2. Jesus is divine (John 1:1;14; 8:24; Col. 2:9) 3. Forgiveness of sins is by grace alone without works (Eph. 2:8-9; Rom. 3:28; 4:1-5) 4. Jesus rose from the dead physically (John 2:19-21; Luke 24:39) 5. The gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus (1 Cor. 15:1-4)
Bible. The 8th Article of Faith from the Mormon Church states, "We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly." This means that when the Bible contradicts Mormonism, the Bible isn't trustworthy. This allows them to say and teach whatever they want, even when it contradicts scripture."193
ERRORS Mormonism denies that there is only one God in all existence and also denies the forgiveness of sins alone in Christ alone. Therefore, it is outside Christianity. It is not a Christian religion."192 In Mormon theology, many lost truths are restored in the Book of Mormon, which Mormons hold to be divine scripture and equal in authority to the Bible.
This is not a book on the errors of Mormonism. The topic would take up volumes. However we will briefly discuss the topic of Mormonism. There were 6 million Joseph Smith Mormons in 1995. Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, was born on Dec. 23, 1805 in Vermont, USA. In 1820 (aged 14 years) he allegedly received a vision: “...I asked the personages (demons?) who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects was rightand which I should join. I was answered that I must join none of them, for they
Some claim that Mormonism is a Christian religion because they accept parts of the Bible. However, this is a very poor argument as Mormons themselves do not claim to be real followers of Christ or Christianity. To claim that Mormons are Christians because they believe parts of the Bible is like saying that Muslims are Christians because they also believe parts of the Bible.
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Is Mormonism Christian. Matt Slick. Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry. http://carm.org/is-mormonism-christian Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan 1992, pp. 106-107; Matthews, Robert J., A Bible! A Bible, Bookcraft, 1990, p. 13; Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Deseret Book, 1976, pp. 9–10,327
"In order to justify its aberrant theology, Mormonism has undermined the authority and trustworthiness of the 192
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