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SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST
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vs:
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THE EXALTATION OF MAN
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God's word, the BIBLE, which clearly states that our
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salvation is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, alone
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through one faith and His Grace --- not as a result of
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fabricating our own righteousness by "good works" by
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attempting to become "perfect" as a result of laws and
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ordinances of any organization.
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I JOHN 5:11-13
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"And this is the record, that God hath given us eternal
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life, and this life is in His son. He that hath the Son
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hath life; and he that hath not the Son hath not life.
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These things have I written unto you that believe on the
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name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have
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eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the
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Son of God."
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God spells it out - you either have life through the Son
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or you reject Him. It is either Heaven or the Lake of Fire;
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no "grey areas"; no half-way locations. You either accept
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the Son or you reject Him.
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Mormonism claims to accept Jesus ----
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"We have His name on our church" - But we have now
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seen that the Jesus of Mormonism is a different Jesus
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- not any resembalance to the REAL Jesus. Further, by
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rejecting the total sufficiency of the New Covenant of the
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sacrifice of Jesus on the cross for their personal sins -
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and instead electing to attempt the old covenant of works,
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laws, temples, etc ----- they nullify the offer of eternal
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life as a gift by God's Love and immeasurable Grace:
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GALATIANS 2:21
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"I do not frustrate the Grace of God: for if righteousness
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come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain."
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As a result, the Mormon believing in the Mormon Jesus, and
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not the real Jesus of the BIBLE; and following a life only
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of works, even with utmost sincerity, without the saving
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faith in the one who died for them, personally, is LOST. We
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don't say that - GOD says that - in HIS Word - The BIBLE
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THREE KINGDOMS?
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Let's go further ---- Mormonism claims three "heavens."
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They take I CORINTHIANS 15:37-49 totally out of context to
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arrive at this false teaching. Where Paul is declaring that
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an individual's resurrected body is different in Glory from
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his earthly body - as the sun differs from the moon, from
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the stars - Mormonism has declared three kingdoms of Heaven:
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TELESTIAL KINGDOM
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Where all the wicked go, whether they've rejected God and
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Jesus all their life or not - Murderers, etc !
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TERRESTIAL KINGDOM
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Where good and honorable persons go - they only failed to
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accept the "gospel" of Mormonism.
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CELESTIAL KINGDOM
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a) LOWER DEGREE
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Good Mormons, but failed to marry in the Temple and having
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"other" imperfections. These will be allowed to be angels.
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b) MIDDLE DEGREE
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Mormons who failed to accept the complete "gospel" but were
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married in the Temple, sealed to many wives, and are in the
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process of being exalted through baptism of the dead, etc.
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c) HIGHEST DEGREE - EXALTATION
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"Perfect" Mormons. They will be gods themselves just like
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God the Father. Will have eternal, multiple, marriages for
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the purpose of sexually procreating billions of spirit
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children to populate another world that they will reign
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over as that world's god.
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MORMON TERMINOLOGY
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Let's be "clear" on some important terms - even though you
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will find Mormon writers interchanging them, in a strict
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sense they are:
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SALVATION
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Resurrection only; immortality, or simply life after death.
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This is what Christ's death on the cross "achieved". This
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is what all mankind has by the Grace of God as a free gift.
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But "salvation" for what? This is just the bottom of the
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ladder.
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"Those who gain only this general or unconditional
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salvation will still be judged according to their works and
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receive places in a Terrestial or Telestial kingdom. They
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will, therefore, be damned; their eternal progression will
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be cut short; they will not fill the full measure of their
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creation, but in eternity will be ministering servants to
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more worthy persons."
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Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, "Salvation",pg 669,670
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(1966 Edition)
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So, you see, salvation as a gift through Christ is nothing
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special to a Mormon. When they say, "Jesus is our Savior",
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this is what they give Him "credit" for!
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Now, let's find out what the goal of Mormonism is. Who are
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these "more worthy persons" ?
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EXALTATION = Eternal Life in the Highest Degree of the
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Celestial Kingdom. This is what Mormonism teaches day in
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and day out. McConkie continues -
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"Conditional or individual salvation, that which comes by
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grace coupled with gospel obedience, consist in receiving
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an inheritance in the Celestial Kingdom of God. This kind
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of salvation follows faith, repentance, baptism, receipt of
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the Holy Ghost, and continued righteousness to the end of
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one's mortal life. (D & C 20:29 & 2 Nephi 9:23-24). All
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others are damned --- Even those in the celestial kingdom
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however, who do not go on to exaltation, will have
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immortality only and not eternal life --- they will be
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'ministering servants, to minister for and to those who are
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worthy of a far more, and an exceeding and an eternal
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weight of glory'. They will live "separately and singly" in
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an unmarried state 'without exaltation, in their saved
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condition, to all eternity' (D & C 132:16,17). Salvation in
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its true and full meaning is synonymous with exaltation or
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eternal life and consist in gaining an inheritance in the
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highest of the three heavens within the Celestial Kingdom
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--- It is the salvation which saints seek --- This full
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salvation is obtained in and through the continuation of
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the family unit in eternity, and those who obtain it are
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gods --- If it had not been for Joseph Smith and the
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restoration, there would be no salvation. There is no
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salvation outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
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Saints."
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"Then shall they be gods, because they have no end - Then
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shall they be gods, because they have all power ---"
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(D & C 132:20)
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"Here then is eternal life - to know the only wise and true
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God; and you have got to learn how to be gods yourselves,
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and to be kings and priest to God, the same as all gods
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have done before you --- and to sit in glory, as do those
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who sit in everlasting power --- What is it? To inherit the
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same power, the same glory and the same exaltation, until
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you arrive at the station of a god ---"
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Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pg 345-347;
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Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, "Godhood", 1966
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Edition, pg 321
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History of the Church, Volume 6, page 306
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"They are they into whose hands the Father has given all
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things - they are they who are priest and kings, who have
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received of His fulness, and his glory -- they are gods --"
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Doctrine & Covenants, 76:55-58
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"As man is, God once was; as God is, man may become."
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Lorenzo Snow, Millennial Star, Vol 54, pg 404
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"Mormonism does not tend to debase God to the level of man,
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but to exalt man to the perfection of God."
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Charles W. Penrose,Millenial Star,Vol 23, pg 181
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The above quotes appear in Milton R. Hunter's, The Gospel
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Through The Ages (1958, pges 105-107) under the chapter
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heading "Men may become gods". Hunter surprisingly supports
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Mormonism's view of the Godhead of man by noting (on pg 117):
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"Even the doctrine of a knowledge of God as the avenue to
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Godhood made its way outward from the Divine Fountain of
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Truth into the heathenistic religions of the Mediterranean
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world. The teaching of the HERMETIC pagan cult sound quite
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familiar to those who are acquainted with the doctrine
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taught by Jesus, by John the Beloved, by Paul, and by
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Joseph Smith, the American Prophet".
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Sorry, but only the teachings of the latter sound familiar.
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Nowhere in the BIBLE do we find GOD saying man can reach
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godhood. Yes, we do find such a teaching in the BIBLE ---
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yet it is Satan who is doing the talking !!
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