08/05/2024
Is Mormonism Christian? (Part One of Three)
"You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me."
—Isaiah 43:10
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was birthed in 1820 by an alleged vision in which two celestial personages appeared to Joseph Smith claiming all existing churches were wrong, all their creeds were an abomination, and all their professors were corrupt. According to these personages, Smith had been chosen to restore—not reform—a church that had disappeared from the face of the earth. The Mormon doctrines that evolved from this vision compromise, confuse, or contradict the nature of God, the authority of Scripture, and the way of salvation.
First, while Christians believe that God is spirit (John 4:24), Joseph Smith taught, "God Himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens!" Mormonism also holds to a plurality of gods and contends that "as man is, God once was; as God is, man may become."
Additionally, the Latter-day Saints compromise the nature of the God-man, Jesus Christ. In Christianity, Jesus is the self-existent Creator of all things (Colossians 1:15–20). In Mormonism, he is the spirit-brother of Lucifer who was conceived in heaven by a celestial Mother and came in flesh as the result of the Father having s*x with the Virgin Mary. Doctrinal perversions exclude Mormonism from rightly being called Christian.
In tomorrow's Daily e-Truth, we'll see that contrary to historic orthodox Christian theology, Mormons do not believe that the Bible is an infallible repository for redemptive revelation (2 Timothy 3:16).
For further study, see the articles, "Is the Book of Mormon Credible?" "Alternative Approach to Reaching Mormons," and "Are Mormons and Muslims Apples and Oranges?"