![]() ![]() Many Christians base their lives on the doctrines of Christian traditions. ![]() Many Hindus just follow the teachings of their Hindu leaders. Many times Muslims in Muslim communities simply follow the customs taught by their Muslim leaders. Much of the hatred we see in our world today is caused by the different religions of the world. “But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.” (Rom. Please include your name and city.In Romans, Chapter 4, the Apostle Paul reminds us that God counted Abraham as righteous because Abraham believed what God said, and then Paul concludes that God has always dealt with mankind upon this very basis. Send e-mail to him at or write him at 3102 Classen Blvd., PMB 125, Oklahoma City, OK 73118. The "Pearl of Great Price” contains the church's "Articles of Faith,” the first of which professes belief "in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.” The third article states that Mormons believe "that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.”Īndrew Tevington, a graduate of Tulsa's Phillips Theological Seminary, is an assistant pastor at the United Methodist Church of the Servant in Oklahoma City. ![]() For example, "Doctrine and Covenants” states, "And as many as repent and are baptized in My name, which is Jesus Christ, and endure to the end, the same shall be saved.” (D & C 18:22). The other Latter-day Saints scriptures also refer to Jesus. It contains about 550 references to Jesus in keeping with the excerpts quoted here. My copy of the Book of Mormon is 531 pages long. And if ye believe on His name, ye will repent of all your sins, that thereby ye may have a remission of them through His merits.” (Helaman 14:12-13). In the Book of Helaman within the Book of Mormon, Samuel the Lamanite explains that he prophesies so "that ye might know of the coming of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and of earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning and that ye might know of the signs of His coming, to the intent that ye might believe on His name. In Me shall all mankind have life, and that eternally, even they who shall believe on My name and they shall become My sons and My daughters.” (Ether 3:14). The Book of Mormon also contains this statement attributed to Jesus, "Behold, I am He Who was prepared from the foundation of the world to redeem My people. First Nephi is the first book within the Book of Mormon, and it refers often to the Messiah, including when the Prophet Nephi, in a vision, sees the Virgin Mary with her newly born child, and is told, "Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son of the Eternal Father!” (1 Nephi 11:21). The Book of Mormon likewise refers directly to Jesus. Obviously, the New Testament contained in the Bible refers to Jesus explicitly and proclaims Him as Son of God, Lord, and Savior. The Scriptures of what many people know as the Mormon Church are the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the "Pearl of Great Price,” and "Doctrine and Covenants.”Ĭhristians believe that Hebrew Scripture, known to them as the Old Testament, refers to Christ, especially in the books of the prophets. He was the Firstborn of the Father, the Only Begotten Son in the flesh, the Redeemer of the world.” ![]() In part, they said, "We solemnly testify that His life, which is central to all human history, neither began in Bethlehem nor concluded on Calvary. On New Year's Day 2000, the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, which constitute the leadership of the Mormon Church, issued a lengthy statement about Christ. As a person might suspect from the church's name, Mormons accept Christ. Your premise that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a false religion because it rejects Jesus as Son of God and Lord and Savior is mistaken. "Cult” continues to be used today in positive, negative and neutral ways. As my abbreviated history of the word's use tried to show, the term did not originate with that connotation of falsity. Typically, the judgment that the beliefs of a so-called cult are false is made by opponents of the particular group. Mormons reject Jesus as such and cannot therefore be called Christian.Ī:Neither Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary nor the Harper Collins Dictionary of Religion agrees with your definition of cult as a false religion, although the third explanation for the word in the Random House College Dictionary tracks your definition. Scriptures clearly define Jesus as the Son of God and the Lord and Savior of those who believe in Him. As a Christian, my authority is the Word of God as contained in the Bible. Obviously, to properly address the question, one must determine what is regarded as false. ![]()
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