Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The, Joseph Smith, Salt Lake City, UT: (Latter-day Saints, LDS, Mormonism) Main body of Mormonism; recognizes Brigham Young as Smith’s successor. Smith claimed that the Father and Son appeared to him and called him to restore the true Church. LDS Church teaches that God the Father was once a man and was exalted to Godhood. God (and his heavenly Wife) begat billions of spirit children, the firstborn of whom was Jesus. Lucifer was the leader of God’s rebellious spirit children. Those spirits who did not rebel become human beings in order to begin process potentially leading to exaltation to Godhood. Jesus, however, became a God while only a spirit. He organized our world and is Jehovah, the God of Israel. He is a separate and subordinate God to Elohim, the Father. A distinction is made between the Holy Ghost, who is a personage of Spirit, and the Holy Spirit.
2007-01-31 19:32:44 · 8 answers · asked by Thomas A 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The latter is a divine energy, force, or spiritual essence that fills the universe and is used by all three members of the Godhead in the exercise and accomplishment of their will. The Church rejects the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity. It also redefines salvation by grace to refer simply to resurrection. Almost all humans will be resurrected into one of three kingdoms of glory, the least of which is far superior to anything known in this life. Entry into the higher kingdoms, and one’s rank there, depends not only upon the atonement of Christ, but also upon one’s good works. Achievement of the highest potential within the highest kingdom—Godhood—requires complete “obedience to all the laws and ordinances of the gospel.” The Bible, Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great Price, and Doctrine and Covenants are all considered scripture. Publishes Church News and Ensign magazine. Profile available. Research material available.
2007-01-31 19:33:11 · update #1
So our question is does this match the teaching of the BIBLE?
2007-01-31 19:33:56 · update #2
Jesus did not ask Christians to single out a particular religion for criticism. Instead, Jesus assigned the Christian congregation to preach "good news", the same good news that the Christ himself preached:
(Luke 4:18-19) [God's] spirit is upon me, because he anointed me to declare good news to the poor, he sent me forth to preach a release to the captives and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the crushed ones away with a release, to preach [God's] acceptable year.
It even seems impossible to ignore that this passage refers to two distinct persons: God and the anointed one. Jesus applied this Scripture to himself as the Christ (which literally mean "anointed") rather than to himself as "God", and plainly quoted from a Scripture which calls that "God" by the personal name "Jehovah".
(Isaiah 61:1-2) The spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me, for the reason that Jehovah has anointed me to tell good news to the meek ones. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to those taken captive and the wide opening of the eyes even to the prisoners; to proclaim the year of goodwill on the part of Jehovah
The only observation that a non-Mormon might make regarding this question is simply to acknowledge that Mormons themselves claim to be nontrinitarian Christians; that is, they believe that Jesus the Son is a distinct person from God the Father. However, Mormons do not believe that the "God" of the so-called "New Testament" is the same "God" of the so-called "Old Testament"; Mormonism teaches that Jesus is the "God" or "Jehovah" of the so-called "Old Testament".
This is obviously a fundamentally different theology than the other great nontrinitarian Christian religion, Jehovah's Witnesses. Jehovah's Witnesses believe the bible to teach that there are several references to Jesus in the so-called "Old Testament" which indicate that he is distinct from the "God" or "Jehovah" of the so-called "Old Testament". It is not enough to simply assert that a doctrine is true, and so Jehovah's Witnesses reason from the Scriptures on the matter...
It seems rather obvious that the apostle Luke at Acts 4:25-27 quotes from Psalms 2:1,2. Although these passages are part of the Christian and Hebrew Scriptures respectively, BOTH passages make it plain that there is an "anointed one" who is distinct from God. The Psalm plains calls that God by the name "Jehovah" (explicitly using the Tetragrammaton) and Acts plainly calls the anointed one by the name "Jesus".
(Psalm 2:1,2) [David wrote] Why have the nations been in tumult and the national groups themselves kept muttering an empty thing? 2 The kings of earth take their stand And high officials themselves have massed together as one against Jehovah and against his anointed one
(Acts 4:24-27) [Peter, John, and fellow Christians] with one accord raised their voices to God and said: “Sovereign Lord, you are the One who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things in them, 25 and who through holy spirit said by the mouth of our forefather David, your servant, ‘Why did nations become tumultuous and peoples meditate upon empty things? 26 The kings of the earth took their stand and the rulers massed together as one against Jehovah and against his anointed one.’ 27 Even so, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with men of nations and with peoples of Israel were in actuality gathered together in this city against your holy servant Jesus
Similarly, the apostle Paul at 1 Cor 2:16 and Rom 11:33,34 paraphrases Isaiah 40:13. Note that Isaiah explicitly uses the name "Jehovah" (the Hebrew Tetragrammaton), and 1 Corinthians plainly CONTRASTS the mind of Jehovah with the mind of Christ Jesus.
(1 Corinthians 2:16) For “who has come to know the mind of Jehovah, that he may instruct him?” But we do have the mind of Christ.
(Romans 11:33-34) O the depth of God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How unsearchable his judgments are and past tracing out his ways are! 34 For “who has come to know Jehovah’s mind, or who has become his counselor?”
(Isaiah 40:13) Who has taken the proportions of the spirit of Jehovah, and who as his man of counsel can make him know anything?
2007-02-01 00:54:48 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
As usual, no real reference. Sorry, but to my way of thinking the Holy Spirit and the Holy Ghost are one and the same. The "divine energy, force, or spiritual essence" might be better described as the Priesthood of God, or the power of God. In that case, all three members of the Godhead - God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost - would have access to that power. If I've got this wrong, I'm sure another Mormon will correct it. It sounds like you really really really need a gummy bear. So I send you one. I think yellow will do.
P.S. The fruits of the Spirit are love, meekness, charity, kindness, forgiveness, and a bunch of others. So let's all work on kindness, as that is in the Bible.
2007-02-01 17:03:59 · answer #2 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Exactly where in the Bible does is say there are "three kingdoms of glory??" I've read the Bible many times, never read that in there...
Mormons are a cult. Some mormons in the faith may or may not be saved, they may have personal relationship with the true and living God Jesus Christ, but in general your doctrine is flawed.
2007-01-31 19:51:45 · answer #3 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
LDS doctrine matches the Bible alright, its just doen't match your interpretation.
People like you are so narrow minded. Read this if you want to know the truth and your ignorance.
3 And because my words shall hiss forth—many of the Gentiles shall 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. And what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they receive from them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they remember the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews, and their diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?
5 O ye Gentiles, have ye remembered the Jews, mine ancient covenant people? Nay; but ye have cursed them, and have hated them, and have not sought to recover them. But behold, I will return all these things upon your own heads; for I the Lord have not forgotten my people.
6 Thou fool, that 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?
7 Know ye not that there are more nations than one? Know ye not that I, the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I remember those who are upon the isles of the sea; and that I rule in the heavens above and in the earth beneath; and I bring forth my word unto the children of men, yea, even upon all the nations of the earth?
8 Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more of my word? Know ye not that the testimony of two nations is a witness unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another? Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like unto another. And when the two nations shall run together the testimony of the two nations shall run together also.
9 And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not yet finished; neither shall it be until the end of man, neither from that time henceforth and forever.
10 Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose that it contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I have not caused more to be written.
11 For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every man according to their works, according to that which is written.
12 For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the Nephites and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of Israel, which I have led away, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto all nations of the earth and they shall write it.
13 And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the lost tribes of Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of the Nephites and the Jews.
(Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 29:3 - 13)
2007-02-01 08:12:37 · answer #4 · answered by Wahnote 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Jesus solid out evil spirits. He gave his apostles authority to do the comparable and that they did on party. Joseph Smith develop into as quickly as taken to court docket in long island and located in command of casting out an evil spirit yet looks how there is not any rules against that the choose had to enable him flow. particular we've self belief there are evil spirits and that they might nicely be solid out via one given authority from Christ to achieve this. we don't call it "exorcism" that could be a Catholic notice. that is not any longer as dramatic as video clips made on the project. additionally casting out evil spirits like talking in tongues - once you have a effective non secular adventure you do no longer tell everybody and their dogs approximately it.
2016-11-02 00:55:07 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Everything we believe is also taught in the bible.
Your pastor may not think so...that is where prayer to your Heavenly Father comes in - afterall - who knows better than the Lord?
2007-02-01 06:07:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does I gets my own planet with 40 wives and shi'?
2007-01-31 19:40:03 · answer #7 · answered by Rambro 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋
are you serious?
they wear special underwear.
2007-01-31 19:39:12 · answer #8 · answered by William G 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋