Hidden Facts About Mormonism

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HIDDEN FACTS ABOUT MORMON.ORG

- What the Official Mormon Church Website Does Not Tell You

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as

the Mormon Church or Mormonism) presents itself as a

Christian religion. In keeping with its goal to be accepted by thepublic as another denomination of Christianity, the 2007 English

version of the Mormon Churchs official website www.mormon.orgwas nicely watermarked with the image of Jesus Christ as seen at

the Visitors Center of the Salt Lake, Utah Temple Square .

Is the Mormon Church a Christian religion? To answer this

question, we will briefly examine some of the main topics discussed

at mormon.org, compare the beliefs of Mormonism with theteachings of the Bible, and discuss facts the Mormon Church hides

from viewers of this website.

CONTENTS OF THIS ARTICLE:

God Is Your Loving Heavenly Father

o Mormon Gods existed before Heavenly Father.

o LDS Heavenly Father did not exist from eternity.

o God has a wife in Heaven.

The Gospel Blesses Families and Individuals

o Forever families and non-worthy family members

o Divided families in the Celestial Kingdom

o Marriage in Heaven and the teachings of Jesus

Heavenly Father Reveals His Gospel to Allo Joseph Smiths qualifications and his claim to be Gods Prophet.

o John the Baptist and Gods Final Prophet

Jesus Christ Established His Church

o 6 Reasons the Mormon Churchs structure is not like the early Christian church

The Great Apostasy

o Partial apostasy and Christs preservation of His Church

o The Apostle Johns promise of life and his holding of Priesthood authority until Christ comes

o The Book of Mormons 3 Nephites who live forever.

The Restoration of the Gospel

o The Restored Gospel = Another Gospel

o Eternal Marriage and the Gospel

o Acts 3:19-21 and the restitution of all things


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The Restoration of the Priesthood

o The Aaronic Priesthood, Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith

o The Aaronic Priesthood authority nullified

o The non-transferable Melchizedek Priesthoodo The Priesthood authority of all Christian believers

The Book of Mormon

o The Book of Mormons witness of Jesus Christ disagrees with the Biblical witness of Christ.

o The Book of Mormon is historically inaccurate and disagrees with archaeology.

o The Book of Mormon is geographically inaccurate.

Heavenly Fathers Plan of Happiness

o Heavenly Mother and the pre-existence

o The Mormon belief of becoming Gods

o Mormonism and future polygamy

Jesus Christ - Our Savior

o Jesus the Son of God is eternal, not procreated.

o The Biblical Jesus is not Lucifers brother.

o The LDS Jesus blood is insufficient to cover all sins.

o The LDS Jesus requires you to do all you can do.

o The LDS Jesus cannot save you in your sins.

How Can I Know This is True?

o Moronis challenge does not prove the LDS Church is true.

o Joseph Smith admitted that personal revelation is able to come from Satan.o Beliefs must be tested. Wisdom cannot reveal truth.

GOD IS YOUR LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER

The first section of the Mormon Churchs website is entitled Restoration of Truth. Mormonism teaches that

all other churches of Christianity possess only part of Gods truth while the Mormon Church is the onlyChristian church that possesses the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Thus, we will spend the majority of

our review of the LDS Churchs website examining this section. The first page in this Restoration of Truth

section of the mormon.org website, under the section entitled, God is Your Loving Heavenly Father they

state:

We call God Heavenly Father because He is the Father of our spirits and we are created

in His image (Genesis 1:27). God has a body that looks like yours, though His body is

immortal, perfected, and has a glory beyond description.1

1All quotes from the LDS Mormon Church website, www.mormon.org, are taken from the 2008 English version of the site.


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WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT GOD THE FATHER:

Mormon Gods existed before Heavenly Father.

Mormon.org does not tell you that Mormons DO NOT believe that God the Father is the first God

who has ever existed. Many outside the LDS Church do not know that when Mormons speak ofHeavenly Father, they are not speaking of the Biblical God who says: I am he: before me there wasno God formed (Isaiah 43:10) Rather, on the contrary, Mormonism teaches that God the Father had

a Father God before Him and that God had a Father God before Him and so forth on backwardinto eternity. Thus, Mormon Prophets and Apostles have claimed:

I will preach on the plurality of Gods Our text says, And hath made us kings andpriests unto God and His Father. The Apostles have discovered that there were Gods

above My object was to preach the scriptures, and preach the doctrine they contain,

there being a God above, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ . Teachings of theProphet Joseph Smith, p. 370

Our Father in heaven, according to the Prophet, had a Father, and since there has been

a condition of this kind through all eternity, each Father had a Father, until we come toa stop where we cannot go further, because of our limited capacity to understand.

LDS Apostle Joseph Fielding Smith (who became Mormonisms 10th Prophet)

Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 2, p. 47

Thus, the Mormon version of Heavenly Father is not the God of the Bible who claims to be the

first and only God:

Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the

first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. Is there a God beside me? yea,there is no God; I know not any.Isaiah 44:6, 8

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LDS Heavenly Father did not exist from eternity.

Mormon.org does not tell you that Mormons believe that God has not always been as God . WhileMormon.org admits that Mormonism teaches that God has a human body that looks like yours, it fails

to explain that the Mormon Church does not agree with the Biblical teaching that God is not a man

(Hosea 11:9). Rather, Mormonism teaches that God is literally an exalted Man who once lived on an

earth like ours and progressed to Godhood. Joseph Smith taught:

God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned inyonder heavens! I say, if you were to see him today, you would see him like a man in

formlike yourselves in all the person, image, and very form as a man I am goingto tell you how God came to be God. We have imagined and supposed that God was

2All Biblical Scripture is quoted from the King James Version of the Bible.


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God from all eternity. I will refute that idea.he was once a man like us; yea, that God

himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth, the same as Jesus Christ himself

did.Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, pp.345-346

Through Obedience to Law We Can Become Like Our Father in Heaven... If Godbecame Godby obedience to all of the gospel law with the crowning point being the

celestial law of marriage, then thats the only way I canbecome a god. Achieving A

Celestial Marriage, Student Manual, p. 4

God has a wife in Heaven.

Mormon.org does not tell you that Mormons believe God the Father has a wife in Heaven . WhenMormons say that God is the Father of our spirits, they do not believe as the Bible teaches, that God

created our spirits within our human bodies at conception (Zechariah 12:1) , but rather they teach

that God procreated our spirits with his wife in a Heavenly spirit-world. On page 129 of theMormon Church publication,Achieving A Celestial Marriage Student Manual, the Church states:

By definition, exaltation includes the ability to procreate the family unit throughout

eternity. This our Father in heaven has power to do. His marriage partner is our

mother in heaven. We are their spirit children, born to them in the bonds of celestial

marriage For as we have a Father in heaven, so also we have a Mother there, a

glorified, exalted, ennobled Mother. Achieving A Celestial Marriage Student Manual,p. 129

For more information see:

Do Mormons Worship One God or Many Gods? - http://www.4mormon.org/card-ldsworship.php

Is God an Exalted Man? -http://www.4mormon.org/card-ldsimage.php

Did Joseph Smith see God the Father? - http://www.4mormon.org/card-ldsfirstvision.php

Mormon God vs. Biblical God - http://www.4mormon.org/mormon-church-true.php#testinggod

THE GOSPEL BLESSES FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS

Under this section of The Restoration of Truth link of mormon.org, we read: Because families are

ordained of God, they are the most important social unit in time and in eternity. Marriage

(Genesis 2:18) and family (Genesis 1:28) are central focal points in Gods plan for the eternadestiny of His children. Your Heavenly Father wants you to do all you can during your time on

Earth to prepare yourself to live in an eternal family.


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WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT FOREVER FAMILIES:

Forever families and non-worthy family members

The teaching of Mormonisms three Kingdoms of Heaven, prevents the family unit from existing

together as a complete family unit if ANY of the family members fail to perform to the

standards required for the Celestial Kingdom (Highest Mormon Kingdom). The LDS Church

manual, Gospel Principles states:

At the Final Judgment we will be assigned to the kingdom for which we are

prepared. We will be sent to one of four places the celestial kingdom (the highest

degress of glory), the terrestrial kingdom (the second degree), the telestial kingdom (thelowest degree), or outer darkness (the kingdom of the devil - not a degree of glory).

...Terrestrial... These are also they who received the gospel and a testimony of Jesus

but then were not valiant.... They will not be part of eternal families ....GospelPrinciples, pp. 297-298

Thus, children born to parents who have been sealed for time and eternity in a Mormon Temple, are

not guaranteed to live with their parents in the Celestial Kingdom, until after they have proven

worthy of that Kingdom by fulfilling all the commandments and covenants of the LDS faith throughout

their entire adult lives.

Divided families in the Celestial Kingdom

Even if an entire LDS family inherits the Celestial Kingdom as Mormonism describes, they will

NOT really be together forever as a family. This is because Mormonism teaches that when a husbandand wife are exalted to become gods in the Celestial Kingdom, each couple is given a separate

world to populate from the ones given to their children. Thus, if every worthy male and female couple

each inherits a world to populate, how would they be able to be together in the family unit of theirparents world? Since gods in Mormonism have a finite body and cannot be present everywhere, how

would a worthy Mormon couple who is busy populating their world be able to be present

with their children who are busy with their own separate worlds?

Brethren, 225,000 of you are here tonight. I suppose 225,000 of you may become gods.

There seems to be plenty of space out there in the universe. And the Lord has proved that

he knows how to do it. I think he could make, or probably have us help make, worlds

for all of us, for every one of us 225,000. Spencer W. Kimball (12th LDS Prophet),Ensign, November 1975, p. 80

How many Gods there are, I do not know. But there never was a time when there

were not Gods and worlds, and when men were not passing through the same ordealsthat we are now passing through.Brigham Young (2nd LDS Prophet), Journal of

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It has been said, therefore, that God is everywhere present; but this does not mean that

the actual person of any one member of the Godhead can be physically present in more

than one place at one time.plainly, however, His person cannot be in more than one

place at any one time. James E. Talmage, The Articles of Faith, (1890), 1966ed.,

p. 43

Marriage in Heaven and the teachings of Jesus

Jesus taught that there will be NO marriage in heaven (see Matthew 22:28-30), but that all people in

Heaven will resurrect in a form similar to the angels in Heaven. Because the Bible teaches that there is

only one Heaven where God and His people will live, the Bible teaches that all family members can

live together in Heaven if they trusted Jesus Christs payment for their righteous standing before God

(see Acts 16:30-31). Thus, there will be no families broken apart into separate Kingdoms of Heaven,simply for not proving worthy enough or for inheriting separate worlds. Only the rejection of Jesus as

Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9), causes the unbeliever to be rejected from Heaven. Thus, while the

family unit itself will not exist in Heaven, family members can live together forever in Gods ONEKingdom of Heaven (Matthew 25:46).


THE RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL - Eternal Marriage and The Gospel (section of thisarticle)

HEAVENLY FATHERS PLAN OF HAPPINESS (section of this article)

HEAVENLY FATHER REVEALS HIS GOSPEL TO ALL

In the section entitled, Heavenly Father Reveals His Gospel to All under The Restoration of Truth ofmormon.org, the website describes the concept that Gods people need prophets to lead them today as they did

in the past. This idea is based on the Biblical Scripture of Amos 3:7 that states:

Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT GODS PROPHETS:

Joseph Smiths qualifications and his claim to be Gods Prophet.

Joseph Smiths false prophecies, his false teachings about God, and his polygamy disqualified himfrom being called as a Prophet of God to lead Gods Church. The Bible is clear that a true Prophet of

God must have 100% accuracy in his predictions and teach accurate doctrine about the character and

nature of the one true God. It also proclaims that any man who wishes to lead Gods Church today, mustbe the husband of one wife (1 Timothy 3:1; Titus 1:6). Joseph Smith failed all three of these tests with

his false predictions recorded in Mormon Scripture, his false teachings about God not always beingGod and making Him into an exalted man, contrary to Biblical doctrine about God being a Spirit

(John 4:24), who is not a man (Hosea 11:9; Numbers 23:19; Romans 1:23). He also failed the New


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Testament test of being a Christian leader when he married 33 additional women after marrying hisfirst wife Emma.

John the Baptist and Gods Final Prophet

John the Baptist was the last prophet to lead Gods people because Jesus became the supreme

Prophet of Gods Church today. Biblical Scripture explains:

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by

the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hathappointed heir of all things. ... Hebrews 1:1-2

The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God ispreached, and every man presseth into it. Luke 16:16

Since Jesus Christ is the only Prophet who leads Gods Church today, He is called the head ofthe church (Ephesians 5:23). He gives personal revelation of His will to each individual believer

today through Bible reading, prayer and communion with Gods Holy Spirit (John 14:26).


Are Prophets and Apostles for the Christian Church Today?

http://www.4witness.org/mormon/lds-prophets-today.php

Was Joseph Smith Qualified to Lead God's People?http://www.4mormon.org/card-ldspolygamy.php

Did Joseph Smith Change His Doctrine that God Has Always Been God?

http://www.4mormon.org/card-ldsjsgod.php Why did Joseph Smith Die So Young?

http://www.4mormon.org/card-ldsjosephdeath.php

List of Joseph Smith's Significant False Prophecies

http://www.4mormon.org/mormon-beliefs.php#prophecy

The False Prophecies of Brigham Young

http://www.4mormon.org/mormon-church-true.php#testingprophets

JESUS CHRIST ESTABLISHED HIS CHURCH

Under the The Restoration of Truth - Jesus Christ established His Church section of mormon.org we

read:

A few hundred years before the birth of Jesus Christ, people had fallen into apostasy. When

the Savior began His mortal ministry, He restored His gospel and established His Church againon the earth. He built His Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, He

himself being the chief cornerstone (Ephesians 2:20) In addition to the Twelve Apostles,

Christ appointed other leaders to assist the Apostles in the work of His Church. These included:


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Seventies (missionaries), Evangelists (patriarchs), Pastors (presiding leaders), Elders, Bishops,

Priests, Teachers, Deacons.

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT THE CHURCH JESUS CHRIST

ESTABLISHED.

6 Reasons the Mormon Churchs structure is not like the early Christian church

The Mormon Churchs organizational structure is not identical to the organizational structure of

the early church that Jesus Christ established. There are several reasons for this.

1. There were more than 12 Apostles in the early church. While Mormons are familiar with the 12

disciples Jesus appointed as His apostles at Luke 6:13, they fail to note that 8 additional men were

appointed as apostles in the early church. These were:

Matthias (Acts 1:26) replacing Judas

Barnabas (Acts 14:14) Andronicus (Romans 16:7)

Junia (Romans 16:7)

James, the brother of Jesus (Galatians 1:19)

Silvanus (1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2:6)

Timothy (1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2:6)

Paul (Romans 11:13; 1 Corinthians 15:8-10)

Thus, the early church had at least 19 Apostles, and not strictly 12 Apostles as the Mormon Churchpossesses today.

2. Once a foundation is built, it no longer needs to be rebuilt. Ephesians 2:20 states that the church

(household of God) is built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himselfbeing the chief corner stone. Since the writings of the foundation provided by the prophets and

apostles of the Old and New Testaments are compiled in the Biblical Scripture we possess today, there

is no need to reestablish this foundation through new revelation under a new set of

foundational Prophets and Apostles for the Christian Church today. As we already noted, when

the official position of Prophet under the Old Testament ended with John the Baptist (Luke

16:16), the role transferred to Jesus Christ as the supreme Prophet of Gods people (Hebrews 1:1-2) .

3. The LDS Churchs organizational structure is backward when it places Prophets over ApostlesGod set Apostles to be first in the Church OVER Prophets. While Jesus Christ fulfills the role as

Supreme Prophet of the Church today, God gave the early church men who were called prophets

because they gave revelation to specific individuals and congregations within the church and

expounded upon the truths in Scripture just as pastors do today when they preach the Word of

God. Unlike the Mormon Churchs Prophet whose teachings are not to be criticized, the prophets of theearly church were critiqued by fellow prophets and apostles. This is why Paul commanded the believers

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Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. Ifany thing be revealed to

another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.For ye mayall prophesyone by one, thatall may learn, and all may be comforted. And the spirits of the prophets are subject to theprophets.1 Corinthians 14:29-32

Because the test of a prophet requires 100% accuracy in prophetic utterances (Deuteronomy 18:20-22)and doctrine compatible to the written text of Scripture (Isaiah 8:20), God appointed apostles like Pau

(who served as a church planting missionary), to oversee the prophets serving in the churches hefounded:

God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers,

after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.1 Corinthians 12:28

4. The position of Seventy did not exist in the early church. The only place in the New Testament

where the term seventy appears is at Luke 10:1, 17 where the Lord Jesus sent out seventy men toprepare the way for Him to speak in the towns and villages. They acted as missionaries do today in

preaching the Gospel. Nowhere else in the New Testament does the term Seventy appear. Thus, the

term speaks only of the number of men Jesus sent out and does not speak of an official position Jesusestablished in His Church.

5. The office of Priests did not exist in the early church. While the Bible speaks of the Priesthoodof all believers at 1 Peter 2:5 and 9 that is possessed by all followers of Jesus Christ (both male and

female), nowhere in the Bible does a mortal human hold an official position of Priest in the early

Church. The writer of Hebrews explains that the Priesthood under the Jewish Aaronic system was

transformed to the Melchizedek arrangement when Jesus Christ became the only high priest

mediating for the Christian Church (Hebrews 4:15, 7:12). Thus, there is no need for special Priests

to serve in the Church of God today. Hebrews 7:11-12, 24-25 explains:

If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people receivedthe law,) what further need was there thatanother priest should rise after the orderof Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthoodbeing

changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law But this man, because he

continueth ever, hath an unchangeablepriesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save

them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make

intercession for them

6. Deacons were not 12 year old boys in the early church. Mormonism bestows the office of Deacon

on twelve-year old boys, but in the early church we read that those who held the office of Deacon

were grown men who were the husbands of one wife (1 Timothy 3:12). Thus, the Mormon Churchsoffice of Deacon does not follow the biblical pattern.


Are Prophets and Apostles for the Christian Church Today?

http://www.4witness.org/mormon/lds-prophets-today.php

Who Has the Proper Authority to Administer Gospel Ordinances? 20 Questions for LDS on

Priesthood Authority: http://www.4witness.org/ldsquestions/qlds-priesthood.php


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THE GREAT APOSTASY

Under the The Restoration of Truth The Great Apostasy section of mormon.org we read:

Following the death of Jesus Christ The Apostles were killed and the priesthoodauthorityincluding the keys to direct and receive revelation for the Churchwas takenfrom the earth (2 Thessalonians 2:13). Because the Church was no longer led by priesthood

authority and revelation, error crept into Church teachings. Good people and much truthremained, but the gospel as established by Jesus Christ was lost, resulting in a period called

the Great Apostasy.

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT THE GREAT APOSTASY

Partial apostasy and Christs preservation of His Church

It is TRUE that periods of apostasy occurred in some segments of Christs Church, but it isFALSE that this apostasy resulted in the complete loss of Christs gospel and priesthood

authority. 1 Timothy 4:1 states that only some(not all) would fall away during the apostasy. Jesus

promised that His Church would never be overcome by the evil forces of Hell (Matthew 16:18). Jude

promised that the gospel was delivered to the saints once for all time (Jude 3) and Ephesians 3:21stated that Christ is to receive glory in His Church throughout all ages. If the Mormon claim is true

that a complete apostasy occurred in Christs church, how would Christ have been able to receive

glorythroughout all ages?

The Apostle Johns promise of life and his holding of Priesthood authority until Christ comes

According to Mormon Scripture Priesthood authority could not have been lost from the earthbecause the Apostle John was promised that he would not die, but would live and hold the keys

of ministry authority until Jesus returns. Mormon Scripture, Doctrine and Covenants section 7

explains:

the Lord said unto me: John, my beloved, what desirest thou? And I said unto him:

Lord, give unto me power over death And the Lord said unto me: Verily, verily, I

say unto thee, because thou desirest this thou shalt tarry until I come in my glory, andshalt prophesy before nations, kindreds, tongues and people I say unto thee, Peter

and for thy brother James; and unto you three I will give this power and the keys of thisministry until I come.Doctrine and Covenants 7:1-3, 5, 7

The Book of Mormons 3 Nephites who live forever.

According to Book of Mormon Scripture, three Nephites who were part of the 12 Apostles that Jesus

allegedly appointed in America, were also told that they would never endure the pains of death butwould be changed from mortality to immortality at Christs future coming (3 Nephi 28:8). So, if

Mormon Scripture is true and these four Apostles never died, Priesthood Authority could not

have left the earth and there would be no need for this authority to be restored through

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Was a Restoration of the Gospel Necessary?

http://www.4mormon.org/card-ldsrestoration.php Did Joseph Smith Possess the Proper Priesthood Authority to Restore Christs Church in 1830?

http://www.4mormon.org/mormon-authority.php

THE RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL - Mormon.org States:

In 1820, as He had done throughout history, Father in Heaven again chose a prophet to

restore the gospel and the priesthood to the earth. He called a young man named JosephSmith, and through him, the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ was restored to the earth.

The Apostle Peter prophesied of the restitution of all things before Christs Second

Coming (Acts 3:1921). The Restoration of Christs Church on the earth has made available theopportunity for all to once again receive all of the blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT THE RESTORED GOSPEL

The Restored Gospel = Another Gospel

Joseph Smith claimed that God restored the gospel throughhim by the appearance of theFather and the Son in his first vision, and later, the angel Moroni, who allegedly led him to the

gold plates of theBook of Mormon buried in the Hill Cumorah in upstate New York. Mormons

claim that this Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ, yet the BiblicalApostle Paul warned of this another gospel:

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christunto another gospel. Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, andwould pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach

any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be

accursed. Galatians 1:6-8;

What is the true Gospel? How is it different from the restored gospel of Mormonism? As

we have already discussed, the true gospel was delivered once for all with no need for it tobe redelivered to the church (Jude 3). The simple fact thatthat Mormonism claims to restorea lost gospel is an indication that its gospel is a counterfeit.

The true Gospel is the belief that Jesus Christ died to pay the full penalty that was due us

for the crimes (sins) we have committed in disobeying Gods laws (1 Peter 2:24) . To acceptChrists pardon, we must first recognize that we are all sinners and are unworthy to stand in

Gods presence (Romans 3:23; 6:23). Next, we must place our personal trust in the belief that

Jesus Christ as God died to pay for our sins so that we can be forgiven of our sins andperfected by standing in Christs righteousness alone (Philippians 3:9; Hebrews 10:10, 14).

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For he hath made himto be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made therighteousness of God in him.2 Corinthians 5:21

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of

God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9

The Mormon Churchs version of the gospel does not agree with the simple gospel of Jesus

Christ given in the Bible because it requires obedience to laws and ordinances to make oneself

worthy instead of trusting solely in Christs substitutionary righteousness. LDS Apostle Spencer W

Kimball explained:

Jesus Christ, our Redeemer and Savior, has given us our map a code of laws andcommandments whereby we might attain perfection and, eventually, godhood. This set

of laws and ordinances is known as the gospel of Jesus Christ and it is the only plan

which will exalt mankind.The Miracle of Forgiveness, p. 6

When one reads the description of the another gospel that Paul warned the Galatians about inthe following verses, one is able to see how Mormonisms gospel falls into the same category of

being a counterfeit gospel:

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth

Received ye the Spiritby the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye sofoolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? But that

no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall liveby faith. And the law is not of faithGalatians 3:1-3, 11-12

The Christians in Galatia had fallen victim to the counterfeit gospel of a faith that required

followers to perform works of the law to perfect themselves. Thus, we see that in the same

way that the Galatians had fallen prey to a another gospel, so Mormons have fallen pray to theMormon Churchs another gospel code of laws in an attempt to perfect themselves

by the flesh. By adding personal worthiness requirements of obedience to the law,

Mormonism has in essence proclaimed that Jesus Christs atonement was insufficient to

cover sin. For ifMormons truly believed that the blood of Christ was sufficient, they wouldntneed to add personal works of righteousness to their gospel of faith in Christ. Paul warned:

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye

are fallen from grace.Galatians 5:4

Eternal Marriage and the Gospel

The key Mormon gospel requirement of eternal marriage (Doctrine and Covenants

132:19-20) is missing from the gospel described both in the Bible and the Book of Mormon.According to Mormonism, if a man aspires to gain a full salvation to become a god in the

highest level of Mormonism, he is required by the Mormon gospel to be married for time andeternity in an LDS Temple. Yet, one will search in vain to find this gospel ordinance

discussed in the Bible and it is even missing from the Book of Mormon that Mormons claim

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of any book on earth a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than byany other book.3. Far from marriage for eternity being taught in Scripture, we learn that Jesus

Christ who is God Himself, was not married and He taught that all people would resurrect likethe angels in heaven who are not married (Matthew 22:28-30). Also, the Apostle Paul

encouraged believers of his day to remain unmarried for the work of the gospel (1 Corinthians7). Even Jesus in theBook of Mormon states:

3 NEPHI 11:39-40: Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine and whososhall declare more or less than this, and establish it for my doctrine, the same cometh

of evil

So, again we see that the LDS restored gospel really hasnt been restored to the original

gospel, but is rather, another gospel condemned by both the Biblical Scripture and the Book ofMormon.

Acts 3:19-21 and the Restitution of all things

The Mormon Churchs use of the Biblical Scripture of Acts 3:19-21 as a proof-text for its claim

that a restoration of the gospel was prophesied in Scripture is taken completely out of context.

ACTS 3:19-21: Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blottedout, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he

shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven mustreceive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth

of all his holy prophets since the world began.

If Acts 3:19-21 speaks of Mormonisms restoration of the gospel, where is Jesus Christtoday? Why isnt He here ruling upon the earth for the 1,000-year millennium that is prophesied

to be the time in which Christ will restore creation to perfection as it was prior to the curse in

Genesis? The Apostle Paul explained that at the glorious appearing of Jesus Christ, Jesus willredeem and purify His people the sons and daughters of God (Titus 2:13-14). Then, when

these children of God are manifested at Christs glorious appearing (His second coming),

all of creation shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption due to the curse(Romans 8:19-22). Thus, the context of Acts 3:19-21 has nothing to do with a restitution of the

gospel, but rather, it is talking about the prophesied restitution of all things in creation when

it will be delivered from the curse when he shall send Jesus Christ (Acts 3:20) back to earthfor His 1,000-year reign (Revelation 19-22):

For the earnest expectation of the creature waitethfor the manifestation of the sons

of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of himwho hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered

from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we

know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.Romans 8:19-22

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Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great Godand ourSaviour Jesus Christ. Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all

iniquityTitus 2:13-14

For more information, see: Are Mormons Christians?

http://www.4mormon.org/card-ldschristian.php

Mormon Gospel vs. the Biblical Gospel: Saved Or Unsaved That Is the Question:

http://www.4mormon.org/mormon-saved.php

Are You Prepared to Meet God? A Simple Test for the Honest Latter-day Saint

http://www.4mormon.org/mormon-meet-god.php

Did Joseph Smith See God the Father?

http://www.4mormon.org/card-ldsfirstvision.php

Joseph Smiths First Vision A Solid Historical Fact?

http://www.4mormon.org/mormon-first-vision.php

THE RESTORATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD Mormon.org states:

Throughout time, God has given His servants, the prophets, the authority to act in His name.

This authority is called the priesthood John the Baptist appeared and conferred upon Joseph

Smith and his associate Oliver Cowdery the Aaronic Priesthood... Later, Peter, James, andJohn conferred the Melchizedek Priesthood upon Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery,

restoring the same authority given to Christs Apostles anciently.

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT PRIESTHOOD AUTHORITY

The Aaronic Priesthood, Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith

Jesus Christ could not hold the Aaronic Priesthood because He was not of the Levitical lineage of

Aaron, so neither could Joseph Smith receive this priesthood. Joseph Fielding Smith claimed that

the Prophet Joseph Smith was of the lineage of Joseph through the loins of Ephraim.4 Since

Smith was not of the tribe of Aaron, it would have been impossible for him to be ordained to the BiblicalAaronic priesthood. Hebrews 7 explains:

And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood,

have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of theirbrethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham For it is evident that our

Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning

priesthood.Hebrews 7:5, 14

The Aaronic Priesthood authority nullified

The Aaronic Priesthood authority was nullified by the greater Melchizedek Priesthood. Accordingto the Bible, only one priesthood authority exists in power at one time. When Abraham gave tithes to

Melchizedek, the Aaronic Priesthood didnt exist. Then, when the Aaronic Priesthood came into power,

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one no longer heard about the Melchizedek Priesthood until Jesus came to spiritual power and operated

under the authority of this Melchizedek Priesthood. Because Jesus lives forever (Hebrews 7:24), the

Aaronic Priesthood authority has been forever been done nullified!

If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people receivedthe law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order

of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?For the priesthood beingchanged, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. Hebrews 7:11-12

The non-transferable Melchizedek Priesthood

The Melchizedek Priesthood is non-transferable because Jesus Christ is the ONLY one who fulfills

the qualifications to hold this Priesthood. There is only one High Priest who can exist at one time

(see Numbers 35:25, 28 and 2 Kings 12:10; 23:4). Thus, when Jesus became the Christians High Priestas One who holds the power of an endless life, He demonstrated that He alone fulfills the Melchizedek

Priesthood Authoritys qualifications. He as God existing from eternity (having neither beginning of

days, nor end of life) and is the only one who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, andmade higher than the heavens. As our only High Priest, He holds an unchangeable (non-transferable)

Priesthood Authority.

Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days,

nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. Now

consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth

of the spoils But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable

priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto Godby him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an high priest

became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higherthan the heavens. Hebrews 7:3-4, 24-26

The Priesthood authority of all Christian believers

The non-Aaronic and non-Melchizedek priesthood authority of all Christian believers is available

to ALL who call upon the name of Jesus for salvation. This authority is not limited by race

citizenship, nor gender.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power [authority] to become the sonsof God, even to them that believe on his name. John 1:12

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holypriesthood, to offer upspiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. But ye are a chosen

generation, a royalpriesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew

forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

1 Peter 2:5, 9

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As we have seen above, neither Joseph Smith, nor current Mormon leaders fulfill the Biblical

qualifications to hold the discontinued Aaronic Priesthood Authority, nor do they currently hold the

occupied Melchizedek Priesthood. Therefore, we must ask: What do you call men who claim to be

Apostles, but who do not have the proper Authority? You call them a false apostles!

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the

apostles of Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:13


Who Has the Proper Authority to Administer Gospel Ordinances? 20 Questions for LDS on

Priesthood Authority: http://www.4witness.org/ldsquestions/qlds-priesthood.php

Did Joseph Smith Possess the Proper Priesthood Authority to Restore Christs Church in 1830?

http://www.4mormon.org/mormon-authority.php

Was Priesthood Authority Restored through Mormonism?http://www.4mormon.org/card-ldspriesthood.php

Why Mormons Denied Blacks the Priesthood:http://www.4mormon.org/mormon-church-true.php#blackrev

THE BOOK OF MORMON - Mormon.org states:

The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ is an actual record of Gods

dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains, as does the Bible, the

fullness of the everlasting gospel The Book of Mormon is a powerful witness of Jesus

Christ. It helps us understand His teachings, including those in the Bible.

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT THE BOOK OF MORMON

The Book of Mormons witness of Jesus Christ disagrees with the Biblical witness of Christ.

The Book of Mormons Testimony concerning Christ disagrees with the Bible. The following chart

illustrates some of the discrepancies between the Book of Mormons witness for Christ and the Bibleswitness:

BIBLES WITNESS OF CHRIST BOOK OF MORMONS WITNESS OF CHRIST

Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem. (Matthew 2:1and Micah 5:2)

Jesus Christ was born at Jerusalem.(Alma 7:10)

Jesus Christ promised: Heaven and earth shall passaway, but my words shall not pass away.

(Matthew 24:35)

...there are many plain and precious things taken

away from the book, which is the book of the Lamb

of God. 1 Nephi 13:28During Jesus death, darkness covered the earth for

three hours. (Matthew 27:45)At Jesus death, darkness covered the earth for three

days. (Helaman 14:20, 27)

Christs followers were firstcalled Christians atAntioch (after Jesus ascension into Heaven).

(Acts 11:26)

Christs followers were called Christians at 73

B.C. (70+ years before Christ was born).

(Alma 46:15).

Melchizedek (a picture of Christ in the Old

Testament) was without father. (Hebrews 7:3)Melchizedek did reign under his father.

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The Book of Mormon is historically inaccurate and disagrees with archaeology.

The Book of Mormon is historically inaccurate and does not agree with archaeology. Examples ofhistorical and archeological discrepancies found in theBook of Mormon are as follows:

o COMPASS: The earliest form of the compass (magnet floating in water) was invented in

China sometime around 1044A.D. A dry form of the compass was invented in Europe around1300A.D. until it was replaced in the 1800s by a liquid-filled magnetic version. Yet, Nephi in

theBook of Mormon is said to use a compass as early as 589 B.C. (1 Nephi 18:21).

o ANIMALS: The Book of Mormon mentions the cow, horse, ox, ass, and goat as if theseanimals existed in America between 589 B.C. and 421 A.D. (Alma 18:9; 1 Nephi 18:25; Enos

1:21; 2 Nephi 17:25; 21:7; 30:13; 3 Nephi 3:22; Ether 9:18-19; Mosiah 13:24). Yet, none ofthese animals have been found in pre-Columbian America. The curelom and cumomsanimals mentioned at Ether 9:19 in theBook of Mormon are unknown to mankind.

o

WHEAT, BARLEY: The Book of Mormon mentions wheat and barley grains (Alma 11: 7, 15Mosiah 7:22; 9:9) as being cultivated in America around 200 B.C. Yet, these grains are unknownto Pre-Columbian America.

o SILK: The fabric silk mentioned at Alma 1:29 did not exist in pre-Columbian America.

o STEEL, BRASS, BELLOWS: Steel mentioned at I Nephi 4:9; 8:25, Brass mentioned at 2

Nephi 5:15, and Bellows (a device used to control the sending of pressurized air to a firey heater)

mentioned at 1 Nephi 17:11 were either unknown in Book of Mormon times or did not exist in

Pre-Columbian America.

o CIMETERS (SCIMITARS) AND CHARIOTS: The cimeter (curved sword) mentioned aEnos 1:20 and chariots mentioned at Alma 18:9-10 did not exist in Pre-Columbian America.

o COINS: Ancient Biblical coins abound in Archeological digs throughout the Middle East, yet

not one Book of Mormon coin of Alma 11 (senum, amnor, ezrom, onti, seon, senine, shum

limnah, shiblon, shiblum, leah, antion) has ever been found anywhere.

o DNA EVIDENCE: The Book of Mormon claims that Jewish ancestry formed the majority

of pre-Columbian inhabitants of America. Yet, 99.4% of the DNA research done on

thousands of Native American Indians from over 150 tribes shows a direct link to Asia and

0.6% points to Europe or Africa, not Israel. Thus, there is NO evidence whatsoever to suggest

a Jewish or Middle-Eastern migration to America. To excuse away the DNA evidence againstthis Book of Mormon claim, Mormon apologists have resorted to the idea that the Jewish Book

of Mormon immigrants to America (the Nephites and the Lamanites) comprised only a relative

small group of ancient inhabitants of America. This argument falls apart when one considersthe following explicit passages from the Book of Mormon that assert that no other people

existed in America prior to the Book of Mormon migrations. These passages claim that

these Book of Mormon Jewish pilgrims grew exceedingly numerous to cover the face

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2 NEPHI 1:8: And behold, it is wisdom that this land should be kept as yet from theknowledge of other nations; for behold, many nations would overrun the land, that there

would be no place for an inheritance.

JAROM 1:6: And they were scattered upon much of the face of the land , and theLamanites also. And they were exceedingly more numerous than were they of the

Nephites

ALMA 10:3: And Aminadi was a descendant of Nephi, who was the son of Lehi, whocame out of the land of Jerusalem, who was a descendant of Manasseh, who was the

son of Joseph who was sold into Egypt by the hands of his brethren.

OMNI 1:15-17: Behold, it came to pass that Mosiah discovered that the people of

Zarahemla came out from Jerusalem at the time that Zedikah And they journeyed in

the wilderness, and were brought by the hand of the Lord across the great waters, into

the land where Mosiah discovered them; and they had dwelt there from that time forth.And at the time that Mosiah discovered them, they had become exceedingly

numerous.

HELAMAN 3:8: And it came to passthat they did multiply and spread, and

did go forth from the land southward to

the land northward, and did spreadinsomuch that they began to cover the

face of the whole earth, from the seasouth to the sea north, from the sea west

to the sea east.

Adapted from John L. Allen,Exploring the Lands of the Book

of Mormon, p. 194(Courtesy of the Institute for Religious Research, Used with permission.)

Rather than finding supportive evidence for these Book

of Mormon historical claims and artifacts, Mormon

scholars have been forced to retreat from traditional

interpretations of the words and phrases in the Book

of Mormon and have developed unconventionalexplanations to reconcile these conflicted Book of

Mormon texts with ancient Native American artifacts.

The Book of Mormon is geographically inaccurate.

The Book of Mormon is Geographically Inaccurate.

Not one non-Mormon scholar has ever identified the

remains and/or locations of any Book of Mormon land,city, river, battleground, or people group. Mormon

scholars often point to Aztec and Mayan ruins for

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o UNKNOWN LANDS, CITIES, RIVERS, VALLEYS AND PEOPLE:

Where is the river, Laman, that emptied into the Red Sea (1 Nephi 2:8) or the valley

of Lemuel (1 Nephi 2:14) in the wilderness of Israel?

Where are the ruins of the ancient Nephite people who had taken possession of all the

northern parts of the land bordering on the wilderness, at the head of the river Sidonfrom the east to the west, round about the wilderness side; on the north, even until they

came to the land which they called Bountiful. (Alma 22:29)? Where is the land ofZarahemla (Omni 1:12; 15)?

Where is the location of the land on the northward [that] was called Desolation, and the

land on the southward [that] was called Bountiful (Alma 22:31)?

Where are the locations of the Lamanite land of Ishmael, land of Middoni, city ofNephi, the land of Shilom, the land of Shemlon, the city of Lemuel and the

city of Shimnilom (Alma 23:9-12) who called themselves Anti-Nephi-Lehi people(Alma 23:17) and built many buildings, a great tower (Mosiah 11:13),

synagogues, houses, temples, and sanctuaries (Alma 23:2).

o HILL CUMORAH: Where is the Hill Cumorah?At Mormon 6:2, the Book of Mormon states

that a Nephite general, named Mormon, called his people together to battle the Lamanite people

unto the land of Cumorah, by a hill which was called Cumorah. This battled ended withthe complete annihilation of the Nephite people and hundreds of thousands slain with the

sword (Mormon 6:11-15). Of the Nephite people that remained, it is claimed that only Genera

Mormon and his son Moroni survived the battle to bury the gold plates of the Book of Mormonin the hill Cumorah (Mormon 6:6).

Where is the Hill Cumorah? Joseph Smith claimed that this hill is in upstate New York

where he allegedly found the gold plates. However, some Mormon apologists disagree, not onlydue to the lack of battleground artifacts found on the Hill Cumorah in New York, but also due to

the problems with the Book of Mormons own geographical claims. Note the following passages

ETHER 10:20: And they built a great city by the narrow neck of land, by the place

where the sea divides the land.

ALMA 63:5: Andhe went forth and built him an exceedingly large ship, on theborders of the land Bountiful, by the land Desolation, and launched it forth into the westsea, by the narrow neck which led into the land northward.


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HELAMAN 3:8: And it came to pass that

they did multiply and spread, and did go

forth from the land southward to the land

northward, and did spread insomuch that

they began to cover the face of the wholeearth, from the sea south to the sea north,

from the sea west to the sea east.

Adapted from John L. Sorenson,An Ancient American Setting

for the Book of Mormon, p. 37(Courtesy of the Institute for Religious Research, Used with permission.)

Many Mormon apologists point to Central

America for the location of Book of Mormon

lands due to the mention of a narrow neck of

landwhere the sea divides the land, however

problems arise when one considers that the sea

south and the sea north are irreconcilablewith this limited geographical location for Book of

Mormon lands, and the Hill Cumorah would haveto be moved from North America to Central

America. This limited geographical view for theBook of Mormon lands being in Central America

also runs into problems with the Mormon Scripture, Doctrine and Covenants, section 54:8 tha

claims the land of Missouriborders the Lamanites. How could the Lamanite lands

border Missouri in North America if Book of Mormon lands and events were located in

Central America?


The Book of Mormon vs. the Bible and Mormon Doctrinehttp://www.4mormon.org/mormon-book-bible.php

What Archaeologists Say About the Book of Mormon

http://www.4mormon.org/mormon-church-true.php#archaeology

Significant Changes in the Book of Mormon

http://www.4mormon.org/mormon-church-true.php#translation

Plagiarism in the Book of Mormon

http://www.4mormon.org/mormon-church-true.php#plagiarism

Significant Changes in Mormon Doctrine and Covenants Scripture

http://www.4mormon.org/mormon-doctrine-covenants.php

HEAVENLY FATHERS PLAN OF HAPPINESS Mormon.org States:

Gods plan of salvation answers lifes great questions, such as: Where did I come from?What is my purpose in life? What happens when I die?Your life did not begin at birth

Heavenly Father created your spirit body, and you lived with Him before you were born onearth Your purpose in leaving Gods presence to come to earth includes obtaining a

physical body, gaining experience, and learning to make right choices. Physical death is a

step forward in Heavenly Fathers plan. If you have believed in Jesus Christ, repented of your


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sins, and followed His commandments, you will be able to enjoy eternal life in our Heavenly

Fathers presence.

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT HEAVENLY FATHERS PLAN

Heavenly Mother and the pre-existence

Mormonism teaches that you were born as a spirit baby to Heavenly Father and a Heavenly

Mother. While Mormon.org mentions the Mormon teaching that mankind pre-existed with God in

Heaven before coming to earth, it fails to mention that Mormonism teaches thatGod has at least one

wife in Heaven that He used to procreate the multitudes of spirit-bodies thatpopulate the mortabodies of people here on earth. Thus, according to Mormonism, you were born as a spirit baby to a

Heavenly Mother wife. Can you imagine one wife populating this entire planet of several billion

people? Such would be quite an enormous task! This is one reason why some early Mormon leaders

taught that God has many wives to help Him. Note the following quotes from Mormon leaders:

In the Heaven where our spirits were born, there are many gods,each one of whom

has his own wife or wives which were given to him previous to his redemption, while

yet in his mortal state. Each God, through his wife or wives, raises up a numerous

family of sons and daughters; ...for each father and mother will be in a condition tomultiply forever and ever. As soon as each god has begotten many millions of male

and female spirits ...he, in connection with his sons, organizes a new world, ...where he

sends both the male and female spirits to inhabit tabernacles of flesh and bones. Thus

each God forms a world for the accommodation of his own sons and daughters...

The inhabitants of each world are required to reverence, adore, and worship their ownpersonal father who dwells in the heaven which they formerly inhabited. LDS Apostle

Orson Pratt, The Seer, 1853 (1990 ed.), vol. 1, p. 37

If none but Gods will be permitted to multiply immortal children, it follows that each

God must have one or more wives But if we have a heavenly Mother as well as a

heavenly Father, is it not right that we should worship the Mother of our spirits as well asthe Father? No; for the Father of our spirits is at the head of His household, and His

wives and children are required to yield the most perfect obedience to their great Head.

LDS Apostle Orson Pratt, The Seer, 1853 (1990 ed.), vol. 1, pp. 158-159

You will see the time when you will have millions of children around you. If you are

faithful to your covenants, you will be mothers of nations. You will become Eves to

earths like this; and whenyou have assisted in peopling one earth, there are millionsof earths still in the course of creation.Brigham Young (2

nd LDS Prophet),Journal

of Discourses, vol. 8, p. 208

For as we have a Father in heaven, so also we have a Mother there, a glorified,

exalted, ennobled Mother.Achieving A Celestial Marriage, LDS Student Manual,

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We are expressly told that God is the Father of spirits, and to apprehend the literalness

of this solemn truth we must know that a mother of spirits is an existent personality.

The Articles of Faith (1890), 1996ed., Apostle James E. Talmage, p. 443

TheMormon belief of becoming Gods

Mormons believe that the purpose of this life is to work toward becoming a God like Heavenly

Father after you die. This doctrine ofman becoming gods is a foundational doctrine of Mormonism

that is noticeably missing from the Mormon.org websites explanation of Heavenly Fathers Plan

Even Mormonisms founder, Joseph Smith, proclaimed: It is the first principle of the Gospel to knowfor a certainty the Character of Godthat he was once a man like us and you have got to learn

how to be Gods yourselves (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph FieldingSmith, pp. 345-346) One wonders how such first principle of the Mormon Gospel could be

missing from the Mormon Churchs official website! Note the following statements about the

doctrine ofman becoming gods from many prominent Mormon Prophets and Apostles:

God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man. It is the first

principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the Character of Godthat he was oncea man like us; yea, that God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth, the same as

Jesus Christ himself did. Here, then, is eternal lifeto know the only wise and trueGod; and you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves, and to be kings and priests

to God, the same as all Gods have done before you Teachings of the Prophet

Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, 1976, pp. 345-346

The Lord created you and me for the purpose of becoming Gods like Himself.

We are created, we are born for the express purpose of growing up from the low estate

of manhood, to become Gods like unto our Father in heaven.Brigham Young (2ndLDS Prophet),Journal of Discourses, vol. 3, p. 93

Mormon prophets have continuously taught the sublime truth that God the

Eternal Father was once a mortal man who passed through a school of earth lifesimilar to that through which we are now passing. He became God an exalted

being through obedience to the same eternal Gospel truths that we are given

opportunity today to obey. In June, 1840, Lorenzo Snow [5th LDS Prophet]

formulated the following famous couplet: As man is, God once was; as God is man

may become. The Gospel Through the Ages, 1945, by Milton R. Hunter, pp. 104-

106

Jesus Christ, our Redeemer and Savior, has given us our map a code of laws and

commandments whereby we might attain perfection and, eventually, godhood. This set

of laws and ordinances is known as the gospel of Jesus Christ, and it is the only plan

which will exalt mankind.Spencer W. Kimball (LDS Apostle who be Mormonisms

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As Gods offspring, we have His attributes in us. We are gods in embryo

The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, (13th LDS Prophet) 1988, p. 21

Because we are the spiritual children of our heavenly parents, we have inherited the

potential to develop their divine qualities. Since we could not progress further inheaven, our Heavenly Father called a Grand Council to present his plan for ourprogression (see Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pp. 348, 349, 365). We learned

that if we followed his plan, we would become like him. We would have a resurrectedbody; we would have all power in heaven and on earth; we would become heavenly

parents and have spirit children just as he does (see D&C 132:19-20). GospelPrinciples, p. 14

And again if a man marry a wife by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is

sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise, by him who is anointed, unto whom Ihave appointed this power and the keys of this priesthood they shall pass by the

angels, and the gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all thingswhich glory shall be a fullness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever. Then

shall they be gods Then shall they be gods, because they have all power, and theangels are subject unto them.Doctrine and Covenants 132:19-20

While the fundamental principle of the Mormon Gospel is the belief that mankind has the potential of

becoming gods, the true God of the Bible clearly states:

ISAIAH 44:6, 8: I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.Is there a God beside me? Yea, there is no God; I know not any.

ISAIAH 43:10: Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD that ye may know and believeme, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall

there be after me.

ISAIAH 46:9: Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none

else;I am God, andthere is none like me.

Mormonism and future polygamy

Mormons still believe the practice of polygamy was commanded by God and that it will be

practiced in Heaven. While Mormon.org admits that Mormons believe that Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,

Moses, David, and Solomon and early Mormon leaders were commanded by God to practice Polygamyhere on earth until 1890 (Doctrine and Covenants 132:1, 4), it fails to mention that Mormonism still

teaches that polygamy will be practiced in Heaven. For example, Joseph Fielding Smith who became

the 10th

Prophet of the Mormon Church remarried twice after the death of his first wife Louise ShurtliffOn page 67 of the second volume of hisDoctrines of Salvation books, he proclaimed: ...my wives will

be mine in eternity. And Mormon Apostle Dallin H. Oaks is currently sealed to two wives, one of

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that he will be able to be married to both of them in Heaven. Mormon Church Apostle Charles W

Penrose explained:

In the case of a man marrying a wife in the everlasting covenant who dies while he

continues in the flesh and marries another by the same divine law, each wife will comeforth in her order and enter with him into his glory "Mormon Doctrine Plain andSimple, or Leaves from the Tree of Life, by Charles W. Penrose, 1897, p.66

Not only does Mormonism teach that polygamy will be practiced in Heaven,Mormon leaders havetaught that polygamy will again be practiced on earth during the future millennial reign of Christ

Mormon Apostle Bruce R. McConkie stated:

plural marriage was openly taught and practiced until the year 1890. Obviously the

holy practice will commence again after the Second Coming of the Son of Man and

the ushering in of the millennium.Mormon Doctrine, 1966, 1986 ed., p. 578

While Mormons believe that early Mormon leaders were commanded by God to practice polygamy

many Mormons mistakenly believe that their leaders only married young virgins to account for a limitedsupply of men and that they married older widows whose husbands had already died. While this was the

case with some of their leaders, history documents that Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism

married 33 wives in addition to his first wife Emma, 10 of whom were teenagers and 11 of whom

were taken from living husbands behind their backs! Does Scripture agree with this practice? Most

Mormons will agree that Scripture condemns adultery, but they forget that the Bible and the Book ofMormon also condemn the practice of polygamy as being abominable in Gods sight!

Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wivesand concubines, which thing was

abominablebefore me, saith the Lord Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearkento the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one

wife; and concubines he shall have none; For I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of

women. And whoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of Hosts.

Jacob 2:24, 27-28Book of Mormon

And now it came to pass that the people of Nephi, under the reign of the second king,

began to grow hard in their hearts, and indulge themselves somewhat in wicked

practices, such as like unto David of old desiring many wives and concubines, and

also Solomon, his son. Jacob 1:15,Book of Mormon

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife1 Timothy 3:2

ordain elders in every city If any be blameless, the husband of one wife

Titus 1:5-6


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o What is Satans Lie?

http://www.4mormon.org/card-ldssatanlie.php

o What would it be like to be a Mormon God?

http://www.4mormon.org/card-ldsgod.php

JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR Mormon.org states:

The first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Having faith in Christmeans believing that He is the Son of God and that He suffered for your sins, afflictions, and

infirmities. When you have faith in Christ,you accept and apply His Atonement and Histeachings Having faith causes you to try as hard as you can to learn about and become more

like your Savior Through repentance, the second principle of the gospel, you change

thoughts, desires, habits, and actions that are not in harmony with Gods teachings To repent,you Stop sinning and strive never to commit sin again

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT JESUS CHRIST:

Jesus the Son of God is eternal, not procreated.

Mormons do not believe that Jesus is the Son of Godin the same way that Christians believe Jesus

is Gods Son. WhileChristians believe the Biblical teaching that Jesus is called Gods Son becauseHe possesses the full nature of the eternal God (John 5:18; Colossians 2:9) and has always existedbeing, without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end oflife (Hebrews 7:3), Mormons do NOT believe that Jesus has always existed. Rather, they teach that

Jesus spirit form was conceived by a procreative act between God (Heavenly Father) and His wife(Heavenly Mother) in a pre-existent world. The Encyclopedia of Mormonism, explains:

Jesus, however, is thefirstborn among all the sons of Godthe first begotten in the

spirit, and the only begotten in the flesh. He is our elder, brother, and we, like Him,

are in the image of God. All men and women are in the similitude of the universalFather and Mother, and are literally the sons and daughters of Deity.Encyclopedia of Mormonism, vol. 4, 1992, p. 1667

The Biblical Jesus is not Lucifers brother.

Because the Mormon Church teaches that Jesus spirit was born in Heaven, they also believe that

Jesus and Lucifer are spirit-brothers. LDS Church manual, Gospel Principles and the LDS Church

Publication,Ensign, explain:

We needed a Savior to pay for our sins and teach us how to return to our HeavenlyFather. Our Father said, Whom shall I send? (Abraham 3:27). Two of our brothers

offered to help. Ouroldest brother, Jesus Christ, who was then called Jehovah, said,Here am I, send me (Abraham 3:27) Satan, who was called Lucifer, also came,

saying, Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind

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On first hearing, the doctrine that Lucifer and our Lord, Jesus Christ, are brothers

may seem surprising to someespecially to those unacquainted with latter-dayrevelations. But both the scriptures and the prophets affirm that Jesus Christ and

Lucifer are indeed offspring of our Heavenly Fatherand, therefore, spirit brothers...as the Firstborn of the Father, Jesus was Lucifers older brother. I Have aQuestion, Ensign, June 1986, pp. 2526

This belief that Jesus and Lucifer are brothers is the opposite of what true Christians believe because the

Bible says that Jesus created all thingsthat are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible andinvisible (Colossians 1:16). This must include Lucifer as well as all the other angels of God and

mankind. Therefore, Jesus and Lucifer cannot possibly be spirit-brothers!

The LDS Jesus blood is insufficient to cover all sins.

The Mormon Church does not teach that Jesus suffered for all of our sins, but rather, that Hesuffered for only those sins that lie within the power of His blood to forgive. The Prophet Joseph

Smith and LDS Apostle Joseph Fielding Smith (who became Mormonisms 10 th Prophet) explained:

But man may commit certain grievous sinsthat will place him beyond the reach of

the atoning blood of Christ. If then he would be saved he must make sacrifice of his

own life to atoneso far as in his power liesfor that sin, for the blood of Christ aloneunder certain circumstances will not avail. Joseph Smith taught that there werecertain sins so grievous that man may commit, that they will place the transgressors

beyond the power of the atonement of Christ. If these offenses are committed, then theblood of Christ will not cleanse them from their sins even though they repent. Therefore

their only hope is to have their own blood shed to atone, as far as possible, in theirbehalf. Joseph Fielding Smith,Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 1, pp. 134-135

The LDS Jesus requires you to do all you can do.

Mormon.org states that to have faith in Christ you must try as hard as you canto learn aboutand become more like your Savior. However, Mormon.org fails to warn you that according to

Mormonism it is not good enough just to try as hard as you can to become like the SaviorYou must do all you can do, and deny yourselves of ALL ungodliness BEFORE you can receive

the grace of Christ for salvation. Consider the following statements from theBook of Mormon:

o 2 NEPHI 25:23: For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also ourbrethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace thatwe are saved, after all we can do.

Can you imagine the kind of pressure that this Book of Mormon verse place upon

Mormons? Consider these questions: Have you done all you can do? Isnt there

something you can think of that you havent done, that you can do for salvation?

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o MORONI 10:32: Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of alungodliness; and ifye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your

might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be

perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the

power of God. The little words if and then make all the difference in thisBook of Mormon passage

It is clear that if you do not deny yourselves of ALL ungodliness, then Jesus

grace is insufficient for you. Mormons, have you denied yourselves of ALL

ungodliness? At what point are you sure that all ungodliness has been denied and

that you will never sin again?

Given these statements and others like them found in Mormon Scripture, it comes as no surprise that

LDS Apostle Spencer W. Kimball (who became Mormonisms 12th Prophet) and the Prophet Joseph

Smith stated:

There is one crucial test of repentance. This is abandonment of the sin. The savingpower does not extend to him who merely wants to change his life. Nor is repentance

complete when one merely triesto abandon sin....To try is weak. To do the best I

can is not strong. We must always do better than we can... The Miracle ofForgiveness, pp. 163-165

Repentance is a thing that cannot be trifled with every day. Daily transgression and

daily repentance is not that which is pleasing in the sight of God. Teachings of theProphet Joseph Smith, p. 148

The LDS Jesus cannot save you in your sins.

Regarding repentance, Mormon.org states that one must Stop sinning and strive never to commit

sin again. This statement, stop sinning, is the true LDS definition of repentance. However

Mormon.org fails to explain that according to Mormonism, if one does not stop sinning but

continues to repeat the sin they are held accountable for their former sins (Gospel Principles,p. 253) and the Mormon Jesus cannot save them in their sins (Alma 11:37). Note the following

statements from MormonDoctrine and Covenants Scripture and theBook of Mormon:

o D&C 82:7: And now, verily I say unto you, I, the Lord, will not lay any sin to your charge;

go your ways and sin no more; but unto that soul who sinneth shall the former sins return, saith

the Lord your God.

o D&C 58:43: By this ye may know if a man repenteth of his sins behold, he will confess

them and forsake them.

o ALMA 11:37: And I say unto you again that he cannot save them in their sins; for I cannot

deny his word, and he hath said that no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of heaventherefore, how can ye be saved, except ye inherit the kingdom of heaven? Therefore, ye cannot

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Far from the Jesus of Mormonism who is:

o A procreated spirit-brother of Lucifer and all mankind,

o Whose blood cannot cleanse all sin,

o Whose grace is insufficient to cover the one who hasnt denied himself of all ungodliness,o Who requires the complete abandonment of sin before forgiveness is granted,

o And who is unable to save one in their sins,

The Jesus of the Bible is:

o God eternal (John 1:1; John 5:18; Colossians 2:9; Isaiah 9:6; Hebrews 7:3),

o Who created Lucifer and all mankind, (Colossians 1:16; John 1:3),

o Whose blood covers all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9),

o Whose grace is all sufficient to cover the ungodly and unworthy sinner (Ephesians 2:8-9

Romans 11:6; 4:4-5; 5:8),

o Whose forgiveness covers sin immediately upon confession (1 John 1:9),

o And who is able to save you in your sins, by washing them away, As far as the east is from thewest (Psalm 103:12).

Why not place your trust in the true Jesus of the Bible today! He ALONE is the only one who can

save you.

o ISAIAH 45:21-22: There is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there isnone beside me.Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for Iam God, andthere is none else.


Is Jesus the First-Begotten Son of God?http://www.4mormon.org/mormon-jesus-begotten.php

Is the Jesus of Mormonism the Same Jesus of the Bible?

http://www.4mormon.org/card-ldsjesus.php

I Bear You My Testimony of Jesus Christ:http://www.4mormon.org/help-lds-testimony.php#testimonyjesus

Are You Prepared to Meet God? A Simple Test for the Honest Latter-day Saint

http://www.4mormon.org/mormon-meet-god.php

How to Be Saved - 5 Simple Steps to Eternal Life:http://www.4witness.org/jehovahs_witness/salvation.php

HOW CAN I KNOW THIS IS TRUE? Mormon.org states:

I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if

these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith

in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. Book ofMormon, Moroni 10:4 Feelings from the Holy Ghost are personal revelation to you that


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confirm the truth of the Book of Mormon and the gospel of Jesus Christ as restoredthrough the Prophet Joseph Smith.

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT HOW TO KNOW TRUTH:

Moronis challenge does not prove the LDS Church is true.

If one takes Moronis challenge to pray about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon and

receives a personal testimony about the Book of Mormon being true, this does not prove the

Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) is also true.

o There are over 100 splinter groups of Mormonism that have broken away from the

mainline LDS Church, but all still hold to the Book of Mormon as Scripture and Joseph

Smith as a Prophet of God. If taking Moronis challenge proves the LDS Church is true, why

do all the other members of these splinter groups of Mormonism have the same personal

testimony from the Holy Ghost that their churches are true simply by taking Moronischallenge? How can the Holy Ghost reveal to each person that his or her different church is

true and yet all of these splinter groups disagree amongst themselves as to what the truth really

is? Remember, God is notthe author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33).

o Many doctrines of the Mormon Church either disagree with the teachings of the Book ofMormon or are completely missing from the text. Since the Book of Mormon disagrees with

the LDS Church, how can a personal feeling (testimony) that the Book of Mormon is true

prove that the LDS Church itself is also true? The following is a brief chart of LDS teachingsthat are missing from the text or are in conflict with the Book of Mormons teachings:

Mormon Doctrine Book of Mormon

There are many Gods and God the Fatherhad a Father God before Him. (Teachings of the

Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 370)

There is only one true and living God. (Alma11:26-29, 44; 2 Nephi 31:21; 3 Nephi 11:27, 36)

God has not always been God from all eternity.

He was a man who grew to become God.

(Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith,pp. 345-346)

God is unchangeable and has always been God.

(Mosiah 3:5; 3 Nephi 24:6; Mormon 9:9, 19;

Moroni 7:22; 8:18)

God is an exalted Man and has a body of flesh

and bones. (Teachings of the Prophet JosephSmith, pp. 345-346;Doctrine and Covenants,

130:22)

God is a Spirit.

(Alma 18:24-28; 22:9-11; 31:15)

God is married in heaven and families areforever in heaven. (Our Heavenly Family

chapter 2 of Gospel Principles, pp. 11-15;Doctrine

and Covenants, 132:19-20)

This doctrine is completely missing from theBook of Mormon.

Temple participation including the receiving of

endowments and marriage for time and eternity

is essential for exaltation into the highest level

of glory. (Gospel Principles, pp. 297, 303-304)

These doctrines and practices are completely

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Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine and whoso shalldeclare moreor less than this, and establish it for my doctrine, the same cometh of evil3 Nephi 11:39-40, Book of Mormon

Joseph Smith admitted that personal revelation is able to come from Satan.

Joseph Smith admitted that personal revelation not only comes from God, but can also come

from Satan and ones deceptive heart. When the Prophet Joseph Smith received a failed revelation to

sell the Book of Mormon copyright in Canada, he is quoted in David Whitmers book, Address to Al

Believers in Christ, as saying:

Some revelations are of God: some revelations are of man: and some revelations are of thedevil. Address to All Believers in Christ, 1887, p. 31

The Bible agrees with Joseph Smith on this when it warns us not to trust ones heart because feelings of

the heart can be deceptive.

JEREMIAH 17:9: The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who

can know it?

Beliefs must be tested. Wisdom cannot reveal truth.

Beliefs must be tested. Wisdom cannot reveal

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