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John _____ wrote:
What is your opion on Mormonism? I need help from my fellow Christians to have more faith and to know Jesus on a personal basis. Can you help?

John _____ wrote:
This is my second e-mail. I read what was said about the Mormons. When I talked to them, they also teach to accept Jesus. I am cofused and need help. I am now a Roman Catholic and a student in College, at present am studing different religions. I believe in the Bible.

I am 62 years old and attend AA meetings, which I believe to be a spiritual program and helps me a great deal. However my conscious contact with Jesus is weak.

John _____ wrote:
If someone knocked on my door with a Bible and wanted to come in a talk about Christ, I would gladly let them in to do so. In my previous e-mails I might have forgotten to insert the j in my email address.

Our Answer:

Hello John:

Thank you for writing. I'm happy to help with your question about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons). I have combined all of your emails into this one.

Mormon's say they believe in Jesus Christ, but they don't. They believe in someone else who they call Jesus Christ. The name we give somebody does not define who that person is. For example, if I said I know John Doe, and he lives in Iowa, has blonde hair and is missing his left leg, would that be you? The name is yours, but the person I'm describing is not you.

It is the same with Mormons. They say they believe in Jesus Christ, but the person they describe as Jesus is not the Jesus Christ of the Bible. For example, for a Mormon Jesus is not the unique Son of God. For Mormons Jesus was just like us until he died and became a god. And like Jesus, when obedient Mormons die they will also become a god and will be given their own planet over which they will be god.

Thus unlike Christianity, Mormons believe there are many gods and they believe that God himself was once a man. So Mormans are not Christians. They call themselves Christians, but to be a Christian you need to believe that Christ is your savior--and we are saved through God's grace alone, not by anything we can do.

The Bible says, "God saved you by His special favor when you believed. And you can't take credit for this: it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it." - Ephesians 2:8-9

But the Mormans disagree with the above. In Article 3 of the Mormon Articles of Faith it says: "We believe that through the atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel."

[For Mormons the Gospel means the Book of Mormon].

Notice the difference. For a Christian salvation is through God's grace alone. There is nothing we can do, it is a free gift from God. For the Mormon salvation results from their efforts to obey the laws and ordinances of their church. Salvation is through their own efforts.

Also, in Mormonism there is no hell or everlasting punishment. Everyone in the world eventually goes to one of three levels of glory. Those who have obeyed the laws and ordinances fully go to the Celestrial Kingdom and become gods of their own planets. This is nothing like Christianity.

There are many more differences that show Mormanism is not a Christian religion.

There is a good article available at:

http://www.watchman.org/lds/aremormonschristians.htm

I hope this has been helpful. I'll be happy to answer and specific questions you have about Mormonism.

May God bless you John. May you have His grace and peace,
Steve
Mission to America
web site: http://www.missiontoamerica.org

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