Past and Present Teachings of the LDS Church
Man’s Physical Nature
(LDS teachings)Journal of discourses vol.10 P50. It is not natural for men to be evil.
Contradicts Mosiah 3:19 Natural man is the enemy of God.
(The Bible)
Isaiah 65:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are a filthy rags …
Romans8:7 because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God……
God had sex with Mary
LDS doctrine teaches God had sex with Mary- (Journal of Discourses 1:50-51; vol. 5, p. 121& vol. 8, p. 115)
If this is true, then Mary was no longer a virgin after God was done. The LDS version of Jesus Christ birth resembles the birth of Hercules
The Bible
Matt 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son (also Is. 1:23)
Matt 1:25 and knew her not till she had brought forth her first born son. Mary was to stay a virgin until she gave birth to Jesus.
Blacks and the Priesthood
The Real reason Blacks were allowed into the Priesthood of the Mormon Church.
1) The church was threatened by the US government of losing their tax exemption if they did not stop their discrimination against Blacks.
2) The LDS church was having conflicts with the NAACP
3) Black athletes were boycotting against BYU
4) The church built a multimillion dollar temple in Brazil. Blacks were not able to work in the temples at that time so the LDS church did not have anyone to work the temple.
5) The church had several law suits against them, due to their discrimination against blacks.
The Bible
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Jesus does not change his mind due to boycotts, law suits, taxes or in the face death. What God says stand forever more.
Wacky teachings of the LDS church.
Giving up your child
By LDS family services (Backed by President Hinckley), “When the probability of a successful marriage is unlikely, unwed parents should be encouraged to place the child for adoption, preferably through LDS [Family] Services” (“Policies and Announcements,” Ensign, Apr. 1999, 80 &President Gordon B. Hinckley, “Save the Children,” Ensign, Nov. 1994, 53). Check it out for yourself atLDS.org - Ensign Article - Adoption and the Unwed Mother http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?locale=0&sourceId=8d608c6a47e0c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD
What do you think about this? For a church to tell a woman that she made a horrible mistake and you are not fit to take care of your child. People make mistakes and God knows that, but he never tells us to just run away from our responsibilities. At least not the God I worship and know. This decision should not have anything to do with the church; it should be up to the Woman. If the church wants to help, they should do what a church family is suppose to do, and help that woman in every way to take care for that child herself.
Fighting the Devil
LDS Doctrine
Journal of Discourses vol. 5 p 164 the devil will not bother you if you put a knife and guns under your pillow.
The Bible.
The way Jesus teaches us how to fight the Devil.
Matthew 4:1-11 4.)It is written man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God …..10) Get the hence Satan for it is written……
Jesus uses the Word of God and his authority to fight the devil.
Jude 9 Yet Michael the archangel when contending (disputing) with the devil he disputed (discussed) about the body of Moses Durst (dared) not bring against him a Railing (Reviling) accusation , but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Now look in this verse, the leader of the angles did not threaten satan with a weapon, He used the authority that the Lord gave him. He just spoke the name of the Lord and satan ran. Why would satan, which is a spirit, be afraid of a gun?
What the LDS church thinks of the Bible
1 Nephi 13:28-29 …The bible causes many people to stumble.
Journal of Discourses Vol.2p75...The Bible is not a sufficient guide; the words contained in this Bible are merely a history of what is gone by;
The LDS church tells the people that the book Of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ. So they use what people know to get in the door. As soon as they have their hooks on the people they then tell them that the Bible is not correct due to the translation process. The LDS teaches that Christians know the truth but not the whole truth. That in order to know the whole truth they must become a devout Mormon. We have seen this type of teaching in recent history. Like the teaching of Jim Jones and the peoples temple and David Koresh
Jesus has already returned
The LDS church say: He (Jesus) already came back (in secret)
Pearl of Great Price, Pg. 49, verse 14 & 17, Joseph Smith claimed, "I retired to the woods... (Verse 17) And I saw two Personages... standing above me... one of them ... said... This is my Beloved Son (Jesus). Hear Him."
BIBLE: He will come back in Glory; no secret visitations
Matthew 24:23-37, "Then if any man shall say unto you, lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not."
Revelation 1:7, "Behold He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him... "
Daniel 7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him
Matthew 24:30, 31 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
I share these things with you because everyone should know the truth. I challenge you to continue to seek what you’re President, bishops and elders won’t tell you. God wants to reveal all things to you but we need to do the work and find them. Study and find what the Lord is saying and what man is saying. Satan knows the Bible inside and out and knows how to twist the Word of God (the Bible). Satan even tried to trick Jesus himself. Be on high alert. Learn the true Word of God, that no man my deceive you.
Mormons say they are the fastest grow religion (which is false)
Truth
Salt Lake City TribuneGraphing activity: When the Graduate Center of the City University of New York conducted an American Religious Identification Survey in 2001, it discovered that about the same number of people said they had joined the LDS Church as said they had left it. The CUNY survey reported the church's net growth was zero percent. By contrast, the study showed both Jehovah's Witnesses and Seventh-Day Adventists with an increase of 11 percent.
On the question of how many Mormons are actively participating, Brigham Young University demographer Tim Heaton noted in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism that attendance at weekly sacrament meetings in the early 1990s was between 40 percent and 50 percent in Canada, the South Pacific, and the United States. In Europe and Africa, the average was 35 percent. Attendance in Asia and Latin America hovered around 25 percent.
By multiplying the number of members in each area by these fractions, David G. Stewart Jr. estimates worldwide activity at about 35 percent - which would give the church about 4 million active members.
Stewart, an active Mormon who served a mission to Russia in the early 1990s, has been conducting research on LDS missionary work in 20 countries for 13 years, examining census figures, and analyzing published data.
The LDS Church claims that it has 12 million active members. The LDS Church counts members until they are 110 years old. Members who are excommunicated or have their membership removed are still counted among the membership of the Church. Inactive members and those who have moved on to other Churches are also still counted among the membership.
Changes in the Book of Mormon.
The LDS church say that the changes in the book of Mormon of 1860 and its reprint were just small grammatical errors that have not change the meaning of the scriptures.
Here are some of the changes that have been made in the reprint.
In Mosiah 21:28 the name of the king has been changed from Benjamin to Mosiah. In the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon we read as follows:
"... king Benjamin had a gift from God, whereby he could interpret such engravings ..." (Book of Mormon, 1830 edition, page 200)
In modern editions of the Book of Mormon this verse has been changed to read:
"... king Mosiahhad a gift from God, whereby he could interpret such engravings ..." (Book of Mormon, 1964 edition, Mosiah 21:28) (Wrong person)
It is interesting to note that even the signed statement by the eight witnesses to the Book of Mormon has been altered. In the 1830 edition (last page) it read:
"... that Joseph Smith, Jr. the Author and Proprietor of this work, has shewn unto us the plates ... "
In the 1964 edition it reads:
"... That Joseph Smith, Jr., the Translator of this work, has shown unto us the plates ... "
These last records ... shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and people, that the Lamb of God is the Eternal Father and the Savior ... " (Book of Mormon, 1830 edition, page 32)
In the 1964 edition it reads as follows:
"... These last records ... shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and people, that the Lamb of God is the Son ofthe Eternal Father, and the Savior ..." (Book of Mormon, 1964 edition, 1 Nephi 13:40)
These are just a few of the changes in the book of Mormon, that has been said that it is the most perfect book ever written.
Closing
Continue to find the truth. The LDS church has tried very hard to hide and change their teachings. It is trickery and trickery is the devils area of expertise. Don’t be fooled. The LDS church teaches that other churches know part of the truth but not the whole truth like them. The LDS church knows the deeper doctrine, the whole doctrine. It says in Revelation 2:24 Jesus says, Satan will be teaching “deep teachings or depths of satan or deeper doctrine.” I see this in the LDS claim to have the deeper doctrine of God, the whole truth.
Be not ignorant to the word God bless you.
(LDS teachings)Journal of discourses vol.10 P50. It is not natural for men to be evil.
Contradicts Mosiah 3:19 Natural man is the enemy of God.
(The Bible)
Isaiah 65:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are a filthy rags …
Romans8:7 because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God……
God had sex with Mary
LDS doctrine teaches God had sex with Mary- (Journal of Discourses 1:50-51; vol. 5, p. 121& vol. 8, p. 115)
If this is true, then Mary was no longer a virgin after God was done. The LDS version of Jesus Christ birth resembles the birth of Hercules
The Bible
Matt 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son (also Is. 1:23)
Matt 1:25 and knew her not till she had brought forth her first born son. Mary was to stay a virgin until she gave birth to Jesus.
Blacks and the Priesthood
The Real reason Blacks were allowed into the Priesthood of the Mormon Church.
1) The church was threatened by the US government of losing their tax exemption if they did not stop their discrimination against Blacks.
2) The LDS church was having conflicts with the NAACP
3) Black athletes were boycotting against BYU
4) The church built a multimillion dollar temple in Brazil. Blacks were not able to work in the temples at that time so the LDS church did not have anyone to work the temple.
5) The church had several law suits against them, due to their discrimination against blacks.
The Bible
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Jesus does not change his mind due to boycotts, law suits, taxes or in the face death. What God says stand forever more.
Wacky teachings of the LDS church.
Giving up your child
By LDS family services (Backed by President Hinckley), “When the probability of a successful marriage is unlikely, unwed parents should be encouraged to place the child for adoption, preferably through LDS [Family] Services” (“Policies and Announcements,” Ensign, Apr. 1999, 80 &President Gordon B. Hinckley, “Save the Children,” Ensign, Nov. 1994, 53). Check it out for yourself atLDS.org - Ensign Article - Adoption and the Unwed Mother http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?locale=0&sourceId=8d608c6a47e0c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD
What do you think about this? For a church to tell a woman that she made a horrible mistake and you are not fit to take care of your child. People make mistakes and God knows that, but he never tells us to just run away from our responsibilities. At least not the God I worship and know. This decision should not have anything to do with the church; it should be up to the Woman. If the church wants to help, they should do what a church family is suppose to do, and help that woman in every way to take care for that child herself.
Fighting the Devil
LDS Doctrine
Journal of Discourses vol. 5 p 164 the devil will not bother you if you put a knife and guns under your pillow.
The Bible.
The way Jesus teaches us how to fight the Devil.
Matthew 4:1-11 4.)It is written man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God …..10) Get the hence Satan for it is written……
Jesus uses the Word of God and his authority to fight the devil.
Jude 9 Yet Michael the archangel when contending (disputing) with the devil he disputed (discussed) about the body of Moses Durst (dared) not bring against him a Railing (Reviling) accusation , but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Now look in this verse, the leader of the angles did not threaten satan with a weapon, He used the authority that the Lord gave him. He just spoke the name of the Lord and satan ran. Why would satan, which is a spirit, be afraid of a gun?
What the LDS church thinks of the Bible
1 Nephi 13:28-29 …The bible causes many people to stumble.
Journal of Discourses Vol.2p75...The Bible is not a sufficient guide; the words contained in this Bible are merely a history of what is gone by;
The LDS church tells the people that the book Of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ. So they use what people know to get in the door. As soon as they have their hooks on the people they then tell them that the Bible is not correct due to the translation process. The LDS teaches that Christians know the truth but not the whole truth. That in order to know the whole truth they must become a devout Mormon. We have seen this type of teaching in recent history. Like the teaching of Jim Jones and the peoples temple and David Koresh
Jesus has already returned
The LDS church say: He (Jesus) already came back (in secret)
Pearl of Great Price, Pg. 49, verse 14 & 17, Joseph Smith claimed, "I retired to the woods... (Verse 17) And I saw two Personages... standing above me... one of them ... said... This is my Beloved Son (Jesus). Hear Him."
BIBLE: He will come back in Glory; no secret visitations
Matthew 24:23-37, "Then if any man shall say unto you, lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not."
Revelation 1:7, "Behold He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him... "
Daniel 7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him
Matthew 24:30, 31 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
I share these things with you because everyone should know the truth. I challenge you to continue to seek what you’re President, bishops and elders won’t tell you. God wants to reveal all things to you but we need to do the work and find them. Study and find what the Lord is saying and what man is saying. Satan knows the Bible inside and out and knows how to twist the Word of God (the Bible). Satan even tried to trick Jesus himself. Be on high alert. Learn the true Word of God, that no man my deceive you.
Mormons say they are the fastest grow religion (which is false)
Truth
Salt Lake City TribuneGraphing activity: When the Graduate Center of the City University of New York conducted an American Religious Identification Survey in 2001, it discovered that about the same number of people said they had joined the LDS Church as said they had left it. The CUNY survey reported the church's net growth was zero percent. By contrast, the study showed both Jehovah's Witnesses and Seventh-Day Adventists with an increase of 11 percent.
On the question of how many Mormons are actively participating, Brigham Young University demographer Tim Heaton noted in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism that attendance at weekly sacrament meetings in the early 1990s was between 40 percent and 50 percent in Canada, the South Pacific, and the United States. In Europe and Africa, the average was 35 percent. Attendance in Asia and Latin America hovered around 25 percent.
By multiplying the number of members in each area by these fractions, David G. Stewart Jr. estimates worldwide activity at about 35 percent - which would give the church about 4 million active members.
Stewart, an active Mormon who served a mission to Russia in the early 1990s, has been conducting research on LDS missionary work in 20 countries for 13 years, examining census figures, and analyzing published data.
The LDS Church claims that it has 12 million active members. The LDS Church counts members until they are 110 years old. Members who are excommunicated or have their membership removed are still counted among the membership of the Church. Inactive members and those who have moved on to other Churches are also still counted among the membership.
Changes in the Book of Mormon.
The LDS church say that the changes in the book of Mormon of 1860 and its reprint were just small grammatical errors that have not change the meaning of the scriptures.
Here are some of the changes that have been made in the reprint.
In Mosiah 21:28 the name of the king has been changed from Benjamin to Mosiah. In the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon we read as follows:
"... king Benjamin had a gift from God, whereby he could interpret such engravings ..." (Book of Mormon, 1830 edition, page 200)
In modern editions of the Book of Mormon this verse has been changed to read:
"... king Mosiahhad a gift from God, whereby he could interpret such engravings ..." (Book of Mormon, 1964 edition, Mosiah 21:28) (Wrong person)
It is interesting to note that even the signed statement by the eight witnesses to the Book of Mormon has been altered. In the 1830 edition (last page) it read:
"... that Joseph Smith, Jr. the Author and Proprietor of this work, has shewn unto us the plates ... "
In the 1964 edition it reads:
"... That Joseph Smith, Jr., the Translator of this work, has shown unto us the plates ... "
These last records ... shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and people, that the Lamb of God is the Eternal Father and the Savior ... " (Book of Mormon, 1830 edition, page 32)
In the 1964 edition it reads as follows:
"... These last records ... shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and people, that the Lamb of God is the Son ofthe Eternal Father, and the Savior ..." (Book of Mormon, 1964 edition, 1 Nephi 13:40)
These are just a few of the changes in the book of Mormon, that has been said that it is the most perfect book ever written.
Closing
Continue to find the truth. The LDS church has tried very hard to hide and change their teachings. It is trickery and trickery is the devils area of expertise. Don’t be fooled. The LDS church teaches that other churches know part of the truth but not the whole truth like them. The LDS church knows the deeper doctrine, the whole doctrine. It says in Revelation 2:24 Jesus says, Satan will be teaching “deep teachings or depths of satan or deeper doctrine.” I see this in the LDS claim to have the deeper doctrine of God, the whole truth.
Be not ignorant to the word God bless you.