Do you agree or disagree with the First Article of Faith?

Question

These are the beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

1st Article

We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.

References:

John 3: 16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Mosiah 4: 9, "Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all wisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend."

It's a simple question though I am sure I will get answers that try and twist it. For those of you that are Christian and can give an honest answer... do you agree with this belief or not?

Pastor is a simple example of the twisting I was talking about. He assumes he knows what I believe or what members of the church believes and he tries to "push" his beliefs on others. It is a simple statement that all Christains should be able to answer.

I'm not asking you to believe in Mormon Doctrine.. I am asking if you share this same belief... In God, His Son Jesus and the Holy Ghost...

Answer 1

I also agree, just look at when Jesus was being baptised by John the Baptist. "And Jesus, when he was baptised, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

Jesus was in the water, the Holy Ghost descended like a dove, and God was heard from the Heavens.

Answer 2

I disagree with the part of this article of faith that calls for the laying on of hands to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. In the New Testament, spiritual gifts were given by the laying on of the Apostles hands. In Acts 8:18, a man names Simon saw the Holy Ghost was given by laying on of the Apostles hands. He not only wanted the spiritual gifts, but he also wanted this power to give it to others and offered money to try to buy this ability. This power, however, was only something the Apostles could do. Since the Apostles are all dead now, this is not something that can be accomplished today. 1 Corinthians 13 says that such spiritual gifts would cease. After all the apostles, and all of those who the apostles gave gifts to, were gone, then such spiritual gifts ended. That is because the purpose of such gifts was fulfilled. This purpose was to confirm the Word until the New Testament was complete. 1 Corinthians 13:10 says when “that which is perfect has come” then the age of miraculous gifts would end. In James 1:25, the scriptures are called “the perfect law of liberty”. We have now been given “all things that pertain unto life and godliness”. (2 Peter 1:3) I realize that the Mormon doctrine disagrees with me in that they teach there are Apostles today, but Acts 1:20-21 says that an apostle must be one who was a witness of the risen Christ. No man today meets that requirement. The Apostles purpose was to establish the church, to preach the word, and to give us the New Testament. This has been accomplished, therefore, we no longer have living apostles. Instead, we have the New Testament so we can follow the doctrine they taught. Finally, I disagree with these articles because true faith comes from the word of God (Romans 10:17). Our doctrine should come from the scriptures, and when we use the scriptures for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction; we will be complete and thoroughly furnished with all we need. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) We, therefore, do not need any “articles of Faith” in addition to the inspired Word of God, the Bible! If such articles teach more than the Bible, they are condemned for adding to the Word of God. If they leave out truth that should be taught, then they are insufficient and also condemned for taking away from the Word. If they teach exactly what the Word teaches, then we don’t need them because we have the Scriptures. In any case, there is no valid purpose for having such articles!

Answer 3

Yes. I believe it whole heartedly!!! It took me a long time to really decide what I believed, even though I was raised in the church. I did a lot of studying, a lot of soul searching before I figured out I really did believe in what the church taught.

There will always be people out there who will twist what we believe. That is what the devil wants!! I have some issues with the trinity theory, as do most LDS people, I'm sure. I won't get into that, but because we don't believe the same way they do, we are seen as "wrong" or "evil" or "not Christian". They will believe what they will, and will probably believe anything they hear that is negative about the church before they will believe us. I've just decided that it doesn't matter. They can think what they want. No skin off my back!

Here's a good website for you though. I learned a lot from just reading it!!!!

Answer 4

Nope, not what you mean when you say Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

I can say I like Cats and you can say you like Cats. But if I am talking about a domestic house cat and you are talking about a lion we are not actually liking or agreeing on the same thing.

You have to know what the speaker means and take that into account before you know if you agree or not, to do otherwise is a misrepresentation and is trickery. (learn that at MTS did you?)

We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.. You say:

However you believe in a God that was human on another planet and is married in heaven procreating. (you also believe you will become Gods yourselves) So know I do not believe in this God, the Christian (Jewish and Muslim) God has never been a human elevated and I can never match his status.

You believe Jesus is the actual biological son of God, and is not God himself but a completely 100% seperate entity with different mind and will. So no I do not believe in this Jesus, the Christian Jesus is one in will and mind with God the Father and never was there a moment when he wasn't fully God.

You again believe the Holy Ghost is a completely separate being from God. Christians believe in the trinity and that the holy spirit is of the same will and mind and is one being with the Father and Son.

as I state you have an inncous way of presenting what you believe, but it changes when you know your definitions of these terms.

Answer 5

Yes I believe in God, Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost.

Answer 6

Sure. You're not specifying whether you want us to interpret this as meaning that the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are three separate beings or one being..... (which might be a good thing).

There's a number of passages that seem to support the separateness of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost....

There's also a number of passages that seem to support the Trinity....



To each his own.

Answer 7

I agree and support all the Articles of Faith that the LDS Church proclaims.

For those not familiar with Book of Mormon personalities, Mosiah was one of the righteous sons of King Benjamin, taking the reign at his father's death.

Answer 8

References aside (sorry, don't know Mosiah), I can say that I do agree with that article. I can also say that my belief in the relationship between Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is not laid out in that article.

Answer 9

Sure, as far as you went.
Now let's look at John 1: 1-3

Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

The Word here, is Jesus, Who is God.

And again, from John:

Joh 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Joh 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

I think I'll leave you to decipher that simple statement for yourself.

And again, in case John left any doubt, he writes:

Joh 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

The Word, which as we saw in the first example, was God, is now made flesh, and dwelt among us.

So, argue with John.
As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord.
May He send you His wisdom, and His blessings...

Answer 10

God: Elohim on the planet Kolob (or star) with many wives,
Jesus: has a brother named satan and three other wives he married on the earth (from the UT mormons belief system)
Holy Ghost, the burning and testimony thing. These have nothing to do with what most christians. commonly think of thier God, Jesus and Holy Ghost.