Mormonism The Nature Of God
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THE NATURE OF GOD
There is but ONE GOD. The BIBLE states that there has been, and presently is, and always will be only ONE GOD. History and the BIBLE show that the Jewish people always believed in ONE GOD of the UNIVERSE. The Jewish nation; However, was lured, time and time again, into going after “other gods” that were worshipped by the people surrounding Israel. That was the sin GOD hated and punished them for practicing. (Jeremiah 2:11 11:9-13 19:13)
In direct contrast, MORMONISM has a basic belief in many gods. The Father, Son and Holy Ghost (in Mormonism) are three
separate gods. There were gods before them and will be gods to follow: “If we should take a million worlds like this and number their particles, we should find that there are more gods than there are particles of matter in those worlds.” JOURNAL OF DISCOURSES, Vol 2, page 345 [Feb 1855] Orson Pratt
“Many men say there is one God; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are only one God. I say that is a strange God, anyhow – Three in one and one in three. It is a curious organization … all are to be crammed into one God, according to sectarianism. It would make the biggest God in all the world … he would be a giant or a monster.” TEACHING OF THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH, page 372; HISTORY OF THE CHURCH, Vol 6, page 476
“In the beginning, the head of the Gods called a council of the Gods, and they came together and concocted a plan to create the world and people it.” JOURNAL OF DISCOURSES, JOSEPH SMITH, Vol 6, page 5; HISTORY OF THE CHURCH, Vol 6, page 308
Mormons will say they worship only one God; But, whether t
hey worship them or not, believing in the valid existence of many gods — of the same authority and reality of the one God — makes you a polytheist!
False Prophets have always led the people of history (and the current peoples of the earth) to go after other gods (Deuteronomy 13:1 to 13). God’s strongest wrath was then and is now upon people who worship or believe
in other gods (Jeremiah
16:10 to 13 and 22:8 & 9).
Mormonism teaches that “Father God” is married and has many wives: “In the heaven where our spirits were born, there are many ÜfÜ Gods, each of whom has his own wife or wives, which were given to him previous to his redemption while yet in his mortal state.” THE SEER, Orson Pratt, page 37
Look up John 10:34 used by Mormons to justify a belief in “many Gods”. Jesus, there, is quoting Psalm 82 in which the judges were referred to as “g
ods” — but were wicked and unjust
and “die like all men”.
Anytime the word “gods” occur in the BIBLE it must be verified in context as referring to the idols, satanic princes or counterfeit gods – (Isaiah 41:23 and 24 and 45:20).
IN CONTRAST The BIBLE states throughout there is but ONE GOD! Look up these verses:
ISAIAH 43:10-11 “Before me NO god was formed, nor after”
44: 6-8 “I am the first and the last , beside me no other” 45: 5-6 “I am the Lord, and there is no other” 45:18-22 “HE created the heavens and earth-there is no other” DEUT 6:4 “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord” 32:39 “There is no god beside me” PSALM 86:10 “Thou alone art God” MARK 12:29 “Jesus said, the Lord our God is one; no other” GAL 3:20 “God is one” JAMES 2:19 “You believe God is one – you do well” EPH 4:5-6
“One God and Father of us all”
I COR 8:4-6 “There is no god but me”
GOD IS INFINITE: The BIBLE states that God has always been the same from all time in eternity past and does not change. In direct opposition to this, the Mormon Churc h has the basic belief
that God was once a man, with many gods before Him and many gods to come after Him. They further believe that God is progressing to higher levels of power and ability: “God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted Man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens … it is necessary that we should understand t he
character and being of God, and how He came to be so; for I am going to tell you how God came to be God. We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea, and will take away the veil, so that you may se e … he was
once a man like us; yea, that God himself the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth the same as Jesus Christ did. “TEACHINGS OF THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH, page 345; JOURNAL OF DISCOURSES Vol 6, page ÜfÜ