Mormonism

1. Mormons believe in many gods. The earth has its god and the other planets have theirs. The god of this world is Adam. In a Mormon Catechism you find the question, "Are there more Gods than one? Answer, "Yes, many." Joseph Smith said, "The head of the gods appointed one god for us." - June 1844, Millennial Star, p.108. Brigham Young, successor to Smith, said, "How many gods there are I do not know, but there never was a time when there was no gods and worlds." - Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p.33. In "Pearl of Great Price," we are told 48 times that the "gods" did this and that. Well, this is unadulterated heathenism; the very contradiction of God's Truth as seen in Exodus 8:10; Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 44:8; Mark 12:32; Hebrews 6:13.

   Further, Mormonism says that God is a "tangible thing." "The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's" (Doc. and Cov. 130:22). Brigham Young is recorded in Journal of Discourses, vol. 1, page 50, as saying, "Now hear it, O inhabitant of earth, Jew and Gentile, saint and sinner! When our father Adam came into the Garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body and brought Eve, one of his wives with him. He helped to make and organize this world. He is Michael, the archangel, the Ancient of Days! about whom holy men have written and spoken. He is our Father and our God, and the only God with whom we have to do." Joe Smith said: "The idea that the Father and the Son dwell in a man's heart is a sectarian notion and it is false" - Doctrine and Covenants 130:3.

   Such nonsense is pure paganism. More nauseating still, "Each God through his wife or wives raises up a numerous family of sons and daughters...for each father and mother will be in a condition to multiply forever and forever." The Seer 1, 37. This comes from the Doctrine and Covenants 132:37: "Abraham received concubines, and they bore him children; and it was accounted unto him for righteousness, because they were given unto him. And he ..Isaac..and Jacob...have entered into their exaltation... and sit upon thrones, and are no angels, but are gods." This is not according to God's Word: "There is none other God but one." (I Corinthians 8:4). "I am the Lord and there is none else, there is no God besides me" (Isaiah 45:5a).

2. What is their teaching about Christ? Brigham Young taught that Christ was the natural son of Mary and Adam (Adam as God of this world). They teach that Christ was a polygamist, wedded at Cana of Galilee to Mary and Martha (sisters of Lazarus) and then later to Mary Magdalene. Apostle O. Hyde in a sermon said, "We say it was Jesus Christ who was married at Cana to the Marys and Martha, whereby He could see His seed before He was crucified." They further hold that Christ was simply a superior man who, by His devotion and faithfulness in His generation, was exalted to Deity and is now a god, second in glory to Adam.

   What shameful blasphemy!

3. What has Mormonism to say about salvation? Mormonism teaches that to be saved you must believe in Joseph Smith, his book and his revelations. Brigham Young declared: "Every spirit that confesses that Joseph Smith is a prophet and that he lived and died a prophet, and that the Book of Mormon is true, is of God and every spirit that does not is of anti-Christ" - from Millennial Story vol. 5, p.118. He further declared: "Will all the people be damned who are not LatterDay Saints? Yes, and a great many of them except they repent speedily" - Journal of Discourses, vol. 1, p.339.

   Then, Mormonism teaches that the atonement of Christ, covered original sin only; that is, the sin of Adam. Sin committed now, they say, are to be pardoned on the basis of the good works of the sinner. The third article of faith written by Smith declares: "We believe that through the atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel."

   Mormons will not say that they are saved; they think salvation is future and its final attainment dependent on works.

   Joseph Smith gradually assumed the status of one of the gods, standing next to Jesus Christ. Brigham Young affirmed, "What God was once, we are now; what God is now, we shall become." Prophet Smith had many wives and concubines. His successor, Brigham Young, died in Salt Lake City in 1877 leaving two million dollars, 17 wives, 56 children and an unknown number of grandchildren.

   We need to beware of this insidious religion of Mormonism. They send their missionaries to call at our home. Remember the words of John:

   I John 4:1, "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world."