LDS
MORMON CULT
Mark Twain describes the Book of Mormon as “Chloroform in Print” - LDS or LSD -
First
Word
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The Book of Mormon is “Another Testament”
of Jesus Christ; A DIFFERENT
GOSPEL.
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Bible - I am astonished that
you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of
Christ and are turning to a different gospel; the Book of Mormon.
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Joseph Smith told the brethren that
the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the
Keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its
precepts, than
by any other book. Documentary History of the Church Vol IV page 461
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Bible - All Scripture is God breathed and is
profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in
righteousness. - For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men
spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
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Error rarely appears for
what it really is.
- It is mingled with or attached to truth so that it will gain acceptance; such
is the Book of Mormon.
2 Timothy 3:16 – The Bible
is God breathed
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, (ESV)
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, (ESV)
2 Peter 1:21 – Men carried
along by the Holy Spirit
21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (ESV)
21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (ESV)
Galatians 1:6 – Astonished turning to the Book of
Mormon
6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to
6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to
A DIFFERENT GOSPEL (NIV2011)
CULT
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CULT - A
religious group that 1) meets regularly;
2) has an altar; 3) prays to a
deity; 4) points
to a different book other than the Bible, and/or 5) points
to a prophet or founder who has “special enlightenment” not found in the Bible.
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LATER DAY SAINTS; MORMONS 1) meet regularly, 2) have an altar, 3) pray to a deity;
4) point to the Book of Mormon for
new enlightenment and as their Bible and 5) point to Joseph Smith as their
prophet plus Brigham Young. – ALL FIVE CULT POINTS MET -
- All cults are not the
same. Some stress moral activities, others
lifestyle; the method of proselytizing; manifestation of Spiritual
Gifts, Spirit Guides; Chanting, Channeling, Visions, Communal methods and
Sex freedom religions. - We simply cannot lump all cults together although
they ALL have ONE theme in common; THEY ALL PRESENT A DIFFERENT GOSPEL.
Matt 15:14 – LDS are the blind leading the blind into a ditch
14 And if the blind lead the blind, both shall
fall into the ditch. KJV
Galatians 1:6-7 – Some change so quickly to
another Gospel
6 I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called you by the grace of Christ ⌊and are turning⌋ to A DIFFERENT GOSPEL;
7 NOT that there is ANOTHER GOSPEL, but there are some who are troubling you and want to change the good news about the Messiah.
6 I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called you by the grace of Christ ⌊and are turning⌋ to A DIFFERENT GOSPEL;
7 NOT that there is ANOTHER GOSPEL, but there are some who are troubling you and want to change the good news about the Messiah.
Joseph Smith
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There were THREE Joseph
Smiths;
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Joseph Smith Sr., born July 12, 1771 and
died September 14, 1840, his wife was wife Lucy Mack Smith. – He was one
of the eight witnesses to the Book of Mormon translated
from the golden plates and was a member of the Freemason in Ontario Lodge Number 23
Canandaigua, New York. (Hold that
thought)
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Joseph Smith Jr. born December 23, 1805,
shot and killed June 27, 1844; his wife was Emma Smith plus MULTIPLE
others. - He is the founder of Mormonism. – Junior
claimed to have become a first degree Freemason the first night and rose
the next night to the sublime degree; the Freemasons deny any connection
to Joseph Smith. (Hold
that thought)
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Joseph Smith III born November 6, 1832 and
died with a heart seizure December 10, 1914, he had multiple wives, Emmeline
Griswold, Bertha Madison and Ada R. Clark – He was 11 years old when his father died and there was a struggle
for leadership between him and Brigham Young. – Some followed him and He became
the Prophet-President of what was known as the Reorganized Church of
Latter Day Saints, now called the “Community
of Christ”. – Brigham Young took the majority of the LDS community and left Nauvoo in
1847.
The Early
Years
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After a revival, in the early 1820’s
Joseph Smith Junior went into the woods to pray and a “Power” came over him and
bound his tongue and a “Pillar of Light” descended upon him and two
Personages suspended in air, called him “My Beloved Son” and told him not to join any of
the existing churches. – He was told many thing, but not to write them down.
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At that same time he found a seer stone in
a well that would let him see the location of things invisible to the naked eye;
things hidden or lost and he hired himself out as a “SEER” to help people find buried
treasure with his PEEP STONE.
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In 1826 “Joseph Smith the
Glass-Looker” was arrested, being
called a charlatan treasure-hunter,
and found guilty of being disorderly and an imposter; he never found
anything. – Last reported, the LDS was in possession of the peep stone.
The Golden
Plates
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Three years after his first spiritual
encounter; while praying in bed, a great light shown around him. The Angel Moroni; A messenger from God appeared to him
suspended in air. – He told Smith about a Book written on Golden Plates and hidden with them were two “seers” stones in
Silver Bows known as the “Urim and Thummim” that
was attached to a “Breastplate” to help him translate the book on the
golden plates.
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He was told not to show
the plates or seers to anyone unless commanded to do so; and then gave him a
vision of their hiding place on a hill buried under a large stone in a stone
container. – He was instructed he could not touch the plates.
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For Several Years Smith went back to meet
with Moroni for further instructions. – Finally in September of 1827 the angel
Moroni turned the golden plates, the seer’s stones and the breastplate over to
Smith and he began to translate the golden plates with the help of his wife as
a scribe. – He kept the plates wrapped up in cloth, so she never saw them.
– She reported that Smith translated them without unwrapping them by use of his
seer stone.
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In 1829 Smith showed the
plates
to eleven people who testified of their existence. Three testified that the angel showed them
the plates and the other eight claimed to have seen and touched the plates.
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Oliver Cowdery, a school teacher heard
of the plates and became Smith’s scribe as he dictated the Book of Mormon in 75 working
days; it was then copyrighted June 1829.
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Note: less than half of the plates were translated,
the reaming untranslated plates were sealed and taken back by the angel. - It’s
only my guess that the Book of Mormon was named after the Angel Moroni.
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John the Baptist a messenger from God
appeared to the both of them and conferred upon them the Priesthood of Aaron. – As I read
this I begin to wonder if John the Baptist appeared with or without his head which
had been cut off.
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Around 1829-30, Peter, James and John appeared
to Smith and Cowdery and gave them the “Keys to the Kingdom” and bestowed upon Smith, the
ordination of “The
order of the Melchizedek” Priesthood
with the authority to organize a church. – On April 6, 1830, Smith and Cowdery
started a church in Fayette, New York and laid hands on six other baptized
believers confirming them as members of THE ONLY TRUE
CHURCH.
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In 1836 Kirkland Temple
was dedicated
and culminated by the appearance to Smith and Cowdery of Moses, Elisha and Elijah as well as Jesus Christ.
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To the avid
Student of the Bible, these phrases are just ludicrous and are just plain stolen
straight out of the Bible; every one of them and they just make you
smile and shake your head. – There is no angel Moroni in the Bible, and after
the death of Christ, there is no record of any apostle or prophet or even Jesus
Christ coming back from the dead to communicate with anyone. Paul only heard a voice on the Damascus Road,
he did not see Jesus. – Smith was obviously communicating with a FAMILIAR
SPIRIT, a demon. -- NYOBS
11.16 - DEMONS FAMILIAR SPIRITS -- NYOBS 33.09 – WITCH OF ENDOR -
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LSD psychedelic drug; Lysergic Acid Diethylamide; produces an
altered awareness of the surroundings, perceptions, and feelings as
well as sensations and images that seem real all though they are
not. – Perhaps Joseph Smith was not
thinking LDS, BUT LSD, just saying.
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Necromancy is a form of magic involving
communication with the deceased either by summoning their spirit as an apparition or raising them bodily for the purpose of divination, imparting the means to foretell future events or
discover hidden knowledge. - The term may sometimes be used in a more
general sense to refer to black
magic or witchcraft. Wikipedia NYOBS 17.16 THE OTHER FLOOD THE GAP THEORY DEMONS
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Bible – “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test
the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many FALSE PROPHETS have gone out into the world”.
Isaiah 8:19 – Inquire of God for the Living; not
the Dead
19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?
19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?
Leviticus 20:6 – Do not seek Familiar Spirits and
Wizards
6 And the soul that turns after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
6 And the soul that turns after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
(KJV)
1 John 4:1 - Do not
believe every spirit, but test the spirits
1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. (ESV)
1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. (ESV)
Matthew 14:8-10 – John the Baptist was beheaded.
8 Prompted by her mother, she said, “GIVE ME THE HEAD of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
9 And the king was sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given.
10 He sent and had John beheaded in the prison, (ESV)
8 Prompted by her mother, she said, “GIVE ME THE HEAD of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
9 And the king was sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given.
10 He sent and had John beheaded in the prison, (ESV)
The Book of
Mormon
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The Book of Mormon says that the Bible is so imperfect that instead of leading
men to God, it actually causes them to stumble. The Book of Mormon corrects the translated errors in the Bible. -
The scriptures in the Bible that
are correctly translated are the word of God.
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Only a FOOL would accept the Bible as God’s ONLY scripture. – There are TWO BOOKS -The
Prophet Ezekiel said there were TWO scrolls of God rolled up
on sticks; the stick of Ephraim which is the Book of Mormon and the stick of Judah which is the Bible.
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Sacred Scripture includes; The Book of Mormon - Doctrine and Covenants –
Pearl of Great
Price and the Bible which
contains supplementary text.
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In the mouth of TWO WITNESSES is a thing established, the Book of Mormon and the Bible.
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The lost books of the
Bible
that Joseph Smith refers to are: The Book of the Covenant - Book of Jasher -
Book of the Acts of Solomon - Book of Jehu - Acts of Uzziah - Sayings of the
Seers - Third Corinthians - Second Ephesians and The Epistle to the Laodiceas.
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Note: There were many book left out of the Bible because many were written and ascribed to one of
the disciples when actually they were not.
When Paul wrote to the churches, he had a style of writing and phrases
he used that do not appear in many of the Apocryphal writings, therefore
rejected. – There are writings of Jesus performing miracles as a child,
when the Bible strictly says his first miracle was as an adult was turning
water into wine.
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The Gospel is the laws and ordinances
of the LDS Mormon Church. – “For behold, I reveal unto you a new
and an everlasting covenant; and IF YE ABIDE NOT that covenant, then are
ye DAMMED; for no one can reject this covenant and be
permitted to enter into my glory”.
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Bible - Although the Mormons
feel the Bible is corrupted and the “Plain and Precious Parts” are
missing, out of all the copies of scrolls found to date, not ONE important
doctrine has been placed in doubt, however almost 4000 changes have been made
to the Book of Mormon.
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Bible - All Scripture is breathed
out by God
and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in
righteousness, that the man of God may be COMPLETE, equipped for every good work; the Word
of the Lord remains forever.
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The Bible has two witnesses, the Old
Testament and the New Testament.
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Mark Twain describes the Book of Mormon as “Chloroform in Print”.
1 Peter 1:25 – The Bible remains forever
25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.” (ESV)
25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.” (ESV)
2 Timothy 3:16-17 – The Bile is God breathed
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. (ESV)
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. (ESV)
Matthew 5:18 – Even the punctuation is correct
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one JOT or one TITTLE shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (KJV)
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one JOT or one TITTLE shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (KJV)
2 Nephi 29:3-6 – Only a fool would
accept ONLY the Bible
3 And because of my
words shall hiss forth – many of the Gentiles say; A “Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any
more Bible.
4 But thus saith the
Lord God; O Fools
they shall have a Bible; and it shall proceed forth from the Jews mine
ancient covenant people….
6 Thou FOOL, they shall say; A Bible, we have got a
Bible, and we need no more Bible. Have
ye obtained a Bible save it were by the Jews? - Book
of Mormon
Doctrine and
covenants 132:4 – Abide in covenant or be dammed
4 “For behold, I reveal unto you a new and
an everlasting covenant; and if ye abide not that covenant, then are
ye dammed; for no one can reject this covenant and be
permitted to enter into my glory”.
D&C
Ezekiel 37:15-20 –Two
Scrolls rolled on two stick – Two Books
15 The word of the LORD came to me:
16 Son of man, take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah, (THE BIBLE) and the people of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) (BOOK OF MORMON) and all the house of Israel associated with him.’
17 And join them one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.
18 And when your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’
19 say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am about to take the stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him. And I will join with it the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, that they may be one in my hand.
20 When the sticks on which you write are in your hand before their eyes, (ESV)
15 The word of the LORD came to me:
16 Son of man, take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah, (THE BIBLE) and the people of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) (BOOK OF MORMON) and all the house of Israel associated with him.’
17 And join them one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.
18 And when your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’
19 say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am about to take the stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him. And I will join with it the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, that they may be one in my hand.
20 When the sticks on which you write are in your hand before their eyes, (ESV)
Deuteronomy 19:15 Two
Witnesses – Book of Mormon & Bible
15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of TWO WITNESSES, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established. (ASV)
15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of TWO WITNESSES, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established. (ASV)
Prophecy
- Joseph Smith, Jr. continually informed
his followers, as God’s chosen leader that he alone had the right to
revelation concerning the “whole church truth”, and every spirit that did
not confess this is of the antichrist.
- Any
prophecy
received by anyone of the members must be approved by Smith, any prophecy
that contradicted his prophesies was from the Devil.
- Prophecies of Joseph
Smith: The U.S. Government would be overthrown unless it redressed the
wrong doing to Mormons to their satisfaction – Didn’t Happen - Christ would return in 1891 – Didn’t Happen - Missouri Temple would be built in his
generation – Didn’t Happen -
ALL nations would be involved in the American Civil War – Well, that didn’t Happen
- The earth will tremble and the sun hidden in “not many days” – None of these
things happened.
- The Bible - If the thing a
prophet says does not come to pass, HE IS A FALSE PROPHET.
Deut 18:21-22 – 100% must
come true or he is a False Prophet
21 How can we know when
a message has not been spoken by the LORD?"
22 If what a prophet
proclaims in the name of the LORD
DOES NOT TAKE PLACE
or come true, that is a
message
THE LORD HAS NOT SPOKEN. NIV
Degrees of Heaven
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February 16, 1932, Smith developed the
doctrine of the three degrees of Heaven; the Celestial, the Terrestrial and the Telestial,
they were degrees of glory in the Kingdom of God.
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Celestial Kingdom is occupied by those who accepted
the gospel of Jesus Christ and lived up to the required LDS ordinances
and Covenants. – They will be given a white stone with their new name
written on it which becomes a “seer stone” to the recipient.
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Terrestrial Kingdom is occupied by those who
lived respectably, but were blinded by the “craftiness of men” and rejected the
fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; and those who rejected the Gospel in
their mortal lives, but afterwards received it in the “spirit world”. They will receive the presence of the Son, but
not the fullness of the Father.
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Telestial Kingdom is occupied by those who did not receive the gospel of
Jesus Christ will remain in a spirit prison for 1000 years then resurrected and
receive an immortal physical body.
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Bible – There is NO SECOND CHANCE;
it is appointed for man to die once and then after that comes the judgment.
Revelation 22:10-11 – LDS
The three degrees of Heavenly glory
10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still (Telestial Kingdom): and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still (Outer Darkness): and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still (Terrestrial Kingdom): and he that is holy, let him be holy still (Celestial Kingdom). (KJV)
10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still (Telestial Kingdom): and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still (Outer Darkness): and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still (Terrestrial Kingdom): and he that is holy, let him be holy still (Celestial Kingdom). (KJV)
Hebrews 9:27 – NO
SECOND CHANCE – Death then Judgment
27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, (ESV)
27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, (ESV)
The Temple
- Secret
temple vows and rites were practiced that were unspeakable and could not be revealed, strange
garment worn, oaths and vengeance sworn. – “The penalty is
demonstrated by a cutting motion across the chest with the right
hand”.
- The
hand grip
is given by pressing the thumb in the hollow between the first and second
knuckles of the Hand.
- There
are signs, tokens, penalties, and grips - Symbols like the
Compass and Square which sounds identical to the Freemasons to me. – Both Joseph
Smith Senior and Junior claimed to be Freemasons. – NYOBS 04.12 – FREEMASONARY –
- Just
as the Mormon Cult points to Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon as
their source of enlightenment; so as the Freemasons point to Hiram
Abiff their master builder
and the Kabbalah for enlightenment. – Cult
Identifiers -
The Priesthood
- Aaronic
Priesthood – When ordained;
through adoption, their blood is changed and they become the Jewish
sons of Levi.
- Priesthood
privileges
were refused to blacks. No
man with even a single drop of Negroid blood in his veins could hold the
Mormon priesthood. On
Salvation
- Salvation is achieved by obedience
to Mormon laws and ordinances. - Man’s
traditions and works -
- Works – “Once we have been resurrected, it will be our
own efforts, not Christ’s sacrifice that will be the deciding factor.”
Mormons are promised that they will become gods with
angels in subjection to them. By
joining the Mormon Church, a person makes himself eligible for eternal
life.
- Bible - It is by grace that
we have been saved through our faith in Jesus Christ. It is not a result of our works, it
is the free gift of God, so that no one may boast.
Galatians 2:16 – We are not saved by works, but by
faith
16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. (KJV)
16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. (KJV)
Ephesians 2:8-9 – Salvation is by FAITH not by
WORKS
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. (ESV)
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. (ESV)
Baptism
- Baptism
in the “Mormon Church” washes away all your sins - An agreement to
“tithe” is reported to be necessary before baptism.
- Baptism
for the Dead is practiced in their
secret temple rites according to the “Doctrine and Covenants. Mormons emphasize that the family
succession of baptized persons must form an unbroken chain back
to Adam. – They must research their own genealogy. – The doctrine of vicarious baptism is a way to save
someone who has already died.
- Ancestry.com is the commercials you see running on
TV to hook you; to proselyte you into the LDS Mormon cult.
144,000
- 144,000 - The Mormons claim that they ONLY are the
144,000 who inherit eternal life and the remainder of their denomination
will just live in
- Bible – The 144,000 are all
Hebrews, JEWS and are God’s End Time Evangelist to the whole world. – Not
a Gentile among them. -
Rev 7:4-8 – Tribes of
Israel - 144,000 – ALL Hebrews - JEWS
4 Then I heard the number
of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.
5 From the tribe of Judah
12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
6 from the tribe of Asher
12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh
12,000, (**
half tribe)
7 from the tribe of Simeon
12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000,
from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
8 from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph
12,000, from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
John 1:12 – All who receive Him; right to become
God’s children
12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, (ESV)
12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, (ESV)
God
- God
can only be in one place at a time and sits on a burning sphere called Kolob that revolves every 1,000 years. – He is
comforted by his wives and continues ceaseless reproduction.
- There
are many other worlds that God created and only a part of those
“begotten sons and daughters” were designated for earth.
- He
created the earth by organizing the “existing elements” of the
universe.
- God is
one of the countless gods in existence. – There are also Mother gods.
- God has
a body of flesh and bones – He has a God nature and a flesh
nature.
- God
evolved from
a lower form of life as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who evolved into
Gods.
- YOU TOO CAN BECOME A GOD. - God
was once a man, but has been exalted. – We too can become exalted;
become a god.
- Pre-existence – We existed in
heaven with God our Father and our Mother before we became human. There was never a time when man did not
exist and there will never be a time when he will cease to exist. - Each person was self-existent and co-equal
with God.
- It
was necessary that at our birth, the knowledge of our “pre-existence” be
removed; this is called “The Veil of Memories”.
- The
fall of mankind was a blessing in the progression of humanity to the
level of Godhood.
- Bible - In the beginning nothing existed until God
spoke it into existence.
- Bible – God said; before me
no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.
- Bible – The Big Lie from Satan – You too can
become a god.
Isa 43:10 – No gods formed before ME and none after me
10 "You are my
witnesses," declares the LORD, "and my servant whom I have chosen, so
that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. BEFORE ME NO
GOD WAS FORMED, NOR WILL THERE BE ONE AFTER ME. NIV
Genesis 1:1-3 – God spoke everything into existence
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 And GOD SAID, “Let there be light,” and there was light. (ESV)
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 And GOD SAID, “Let there be light,” and there was light. (ESV)
Genesis 3:5 – The first LIE of Satan – You too can
be a god
5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD, knowing good and evil.” (ESV)
5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD, knowing good and evil.” (ESV)
Jesus
- The
earth was created by Jesus by “Organizing the existing Elements”.
- Jesus
is the spiritual brother of Lucifer and so is man.
- Jesus
Christ
lived too long ago to relate to anyone today, especially when you have a
living prophet like Joseph Smith.
Mary
- Mary was not a virgin – The Bible is in
error. - Jesus had two fathers;
Joseph and God Himself in bodily form - Mary was one of God’s many wives.
Trinity
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Three distinct GODS – God the Father – God
the Son – God the Spirit (the spirit does
not have a body as does the Father and Son.) - There is NOT a three in one trinity -
Polygamy
- God
had many wives – Only a part of the
entities born to God are on earth, the rest are in many other worlds. - A heavenly Mother is logically a
necessity.
- The
“wife” revelation was given that Joseph
and other faithful Mormon men were permitted to have as many wives as they
pleased. Before he died, Joseph had
between 27 and 48 wives based on the documentation from the LDS
Mormon Church and other historians.
- He
had married 12 women whose husbands were still living. It was share and share alike – He said, “I did not
introduce polygamy, I just merely restored it”, and not only
did God tolerate it, but God required it.
- Smith writes – God commanded that Abraham take Hagar’s handmaid as his
wife so that he could have the seed that God had promised him. – Polygamy Commanded
- It was not optional, but an everlasting covenant.
- Bible – Sara took Hagar (FREE WILL) her maidservant, and gave her to Abram as a wife
– God had nothing to do with Sara getting ahead of God’s (PREDESTINED) plan for the Nation
of Israel.
Genesis 16:3 – Sara gave Hagar as a wife to Abram
3 So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and GAVE HER to Abram her husband as a wife. (ESV)
3 So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and GAVE HER to Abram her husband as a wife. (ESV)
Doctrine and covenants
132:4 – Abide in covenant or be dammed
4 “For behold, I reveal unto you a NEW and an everlasting
covenant; and if ye abide not that covenant, then are ye dammed; for
no one can reject this covenant and be permitted to enter into
my glory”.
Other Endeavors
- 1831 Smith started a Communal Living project
known as “The
Order of Enoch” where all things were held in common, but mob
violence from the outside raided their homes, beat the men and turned them
out into the cold of winter and the project collapsed.
- 1833 Smith got a Word of Wisdom from God
that forbid the use of tobacco, alcoholic beverages and hot beverages such
as coffee and tea and forbid the excessive eating of meat. This abstinence
is essential for entrance into the celestial kingdom. He founded the “School of the Prophets” that
same year that taught Hebrew.
- 1837 Smith formed the KSS bank in Kirkland Ohio, the Kirtland Safety Society. - Mormon
currency was established by Smith in which to pay off everyone’s debts, it
was not backed by gold, silver or anything of value and many merchants
refused to take it; the bank failed.
- 1839 founded the City of Nauvoo on the banks of the Mississippi River. Nauvoo in Hebrew means “Beautiful
Plantation” – It was rumored that he had a secret temple where mysterious
rites were performed and that, coupled with their huge Mormon POLITICAL voting bloc resulted in lots
of trouble for him.
- 1843 because of his
revelation of Polygamy; having many wives, he was arrested
and put in jail.
- 1844 Smith had an
unsuccessful attempt at running for President of the United States under the Theodemocracy
Party banner. – That same year an opposition newspaper
called the “Nauvoo Expositor Press” ran editorials against him and he
had it destroyed. That resulted
in him being arrested and taken to jail where he was SHOT AND KILLED by a mob as he tried
to escape the jail on June 27, 1844.
Far Out
Stuff
- A
Mormon water tradition is that, in the beginning God blessed water,
but cursed it in the last days – many older Mormons will not get near any
body of water greater than a bathtub
Evil Spirits in a person can be detected as they “emit” an unpleasant
odor and produce a “shock” to the observer.
- There
are moon dwellers according to Joseph
Smith that are six feet tall and dress like Quakers and live to be 1,000
years old.
Brigham
Young
·
Brigham Young born June 1, 1801 and
believed died of a ruptured appendix August 29, 1877.
·
He was a practicing
Methodist
until he read the Book of Mormon and joined the church in 1832 and in 1835 he
was ordained as a member of the “Original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles”
·
Brigham said that “every spirit that
does not confess that God sent Joseph Smith and revealed THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL to and through him, is an Antichrist”.
·
In December 1847, three and a half years after the death of Joseph Smith, Brigham
was ordained as the 2nd President of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints until his death in 1877. – He founded Salt Lake City and served as the first governor of the Utah
Territory. – Salt Lake City is now the mecca for millions of Mormons.
·
He was called “Moses” because he led the
exodus of the Mormon pioneers through the desert to their promised land. - He
directed the founding of 350 towns in the Southwest as well as founded Brigham Young
University.
·
He had 55 wives and fathered 56 children
by 16 of his wives. – He divorced 10 of his wives.
Matt 19:6 – Brigham Young
didn’t comply - No Divorce
6 So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore
what God has joined together, LET MAN NOT SEPARATE." NIV
African
Americans
·
After settling in Utah in
1848,
Young announced a ban on blacks, preventing them from participating in Mormon
Temple Rites and the Priesthood because they were the Seed of Cain. - NYOBS 71.02 – SATAN FATHER OF CAIN
·
In 1863, Young stated "Shall I tell you
the law of God in regard to the African race? If the white man who belongs to
the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the
law of God, is death on the spot. This will always be so."
·
These racial restrictions remained in place until
1978, when the
policy was rescinded by LDS Church president Spencer W. Kimball.
– Wikipedia -
2 Nephi 5:21-23
– Black people are cursed by God
21 And he had caused THE CURSING to come upon them, yea,
even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened
their hearts against him that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as
they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not
be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to
come upon them.
22 And thus saith the Lord God:
I will cause that they shall be a loathsome unto thy people, save they shall repent of their
iniquities.
23 And cursed shall be the seed of him that mixes with their seed;
for they shall be cursed even with the same cursing. And the Lord spake
it, and it was done.
Adam- God
Doctrine
·
The Adam-God Doctrine was taught by Smith to
Young.
·
Adam is "our
Father and our God, and the only God with whom we have to do". - Adam was once a mortal man who became
resurrected and exalted.
·
Adam brought from
another planet to earth, one of his wives named Eve, where they became mortal
by eating the fruit of the Garden of Eden.
·
After bearing mortal children and establishing the
human race, Adam and Eve returned to their heavenly thrones where Adam acts as
the god of this world.
·
Adam returned to the earth to become the biological
father of Jesus.
·
The LDS Church’s
“new light” has since repudiated the Adam–God doctrine.
Missions
·
The most visible and most
common type
of missionaries are typically those who proselyte
door-to-door and ride bicycles for transportation. - Missionaries are
expected to pay their own expenses while on the mission, often with assistance
from family.
·
Young men between the ages
of 18 and 25
who meet standards of worthiness are strongly encouraged to consider a two-year, full-time proselytizing mission.
This expectation is based in part on the New Testament passage
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations".
·
They will spend three
weeks at an MTC Missionary Training Center where they practice using
proselytizing materials, learn expected conduct, and study
the scriptures.
·
The Missionary
Handbook
contains the basic standards and
conduct of missionary service. Missionary companions are instructed to
stay together at all times and not to go out of the hearing of their
companion's voice; following these standards will protect them both physically
and spiritually. The Missionary Handbook is also commonly and
informally referred to as "the
white handbook" or "the
white bible"
·
The Mormon’s New World
Translation Bible
is carried in the field and only the King James Version Bible can be referenced
via Smartphone as it is the version from which the Book of Mormon interprets or
translates.
Matthew 28:19-20 – The Great Commission
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (ESV)
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (ESV)
Unpardonable
sin
- Unpardonable
sin
– Accepting Mormonism and then rejecting it. NYOBS
09.12 UNPARDONABLE SIN
- Damnation is anything less
than “Exaltation” which is becoming a God in the Celestial Kingdom.
- Bible – Speaking against the Holy Spirit
will not be forgiven in this age or the age to come. – It’s about The Holy
Spirit, not Mormonism, the Book of Mormon or traditions of the LDS.
Matt 12:32 – Un-forgiven
in this age and the next
32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man
will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not
be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. NIV
Luke 12:10 – Blasphemes the Holy Spirit
10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son
of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit
will not be forgiven. NIV
Mormon
Hysteria
·
Mountain Meadows
Massacre was
a series of attacks in September of 1857, on an emigrant wagon train, at Mountain
Meadows, Utah resulting in the mass slaughter of the emigrants by members of the Nauvoo Legion Militia, composed
of Mormon Latter-day
Saints settlers.
·
Intending to leave no
witnesses
and thus prevent reprisals, the perpetrators killed all the adults and older
children—about 120 men, women, and children in total; 17 children spared.
·
Historians attribute the
massacre
to a combination of factors; war hysteria about possible invasion of Mormon
territory and hyperbolic Mormon teachings against outsiders.
Last Thoughts
·
WHAT DOES
GOD SAY about someone who brings a
different Gospel to your home?
·
Exclude from the
fellowship
those who speak contrary to the Gospel and cause divisions and offenses. - It
is possible for folks to look like they are supporting the Gospel of Christ
when actually that are possessed by an evil spirit. - AVOID these people who deceive the
hearts of the simple.
·
Withdraw from
“Brothers in Christ” who are deceived and drawn away from the Gospel. Do not count them as the enemy yet,
but WARN
them so that they will return to the truth. There are many deceivers in the
world who no not confess that Jesus is the Son of God, they are of the Antichrist.
·
Don’t even “do
lunch” with people in the fellowship who talk a different Gospel. - Do not even
sit at the same table with them for lunch. - If a man calls himself a
brother in Christ, but lives in sin, have nothing to do with him. - Cast them out of the body, leave
them to Satan’s followers that thy might see the light and their spirit be
saved. - Purge them out, that the body
of Christ might be pure.
·
Don’t let them
in your house - If
someone life does not live in the doctrine of Christ, then he doesn’t have God
in his life. - If he brings a different doctrine, do not let him into your house. - Don’t even shake his hand; if you welcome
him, you share in his evil deeds. - If you want to be friends with those who do
not receive the PURE Gospel, then you make yourself an enemy of God.
·
CURSE any man or
Angel that
preaches a JESUS “PLUS” Gospel. - Satan uses the scriptures against the
Christian by quoting, “Blessing and Cursing” should not come out of a
Christian’s mouth, but I say to you this is in reference to people made in the
likeness of God. Any person that teaches
a different Gospel is not walking in the likeness of God and should be
cursed, he is an antichrist.
·
The Bible does
not contain the answer to every
question that we might have, but it does contain EVERYTHING that we need to know to
gain salvation and have a personal relationship with God now and in
eternity. If we needed more information,
God would have placed it in the Bible. Salvation is
Jesus PLUS nothing else – It’s
not about a denomination; it’s about God the Father, God the Son
and God the Holy Spirit; the Trinity.
·
From the Sermon on the
Mount
– Blessed are those who mourn. - This mourning is acknowledging our
own personal sins with a broken heart before God. - It is too deep to conceal. - We weep and
anguish over the perishing lost LDS Mormon souls and those they will lead down
this perverted path; they both will fall into the pit.- LDS is more like LSD.
·
NOTE: In the last days; because the LDS did
not receive the love of the Gospel of Christ; God will send a strong delusion
to those that desire these lying wonders and signs and they will ultimately be
condemned and separated from God. – It’s in the Book –
1 Cor 16:22 – The unbeliever is cursed.
22 If anyone does not love the Lord-a curse be on
him. Come, O Lord!
NIV
2 Cor 6:14 -15 – Do not be in partnership with an
unbeliever.
14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For
what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can
light have with darkness?
15 What harmony is there between Christ and
Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? NIV
Rom 16:17 -18 – Watch out for smooth talk and
flattery
17 I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those
who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary
to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.
18 For such people are not serving our Lord
Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they
deceive the minds of naive people.
NIV
Acts 16:16 -18 – EVIL
SPIRITS SEEK VALIDATION BY ASSOCIATION.
16 Once when we were going to the place of prayer,
we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the
future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.
17 This girl followed Paul and the rest of us,
shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling
you the way to be saved."
18 She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul
became so troubled that he turned around and said to the spirit, "In the
name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the
spirit left her. NIV
2 John 7 – You are an
antichrist if you do not acknowledge Christ
7 Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus
Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person
is the deceiver and the antichrist.
NIV
2 Thess 3:6 – Keep away
from brothers who live after the world
6 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command
you, brothers, to keep away from
every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching
you received from us. NIV
2 Thess 3:14-15 – Don’t
associate with brothers that rebel.
14 If anyone does not obey our instruction in this
letter, take special note of him. Do not associate with him, in order that he
may feel ashamed.
15 Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but WARN him
as a brother.
NIV
1 Cor 5:1-7 –
Excommunicate one who is in sin – to save his soul.
1 It is actually reported that there is sexual
immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: …
5 hand this man over to Satan, so that
the sinful nature may be destroyed and his spirit saved on THE DAY OF
THE LORD.
6 … Don't you know that a little yeast works
through the whole batch of dough?
7 Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new
batch without yeast-as you really are. NIV
1 Cor 5:11 – Don’t even have lunch with the deceiver
11 But now I am writing you that you must not
associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually
immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With
such a man DO
NOT EVEN EAT. NIV
2 John 9-11 – Don’t let
them in your house
9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in
the teaching of Christ does not have God;
10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this
teaching,
DO NOT TAKE HIM INTO
YOUR HOUSE
or welcome him.
11 Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked
work. NIV
James 4:4 – The world is
the enemy of God
4 You adulterous people, don't you know that
friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a
friend of the world becomes an enemy of God
NIV
James 3:10 – Blessing and cursing
10 Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and
cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
KJV
Gal 1:6-12 – Let him be
eternally condemned; Damned
6 I am astonished that you are so quickly
deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to
A DIFFERENT
GOSPEL
7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some
people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert
the gospel of Christ.
8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should
preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you,
LET HIM BE
ETERNALLY CONDEMNED!
9 As we have already said, so now I say again:
If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted,
LET HIM BE
ETERNALLY CONDEMNED!
11 I want you to know, brothers that the gospel I
preached is not something that man made up.
12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I
taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
NIV
Matt 5:1-9 – Mourn and Pray for the perishing Mormons
4 Blessed are those
who mourn, for they will be comforted.
NIV
Error
rarely appears for what it really is. – It is mingled with or attached
to
truth so that it will gain acceptance; such is the Book of Mormon.
- LDS is Satan’s
LSD Opioid -
It’s
in the Book
In the
multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Proverbs 11:14
I am grateful to those that went before me
providing concepts, ideas, historical
information, and scripture verses. Because of them I can stand on their
shoulders
and see further that I otherwise ever could
have.
A Commentary; Critical,
Experimental and Practical - Eerdmans
All the Women of the Bible – Edith
Deen
Antiquity of the Jews – Flavius
Josephus Matthias
Apocrypha – Goodspeed
Baker Commentary on the
Bible – Elwell
Bible Almanac; The – Packer-Tenney-White
Bible Commentary – F.B. Meyer
Bible Dictionary – Harper and Row
Bible Dictionary – Nelson’s
Bible Hub.com
Book of Mormon; The – Latter
Day Saints LDS
Dake’s Annotated Bible – Dake
English Standard Version
Bible – ESV
Expositor’s Bible
Commentary – Frank E. Gaebelein
Forgotten Books of Eden; The – World
Illustrated Bible
Dictionary; The – Tyndale
Interlinear Greek-English
New Testament - Baker
King James Version Bible –
KJV
Lost Books of the Bible; The - World
Lost Books of the Bible; The - Bell
Matthew Henry’s Commentary - Zondervan
Missing Books of the Bible; The – Halo Press
Mormon Mirage; The – Latayne Colvett Scott
Mysteries of the Bible – Readers Digest
Nag Hammadi Library; The – James M. Robinson
Nave’s Topical Bible - Zondervan
New International
Dictionary of the Bible; The – Douglas -
Tenney
New International Version
Bible (2011) – NIV
NOTE: The “new” NIV has
been corrupted & made gender neutral. AVOID IT.
Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls – Hugh J.
Schonfield
Thru the Bible – J. Vernon
McGee
Vincent’s Word Studies of
the New Testament – Mac Donald
Who’s Who in the Bible – Paul D. Gardner
Wycliffe Bible Commentary;
The – Pfeiffer & Harrison
Wikipedia –
Zondervan Pictorial
Encyclopedia of the Bible; The – Tenney
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