Which Jesus is the genuine or imitation?
These two
sculptures may look similar, but only one is the priceless original, while the
other is an imitation. Similarly, many people
freely speak of Jesus Christ, but only one Jesus is the original among so many
imitations. The Apostle Paul wrote that
we must examine the “other Jesus,” the “other Spirit,” and the “other gospel”
(2 Corinthians 11:4). What a timely
warning this is about the spiritual counterfeits of Jesus.
The Mormon Church imitates this famous statue of the Danish
Lutheran sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. They also imitate the true Jesus found only
in the Bible by replacing Him with a mythological Jesus that does not exist in
Scripture. The following Mormon statements can be easily verified on the Internet,
for example, at www.dci.dk, from which we get the following Danish
translation.
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Mormonism: God was once a man. “…God the Eternal Father was once a mortal
man who lived his life on Earth…. He became God.” (cf., Joseph Smith, Times
and Seasons, 5:176 and Apostle Hunter, Gospel Through the Ages, 104) |
Mormonismens: Gud var engang et menneske. “…Gud den Evige Fader engang var et dødeligt menneske, som gennemgik jordelivets skole i lighed med den, vi nu gennemgår. Han blev Gud…” (Side 104) |
The
Bible on God: God the Father is Eternal Spirit (John 4:24, 2 Corinthians
3:17), He is not a man (Hosea 11:9) and remains unchangeable (Malachi 3:6).
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Mormonism: God came to earth to make the Virgin Mary
pregnant so that Jesus could have a physical body. “There is nothing figurative about his
paternity; he was begotten, conceived, and born in the usual and natural
manner.” (Apostle McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 742) |
Mormonismens:
Senere kom Gud til
jorden for at besvangre Jomfru Maria, så Jesus kunne få et fysisk
legeme. “Han
blev født i den samme personlige,
virkelige og bogstavelige forstand som enhver dødelig
søn fødes til en dødelig fader. Det er intet
billedligt ved hans faderskab…” (Side 742) |
The
Bible on the Virgin Birth of Christ: Jesus was
miraculously conceived by the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:18-23). No man was involved (Luke 1:34). He was conceived only through the Holy Spirit
(Luke 1:35).
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Mormonism: A Mother in Heaven. “This doctrine that there is a Mother in
Heaven was affirmed in plainness by the First Presidency.
. . they said that ‘man, as a spirit was begotten and born of heavenly
parents. . ." (Mormon Doctrine, 516, 1966 edition) |
Mormonismens: En Moder
i Himlen. “Denne lære, at der er en Moder i
Himlen, blev fastslået i sin enkelhed af det
Første Præsidentskab ...
De sagde, 'at mennesket som åndevæsen blev avlet og
født af himmelske forældre ..."
(side 516, 1966-udg.) |
The
Bible on One God: There is only one
God (Deuteronomy 6:4, James 2:19). No
other gods or goddesses can coexist with Him (Isaiah 43:10, 44:8, 45:21),
therefore, no Mother god is having heavenly babies.
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Mormonism:
It is the hope of Mormons to develop into
gods by following the Mormon doctrines and to perform rituals for themselves
and their deceased relatives. Mormons, sealed to their spouse "for time
and eternity" in the temple, in time expect to become polygamous gods in
the |
Mormonismens:
Mormonerne håber at kunne udvikle sig til
guder ved at følge mormonismens bud og ved at udføre
tempelritualer for sig selv og deres
afdøde slægtninge. De mormoner, som er blevet beseglet
til deres ægtefæller "for tid og evighed" i templet, forventer
med tiden at blive polygame guder i det Celestiale
Rige, hvor de i evighed vil
avle åndevæsener. |
The
Bible on Man and Salvation:
Man is hopelessly lost in sin (There is none righteous, no not
one—Romans 3:10). The Good News is that Eternal Life is available, but it does
not come by becoming a god, as in Mormonism.
The Bible teaches that the wages of sin is death, so no sinner can ever
become a god, because the result of being a sinner is death (The wages of sin
is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord—Romans
6:23). You can accept God’s free gift of eternal life
through Jesus.
Jesus provided Eternal Life to those who place their trust
in the grace and mercy of His loving atonement and not upon their works (For by
grace you have been saved, not of works, lest anyone should boast—Ephesians
2:8. Not by works of righteousness which
we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of
regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit—Titus 3:5). We must surrender ourselves to the Living God
(Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved—Romans 10:13).
Returning to our opening, Jesus, as we find Him the Bible,
is the one who saved us through His atonement and resurrection. A substitute or imitation Jesus cannot do
this, which is why the Apostle Paul warned us about “another Jesus, whom we have
not preached” (2 Corinthians 11:4. The
Jesus we have seen in these few quotations from Mormonism is an imitation—not
the Jesus that Paul preached.
WHY DID THE MORMON
PROPHET CONDEMN
THE
The Mormon prophet, Spencer W. Kimball, visited the Vor Frue Kirke
(Cathedral of Our Lady, in
Why
did one of the founders of the 1850 Danish Mormon Church leave? Read the story of John Ahmanson at
www.utahgospelmission.org.