are not Christians is because the jesus that Mormons acknowledge and follow they claim him to be the twin brother of Satan the Devil. The jesus that the Mormons follow is a brother of Satan and is No resemblance to the actual Jesus of Nazareth the Only begotten Son of God that the Christian Church acknowledges, follows and worships. The true Jesus of Nazareth and the Devil are not brothers. Jesus is God in physical form. The Devil was created as an angel and is now a fallen sinful angel responsible for much of the suffering mankind endures today.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave (Jesus) His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him (Jesus) should not perish, but have everlasting life.
*Note regarding Mormon (LDS) doctrine since the Mormon jesus and Lucifer/Satan are brothers and virtually equals and likewise Mormons consider themselves equal to and brothers of jesus they also consider themselves equal to and brothers to Satan the Devil and Mormons thinking they are brothers of the Devil are also defenders of the Devil. It has been pointed out by others that this Mormon-Satan support is really a not so subtle form of Devil worship. Just be forewarned that when dealing with Mormons and when you get past their outer show of public propaganda you are really dealing with a quagmire of deep dark ways.
2. Mormons believe that they will one day become gods and that the male Mormons will then rule over their own distant planet and with their own harem of obedient female Mormons they will populate their own planet. Doesn't sound like much of a heaven for the Mormon women. I have never heard of changing dirty diapers as compared to heaven. Actually this is just about what the Muslims believe that Allah will give them a harem in heaven. Jesus has stated that there will be no marring-intercourse in heaven {Mark 12:25}, but then we know that Mormons are not Christians and are not following Jesus.
3. The promise to become as a god is not unique to the Mormons, Satan also tempted and deceived Eve with this first Satanic lie mentioned in the Bible. Satan tempted Eve saying she could become as god if she disobeyed God or is that she could become a Mormon? Since Eve fell for the gimmick that she could become a god by directly disobeying God wouldn't that make Eve the first Mormon and not Joseph Smith? Since Satan is the instructor of the Mormon religion doesn't it make Satan the god of the Mormon Church?
Genesis 2:16,17 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shall surely die.
Genesis 3:4,5 And the serpent said unto the woman [Eve], ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent has beguiled (tricked/lied) me, and I did eat.
2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
4. Mormons do NOT partake in the (unleavened) bread/body and wine/blood (grape) communion of the New Testament that Jesus Himself instructed His Church to observe. Mormons instead partake in a communion of "leavened bread" & "warm water", warm water only no grape-blood! This is not the heavenly communion with God acknowledging God's life sustaining Body and Blood for our eternal life but instead in a sense the Mormon (LDS) practice is really just an earthly partaking of prison food (bread and water) likely to symbolize the spiritual prison that Mormons are in by refusing to acknowledge the true Jesus and by rejecting the communion of the true Jesus.
Matthew 26:26 And as they were eating [the Last Supper], Jesus took bread and blessed it and broke it and gave it to the disciples and He said, Take eat; this is My body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is My blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
5. The Bible mainly consists of two covenants (agreements/arrangements) also called Testaments. The Old Testament and The New Testament. Mankind sinned against the Holy God and is therefore separated from the visible presence and fellowship of the Holy God. The Old Testament/Covenant of the Bible states that God will reunite separated mankind to God here on earth. This covenant was made permanent by the shedding of blood, in this case the blood of bulls, sheep, and goats. [shed blood – death, makes an agreement permanent, once you have died you can no longer change your mind, in this case the animals substitutionally died.] The New Testament states that all of our sins which separate us from a relationship with Holy God will be permanently taken away, in this case by the physical death of God. God became a physical person (Jesus) to physically die and to reunite us with God in a permanent Spiritual relationship with God. In other words when we have a New Covenant relationship with God [we acknowledge our sin and accept Jesus as our Savior] God does not see our sins and our faults. When God looks at us He sees the Righteousness of Jesus and not the sinfulness of us. Without sin [because Jesus cleansed us from sin by taking our death penalty of sin for us] we can now have a relationship with Holy God.
In our taking and receiving the Holy Communion of Jesus, His body (bread) and His blood (wine/grape) we are now identified with and placed in Jesus Christ, we become part of the "Church of God" and are now associated in heaven with Jesus.
6. Therefore Two covenants, confirmed by the death and shedding of blood. The second Covenant confirmed by the death and shed blood of Jesus on the cross. Joseph Smith finding fault with the original two covenants between God and mankind has written a new-new covenant. If the Mormons were to follow Jesus then Jesus would have to die again in order to make this new-new Mormon covenant a true covenant between God and man. It is not possible for a second time for Jesus to suffer and die again, therefore it is not possible to have yet another covenant between God and mankind.
Romans 6:9-11 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him. For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
7. The second Covenant/New Testament was written by disciples of Jesus to Confirm the promises made in the first Covenant/Old testament. In effect there is nothing New in the New Testament except that the Gentiles can also come to God through the blood of Jesus. Gentiles can become Christians because of the blood of Jesus, otherwise we would have to be circumcised and become Jews to then have the covenant relationship with God. The Mormons having rejected the New Testament in the blood of Jesus have made themselves to be the true Jews. Yes, the Mormons believe that they are both the true Church and also the true Jews. I wonder if the True Jews [the physical relatives of Jesus], living in Israel know that the Mormons think they are the Jews.
8. Mormons in considering themselves to now be the true and only Church and also to be the true Jews/Hebrews as well have again placed themselves in another impossible position given that the Bible signifies that the two groups are separate.
1 Corinthians 10:32 Give none offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: