THE CULTS 2

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THE CULTS 2

• The Mormons

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

• The Deception of Mormonism

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Study Outline

• Mormon History
• Mormonism and the Word of God
• Mormonism and the Being of God
• Mormonism and the Works of God
• Mormonism and Man
• Mormonism and the Person of Christ
• Mormonism and Salvation
• Mormonism and the Church
• Mormonism and the Sacraments
• Mormonism and the Eternal State

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Study Outline

• Mormon History
• Mormonism and the Word of God
• Mormonism and the Being of God
• Mormonism and the Works of God
• Mormonism and Man
• Mormonism and the Person of Christ
• Mormonism and Salvation
• Mormonism and the Church
• Mormonism and the Sacraments
• Mormonism and the Eternal State

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Mormon History

• The Life of Joseph Smith

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In the Woods Spring of 1820

• Born in 1805 and raised in New York State
• In the woods praying he encountered 2
  personages.
• One was the Beloved Son.
• He was told that the creeds of all denominations
  were abominable

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In Bed September 1823

• A personage appeared beside his bed.
• His name was Moroni.
• He was told of a Book written on Golden Plates
  and of 2 stones fastened to a Breastplate to help
  with the translation.
• This Book told the history of the North American
  Continent and contained the fullness of the
  everlasting gospel.

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Smiths Marriage January 18th 1827

• Emma Hales father refused to allow his daughter
  to marry Smith.
• The Mormons claim this was persecution against
  his new religious awakenings.
• There is evidence that the real reason was
  Smiths preoccupation with digging for money with
  the help of a peepstone.
• Therefore the couple eloped in order to wed.
• This detail gives us an insight into an unstable
  and rather disturbed young man.

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Receiving the Plates September 1827

• Although in 1823 he was guided to the location of
  the plates on the hill Cumorah he was prevented
  from removing them.
• Finally the heavenly messenger granted him the
  plates with instructions to keep them safe until
  he was called.

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Translating The Plates

• Smith teamed up with a farmer called Martin
  Harris who agreed to finance the publication of
  the translation.
• Smiths autobiography claims that a Professor
  Anthon confirmed that the writing was Reformed
  Egyptian and that the translation was accurate.

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Priests and Witnesses

• In 1829 Smith and Oliver Cowdery were given the
  priesthood of Aaron and then that of Melchizedek
  by John the Baptist
• Smith was only to show the plates to 3 witnesses
  appointed by God Oliver Cowdrey, David Whitmer
  and Martin Harris were chosen.

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The Book of Mormon

• In March 1830 the Book of Mormon went on sale.
• On April 6th 1830 the Church of Jesus Christ of
  Latter Day Saints was formed in New York with 6
  members.
• Smith and Cowdery ordained each other as elders.
• Within a month the number has risen to 40.

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Whats the Book About?

• 2 waves of immigrations to the Americas.
• The first took place in 2,250 BC from the region
  around the Tower of Babel. The people known as
  Jaredites eventually were wiped out by civil war.
• In 600 BC Lehi a Jewish prophet of Manasseh
  allegedly left Israel and obeyed God in sailing
  to South America.
• The records were written by Moroni whose Father
  was Mormon.

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Is It Genuine?

• There is no other history or archaeology to
  verify the accuracy of the record.
• Reformed Egyptian is unknown unlike other ancient
  languages.
• There are no manuscripts available to examine,
  unlike the Bible.
• The Golden Plates were given back to Moroni.
• What says the evidence, the confused babblings of
  a madman or the Word of God?

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Smiths Sudden Death

• As the result of persecution the Mormons
  travelled west in search of a place to establish
  a community.
• On the Mississippi he established a community
  called Nauvoo.
• When he came under fire from a critical paper he
  ordered the destruction of the printing press.
• He was imprisoned only to be killed by a mob who
  attacked the prison.

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The Move Westward

• Brigham Young succeeded Smith a President.
• In February 1846 they took their wagon train on
  journey which took them to Salt Lake, Utah in
  July 1847.
• He established Salt Lake City.
• The nearest railroad was Iowa City , 1300 miles
  away.
• By 1877, the year of Youngs death there were
  140,000 Mormons.

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Dramatic Growth

• 1962
• World Membership
• 1,965,786.
• American Membership
• 1,713,322

• 1990
• Membership in top 10 countries 8,218,000
• American Membership 4,900,000

At What rate has the true Church grown? What a
challenge to seek Holy Ghost power? May we have a
vision of these lost and deceived souls?
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Study Outline

• Mormon History
• Mormonism and the Word of God
• Mormonism and the Being of God
• Mormonism and the Works of God
• Mormonism and Man
• Mormonism and the Person of Christ
• Mormonism and Salvation
• Mormonism and the Church
• Mormonism and the Sacraments
• Mormonism and the Eternal State

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They Consider the Bible to be a Flawed Book

• The Mormon sacred writings are more trustworthy
  than the Bible.
• Joseph Smith worked on a revision of the AV which
  was never completed.
• Interestingly the Mormons will not publish this
  work.
• Is it not reliable or would it be unfamiliar to
  potential converts?

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The Bible Says

• Rev 2218 For I testify unto every man that
  heareth the words of the prophecy of this book,
  If any man shall add unto these things, God shall
  add unto him the plagues that are written in this
  book
• Rev 2219 And if any man shall take away from
  the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall
  take away his part out of the book of life, and
  out of the holy city, and from the things which
  are written in this book.

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Study Outline

• Mormon History
• Mormonism and the Word of God
• Mormonism and the Being of God
• Mormonism and the Works of God
• Mormonism and Man
• Mormonism and the Person of Christ
• Mormonism and Salvation
• Mormonism and the Church
• Mormonism and the Sacraments
• Mormonism and the Eternal State

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One God Among Many

• Only matter is eternal.
• God has a physical body as we do.
• Human beings may eventually become gods.
• God too was a man at one time.
• Therefore there are many gods.

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The Bible Says

• Isa 428 I am the LORD that is my name and my
  glory will I not give to another, neither my
  praise to graven images.

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Study Outline

• Mormon History
• Mormonism and the Word of God
• Mormonism and the Being of God
• Mormonism and the Works of God
• Mormonism and Man
• Mormonism and the Person of Christ
• Mormonism and Salvation
• Mormonism and the Church
• Mormonism and the Sacraments
• Mormonism and the Eternal State

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An Organiser Not A Creator

• As matter existed before God all
• he did was reorganise that matter
• into the universe.

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The Bible Says

• Joh 13 All things were made by him and without
  him was not any thing made that was made.

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Study Outline

• Mormon History
• Mormonism and the Word of God
• Mormonism and the Being of God
• Mormonism and the Works of God
• Mormonism and Man
• Mormonism and the Person of Christ
• Mormonism and Salvation
• Mormonism and the Church
• Mormonism and the Sacraments
• Mormonism and the Eternal State

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Spirit Children

• All men existed as Spirits before they were born.
• The birth of children allows the Spirits to
  become embodied.
• The fall was good in that it enabled man to
  reproduce and embody spirits.
• Children are born sinless there is no Original
  Sin.

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The Bible Says

• Psa 515 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity and
  in sin did my mother conceive me.
• Rom 512 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered
  into the world, and death by sin and so death
  passed upon all men, for that all have sinned

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Study Outline

• Mormon History
• Mormonism and the Word of God
• Mormonism and the Being of God
• Mormonism and the Works of God
• Mormonism and Man
• Mormonism and the Person of Christ
• Mormonism and Salvation
• Mormonism and the Church
• Mormonism and the Sacraments
• Mormonism and the Eternal State

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Horrible Blasphemy

• Christ was the First spirit child born of God.
• He was conceived as the result of union between
  God and Mary.
• Christ was married to Mary, Martha and the other
  Mary.

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The Bible Says

• Luk 135 And the angel answered and said unto
  her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the
  power of the Highest shall overshadow thee
  therefore also that holy thing which shall be
  born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

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The Extent of the Atonement

• 1 General Salvation
• Christ died to raise all people from the
• dead but that does not mean everyone will be
  saved beyond the resurrection.
• 2 Individual Salvation
• Given to those who know and obey

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Deceiving Words

• They say the atonement was necessary because of
  Adams Fall. Yet they also believe that the Fall
  was a good thing. CONFUSED!!!
• They will say that Christ died for everyone yet
  the General Salvation is meaningless.
• The Individual Salvation is dependent upon works,
  not grace.

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The Bible Says

• Rom 324 Being justified freely by his grace
  through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus
• Rom 325 Whom God hath set forth to be a
  propitiation through faith in his blood, to
  declare his righteousness for the remission of
  sins that are past, through the forbearance of
  God
• Rom 326 To declare, I say, at this time his
  righteousness that he might be just, and the
  justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
• Rom 327 Where is boasting then? It is excluded.
  By law? of works? Nay but by the law of faith.

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Study Outline

• Mormon History
• Mormonism and the Word of God
• Mormonism and the Being of God
• Mormonism and the Works of God
• Mormonism and Man
• Mormonism and the Person of Christ
• Mormonism and Salvation
• Mormonism and the Church
• Mormonism and the Sacraments
• Mormonism and the Eternal State

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Gaining Eternal Life

• Salvation has degrees, the highest being eternal
  life or exaltation where the person becomes a
  god.
• The ordinances one must partake of are Faith in
  Christ, Repentance, Baptism by immersion and
  laying on of hands for the gift of the Spirit.

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The Bible Says

• Eph 28 For by grace are ye saved through faith
  and that not of yourselves it is the gift of
  God
• Eph 29 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
  

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Celestial Marriage

• To receive the highest form of exaltation one
  must be married.
• Marriage for time is conducted outside a Mormon
  Temple and is dissolved in death.
• Celestial Marriage is performed inside a Mormon
  Temple and is eternal.
• Those who enjoy Celestial Marriage will go
  through eternity producing spirit children which
  will in time become human.
• Those who are married for time or who are single
  will be single in the afterlife.

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The Bible Says

• Luk 2034 And Jesus answering said unto them,
  The children of this world marry, and are given
  in marriage
• Luk 2035 But they which shall be accounted
  worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection
  from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in
  marriage
• Luk 2036 Neither can they die any more for
  they are equal unto the angels and are the
  children of God, being the children of the
  resurrection.

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Study Outline

• Mormon History
• Mormonism and the Word of God
• Mormonism and the Being of God
• Mormonism and the Works of God
• Mormonism and Man
• Mormonism and the Person of Christ
• Mormonism and Salvation
• Mormonism and the Church
• Mormonism and the Sacraments
• Mormonism and the Eternal State

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The Mormons The Only True Church

• Every spirit that does not confess that God
• has sent Joseph Smith, and revealed the
• everlasting gospel through and to him, is of
• Antichrist.
• Brigham Young

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The Bible Says

• Mat 1618 And I say also unto thee, That thou
  art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my
  church and the gates of hell shall not prevail
  against it.

• Christ not Joseph Smith is the Church Builder
• The Church was always in existence and God did
  not have to wait for Joseph Smith to do the
  building

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Study Outline

• Mormon History
• Mormonism and the Word of God
• Mormonism and the Being of God
• Mormonism and the Works of God
• Mormonism and Man
• Mormonism and the Person of Christ
• Mormonism and Salvation
• Mormonism and the Church
• Mormonism and the Sacraments
• Mormonism and the Eternal State

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Baptism

• They believe in baptismal regeneration.
• They define the mode as immersion.
• Joseph Smith in his revision of the AV even
  inserted a passage about the baptism of Adam!!!

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The Bible Says

• Mar 1616 He that believeth and is baptized
  shall be saved but he that believeth not shall
  be damned.

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Baptism For The Dead

• Between 1841 and 1842 Smith received
  revelations concerning this practice from
  Malachi 45-6.
• He insisted there had to be a welding link
  between the fathers and the children for the
  curse to be removed.
• Rather imaginatively and without scriptural basis
  he introduced Baptism for the Dead.

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How Are The Dead Baptised?

• Mormons are expected to work for the Baptism of
  their dead relatives going back as far as records
  will allow.
• It is carried out in a tank built below the
  ground in a temple, the place simulates the
  graves of the deceased.
• The names of the dead baptised are recorded and
  there must be at least 3 witnesses.
• The Spirits of the dead must accept this baptism
  by proxy for it to be valid.

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The Bible Says

• Heb 927 And as it is appointed unto men once to
  die, but after this the judgment

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The Lords Supper

• It is performed weekly and all can partake who
  are 8 years old and upward.
• Water, not wine, is taken because the angel
  apparently told Joseph Smith not to touch strong
  drink.
• It is not a way of salvation but a means whereby
  the gift of the Holy Ghost is maintained.

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The Bible Says

• 1Co 1124 And when he had given thanks, he brake
  it, and said, Take, eat this is my body, which
  is broken for you this do in remembrance of me.
• 1Co 1125 After the same manner also he took the
  cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the
  new testament in my blood this do ye, as oft as
  ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

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Study Outline

• Mormon History
• Mormonism and the Word of God
• Mormonism and the Being of God
• Mormonism and the Works of God
• Mormonism and Man
• Mormonism and the Person of Christ
• Mormonism and Salvation
• Mormonism and the Church
• Mormonism and the Sacraments
• Mormonism and the Future

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The Gatherings

• 1 The Gathering of Ephraim
• This is ongoing as the Mormons believe that
  they are mostly of Ephraim.
• 2 The Gathering of the Jews (or Judah)
• This is ongoing in the Holy Land but they will
  not accept Christ until his return.
• 3 The Gathering of the Lost Ten Tribes
• The 10 tribes located in the north will be
  gathering to Zion and will receive the crowned
  blessings from Ephraim putting the Mormons in
  the driving seat!!

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The Bible Says

• Rom 1125 For I would not, brethren, that ye
  should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye
  should be wise in your own conceits that
  blindness in part is happened to Israel, until
  the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
• Rom 1126 And so all Israel shall be saved as
  it is written, There shall come out of Sion the
  Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from
  Jacob

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The Millennium

• Christ will reign personally for 1,000 years
• When he returns the believing dead will be raised
  and the living saints will receive new bodies to
  enjoy this era of peace
• The spirits of the wicked will remain in a prison
  house and given time to repent.
• Non Mormons who lived good lives will be able to
  enjoy this time.
• The work of the Millennium will be baptism for
  the dead for all those who have lived.
• At the end the wicked will be raised in the
  second resurrection

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The Bible Says

• 2Th 17 And to you who are troubled rest with
  us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from
  heaven with his mighty angels,
• 2Th 18 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them
  that know not God, and that obey not the gospel
  of our Lord Jesus Christ
• 2Th 19 Who shall be punished with everlasting
  destruction from the presence of the Lord, and
  from the glory of his power
• 2Th 110 When he shall come to be glorified in
  his saints, and to be admired in all them that
  believe (because our testimony among you was
  believed) in that day.

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The Eternal State

• The world will be dissolved and resurrected into
  an exalted state.
• The Celestial Kingdom will be established in the
  new earth for the faithful who will be married
  and propagate.
• The Terrestrial Kingdom will be established
  outside earth for good people who were not
  Mormons, for those who never had opportunity or
  who embraced faith in the Spirit world.
• The Telestial Kingdom will be in another earth
  (planet!!!) for those who were punished in Hell
  during the millennium and who are given another
  opportunity to do good

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Promotion

• There will be opportunities to make progress
  within the Kingdoms and people may even be
  promoted from one Kingdom to the other

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The Sons of Perdition

• A The Devil and His Angels
• Lucifer a brother of Christ rebelled against
• God with a company of Spirits. They are
• denied any opportunity of salvation
• B Human Sons of Perdition
• Those who had the power of God but who
• rebelled against it therefore committing the
• unpardonable sin.

This is the only group who suffer eternal
damnation And they consist of a very small part
of humanity
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The Bible Says

• Rev 216 And he said unto me, It is done. I am
  Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I
  will give unto him that is athirst of the
  fountain of the water of life freely.
• Rev 217 He that overcometh shall inherit all
  things and I will be his God, and he shall be my
  son.
• Rev 218 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and
  the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers,
  and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars,
  shall have their part in the lake which burneth
  with fire and brimstone which is the second
  death.