Mormonism 2-Another god, Another Jesus

October 18, 2015

Ezekiel 13:1-8

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False prophets need to be preached “against” (v. 1).
False prophets prophesy out of their own hearts instead of Scriptures (v. 2).
False prophets follow their own spirit instead of the Holy Spirit (v. 3 cf. Jer. 23:16, 31-32).
False prophets are like “foxes” (cunning, crafty) (v. 4).
False prophets are liars (v. 6).
False prophets are seducers (v. 10 cf. 1 Tim. 4:1-2).

In this lesson we are going to see how the Mormon’s view of God and Christ compares with what the King James Bible says about God and Jesus.

THE MORMON “GOD”— Another “god”

I. POLYTHEISTIC (D&C 121:28, 32; 132:19-20).

Mormon Apostle Orson Pratt said, “If we should take a million of worlds like this and number their particles we should find that there are more gods than there are particles of matter in those worlds.”2

A. The Bible teaches there is only ONE GOD, manifest in the Trinity (Dt. 6:4; 2 Sam. 7:22; Ps. 86:10; Isa. 44:6; 1 Cor. 8:4-6).

B. Mormonism’s first article of faith denies the Trinity—“We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.”

Joseph Smith said, “I have always declared God to be a distinct personage, Jesus Christ a separate and distinct personage from God the Father, and the Holy Ghost was a distinct personage and a Spirit: and these three constitute three distinct personages and three GODS.”3
Even the Book of Mormon declares that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are ONE GOD. Alma 11:44 says, “Christ the Son, and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, which is ONE ETERNAL GOD.” (See also 2 Nehpi 31:21)
Joseph Smith himself said, “If anyone teaches doctrine contrary to The Book of Mormon, mark him as an impostor.”4 (Who is the impostor, Joseph Smith or The Book of Mormon?)

II. PROGRESSIVE.

Mormon theology: “As man is, God once was; as God is, man may become.” (Lorenzo Snow). D&C 132:37 says that Abraham, Issac, and Jacob “have entered into their exaltation, according to the promises, and sit upon thrones, and are not angels but are gods.”

The idea that man could become “god” originated with Satan (Gen. 3:1-5).

A. Joseph Smith taught, “God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens… I am going to tell you how God came to be God. We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea… you have got to learn how to be gods yourselves… the same as all gods have done before you.”5

B. God does not progress or evolve. Psalm 90:2 says, “from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” How could this be true if there were a time when God was not God.

C. Malachi 3:6, “I am the LORD, I change not.”Hebrews 13:8 says, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever.”

D. Isaiah 43:10, “Before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.” How can one become a god, when God says He is the only God and no other God will come after Him?

E. The Book of Mormon even contradicts the doctrine of evolving deities. Mormon 9:9 says, “God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and in him there is no variableness neither shadow of changing.” Moroni 8:18, “God is not a partial God, neither a changeable being; but he is unchangeable from all eternity to all eternity.”