So yesterday I had a little visit from the Jesus Christ Church of Latterday Saints. My husband actually answered the door and said "Hang on, my wife reads the Bible almost DAILY so I'm sure she'd just LOVE to speak with you"... (I could've choked him!
) I really don't know much about the Mormon faith... at all. I am naturally a very open person, and was extremely nice to these two ladies (...and they looked pleasantly surprized to have someone not slam the door in their faces). I informed them that I am a Christian, and they said that they were too! They gave me a book of Mormon, and told me very little about it, but were nice enough to join me in prayer. I sent them off with hugs, telling them to be careful.
Now, I feel kind of like I'm almost "cheating" on Jesus by even having this book in my home. I know that sounds ridiculous, but I have no idea if the book of Mormon is even really something I should have in my home. I flipped through the book and skimmed it over... and it just flat out confused me. They even had a picture (painting) of Jesus visiting the Americas...??? Whhhaaaat?
I don't want to just throw it away, but I feel like if it isn't in the Bible, then its automatically false.
What do ya'll think? Do you have any Mormon friends, or have you ever encountered them trying to "convert" you to their faith?
I actually know a lot about it... too much.
Next time you see them, show them these, JESUS'S, GOD'S words (for they all contradict them):
"Do not kill" (Joseph Smith killed people, when running from U.S. military)
As well as, "Do violence to NO man"
Luke 3:14, John the baptist's words before he baptizes Jesus in the river: same reasons about Joseph Smith.
"Jesus answered and said onto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."
Jesus's, God's words, Matthew 22:29-32 (They believe in polygamous celestial marriage in heaven, with multiple wives, on the planet Kolab where they can then populate these planets as gods).
---repeated in Mark---
"And Jesus answering them said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
For when they shall rise from the dead,
they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
And as touching on the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke unto him, saying, I AM the God of Abraham, and the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err."
Jesus's, God's words, Mark 12:24-27 (There is NO marriage in heaven, no Kolab, no populating planets, no celestial polygamy)
---repeated in Luke---
"And Jesus said unto them, the children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
But they shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead,
neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
Neither can they die anymore:
for they are equal onto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the ressurection.
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
For He is not God of the dead, but of the living:for all live unto Him."
Jesus's, God's words, Luke 20: 34-38
(NO celestial marriage, no Kolab, no populating planets as gods)
"And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted." Jesus's, God's words, Matthew 23:12
"Neither be ye called masters, for ONE is your master, Christ."
Jesus's, God's words, Matthew 23:10
JESUS IS THE TOP AUTHORITY. He states "Follow Me"
23 times.
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"But from the beginning of the creation God man them male and female.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder."
Jesus's, God's words, Mark 10:6-9
(Their Brigham Young had 43 or so wives, Joseph Smith maybe 50 or 30, can't recall the exact numbers, all their people had dozens of wives)
'Before Abraham was, I AM" -Jesus's, God's words, John 8:58
"I and my father are ONE."
Jesus is God! (They don't think He is God, maybe why they disobey His laws? But the oldest Christian art made before the gospels were completed, found in a Jewish Catacomb, states in its inscription "God has Risen! God has Risen!" Meaning, JESUS IS GOD and HE RESSURECTED, His body, the spirit NEVER dies!)
"For those who do not follow me, are not worthy of Me."
"If you love me, you will follow My commandments."
"12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I AM the light of the world: he that
followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of
life."
JESUS'S, God's words, John 8:12 (They think women have to be let into heaven by their husbands, who then become 'saints' and give them 'permission')
Also show them Anna the prophetess Luke 2:36-38 , John 8:1-11, ALL come unto Jesus, God) There is nothing like this said by Jesus, God!
"The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it."
Jesus's, God's words, Luke 16:16
(There are no other prophets after the book of John! Joseph Smith is not a prophet, nor are their 'latter day saints' holding power and revelations -Brigham Young 50 person polygamist!!)
"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."
Jesus's, God's words Mark 13:32. (Joseph Smith claimed to know the exact date, in the mid 1850's that Jesus would come to North America, that he 'received a revelation' this, of course, did not happen)
Also show them Cain was marked by a SPOT, not the entire body, the mormons claim Cain was marked by his entire body, making them think the African Americans and Native Americans are marked with Cain.
Also, they think people will "become lighter skinned" over time as 'purification.'
Interview: Edward Blum, Author of 'The Color of Christ' : NPR
""For Mormons, one's body existed before in a pre-life state, and it'll exist after our lives — our literal bodies will — and so when Joseph Smith looked around him and saw Native Americans, when he saw black Americans, when he saw white Americans — the revelation told him the lighter the skin, the more blessed one and the less sinful one was in the past. And he actually thought that societies would lighten. So the more Native Americans, for instance, would join the church and be good Latter-day Saints, they would actually lighten over time as part of becoming more sacred. But the curse of those [of] African-American descent is intense. Brigham Young, for instance, would say that if a white man was caught having a sexual relationship with a woman with any African descent, he should be executed, perhaps even beheaded on the spot. So while Native Americans could be redeemed more with time, Africans-Americans, people with African descent, were seen really as the ultimate other.""
Show this that Jesus NEVER spoke about this, and this is wrong about the story in Genesis. Indeed, Jesus could have been darker skinned (warmer climate, melanin in the skin).
THIS IS ALL WRONG. WRONG WRONG WRONG.
Jesus, who is God, even stated,
"Judge not according to the appearance," John 7:24
Show them the Christian Roman Catacombs, this shows early Christian art from Jesus's, God in the flesh's, time on earth as a theophany to 313 A.D.
Early Christian Symbols of the Ancient Church from the Catacombs (They do think it all happened in North America, but this would HAVE to convince them to see the truth)
Show them this:
Orante (Orans) as an Early Christian Symbol of the Ancient Church
(
They pray with their arms crossed, but this is OPPOSITE of how early Christians worshiped Jesus, God, which was in many ways, with their arms OPEN)
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Their whole book is a book written by Joseph Smith, it has completely different people in a completely different place, and just by reading a slight bit of it, you could tell he was desperately trying to copy the gospels, as it doesn't "sound" right and a copy. I suppose this is where they talk about Kolab, populating other planets, ect....
So, I'd show them all this. This is what I can think of at the moment!
They'll HAVE to rethink their views then, with all this evidence.
