My dear Latter Day Saints. In the New Testament book of 2 Corinthians, the apostle Paul warns of another Jesus whom we have not preached... a different spirit which you have not received... a different gospel which you have not accepted (2 Cor. 11:4). In the New Testament book of Galatians, Paul again warns: But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! (Gal. 1:8). Ironically, this latter warning is a nearly exact description of how the Mormon church was founded: In 1820, Joseph Smith Jr., age 14, went into the woods near Palmyra, New York to pray concerning the different denominations of Christianity. Allegedly, God the Father and Jesus appeared to him and told him not to join any of those churches. Three years later an angel named Moroni, the son of the leader of a people called the Nephites who had lived in the Americas around 400 AD, appeared to Smith and told him that Smith had been chosen to translate a book written on golden plates by Moronis father. Smith claimed to receive the plates along with instructions to begin the translation, which was published in 1830 as the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is supposedly the account of an ancient people who came from the Middle-East to the Americas. Smith claimed that during the translation process, John the Baptist appeared to him and ordained him to accomplish the divine work of restoring the true church by preaching the true gospel which, allegedly, had been lost from the earth. From 1833-1835, a collection of additional revelations from God to Joseph Smith were published by the LDS church as the Doctrine and Covenants. In 1880 another work, the Pearl of Great Price, was also added to the Mormon body of scripture. The Mormon view of the Bible is summed up in a statement by the most famous Mormon apologist: The Bible of the Old World has come to us from the manuscripts of antiquity - manuscripts which passed through the hands of uninspired men who changed many parts to suit their own doctrinal ideas. Deletions were common, and, as it now stands, many plain and precious portions and many covenants of the Lord have been lost. As a consequence, those who rely upon it alone [the Bible] stumble and are confused (Bruce McConkie, in The Ensign, December 1985, p 55). Additionally I would ask if Joseph Smith got it right why have there been at least 3,913 changes made in the Book of Mormon from the time it was first published in 1830. 1 Peter 3:15 Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV) 15 but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: __________________________________________________________
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:16:02 +0000
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