I often laugh when Protestants and Catholics say they don't believe prophet's are called anymore nor will they be ever again. So I ask them "do you believe in the book of revelations?" They say "yes" so I say "there's a verse that says in the last days two prophets will be killed in Jerusalem, and two days later they will be resurrected. You believe that?" They say "yes" so I ask "how is that verse supposed to come to pass if God doesn't call more prophet's in these last days?"
@Makayla Miller 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; Well this says we need prophets and it is from the Bible new testament Ephesians 4
I’m here because a colleague is a Mormon and just curious about her faith. She’s very religious and always helpful, very hardworking person. I admire her faith.
@@trevorlewatle1886 yo if you understand that the teachings are false why not just leave the church if your a member of it still most likely you'll get in trouble for publicaly saying that it teaches false doctrines anyway
@@on_the_journey_101 let me just say that I have been a member for 52 years, I was baptized at 8 but grew up in the church. Sadly we have had false teachers but it’s not a church wide problem. Also when it’s discovered it’s corrected. We are normal every day people who make mistakes. We’re not perfect but that is what we’re aiming for.
@@TheGrams56 I'm not sure of that if your willing to correct false teaching then why is it not corrected I'm not saying anything bad about people here or being decent people but don't you think you think that when it's eternal salvation on the line that it ought to be correct and not wrong yes I understand that people are flawed yes I can see that lds church has changed over time but it's core teachings have not? those are the things that concern me because what good is it to to believe in something false no matter how good you are many religions people are lovely people but not all teaching is correct there are two ways the way of life and the way of death Jesus of Nazareth is the way I have no issue with people being nice caring considerate loving people but false teaching is still false teaching not to be offensive to one personally but starting with the view you have of God and going from there it is simply not what christians have always believed I think it's hard to course correct when everything taught is built on falseness well intentioned or not
@@on_the_journey_101 I get the feeling that your idea of false teachings and mine are two different things. I think what you’re saying is teachings that you don’t believe in but aren’t false in our eyes. I’m talking about teachings that individuals or individual leaders have taught that are against the doctrine and principles of our church. I don’t know what religion you are and it really doesn’t matter because I believe in allowing all people, “to worship how, where or what they may.” That comes from our Articles of Faith it’s the 11th one. If you care to read them all they can be found online in many places. I don’t know if you’ve ever watched other interviews with Dallas Jenkins but I’ve heard him say (and I’m paraphrasing), the problem with most people is that they assume they’ve heard the truth about other churches without bothering to study it out for themselves. I’ll confess I don’t know a lot about the beliefs of other religions but I am trying to learn. Even with my limited knowledge I still respect the rights of others to believe what they want even if it’s not believing in Jesus Christ. I feel sad for them but it’s their choice. I’ll teach what I believe but I won’t force it on anyone! Also I wanted to ask are there any churches out there that are perfect and have no truly false teachings, not just the ones I don’t agree with. I really believe that there is no such thing. Just simply because we are all humans and that’s the purpose of being here, make mistakes and learn from them. So why should we leave a church that we love and believe in because others have made mistakes. I had a step father who believed he was the only one who knew how to properly run our church. I never believed him, never followed his teachings because they were all wrong but more importantly I didn’t leave the church because he was delusional. 😊👍
Experience With Me You can do your own research of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They have the title wrong in the clip. Mormon is a nickname that the world adopted for the church. It is called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Most individuals do not have the correct source to go by. They listen to rumors only. Truest members of The Church study the life of the Savior and live by His word daily through the Bible and Book of Mormon and prayer. The message is always the same...you are never alone. You are apart of an eternal loving family with Heavenly Father. The universe has no end. We are all eternal. Correct source: ChurchofJesusChrist.org ComeUntoChrist.org There are also local missionaries serving in your area ready to teach of the Savior and answer any questions you may have. The Lord and Savior would have us message one another with empathy and understanding. Comments are welcome except answered for those who have a sincere desire in their heart to learn more of the Savior and the Lord. They are who matter most.
Candace Kinser Thank you, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints go to the direct source Himself- the Lord with sincere real intent in their heart to know if the Book of Mormon and Bible are the word of the Lord. Millions if not billions by now across the globe share the same loving warm conviction in their heart. No man on the earth can give this conviction. The love remains. The Lord answers individual hearts that are humble, obedient to His commandments and in tune. If someone is keeping His commandments to love your neighbor and desire to have the Lord answer you about scripture, He is more bound to linger with those. If someone is critical, angry toward others, He withdraws. There is a HUGE difference in individuals hearts and what their intentions are. The Lord and Savior look on the heart of individuals. Search the scriptures, study and pray are key with a sincere desire in your heart to know. It is key. I testify with every part of my heart and being that Jesus is the Christ, He and the Lord Live.
I came across the book of mormon a few days ago. I've never been so awe struck... I am a 31 yr old sinner. I know this is where I was always meant to find...
I’d suggest you do outside research as well on Joseph Smith and look up debates between Mormons and Christians. I highly suggest looking up Apologia to see how he talks about that.
I'd warn against debates, since those are merely banter with no real conclusion or consensus, and any source on Joseph Smith should be carefully looked at. Several people love discrediting him, and they often don't care how they do it.
@@marthagodivala6726 it's a bit cruel to move the fish into a tiny bowl for the sake of aesthetics. That's how a lot of innocent animals die, people using them as props. No shade, I just don't agree with it.
@@TrevorThatBandanaGuy That sounds harmful. Most leave because they had differing opinions, or didn't like another member, so asking them is possibly the worst source...
@@TrevorThatBandanaGuy If the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints isn't true, then which is? There are hundreds of denominations, and if one is incorrect, who is to say which is, besides the Creator?
@@TrevorThatBandanaGuy Reading through your comments, I haven't seen any evidence against the blanket term of "Mormonism", just unbacked banter. Where's your proof?
Ariela Gonzales I agree. My grandma is a “morman” too and I’m Christian, but I believe that God’s spirit was with Jesus and that Joseph Smith was a confused man which is why his book of mormans is false in so many ways.
That's because you have a brain and use it. The Mormon church is a load of nonsense. Any other gospel other than the Holy Bible is heresy . Galatians 1:9
Ariela Gonzales pffffttttt 2020 and there's still closed minded person like you? C'mon respect each other can we? Please? * i ain't mormon. But im curious thats why i'm here.
We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Thank you for this video! It's complicated, because I honestly don't know what religion I am. I'm in detox from a religion, but my soul still wants more. I am exploring a lot of religions, and your channel is very comprehensive. I don't know if it's for me, but I so appreciate it!!!
I think that’s awesome that you’re exploring religions, especially since your soul wants more. What filled my spiritual hungers was reading The Book of Mormon. This channel talks a lot about it, but I believe that its because it helps others grow in their faith in Christ. It’s helped influence me to become more like Him, and to feel His love, and how to receive answers to questions and prayers I’ve had. If you have any questions, or passages that are powerful, let me know!
You don't need to be a part of Judeo-Christian faith to have spirituality. Buddhism, Unitarian, or just practicing spirituality. Id recommend if you do go back to one of the Christian faith look into the history of thier founders. And stay away from the abusive ones like JW.
Not to be the “word-police” but religion is not what we want, knowledge (proof that makes sense) of God is. Objective truth is. This is only found with what the ancient Greeks called and modern secular society calls logic. Ancients in other cultures almost universally deified and it was just a matter of whether they were monotheistic and considered all truth to emanate from one source or whether different things, or even substances like gold and water were “gods” aka fundamental sources of creation in and of themselves. The ancient Egyptians had many mythological/illogical concepts about various gods but one of the main things they knew/believed was that all things start in an illogical place (unmade or in chaotic/random states) and called this “Isfet” or chaos and that the “good god” or the force that will deliver salvation is Ma’at aka order (the force of logic that makes things more logical) Logic comes in many “forms” from Venn Diagrams to Music and has many applications from proper science to proper interpretation of scripture. However it is the “substance” of logic not any one form that is the real “spirit” of the creator. Logic, and preferably formal logic, should be applied to all things at all times (worship god all day long) so that through devotion to logic you can be sane and walk in lockstep with the creator. God is logic and while all you need to know this is logic, because logic is tautological (self evident) it’s also what the ancient Hebrew scripture says (like when God told Moses “I am that I am” ) and is the direction all other religions point to. Even those that are nonsense emphasis the need for our one true god, the source of truth and the “sense-maker” itself…logic!
You don’t believe in Jesus Christ if you believe Joseph Smith was a prophet from Missouri I’m sorry. May god show mercy on you young man and bring you to the real god
Dark Knight " real god" ? So obviously you are an "orthodox" Christian that believes in the trinity. Actually it's the trinitarians that don't believe in Jesus Christ at all. The 3 persons in 1 god is a pagan-istic false teaching introduced in the Nicene and Constantinople Creeds in the 4th Century AD .... In the 17th Century AD the West Minister Confession added "w/o body parts or passions " to the false teaching of the trinity. The trinity of course denies God the Father sent Jesus Christ because if they are 3 persons in 1 god Jesus Christ would have sent Himself, prayed to Himself, worshiped Himself, begged Himself to not require Himself to go through with the Atonement , returned to Himself and sat down at His own right hand, etc. .... Thus the trinity is the epitome of the teaching of the anti-Christ.
An editorial about Mormons: Paul Allen Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft along with Bill Gates, wrote the following editorial in a newspaper in Santa Clarita, California, USA. USA: I've heard and seen enough! I've lived in the west for my whole life. I worked around them, they worked for me and me for them. When I was younger, I had a relationship with one of its members. When I got married, they came to my wedding. Now I have my own daughters and some of their boys are boyfriends with my daughters. I would feel privileged if one of them became my son-in-law. I'm talking about Mormons. They're some of the most honest and hardworking people I've ever met. They are spiritual, probably more than most religious people I have found. They study the Bible and teach like no other Christian church does. They serve in their religion without receiving salary on all possible charges. They are leaders, teachers, counselors, bishops or music directors and do not receive a penny for the hours of dedication and work. Mormons have a secular ministry - a fact that is not of general knowledge. I've heard many times messages from the pulpit of other religions talking bad about them and they say they're not Christians, and they don't go to heaven. I decided recently to attend one of their religious services near my house to see for myself. What a surprise! What I heard and saw was just the opposite of what the religious ministers of the time told me. I found a very simple service, without fanfare. I have found a people with great sense of humor and a well balanced spiritual side. There was no high volume music. Just a simple service, with several members giving themselves short speeches. They urge their young people to be morally clean and live a good life. They teach the gospel of Christ for example. His church is officially called " the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints." when I read his " book of Mormon " I was surprised to also find just the opposite of what they told me I was going to find. Do you know of any cult that has an equal wellness system in this country? They have farms, canning factories and cattle ranches to help those in need. The Mormon church has donated millions of dollars to help rebuild the Baptist churches that were burned some years ago. Tons of medical supplies donated to the countries affected by earthquakes. Do you know any cult that urges its members to comply with the law, pay their taxes, serve in the army if asked and be a good Christian, living high moral values? Did you know that hundreds of thousands of young Mormons rise from bed before time to go to school, to attend religious training classes? They are hired by the FBI, the state department and the police department inside because they are reliable. They are taught not to drink or use drugs. They are in the secret service - they are the ones who protect the president. They serve in high leadership positions of both parties in Congress and Senate and have been governors of several states other than Utah. They serve with distinction and honor. If you have mormons who live close, you will probably find that they are your best friends and neighbors. They are Christians who try to live what they preach. They are not perfect and are the first to admit it. You will also be surprised. When I moved here years ago there were five Mormon chapels in Santa Clarita now there are fifteen. They have to be doing something right. Paul Allen, Santa Clarita, California
Who is Paul Allen that makes him an authority on the subject? Why should we care what he thinks? He has an outsider's view and attended one service. I doubt very much he actually looked into it. He doesn't know what ex-mormons know, and those who've done a crapload of research.
@@smdh99 "ALL of them" ? There are literally tens of thousands of different Christian Churches with different beliefs and as time passes by there are more added to the total.. It would literally take several decades to attend just a small percentage of those tens of thousands of churches on a separate weekly basis. So you are the one pumping out the baloney
My husband and I once had a sit down discussion with several evangelical neighbors of ours two of whom were about to get married and they asked to come over and talk about the different tenants of our practices. And for the most part it was a pretty calm discussion pretty non-dramatic, until we got to the question of being married for time and all eternity. I was really shocked and kind of speechless because all of these evangelicals agreed that they did not want to be with their families for all eternity, even been engaged couple said this, that they only want to sit before God and worship him and sing his praise forever. And I just don’t understand how the notion of having my family my secret children and husband with me forever how could that notion be offensive to anyone? Anyone who is experienced the loss of a child or another close member of their family knows the immense trauma of the notion that they might never see them again. It was this doctrine of eternal families that really appealed to my husband who grew up in the orthodox Russian religion. For him it really aligned with Christ gospel taught in the Bible. Don’t forget heavenly father wants us to call him father and calls us joint heirs, his sons and daughters. God loves families and wants them to be together
It's not that we don't want to be with our families, it's just that once you know the love of Jesus that familial love is such a lessor love. We evangelicals do believe we will see our family members again, but there is nothing in scripture to say that we will live in families (and it's quite impossible to negotiate that thru time, migrations of peoples, interracial marriage, marriage of any kind where siblings all marry other people with other siblings.) In fact, we're all practically related to everyone in heaven anyway, so yes, we will be living with our relatives, but it will not be important to be someone's husband or wife or child. We'll probably all be the same age even, so those generational distinctions will be lost except in concept of forebears. Check out some Death/Near Death Experiences on TH-cam of Christians who did indeed see their families again when they arrived in heaven. And certainly, the belief that men will have a plethora of wives in which to populate their own planets with spirit children is anathema to the God of the Bible. Polygamy was an Old Testament practice that typically ended in disastrous situations. In the New Testament it is ever clear that marriage is between one man and one woman, until death takes one, their marriage covenant is broken, and they can make a new covenant with another who is alive. Jesus even answers directly that when such a situation occurs with a woman and many brothers, none of them will be married in heaven, because we live as the angels live, without gender or sex, devoted to worship of the God of the universe and to do His good works and will as He directs.
My ex is one who strictly doesn't believe anything LDS and when I asked him why he doesn't want an eternal family, he told me that just this life was enough and wanting more than that was a disgrace to God.
@@janet-Spirit_of_the_Living_God You understand our doctrine like looking through a glass darkly. (1 cor. 13:12). There is a time called the millennium prepared to set in order all marriages and concerns of eternal nature, it is only after that time that the resurrection takes place. Those that are unmarried and choose to stay that way are those angels you speak of. And without gender or sex is blatantly anit-biblical. It says in Genesis that we are in the image of God, and its clear through his titles God has gender. As far as polygamy vs monogamy, monogamy became the societal norm in 539 BC. It was a societal change, not doctrinal change. Now its *Possible* that I missed something, but I just did a fat 45 minute search for references including (one wife, a wife, wife, one husband, husband, marriage) and the only direct quotes I've found explicitly stating a 1:1 in marriage was for eligibility bishops and deacons. If polygamy went against God, He would not have allowed it. He would not have Given David the wives AND concubines of Saul 2 Samuel 12. It would have been stated, and maintained from the very beginning because God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Its important to note that its often unrighteous exercise of polygamy that earns one condemnation, although monogamy is preferred (especially in society, and by me tbh :P). I see you referenced Matt 22, An important key to understanding the Savior’s words is to remember that they were spoken to Sadducees, who ‘say that there is no resurrection’ (Matthew 22:23). Therefore, the question they posed to the Savior was insincere-they were not truly interested in knowing about marriage in the Resurrection. The Savior’s reply that ‘in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage’ (Matthew 22:30; italics added) referred to the individuals in question, who were Sadducees, for the questioners said that ‘there were with us seven brethren’ (Matthew 22:25; italics added). For those who do not marry for eternity, marriage does not endure beyond this life (see D&C 132:15-17). They wouldn't have even asked about Marriage in the resurrection if it wasn't a doctrine taught and believed, they were trying to trap Jesus in his words. Now in response to your statement "that men will have a plethora of wives in which to populate their own planets with spirit children" i would like to point out that these statements are incredibly disingenuous, especially considering early Christians' believed in deification or "becoming a god" (becoming LIKE god) here are some sources i don't feel like writing out. www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Mormonism_and_the_nature_of_God/Deification_of_man#UnChristian.3F id recommend you look at bullet 5 on this list if you only have time for one, but all are worth looking at. www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Question:_Do_Mormon_men_believe_that_they_will_become_%22gods_of_their_own_planets%22_and_rule_over_others%3F and here's the second source, the one that actually addresses your claim.
Jesus himself said there is no marriage in heaven (Matthew 22:30. It's very straight forward although I guess the LDS church has a spin on that as well as many other doctrines that from the words of our savior are at direct odds with what the LDS church teaches and belives.
You guys had me smiling through the whole video. I'm much older than you, but I have a very youthful spirit, and I went to an LDS church here in New York for the first time, and I'm trying to learn more and more about the church. The common sense is amazing it just makes sense! How about that, 😊. And I feel the happiness and I feel the truth and I like that you're all family.
Would actually love a response to this if you have the time! You knew ppl would comment about Matthew 22:30 "At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage". But y'all need to check the context of that passage. It's literally about people who got married in this life (specifically one gal that married 7 different guys). So when asked whose wife she would be in heaven, Jesus replied that there will be no marriage in heaven - even if it started in this life.
Ray Conger Sorry, but it never says that in the passage. You would have to place your own definition into this verse for that to make sense. I’d change my mind if you could show where the Bible says that - but as it stands it looks like you’re making things up.
Yes the other comments are right. And so are you, the wonderful men in this video had it a little wrong. In the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints we believe in 2 kinds of marriages. Earthy Marriage and Temple (or Celestial) Marriage. Like mentioned in the video, we also believe that our Church is the same organization that Christ established when on the Earth, and at that time there was the Preisthood. Remember how Christ gave the preisthood keys to Peter I believe it was? We believe that only someone who has the preisthood and the preisthood key of sealing power can seal a couple for "Time and All Eternity" as people are married in the temple. So to answer you question in a long complicated way, when Christ was talking to the woman with 7 marriages, he was referring to Earthly marriage performed without the sealing power. You are married on earth, but come death (aka the resurrection) the marriage is no longer binding. Also side note that you might not care about. The men in this video mentioned that we believe you can't be married at the resurrection. This is kind of false. We believe that celestial marriage is a requirement to enter into the highest degree of the Celestial Kingdom (basically as perfect heaven as it gets) AND that no one will be denied blessings if they are living righteously. So if a faithful man or woman for any reason did not have the opportunity to marry in this life, they will have that opportunity after death. HOWEVER marriage is an ordinance that can only be performed with a body. So before everyone is resurrected, no one who has died is able to get married unless a couple does the ordinance for them in the temple which they can then choose to accept or not. After the resurrection and judgement, the faithful who did not have a chance to marry on Earth will get that chance. Sorry for the long winded explanations. I've been learning about this in institute and found it really amazing. These are my beliefs and the beliefs held by Members of the Church if Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, they do not have to be your beliefs. But I hope you found some of this interesting. :)
I am a Muslim who was just curious about what Mormons believe in, and I feel like you guys have a great way of explaining things, so that everyone fully understands what you’re on about👌🏼 I like that! :)
@boo hoo Actually Mormonism teaches that each man with the priesthood who is in the Celestial Kingdom will have many wives but the wives only one husband.
@@iowaguy6470 Oh it's true. Your "president" will be sealed to two women in the celestial kingdom according to your religion. If men don't cancel their sealing to their civil ex-wife, or she doesn't ask for it, they're sealed in the celestial kingdom. That goes for spouses who die too. Meanwhile women have to cancel previous sealings.
Thanks guys!!!! This answered a question I had!! :) I pray that the people who have been rude or nasty to you guys for your faith will learn to be kind and patient with everyone just like Jesus was. Love is patient, and Love is kind. Love does not keep record of wrongs. It is not boastful and it does not envy. Amen
You guys should get that goldfish in a proper tank, where it has room to swim and filtered water. Wouldn't god want his creations to be treated righteously? C'mon.
@@pipquixnostalgia6626 I don't know if you are a morning or not but if you are you might want to to open your eyes and get to know Jesus instead of being mislead with lies
Life is about God, not family. They're a blessing, to be sure. And if they're saved, and you are, you can be together forever but not as an earthly family unit. God will be your focus.
Scarlett, I know that what was said about families being sealed together forever is true! Heavenly Father loves us and wants us to be happy, and He knows that family is a great source of that happiness..so why would a loving God take away a source of our happiness? I just can't imagine Him doing that. And besides, I have had many sacred experiences with family beyond the veil which has helped me know even more deeply that we are going to be reunited after death and will be together as a family forever :) .. But that's just my testimony, if you want to truly know it's true for yourself, pray to your Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ and ask if it's true. He will answer you :) God bless you!
There’s more to this though. You all have to be in the church, all have to be faithful to it your whole lives, have to all go to the temple, and that requires being an honest tithe payer to be worthy. Meaning 10% of yours and there’s income. It’s not right. People should not have to believe the only way to remain a family is through one church.
@@johnwright2217 How about it's all made up by man. Bible is a compilation of written stories told over time, to keep people in line and maybe an answer to the big questions in life. And what kind of aheavenly father would say join this one religion, based on faith in the Jospeh Smith sotry, Or you won;t get to see your fmaily or kids again? Fucked up.
Or a study on the vast differences between the book of Mormon and the Bible. They don't talk about the same Jesus. It doesn't take long to see they are in opposition in their teachings. It's important to know the differences. Your salvation depends on it!
FLDS stands for Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints. One sect is as bad as the other. You tube- 'watch"9Facts that the Mormon church doesn't want you to know!!! "
Karl Shaner - the main difference is FLDS practices polygamy, while the LDS believes that to be adultery. Other than that they still have the same beliefs in Joseph Smith's teachings, that God isn't the creator of the world. That he had parents just as we do and they can become gods just as he did. And that Jesus isn't the only begotten son of God who came to save us from our sins. They don't believe Mathew 22:30 where it says there are no marriages in heaven, that we'll be like the angels in heaven. As a matter of fact, they don't believe much of the bible. They believe, like Muslims do, that it's too corrupt to put any real trust in. Both the Mormons and Muslims try to discredit the bible, bc their teachings are mostly in opposition of the Bible. So they both pick and choose the verses that suit them and throw the rest to the curbside. Most people in these group are wonderful people, but they grew up in sect that discourage them from really knowing what the bible teaches. There ARE many converts though that didn't grow up with their beliefs, but have been convinced they are the only ones that will enter in on the day of judgment and that true bible believers will not bc they didn't follow Joseph Smith's teaching.
While there may be a few differences between the current different sects... ultimately, all Mormons believe in polygamy in the end. I mean, how else will they become a god and make all those spirit babies?
Why would God authorize and sanction marriage and families ONLY in this life? May I recommend that you take this matter to the LORD Jesus Christ and his FATHER in EARNEST prayer and ask them the purpose of marriage and family in both this life and the next. Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Adam and Eve were married before the Fall ( Verse 25 ) ... They were commanded to become "one flesh" ( Paul uses verse 25 to teach about Jesus Christ and His Church. ) Genesis 2 : 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. " ................ You'd be wrong.
I don’t believe you go to heaven because you’re good I believe you go to heaven because God is good we could never be worthy of his love and forgiveness, but he gives it to us because he’s awesome! While I can see where you’re coming from on the Book of Mormon I think that when God was speaking to Israel, he wasn’t speaking to the place, he was speaking to Christians as a whole, and his word is all we need it will never expire, or loose it’s power:) Thank you so much for making this video!
@@yrneHN I disagree... there are MANY things that we can do that are good. Anything that follows God's commandments is good and brings us closer to Him. The Lord has given us power to become like Him, it is our agency. Choosing Him is good and wonderful, and He loves it when we choose Him :) Yes it won't ever be enough, and that is why He sent His Son, to save us from our sins, not to save us in our sins.
@@monocuco818 what about Romans 5:8 that says "while we were STILL sinners Christ died for us" He doesn't expect to make ourselves perfect before accepting his grace. So it seems that Jesus does meet us where we are at, and that is good news! Ephesians 2: 8-9 "For it is by grace you have been saves, through faith- and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works so that no one can boast". I would genuinely love to hear what you think about these verses, I am always looking to expand my understanding of the world, by hearing what other people think!
@@annaherrington7347 Yeah I get what you are talking about. We are a lot closer to mainstream christianity on that subject than most people think. The one difference is that we do have to try. The Lord is looking for a little bit of effort on our part, even a slow progression, but there are required oridnances to follow as well. "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-" The question is what is faith? James 2:17-18 "Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works." So faith requires action or works, but it never says perfection. The second part of the scripture you quoted "not by works so that no one can boast." This means that our works will never bridge the gap between our sins and salvation. Only grace can do that. Therefore we will never be able to boast in our own works and be able to say that we did it. It means that we still had to be saved by grace, even though we had to follow Christ, as Christ says, "if ye love me, keep my commandments." This means you can vocally confess the Lord as your savior, but if you lie, cheat, kill, and don't follow His commandments then you don't love Him. If you don't love Him, then you cannot have any part with Him. The only way to make your way back to Him after sin is through repentance. We sin, recognize our sin, repent and change. Slowly but surely we become more like Him. These small changes are enough that He may save us. But remember it starts with Christ's gospel... the gospel that His apostles taught as well. We must believe in Him, have faith in Him and repent of our sins. We must be baptized by water and of the Holy Spirit then continue to follow His example and repent when we make mistakes. Salvation only comes through Jesus Christ. Anybody who takes away from this gospel, the central gospel of Jesus Christ would be cursed, as the apostles quote in the Bible. "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed." Many Christian churches have taught a different gospel from this. Saying that only a belief is necessary to be saved, they reject faith (which is works), baptism and reception of the Holy Ghost (a covenant between you and the Lord). and continued repentance. I have even heard many christians declare that a sinner can "confess jesus" and they will be saved, even if they go and kill another person. This clearly is not what the apostles taught. They taught repentance, faith, works and ordinances. They taught the gospel of Jesus Christ.
@@monocuco818 yes james 2:17 a good word! I completely agree, since that is scripture, faith without works is dead. so you think that faith by definition is works? I was reading hebrews 1:1 and I'm just wondering what you think about this verse, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." I don't think that James is saying that faith=works, but that if your faith is not accompanied by works, like helping a brother or sister in need that James speaks about in 2:15-16, then do you truly love the Lord? I mean no offense by this, I just really enjoy hearing others interpretations of scripture! So, it seems from these scriptures that it is only faith that saves you, but that faith is not inseparable of works in that works are a testament to the faith that we have within our hearts. As it says later in verse 22, "You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did". It is Jesus that says in John 14:6, "Jesus saith unto him, 'I am the way the truth and the life; no man cometh unto the father, but by me'". He doesn't say no man cometh unto the father, but by me AND after all the works that you have done. I really do enjoy our small youtube debate!
"Heaven isn't heaven if your family isn't there"? That sounds like an appeal to emotion and nothing else. I'm sure some Mormon families have children who have left the religion, I hope that doesn't make the parent's heaven any less than heaven.
Mormons believe in 3 levels of heaven, and those in the top level can go visit the heathens in the lower levels if they want. Since I quit I am no longer eligible for level one, but I’ll get to see my mom still, I just have to wait for her to come down from her penthouse 😂
@@benjaminendres5941 I, too will be waiting in the lower levels with the heathens. My mother and father were both mormon, and both highly educated, so I can't say that they were dumb... just indoctrinated from childhood. Brainwashing is real.
It’s not that people are either “good or bad”... it’s the fact that all of us are unworthy of Gods love and mercy. Our works alone cannot and will not save us, only our belief in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior can. Even on our best days we are still sinners. If we were aware of the full weight of our sin it would be so much to bear that we wouldn’t be able to function, but in Gods love for us He spares us from remembering each and every sin we’ve every committed. If we remembered every lie, every jealous moment, every instance of anger, it would be way too overwhelming because we can never amount to the Lord with good works on our own. The Bible makes it very very clear that creation itself is proof enough that the Lord does exist and that there is no excuse for man on judgement day to claim he never knew God because God reveals Himself to all through the world around us. I am praying for you three and that the Lord may open your eyes to His truths and promises!
To God, we are all worthy of His love and mercy. This is exactly why all will be resurrected, through His grace (1 Corinthians 15:22). Yes, not one person can rely on works alone to save him because no one is perfect. But, it sounds silly to think that a belief in God's existence is all that is needed to return to heaven. If belief in existence only, then why do the devils not make the cut into heaven? Obviously it must be more than just a belief. So what else is needed then? I'll let you find out through study and prayer.
Jesus was speaking to a sect of Jews that didn't believe in the resurrection. So obviously their marriages like the false churches of today were for earth life only. IOWs - Their beliefs didn't allow for Jesus Christ dying , being resurrected so that they could be resurrected.... Yup they aren't going to be on the same Heavenly plane as Jesus Christ's disciples because they didn't see the need for a Savior that would give them the gift of resurrection. The Jews that He was speaking to asked a question concerning the Law of Moses that required men to marry the wife of a diseased brother in order to bring children into the world that would be accounted to his brother's family ( What??????? Do Evangelicals do that? Why NOT ... It's Biblical. ..... Why aren't Evangelicals having a cow over that concept? ) . The brother marrying the wife of his diseased brother's wife could have likely been married already.... Oh NO polygamy? Jesus Christ didn't say anything against the brother marrying his brother's wife at all despite the brother likely already being married .... Maybe the brother pined away after his brother's wife? Whatever.... The Mosaic Law required it, but the Law of Moses didn't save it's adherents through blindly following the Law w/o the Savior ultimately paying the price for sins, etc. That verse doesn't apply to our beliefs.... We marry for eternity in temples on earth and we perform proxy sealings in temples on earth.. Nice try though.
@@robca6013 Yes, Jesus answered them directly in all ways in the simple sentence of vs.29 "You are mistaken, not knowing the scriptures or the power of God". Evangelicals are not "having a cow" because you're talking about OT law, not the New Covenant in Jesus where we are individually responsible to God, not manipulated by religious teachings to stay in a religion in order to make our mothers, or whole family, happy in eternity, together forever.
@@janetspiritofthelivinggod6328 Jesus proclaimed that He didn't come to destroy the Law but to fulfill it. The sect Jesus was addressing didn't believe in resurrection so the idea that marriage would continue after death would be ludicrous to them . Since they weren't going to accept Jesus Christ based on his being the way that resurrection was going to happen.... They weren't going to be going to the place where marriages would be eternal. So querying Jesus about a concept that they didn't believe in was merely an attempt to make Jesus look bad by trying to argue with them about whether resurrection was going to take place and so he taught them based on what they believed which is that they were supposed to marry their dead brother's wife to fulfill the Mosaic Law to make every marriage including the marriages to their dead brother's wives a dead work to them.... They'd be going through the motions of obeying God w/o believing in the saving power of God's death and resurrection . What does Paul say about dead works? And yes polygamy would be often the result of a Jewish man marrying his dead brother's wife since the Jewsih man would likely already be at least betrothed to another woman in addition to needing to marry his dead brother's wife..... Evangelical's will have a cow at the thought of polygamy not even getting a raised eyebrow from Jesus. Abraham and Jacob were w/o a doubt polygamists and Jesus proclaimed
@@robca6013 Jesus fulfilled the Mosiac Law. If you read the Gospels and New Testament you’d know that. And so we won’t be married when we are resurrected but we will in heaven? Like that makes any sense. In Heaven which is outside of time we will have our glorified or resurrected bodies. So your logic doesn’t make sense. Regardless the Bible makes it clear we won’t be married in heaven. Oh and the Levitical priesthood (or your ‘lesser priesthood’) the priests sacrificed animals in the alters. And Numbers 3:10 (Aaronic or Levitical priesthood means the same thing). The Levitical priests all came from the tribe of LEVI!!! And non of the New Testament Apostles had either priesthood, it’s not in the New Testament. I know because I’ve read it multiple times. There were no gods before Our God nor will there be after Him (Isaiah 43:10), God has always been God (Psalm 90:2).
@@robca6013 you don’t know the Bible at all. Romans 10:4, “Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.” James 2:10, “10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles(A) at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.(B)” Matthew 22:36-40, “36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a](A) 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b](B) 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”(C) 1 John 3:23, “And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.” Galatians 3:24, “24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.” Romans 8:2, “2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” Galatians 5:2, “2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.” 1 John 5:2-3, “By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.” Romans 3:19-20, “Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Please crack a Bible. It doesn’t say what you’ve been taught it does.
Nek n Tit Imagine the following: You write an autobiography/instruction book for how to become a “holy person,” for lack of a better word. In this book is everything, then- somehow, you compressed the entirety of the entire teachings of the true religion into just one volume- and this is somehow going to be forever- somehow you are supposed to be the perfect author who writes every little fact, tidbit, et cetera. Now, imagine 2,000 years post-completion, the world looks very different- and the world doesn’t even look at anything but the book. In theory this is good- but the Bible isn’t that book- it even admits there are books outside itself- Jasher comes to mind, as Enoch and the Ascension Of Moses. Mark puts it potently: “and this and more He did, but there are not enough pages in the world to contain that”
Is really not, it actually makes sense that if he had children in other parts of the world that did not have access to the Hebrew prophets he will call someone to guide them to and that's what the book of mormon is about. The communication of God to the former inhabitants of the American continent.
How do? The book of enoch is was taking out of the bible testifying about Christ? There are alot of missing books that the catholic church burned up so God can't have other books proclaiming that he is the christ which the book of Mormon clearly states? Very interesting that protestants have a closed mind on God and how he works. There is also things we don't know about God and what he has in store for us when we are in heaven. For the bible doesn't explain everything and that is a fact. The bible is the book for the Jews and the new testament is for the gentiles. Every book in the bible isn't really the bible for they are different experiences with God with different people and they're are more books out there just try not to have a closed mind about it.
Let’s stop following all dead religion and church and instead follow and obey the Lord Jesus Christ as recorded for us in the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Jesus is alive and speaks to us if we listen. May Jesus bless you with understanding and wisdom and discernment.
From a non-Mormon, some of the dialogue that jokes at the idea you guys think you are so superior makes your motives and sentiments toward other Christians seem disingenuous.
“"You are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.” Isaiah 43:10
For context read verse 11 too. Those verses in context are Jesus Christ speaking. IF you read the whole chapter it's Jesus Christ railing against the worship of pagan statues. Jesus Christ in John 20: 17 tells Mary Magdalene that He has a God that He worships and that God is obviously God the Father. Christians have been misled into believing that they need to be monotheists from a strained reading Isaiah 43:10.
@@robca6013 The point is that there is only one God, who is not a created being, eternal in nature from the beginning of time - not the Mormon teaching that every priestly man will become his own god with his own multiple wives populating other planets of their own with their spirit children. "As Adam is, God once was. As God is, Adam will be" is a false teaching and leads people astray from worshiping the one true God forever. (It also feeds pride, arrogance, guilt, et al. Our lives are about Him, for HIs glory, not our own little families and universes. Mormonism has a lot of teachings that are emotionally manipulative and quite cultish in nature, but one definition of a cult is that those inside cannot see it for what it is...
@@robca6013 Actually, the context of all of Christianity and Judaism is monotheist. If you go to Is. 44:8, "Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any." This is a clear confirmation of strict monotheism, present from Deuteronomy in the Great Shema (Dt. 6:4), "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one." Christ didn't come to reveal a new God to Israel. Christ is always understood as talking about the God that Jews had always worshipped at that point.
@@jacksonreedsweet2818 No the context of Christianity is that God the Father ( Is the MOST HIGH GOD ..... Meaning logically that there are lesser or lower Gods.. That is best illustrated that God the Father... .) has a SON ( That He sent to do His will.... The SON did not do His own will.) , Jesus Christ ( Is the only Mediator between God the Father and man. ) Who is a God, and the Holy Spirit/Ghost Who is also a God. Those THREE GodS Make up the GODHEAD ( NOT the trinity. ) which is the governing administration and thus it is GODHED and NOT a pagan-istic triad god. John 20: 17 relates that Jesus Christ told Mary not to hug Him and then stated that He had a God ( God the Father. ) Who was His Father and Who is our God and our Father. WHY do you take an OT verse out of context , then use the word "Christianity" to then pretend that you can speak of Christianity as if there are no other GodS mentioned in either the Old or the New testaments? It's because the false teaching of monotheism tries to falsely fit the squared truth of THREE GodS into the false rounded off hole of monotheism. So the "Orthodox" "Christians cite verses where Jesus Christ is teaching against idol worship and then claim that that those verses teach of just one "God" . Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven and sat down at the right hand of God the Father..... A 3 person in 1 god trinity can't sit down at it's own right hand. Jesus Christ after His death and resurrection has a PHYSICAL body of flesh and bones.... Trinitarians preach that God is only a spirit that doesn't have a physical body . That teaching of course denies the birth, life , Atonement, death and resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ to sit at the right hand of God the Father..... Thus the trinity is the epitome of the anti-Christ teachings that John warned against.
If the Book of Mormon has the fullness of the gospel, then why doesn't it contain anything mormon's believe? And if it's the most correct book on earth, then why has it been corrected at least 4000 times?
Every thing that is written in the Book of Mormon is what we believe. The text or the Doctrine in the Book of Mormon was never changed it always has been and always will remain pure and undefiled. But because Joseph Smith the prophet of God translated it he had to have a scribe write it for him as he did so, as time went on he had at least 3 different scribes at different times because of circumstances. The changes were only minor because there were spelling mistakes or grammatical errors. Most changes are insignificant modifications to spelling, grammar, and punctuation, and are mainly due to the human failings of editors and publishers. For example, the word meet... meaning "appropriate" as it appears in 1 Nephi 7:1, was spelled "mete" in the first edition of the Book of Mormon, published in 1830. (This is a common error made by scribes of dictated texts.) "Mete" means to distribute, but the context here is obvious, and so the spelling was corrected in later editions. Some of these typographical errors do affect the meaning of a passage or present a new understanding of it, but not in a way that presents a challenge to the divinity of the Book of Mormon. One example is 1 Nephi 12:18, which in all printed editions reads "a great and a terrible gulf divideth them; yea, even the word of the justice of the Eternal God," while the manuscript reads "the sword of the justice of the Eternal God." In this instance, the typesetter accidentally dropped the s at the beginning of sword. Also head notes and scriptural references were added so that when someone who likes to study and not just read can use the scriptural reference that will lead him to other Scriptures that are in harmony with the verse or wording In that verse that he had just read making it more clearer for him or her to understand the Doctrine. Our missionaries will help you to know how to do that, those scriptural referrances are at the bottom of the pages of The Book of Mormon.
@@Mitchell_Coburn you should read our articles of Faith. Our very first one is. We believe in God the eternal Father and in His Son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost. Straight forward
Thanks for your response. I read in the bible that Jesus God and the holy spirit are one and the same. This is my belief. I do not believe in the trinity and there are no scriptures supporting the trinity in the bible.
Contradictions in LDS Scriptures: Book says the is ONE God - In Alma 11:27-39, 44; 2 Nephi 31:21;Mormon 7:7; 3 Nephi 11:27;Testimony of Three Witnesses BUT the Doctrine and Covenants teaches about Plural Gods- Section 121:32Section 132:18-20, 37. The Book of Mormon says that God Dwells in the Heart - Alma 34:36 BUT the Doctrine and Covenants teaches in Section 130:3 that God Does Not Dwell in Heart. Book of Mormon says this concerning the Creation that One God created everything - 2 Nephi 2:14; Jacob 4:9 and in Pearl of Great Price: Book of Moses - Chapter 2. BUT then you have the Book of Abraham - Chapters 4 and 5 stating that Plural Gods created everything. Then in Book of Mormon: Jacob 4:9; Alma 18:28, 34-36 - indicates that there was No Pre-Existence of Man, BUT in Doctrine and Covenants: Section 93:23, 29-33, PGP: Book of Abraham - Chapter 3:18, 21-23 indicates that man did Pre-exist. Which is it? Also Book of Mormon says in: Moroni 8:22-23; 2 Nephi 9:25-26; Doctrine and Covenants: Section 128:5, 17-18 Mosiah 15:24-27 says the Heathen are Saved Without Baptism BUT in Doctrine and Covenants: Section 128:5, 17-18 that the Latter Day Saints are to conduct Baptisms for the Dead. I believe the Word of God (THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS) Does not Change since its conization: Let us read Book of Mormon: Alma 41:8 which says this: "Now, the decrees of God are unalterable; therefore, the way is prepared that whosoever will may walk therein "and be saved. BUT again the Book of Mormon is contradicted by the Doctrine and Covenants: Section 56:4-5 "4 Wherefore I, the Lord, command and revoke, as it seemeth me good; and all this to be answered upon the heads of the rebellious, saith the Lord." and verse 5 "Wherefore, I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants Thomas B. Marsh and Ezra Thayre, and give a new commandment unto my servant Thomas, that he shall take up his journey speedily to the land of Missouri, and my servant Selah J. Griffin shall also go with him." The above which I have detailed is but a tiny amount of the contradictions in the books which Latter Day Saints follow. BUT THE GOD OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS DOES NOT CHANGE and HIS WORD DOES NOT CHANGE: Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?" and in Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. and again in James 1:17 "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." So Here we see the GOD of The Bible ( OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS ) and the Bible itself is sure and steadfast in all His ways and teachings. Conversely, The books held up as the "words and teachings of God" by the Latter Day Saints are OFTEN IN CONTRADICTION at different times and with different church presidents, which proport themselves as prophets (ONLY TO BE CONTRADICTED by future church presidents). The God I serve is Not a Fickle God. The God I serve is a SURE AND STEADFAST GOD. I do note that if you think The Bible ( OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS ) have contradictions anywhere then I urge you to study it and dissect it always remembering that the ( OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS ) were written to the peoples of 4000 to 2000 years ago which had a Semitic logic, languish and culture not a Hellenistic logic,and culture as we have today. A good beginging resource to learn Semitic logic, languish and culture is the TH-cam Channel by Jeff Benner.
"Contradictions in LDS Scriptures:" ? Or not! IOWs - We don't need Protestants to interpret the Book of Mormon through their Protestant lens. www.fairmormon.org/answers/Question:_Are_Mormon_scriptures_full_of_contradictions%3F
I love the way Mormon's stick to scripture and don't avoid scripture they don't understand immediately. What scriptures do y'all cite that says family's can be sealed for eternity? I've always understood there is scripture that says the exact opposite? Thanks, y'all! Looking forward to subbing and learning more.
Matthew 18:18 is one possibility. Not all marriages last beyond death, which could be why some verses sounds like they’re saying marriage will end at death. Without the sealing power of the priesthood, this is true. But the priesthood was given to Peter, which allowed marriages to last beyond the grave.
@@kellherman It seems odd that people make an oath that includes 'til death do you part' and then say there's nothing more. Well, uh, yeah... you AGREED to those conditions.
Revelations 22: 18 is ONLY speaking specifically of the scroll of revelation ( Books didn't exist in the 1st Century in the Middle East and the "Bible" wasn't sort of compiled until 250 AD. ) . Martin Luther added to the Bible and wanted to take James, Jude, Hebrews and Revelation from the Bible.... So are Lutherans Christians? The Catholic Bible pre-dates the KJV that Protestants use by roughly 1100 years.... Their Bible has more books than the KJV and so the Protestants removed books from the Bible.... So are the Protestants Christians?
@@robca6013 Deuteronomy and Revelation both warn against adding to and taking away from those books. Joseph Smith did both with his Joseph Smith Translations.
@@richardrussell9209 I don't understand your question. There's only one book of Revelation and one book of Deuteronomy. They're found in the Bible. Joseph Smith "corrected" the "mistranslations" in his JST. The manuscripts we have in the original languages show that he was wrong.
Why not compare it to the early Christianity which Jesus of Nazareth Founded? There will see which Christianity denomination has the early Christian teaching.
As a way to start a missionary discussion, I love to ask the question... when the Lord married Adam and Eve how long did he marry them for, till death do you part? There was no such thing as death so it could have only been for eternity... This is what we do in the temples... Thanks, Guys your doing great work.
The gift of prophecy is still real today and anyone that walks in the Spirit can have this gift. I would honestly encourage ya'll to do your research before talking about Christianity. When I left Mormonism, I started to see Jesus so much more clearly.
When you left the Church did you start to believe in the trinity? Jesus Christ couldn't actually exist as an individual and as a physical being since the trinity teaches that there can only be one God since the Trinitarians want to transform God the Father and His SON Jesus Christ is a God and the Holy Spirit is a God ( And so that adds up to 3 Gods.... ) into "one god" because they believe in the false teaching of monotheism.
@@robca6013Matt 22:29 You do not understand the mystery of the triune nature of God. We do not have 3 gods, but 1 God in three personalities/purposes. Jesus emptied Himself into a servant/son. The word "son" doesn't mean God birthed him. That is the misunderstanding of the LDS. I have a whole list of verses that make it clear that Jesus is God, emptied of His glory and dressed in flesh. Perhaps I am misinformed, but I've been taught that it is the LDS who teach man can become a god, so therefore the LDS are the polytheists, training up future gods of future worlds with multiple wives. Do you understand the teaching of the New Covenant?
"God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, **has in these last days spoken to us by His Son** - Hebrews 1
You only know when you experience it and it is absolutely beautiful,,hard to explain,, I have to work with what I have but I am happy now living with the holy Spirit in a better understanding
4:15 Actually the apostles went all over the place. Thomas and Bartholomew went to India. Matthew went to Ethiopia. James went to Spain. Peter went to Rome. Joseph might have even gone to Wales.
Regardless of which apostles went where, Matthew 28:16-20 mandated that the gospel is to be spread to all nations. God reveals himself by scripture and the Holy Spirit. This doesn't disprove the authority of the book of Mormon, but it does show that another book is not necessary for Christ to speak to all nations.
I found this video on TH-cam. I left the LDS Church when I was 22 years. This educated me on how the church has not changed. I did get an invite from the missionaries to go to church on a Sunday. I haven't decided if I want to take that offer or not
Give it a shot :) whether you enjoy it or not, at least you experimented on your faith. If you end up in the same place you are now, no harm done. But you might discover something God has waiting for you. He always blesses us for acting on faith and impressions :)
I see you put your comment on here a year ago. I was just re-baptized 6/23/2023. 30 years and 3 months to the day of my original baptism. I was in for 15 years and out for 15 years, through nothing less than God's Grace missionaries came on my porch and the Spirit entered my heart and home. I am SO grateful for this second opportunity to live my life in the Gospel. Prayerfully read the B of M , beginning to end and I guarantee you will see the truthfulness of this precious book that so many sacrificed ,literally their lives to have it brought forth. I hope by now you are back in the Church ? Life your life in the Gospel, it will bring you peace and direction.
I really don’t understand why people have such strong hatred for the church, i’ve never seen any Mormon go to Catholic based videos and comment the horrendous things I see all the time under these videos. Jesus taught love not hate and if your goal is to insult our religion you are an insult to his image. Many of you forget that we don’t worship Joseph Smith, we worship God the father and his son and if we can’t agree on something as little as that then it just shows how much the devil has control over your life
Thank you, I enjoy your videos. I hope you are still making them if time to time. Mormon was such an easy name for us. Now I have to say I am a member of "the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints". That is a mouth full. But it is getting easier the more I say it.
Mormons are not Christians. Christians do not believe they will become God. Heavenly Father of the LDS religion used to be a man and has a body. This works based religion denies Paul's gospel of faith.
the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints (Mormons) are in fact Christians, we don't believe we will become a god but that we will live with God again after we die (if we follow the ten commandments/word of wisdom). we also believe in Christ so yes we are Christians.
I'm Methodist and live in England so I didn't really know much about Mormonism, just some jokes out of context. Now I dont know the whole shabbang of your faith and everything but from seeing this vid I do have an appreciation of your beliefs they seem well versed
Hebrews 1:1-2 NIV In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, [2] but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. After Christ there's no need for prophets, Gods revelation is complete to us, nothing more to be said or done, Hes given His only begotten son, it is finished.
Matthew 22:23-30. Marriage in the Resurrection Some people have misinterpreted the Savior’s words in Matthew 22:30 to mean there is no eternal marriage. Elder James E. Talmage pointed out that the Savior’s words do not state that marriages will not exist after the Resurrection, but that marriages will not be performed after the Resurrection: “In the resurrection there will be no marrying nor giving in marriage; for all questions of marital status must be settled before that time” (Jesus the Christ, 548). An important key to understanding the Savior’s words is to remember that they were spoken to Sadducees, who “say that there is no resurrection” (Matthew 22:23). Therefore, the question they posed to the Savior was insincere-they were not truly interested in knowing about marriage in the Resurrection. The Savior’s reply that “in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage” (Matthew 22:30; italics added) referred to the individuals in question, who were Sadducees, for the questioners said that “there were with us seven brethren” (Matthew 22:25; italics added). For those who do not marry for eternity, marriage does not endure beyond this life (see D&C 132:15-17). In these latter days, the Lord revealed that marriage can be eternal only if it is entered into according to His law, performed by one who has authority, and sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise (see D&C 132:19). Another key to understanding the Savior’s words is to realize that when the Sadducees referred to the words of Moses (see Matthew 22:24), they were referring to what is sometimes termed “levirate marriage.” According to the law of Moses, when a man died leaving his wife childless, his brother was supposed to marry the deceased man’s wife to provide for her and to raise up children for the deceased man (see Deuteronomy 25:5; Bible Dictionary, “Levirate marriage”). Though the doctrine of eternal marriage is not explicitly taught in the Bible, the Bible does state that husband and wife are “heirs together of the grace of life” (1 Peter 3:7), that “whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever” (Ecclesiastes 3:14), and that “neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 11:11).
I appreciate the work you did to make this video. I agree with some of the tenets of the LDS church, including baptism by full immersion, as well as personal revelation. You should do a video on personal revelation, what it is, why we want it, and how the LDS church believes and teaches this. Thanks!
So confused on the fact that your taking one verse and fitting it into your religion. Your supposed to take all the verses together to make a claim of fact.
@@vickyesperanza8267 Incorrect the New Testament authors did not understand the Old Testament and frequently misquoted it. They frequently also reinterpreted verses from Isaiah and Psalms to magically be about Jesus, with no precedent. The New Testament writers did what was convient for themselves. Your books are not from God, nor do they even claim themselves to be.
@@oceanmachine1906 ha ha! The Jews had the Torah for over a thousand years! Which by the way...is the old testament... Many people had parts of the New Testament... If you read the Bible it talks about people knowing them by heart! Many wrote on small peices of paper! Jesus said to read his word! And study it to shew thyselves worthy unto God.
Israel is not a country, its Gods people!! You got it all misunderstood. You keep saying Israel like it's a country, it is not. It's Gods chosen people. Israel is the church, not a building, its those that follow him.
I had a cat with one eye. I used to pick her up and put her in the mailbox right before the mail came. She would jump on the mailman and scratch their eyes out. This cat would then call my name and tell me she did the job. We would then get in the car and she'd drive us to the bar. We'd have a few beers and then she'd drive us home. I miss that cat.
Baptism is a covenant between you and God. When you make this covenant family and friends can support you and they can also make your decision difficult. When my wife joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints her family was against her decision to be baptized (again) and tried to talk her out of it. In the months and years following her baptism her family saw how happy she had become compared to her former life. Every family is different, but most will support you if you share your feelings and help them know why your decision is so important to you. It can be difficult, but your faith will be strengthened and you will find a closeness with God as you struggle through these experiences. And regarding messing up - it's going to happen. That is why going to church every Sunday is so important. You will find strength from others that mess up too - and come out of it OK on the other side. You also get to hit the reset button each week as you partake of the Sacrament. Remember - "those that are with us are greater than those that are against us"
That is really well put Jeffery. Thanks for the advice! A convert from my ward said something similar about her family too, so I definitley feel a bit better about it now.
I'm a member of the church love your videos but, it always rubs me wrong when people say heaven is not heaven with out my family. I understand what we mean when we say that but and it's an awesome goal to have to bring your whole family to the Celestial Kingdom . The error in those statements is if you inherit the highest degree of the Celestial Kingdom but, one member of your family receives a different degree of Glory you are hereby miserable witch is contrary to Heavenly father's plan that everyone will receive the reward that best fits them and everyone will be happy.
Jonathan Elliott I could not have said it better myself!! The choices that we make on this life determine which degree of Glory we deserve to obtain in the next life. The third or highest heaven is made available to everyone,through Christ's atonement.but it is up to us to choose which degree of Glory we want to spend eternity in.
Hi Jonathan, I'll jump in on this one since it's my comment you're addressing. You've got a point, I'll give you that. That said, I wasn't miserable in New Zealand, I just wished my family could be there with me. It was still a stellar experience. Likewise if a family member didn't live in such a way as to inherit the celestial kingdom, I would definitely be sad and wish they were there. I just used that metaphor to highlight the point that families are meant to be together in the celestial kingdom, not necessarily that heaven without family is hell. Does that address your concern? Maybe I could have chosen a better metaphor, but I liked it for its simplicity and I personally find it insightful.
David, Thanks for the reply and explanation. I totally understand, I forgive you, haha. It's just one of those things lots of members say that I'm sure they don't fully understand. And your analogy completely worked I just felt the need to chime in. Again love the video and hope to see you on 3 Mormons again soon.
Kwaku is spot on when it's comes to the other evangelical faiths. I grew up Baptist and joined the church at 18 and went to slc mission. I love this church have been a very avid defender of the faith. Thanks kwaku
8:00 Christians believe that we, the Church, the unfaithful bride, through Jesus will again be in a marriage union with God. That will be the true marriage that matters.
Tai Ji Saint maybe, lol, I am definitely or have definitely been experiencing moments of confusion the past few months 🤯 and it takes a lot of time and effort to work it all out, so I do get tired as well 🤷♀️ anyway, whatever we were talking about, I have no idea, I hope you’re having a good day 👍🏽☺️✌️
I really hope you guys keep this same bubbly energy when judgement day comes when you stand in front of the one true god! Let me know how it goes! 🙏🙏🙏 Sincerely, A Christian believer!
Let me respectfully correct you: Evangelicals DO believe in prophets for today. But to be prophets they cannot deliver new or different revelation (info) that is contrary to God's word. Thank you for your videos.
Hey, would you guys please do a video on the doctrinal changes in the Book of Mormon since the first release of the Book of Mormon in 1830? Specifically, the words added into 1 Nephi 11:18, 11:21, 11:32, & 13:40. I am curious just because I know Joseph Smith said “the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” --- If it is the most correct book translated by the power of God, why add words to change the meaning of the text? especially those very crucial verses? Thank you!!!
That is interesting and I am currently unaware of those changes. I know there have been minor grammatical and punctuation fixes resolved between printed revisions. But I am unaware of significant changes in these verses. I will look into it!
I’m glad I found this article, it’s an official statement by the church on the state of textual changes from the original manuscript, first print and reprint editions and current editions in circulation. www.lds.org/ensign/1983/12/understanding-textual-changes-in-the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng These particular verses were added to by Joseph Smith primary with clarification from “God” to “Son of God” to indicate that in fact Jesus is made reference in these verses, not the Father. We do believe Jesus is a God, equal in glory to God our Heavenly Father. The language “God” and “Son of God” are interchangeable descriptions of Jesus Christ, though colloquially we typically refer to the Father as “God”. Hope this clears things up! Glad you asked!
@@jamesmerrill613 Jesus is not 'A' god. There is ONE God. He IS GOD. Here's something that might help you understand the Godhead mentioned in the Bible (Colossians 2:9,Acts 17:29, Romans 1:20....)What Is the Doctrine of the Trinity? | Desiring God www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-is-the-doctrine-of-the-trinity
@@normajeanray Because the Father and Son are perfectly united in will and purpose and equal in knowledge and power, They rightfully refer to Themselves as one, just as the scriptures refer to a husband and wife as "one" (Mark 10:6-10), or to the laborers in the mission field who share a common goal as "one" (1 Corinthians 3:8-9), or to believers as of "one heart and of one soul" (Acts 4:32), or "one spirit" (1 Corinthians 6:17) or "one mind" (2 Corinthians 13:11). These references from the Bible are not a declaration of oneness in person, but of oneness in unity and purpose and will. In a similar sense, the Father and Son are perfectly one with each other in unity, purpose and will, but, contrary to the Trinitarian view, the Book of Mormon clearly and repeatedly teaches that God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ are two separate beings. With the LDS view, it makes sense why Jesus prays to the Father. It makes sense why Jesus is on the right hand of God. It makes sense why Jesus was tempted, because the "God", which refered to the Father, cannot be tempted. It makes sense why He is titled the Son of God. It makes sense how the Father spoke at His baptism. It makes sense how we are made after Gods image (Genesis uses "our," implying two people). It makes sense why Jesus refers the Him as His Father. It makes sense how Joseph Smith saw two people.
10“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. Why does joesph smith say we can become gods?
Boom! You nailed it. Joseph's myth is another mohamed in another country. See the pattern? 1. See a spirit /s 2. Write another revelation after the Bible. 3. Get many wives. 13 for mohamed, 30 for Joseph smith 4. Make rituals to get to heaven. What a scam. 💩🐴🥔
Why would God not have conveyed the layers of heaven/hell in the Bible if it's such a big part of the LDS beliefs? Wouldn't it have been included in the "base" of his scriptures for the Israelites as well?
Its seems like most, if not all of their beliefs are based on their ideas, thoughts and theories...as opposed to scripture. And by scripture, I mean the Holy Bible.
Though their revelation is likely not from a darker source, neither is necessarily from the highest one. So much light and compassion have the Mormons brought to their country, to our world. Look at their beautiful choir, for example, and their strong sense of family values.
My dad is a Mormon and he just gave me the book of Mormon i do attend another church and like the church i go to but i am loving the book of Mormon lovely stories and prophetsi also do love the people go to the Mormon church
As a Christian, I agree about prophets(1 Corinthians 14:5), God speaks beyond a literal people of Israelites (Romans 11:16-23) Water baptism is a teaching with a spiritual application, literally baptism won't make you go in a further heaven. But the washing of the Word will. (Ephesians 5:26) The "pray and just know the book of Mormon is true" is a cop out to seek the fulness of God's truth. I love you guys and I enjoy watching :)
We talked about a few others in my Institute class this week while talking about the Fall. Here's a brief summary. In 2 Nephi 2: 24-25 "But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things. "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy." Other Christian churches believe the fall was an accident, and that Christ is "Plan B." We believe it was part of God's plan from the beginning, AND it's the only way we can know happiness. This also means that Eve isn't evil for bringing the fruit to Adam. If anything, she's the smarter one. Mankind is not inherently evil because no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of heaven. We become fallen not because of Adam, but because of our own sins. The goal of life is to learn how to be disciples of Christ so we can return to heaven. This isn't a one-and-done thing, but a continual process.
Speaking as an Orthodox Christian (Eastern Christian), we don't believe that the Fall was an accident. It was the result of free will. Jesus is not a "Plan B". He is God and man and united us to the Father and Holy Spirit. Our inclination to sin is from the Fall though we have neither guilt or stain of it.
I’m Christian and I found out my girlfriends family is Mormon Is there anything I must know? My mother got mad at me for it and I don’t understand why, I choose to keep religion out of my love life however her anger sparked a glare of doubt in me.
Living as a christian is not limited to the areas of life that are convienent for you. Christians are Christians 24/7. You are stating that your faith will provide an inconvenience in your "love life". Jonah could not hide from God - can you?
Bro if she believes in Jesus Christ as our Saviour then shes a christian. Enough of this divisive bullcrap. So many denominations who cant even agree with each other on basic doctrine only can agree when theres mormons to bash. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. “ How many Christians look at the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints with love?
Hola a todos, I used to believe the Mormon doctrine. i am not a Mormon anymore. i know you, young men are never going to change your believes just because i am going to say something that maybe you have heard before. The same happened to me for a long time. But i watched a video of a Mormon bishop that stopped believing because he found some things in the history of the church that affected his faith in the story in Joseph Smith. Now he is trying to preach that Jesus Christ is the way and not the doctrine of a false Prophet. In that video, He was telling members of the LDS church that the book of Mormon did not contain the Mormon doctrine that distinguishes from other churches. This is what is says in the introduction on the Book of Mormon in the LDS page. "The Book of Mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God’s dealings with ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains the fullness of the everlasting gospel". Every LDS member knows that the fullness of the everlasting gospel is pretty much what Joseph Smith has reveled in D. & C. in these last days. Modern Revelation. Right? In the introduction of Section 20 says the following. The Prophet wrote, “We obtained of Him [Jesus Christ] the following, by the spirit of prophecy and revelation; which not only gave us much information, but also pointed out to us the precise day upon which, according to His will and commandment, we should proceed to organize His Church once more here upon the earth.” In verse 9 says; 9 Which contains a record of a fallen people, and the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles and to the Jews also; On section 42:12 says: 12 And again, the elders, priests and teachers of this church shall teach the principles of my gospel, which are in the Bible and the Book of Mormon, in the which is the fullness of the gospel. In the Book of Mormon manual lesson 9 Chapter 9 The Book of Mormon-Keystone of Our Religion “Chapter 9: The Book of Mormon-Keystone of Our Religion,” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson (2014), 125-35 Says the following; The Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion. How important is the Book of Mormon? Joseph Smith called it “the keystone of our religion.” (History of the Church, 4:461.) “Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations,” he said, “and where is our religion? We have none.” (History of the Church, 2:52.)10 A keystone is the central stone in an arch. It holds all the other stones in place, and if removed, the arch crumbles. Ok. So where in the book of mormon or in the bible Jesus Christ teaches about the "Fullness of the everlasting gospel"? Where does Jesus mentions Baptism for the death Melchizedek and Aaronic priesthood Temple marriage Geneology Covenants and garments Secret handshakes and secret names, secret clothes and rituals The BOM its against secret societies, isn’t it? priesthood keys paid high authorities Many temples. ( in the old testament they only had one.) GOOD LUCK FINDING IT.
1 Corinthians 7:39, "A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord."
A friend asked me if I thought that only Mormons go to heaven. I replied that essentially we believe that only Mormons can go to hell. It's about semantics and definitions.
Have you watched the video with Kwaku's conversion story? I ask because I think it provides a great example of how you can become certain of these things. Here's a verse of scripture to consider as well. Moroni 10 verses 4-5 "4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. 5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things."
Jakob Bell: I have prayed; earnestly, and my Lord has revealed to me that Joseph Smith is a false prophet and it breaks my heart that so many of you think that 'personal' revelation is the foundation for your faith. Peter, while with Christ on the Mount of Transfiguration later said that moment; the moment he experienced with Jesus personally, was not as authoritative as the Word of God. He actually said that we have a more sure thing, the Word. So personal revelation; Biblically, takes a back seat to scripture.
@@jakobbell9734 I've taken moronis challenge/ promise and I don't feel that there is a true church. There was never a true church just jesus teachings .
I enjoyed your video quite a bit. There's just one thing, Matthew 22:30 "For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven." This scripture clearly refutes the Mormon doctrine of marriage after the resurrection.
It really depends on your definition. As one of the Saints Unscripted videos pointed out, by using one definition, all religions are cults. Using a different one (such as the brainwashing and other stereotypical attributes), then you have to look closer (and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints don't fit the stereotypical definition).
I love learning about your religion, but you guys never reference orthodox religions, especially Eastern Orthodox. You usually only reference other "American" Christian secular faiths which are very different from what orthodox religions are. I'd love to hear a comparison to orthodox beliefs as a Greek Orthodox person (rather than just evangelical, baptist, or Presbyterian). I believe your church is still very Christ-centric (in my opinion others kind of modern Christian religions misinterpret Christ's Ideals). Still love your channel Though!
Ida Alexandra You’re so right! Thank you, we’re planning on having other guests of different denominations on! But you’re right, we need to talk more about Orthodox people :)
MxBorg6, An Orthodox's understanding of theosis is VERY different from the LDS belief of exaltation. They believe in a Trinitarian God (1 being = 3 persons). So humans (1 being = 1 person) could never progress to be like the Trinitarian God, who is infinitely greater and so much different than us. If LDS don't define God the same way as the Orthodox, then it follows that they would not share the same definition of theosis.
David Solomon, while you should save up your money and work hard prior to your mission, you should not worry about having all of your expenses beforehand. You will work with your Bishop and Stake President to make a plan to pay for the mission. They will help you find a way to make it happen as long as you're willing to contribute all that you have and do your part to make it happen. Other people may also be able to help you with contributions as well. My point is that, you should not let the expense keep you from serving.
David Solomon Just to add: as far as I know, all missionaries pay the exact same in order to keep it fair across all missionaries, no matter if you are called to serve far or near.
Non-Mormons also believe in prophets nowadays. And if that's different than believing in prophetic gift, who are the prophets you believe in? Name some!
byronofcalgary & Ashlyn: I think this is the crux of the situation. Most Mormon's I've talked to also say they believe in all the Bible, but if parts are translated 'incorrectly', namely the parts that completely contradict Joseph Smith, then Mormons DONT believe in it all. They logically cannot. This is why I have been constantly challenging my Mormon friends to show evidently and through systematic means how they can PROVE parts of the Bible were translated incorrectly. I've never had a single Mormon prove this.
+byronofcalgary Read the book of Job. It clearly said God called all his sons before him. Sons, plural. Jesus may be the only begotten son, but he's not God's only son. Which means the angels, including Lucifer, are Jesus's siblings. His brothers to be exact.
“That sounds like the savior”. I think that’s a bit of a scary perspective to have. A false Christ will always SOUND like the savior. The Holy Spirit is here and moving and we should never rely on something SOUNDING like the Lord. Discernment is a spiritual gift that should never be substituted for a feeling or emotion. There are deceitful spirits that mimic the things of the Lord.
When in Heaven, why would you want anything/anyone else, but God? Is God not enough for mormons that they need their families in Heaven with them to make it worthwhile? If I'm not a murderer, but I still don't believe in God, I just go to Hell? Not HELL? or HELLHELL? Why would there be different levels of the afterlife? What can you do to go to HELLHELL, or what can you do to just go to Hell? Who/what determines which level I go to? Is this a way to take the fear of Hell out of the people who don't want to believe? Shouldn't some people be afraid of the bad to do what is right? There is no good/bad. Believers can do bad things too, but doing bad things doesn't make a person a bad person -- it makes a person a human being. There is a Heaven and Hell. You believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. That, by God's grace, you have been saved by the blood of Christ. Not by anything we do, but all because of Him and His love for us. This is how you get into Heaven. This belief should change people to want to spread the gospel, with love, so that the unbelievers may come to know Christ and be changed.
Hello love- I'm curious, do you believe faith without obedience will get you a ticket to heaven? Or do you have to at least attempt to obey God's commands?
@@alexislane1035 Just look at it this way, God is the source of all good things: love, joy, peace, contentment, satisfaction, health, blessings, light, prosperity, etc. In heaven, good things are all we will have. In heaven there's no sickness, fear, dread, pain, sadness, loneliness, etc. because God is the source of good things, in him there is no darkness or anything bad. Hell is eternal separation from God, which means that people there have no access to God's blessings and goodness. All that's left is fear, hate, loneliness, etc. God doesn't send anyone there, we send ourselves. It's a place for people who don't want God. People who've had near death experiences and went to hell claim that the people there still don't want God. They don't want to be in hell, but they don't want Jesus either. If you don't want me, you won't be living in my house with me where I would cook for you, clothe you, let you use my telephone, or give you a cozy bed to sleep in. You won't receive anything I have to offer. So it's not a matter of "Believe in me or I'll torture you." Rather, it's "Know me, want me, believe that I can give you eternal life and I'll spare you from a life without me and my love.
@Angela G I understand that you are not justified by works, but as James says faith without works is dead. That's why I was asking Hello Love if they thought they could go to heaven if they didn't obey.
We don’t believe you go to Hell if you are not in our religion. And a big part of making it to Heaven. Trying to follow the commandments. Repenting when we mess up. Forgiving others that do us wrong.
Okay so can you guys explain this verse please? Lol! “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: 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. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” Revelation 22:18-20 KJV
kieralockwood5883 The Bible is NOT a book. It is a collection of 66 books written by 40 authors. These 66 books were collected into one volume in the fourth century AD. The author of the Book of Revelation was John, the apostle. When he wrote this book in the first century, it was not part of the biblical collection. So, when John refers to "this book," he is referring to the Book of Revelation only.
I often laugh when Protestants and Catholics say they don't believe prophet's are called anymore nor will they be ever again. So I ask them "do you believe in the book of revelations?" They say "yes" so I say "there's a verse that says in the last days two prophets will be killed in Jerusalem, and two days later they will be resurrected. You believe that?" They say "yes" so I ask "how is that verse supposed to come to pass if God doesn't call more prophet's in these last days?"
Bible says the jewish messiah jesus is the last prophet lol. we dont need prophets anymore
Great point! I’ve never made that connection. Thank you!
Thats a fair point but as one guy to another please do not make from of other religions man 🤍
As a protestant, I believe in prophets. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever more.
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11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Well this says we need prophets and it is from the Bible new testament
Ephesians 4
I’m here because a colleague is a Mormon and just curious about her faith. She’s very religious and always helpful, very hardworking person. I admire her faith.
Mormons are very good people, we learn very good principles however the church consists of many false teaching sadly
@@trevorlewatle1886 yo if you understand that the teachings are false why not just leave the church if your a member of it still most likely you'll get in trouble for publicaly saying that it teaches false doctrines anyway
@@on_the_journey_101 let me just say that I have been a member for 52 years, I was baptized at 8 but grew up in the church. Sadly we have had false teachers but it’s not a church wide problem. Also when it’s discovered it’s corrected. We are normal every day people who make mistakes. We’re not perfect but that is what we’re aiming for.
@@TheGrams56 I'm not sure of that if your willing to correct false teaching then why is it not corrected I'm not saying anything bad about people here or being decent people but don't you think you think that when it's eternal salvation on the line that it ought to be correct and not wrong yes I understand that people are flawed yes I can see that lds church has changed over time but it's core teachings have not? those are the things that concern me because what good is it to to believe in something false no matter how good you are many religions people are lovely people but not all teaching is correct there are two ways the way of life and the way of death Jesus of Nazareth is the way I have no issue with people being nice caring considerate loving people but false teaching is still false teaching not to be offensive to one personally but starting with the view you have of God and going from there it is simply not what christians have always believed I think it's hard to course correct when everything taught is built on falseness well intentioned or not
@@on_the_journey_101 I get the feeling that your idea of false teachings and mine are two different things. I think what you’re saying is teachings that you don’t believe in but aren’t false in our eyes. I’m talking about teachings that individuals or individual leaders have taught that are against the doctrine and principles of our church. I don’t know what religion you are and it really doesn’t matter because I believe in allowing all people, “to worship how, where or what they may.” That comes from our Articles of Faith it’s the 11th one. If you care to read them all they can be found online in many places. I don’t know if you’ve ever watched other interviews with Dallas Jenkins but I’ve heard him say (and I’m paraphrasing), the problem with most people is that they assume they’ve heard the truth about other churches without bothering to study it out for themselves. I’ll confess I don’t know a lot about the beliefs of other religions but I am trying to learn. Even with my limited knowledge I still respect the rights of others to believe what they want even if it’s not believing in Jesus Christ. I feel sad for them but it’s their choice. I’ll teach what I believe but I won’t force it on anyone! Also I wanted to ask are there any churches out there that are perfect and have no truly false teachings, not just the ones I don’t agree with. I really believe that there is no such thing. Just simply because we are all humans and that’s the purpose of being here, make mistakes and learn from them. So why should we leave a church that we love and believe in because others have made mistakes. I had a step father who believed he was the only one who knew how to properly run our church. I never believed him, never followed his teachings because they were all wrong but more importantly I didn’t leave the church because he was delusional. 😊👍
Finally a “five things about Mormons” video that isn’t directly making fun of our religion.
Catholic here! Some gentlemen I met at Safeway sent me to this channel. Looking forward to learning more about the LDS church! 😊
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Im only here because Mormons came to my door step and was curious what they believe
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You can do your own research of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They have the title wrong in the clip. Mormon is a nickname that the world adopted for the church. It is called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Most individuals do not have the correct source to go by. They listen to rumors only.
Truest members of The Church study the life of the Savior and live by His word daily through the Bible and Book of Mormon and prayer. The message is always the same...you are never alone. You are apart of an eternal loving family with Heavenly Father. The universe has no end. We are all eternal.
Correct source:
ChurchofJesusChrist.org
ComeUntoChrist.org
There are also local missionaries serving in your area ready to teach of the Savior and answer any questions you may have.
The Lord and Savior would have us message one another with empathy and understanding.
Comments are welcome except answered for those who have a sincere desire in their heart to learn more of the Savior and the Lord. They are who matter most.
I'm impressed - it is awesome that you are interested and doing some untypical research!
Candace Kinser
Thank you, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints go to the direct source Himself- the Lord with sincere real intent in their heart to know if the Book of Mormon and Bible are the word of the Lord. Millions if not billions by now across the globe share the same loving warm conviction in their heart. No man on the earth can give this conviction. The love remains.
The Lord answers individual hearts that are humble, obedient to His commandments and in tune. If someone is keeping His commandments to love your neighbor and desire to have the Lord answer you about scripture, He is more bound to linger with those. If someone is critical, angry toward others, He withdraws. There is a HUGE difference in individuals hearts and what their intentions are. The Lord and Savior look on the heart of individuals.
Search the scriptures, study and pray are key with a sincere desire in your heart to know. It is key.
I testify with every part of my heart and being that Jesus is the Christ, He and the Lord Live.
That is good you are feeding your curiosity :-). But be careful where you tread, many will want to give you false interpretations and information.
I mean, just let then in and they'll tell ya.
I came across the book of mormon a few days ago. I've never been so awe struck... I am a 31 yr old sinner. I know this is where I was always meant to find...
I’d suggest you do outside research as well on Joseph Smith and look up debates between Mormons and Christians. I highly suggest looking up Apologia to see how he talks about that.
My former LDS husband had me read 1 Nephi 1 and that was all I could read. It was poorly written.
God wants you to find the truth and you won’t find that in the mormon religion . God Bless ❤️❤️❤️ 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
I'd warn against debates, since those are merely banter with no real conclusion or consensus, and any source on Joseph Smith should be carefully looked at. Several people love discrediting him, and they often don't care how they do it.
Run. Run now. Run fast and far.
Your goldfish is screaming at you to get them a bigger tank.
yeet yyyeeet the fish has a massive clean tank but it goes in the bowl for like the hour it takes them to film. they've talked about it loads of times
Martha Godivala I’ve never watched but i was thinking that I don’t think it would even grow that large in a bowl that small
@@marthagodivala6726 it's a bit cruel to move the fish into a tiny bowl for the sake of aesthetics. That's how a lot of innocent animals die, people using them as props. No shade, I just don't agree with it.
@@halihorror I think you’re right
And you probably eat factory farmed meat lmfao
I'm a Non-Denominational believer in Jesus Christ and found your video to be very educating. Thank you, for that information.
@@TrevorThatBandanaGuy That sounds harmful. Most leave because they had differing opinions, or didn't like another member, so asking them is possibly the worst source...
@@TrevorThatBandanaGuy Well, aren't you opinionated.
@@TrevorThatBandanaGuy If the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints isn't true, then which is? There are hundreds of denominations, and if one is incorrect, who is to say which is, besides the Creator?
@@TrevorThatBandanaGuy Then it all boils down to faith. And mine remains unshaken.
@@TrevorThatBandanaGuy Reading through your comments, I haven't seen any evidence against the blanket term of "Mormonism", just unbacked banter. Where's your proof?
Here because my grandma is Mormon and honestly I don’t agree with this religion at all!
Ariela Gonzales I agree. My grandma is a “morman” too and I’m Christian, but I believe that God’s spirit was with Jesus and that Joseph Smith was a confused man which is why his book of mormans is false in so many ways.
That's because you have a brain and use it. The Mormon church is a load of nonsense. Any other gospel other than the Holy Bible is heresy . Galatians 1:9
"It's Synergy" Yes, yes it is, it's Sinergy through and through...
Ariela Gonzales pffffttttt 2020 and there's still closed minded person like you? C'mon respect each other can we? Please? * i ain't mormon. But im curious thats why i'm here.
@@paddymaluco You need to read your scriptures more, it is not what that scripture says haha.
We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.
You're religion is are historically and biologically stupid. Point and case your thesis about black people.
My guy, humanity started in east Africa.
You seem happy and it’s clear you stand for something. Good for you most people stand for nothing but themselves. Moving to Provo in a month.
Thank you for this video! It's complicated, because I honestly don't know what religion I am. I'm in detox from a religion, but my soul still wants more. I am exploring a lot of religions, and your channel is very comprehensive. I don't know if it's for me, but I so appreciate it!!!
I recommend Eastern Orthodoxy.
I recommend research.
I think that’s awesome that you’re exploring religions, especially since your soul wants more. What filled my spiritual hungers was reading The Book of Mormon. This channel talks a lot about it, but I believe that its because it helps others grow in their faith in Christ. It’s helped influence me to become more like Him, and to feel His love, and how to receive answers to questions and prayers I’ve had.
If you have any questions, or passages that are powerful, let me know!
You don't need to be a part of Judeo-Christian faith to have spirituality.
Buddhism, Unitarian, or just practicing spirituality.
Id recommend if you do go back to one of the Christian faith look into the history of thier founders. And stay away from the abusive ones like JW.
Not to be the “word-police” but religion is not what we want, knowledge (proof that makes sense) of God is. Objective truth is.
This is only found with what the ancient Greeks called and modern secular society calls logic. Ancients in other cultures almost universally deified and it was just a matter of whether they were monotheistic and considered all truth to emanate from one source or whether different things, or even substances like gold and water were “gods” aka fundamental sources of creation in and of themselves.
The ancient Egyptians had many mythological/illogical concepts about various gods but one of the main things they knew/believed was that all things start in an illogical place (unmade or in chaotic/random states) and called this “Isfet” or chaos and that the “good god” or the force that will deliver salvation is Ma’at aka order (the force of logic that makes things more logical)
Logic comes in many “forms” from Venn Diagrams to Music and has many applications from proper science to proper interpretation of scripture. However it is the “substance” of logic not any one form that is the real “spirit” of the creator. Logic, and preferably formal logic, should be applied to all things at all times (worship god all day long) so that through devotion to logic you can be sane and walk in lockstep with the creator.
God is logic and while all you need to know this is logic, because logic is tautological (self evident) it’s also what the ancient Hebrew scripture says (like when God told Moses “I am that I am” ) and is the direction all other religions point to. Even those that are nonsense emphasis the need for our one true god, the source of truth and the “sense-maker” itself…logic!
You don’t believe in Jesus Christ if you believe Joseph Smith was a prophet from Missouri I’m sorry. May god show mercy on you young man and bring you to the real god
ummm Jesus' name is even in our sign!
@@pipquixnostalgia6626
Did u really say that?
Seriously?
@@pipquixnostalgia6626
You play hard and loose with the truth.
@@pipquixnostalgia6626
Maybe you don't understand the phrase, hard and loose with the truth.
Dark Knight " real god" ? So obviously you are an "orthodox" Christian that believes in the trinity. Actually it's the trinitarians that don't believe in Jesus Christ at all. The 3 persons in 1 god is a pagan-istic false teaching introduced in the Nicene and Constantinople Creeds in the 4th Century AD .... In the 17th Century AD the West Minister Confession added "w/o body parts or passions " to the false teaching of the trinity. The trinity of course denies God the Father sent Jesus Christ because if they are 3 persons in 1 god Jesus Christ would have sent Himself, prayed to Himself, worshiped Himself, begged Himself to not require Himself to go through with the Atonement , returned to Himself and sat down at His own right hand, etc. .... Thus the trinity is the epitome of the teaching of the anti-Christ.
An editorial about Mormons: Paul Allen
Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft along with Bill Gates, wrote the following editorial in a newspaper in Santa Clarita, California, USA. USA:
I've heard and seen enough! I've lived in the west for my whole life. I worked around them, they worked for me and me for them. When I was younger, I had a relationship with one of its members. When I got married, they came to my wedding. Now I have my own daughters and some of their boys are boyfriends with my daughters. I would feel privileged if one of them became my son-in-law. I'm talking about Mormons. They're some of the most honest and hardworking people I've ever met. They are spiritual, probably more than most religious people I have found. They study the Bible and teach like no other Christian church does. They serve in their religion without receiving salary on all possible charges. They are leaders, teachers, counselors, bishops or music directors and do not receive a penny for the hours of dedication and work. Mormons have a secular ministry - a fact that is not of general knowledge. I've heard many times messages from the pulpit of other religions talking bad about them and they say they're not Christians, and they don't go to heaven. I decided recently to attend one of their religious services near my house to see for myself. What a surprise! What I heard and saw was just the opposite of what the religious ministers of the time told me. I found a very simple service, without fanfare. I have found a people with great sense of humor and a well balanced spiritual side. There was no high volume music. Just a simple service, with several members giving themselves short speeches. They urge their young people to be morally clean and live a good life. They teach the gospel of Christ for example. His church is officially called " the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints." when I read his " book of Mormon " I was surprised to also find just the opposite of what they told me I was going to find. Do you know of any cult that has an equal wellness system in this country? They have farms, canning factories and cattle ranches to help those in need. The Mormon church has donated millions of dollars to help rebuild the Baptist churches that were burned some years ago. Tons of medical supplies donated to the countries affected by earthquakes. Do you know any cult that urges its members to comply with the law, pay their taxes, serve in the army if asked and be a good Christian, living high moral values?
Did you know that hundreds of thousands of young Mormons rise from bed before time to go to school, to attend religious training classes? They are hired by the FBI, the state department and the police department inside because they are reliable. They are taught not to drink or use drugs. They are in the secret service - they are the ones who protect the president. They serve in high leadership positions of both parties in Congress and Senate and have been governors of several states other than Utah. They serve with distinction and honor. If you have mormons who live close, you will probably find that they are your best friends and neighbors. They are Christians who try to live what they preach. They are not perfect and are the first to admit it. You will also be surprised. When I moved here years ago there were five Mormon chapels in Santa Clarita now there are fifteen. They have to be doing something right.
Paul Allen, Santa Clarita, California
My God Mormon, are you done pumping yourself with BS? (More than any other church in the world cos I've been to ALL of them!)
The reason they have high official jobs is they're doing the work of satan so you have to have power to get the job done.
Who is Paul Allen that makes him an authority on the subject? Why should we care what he thinks? He has an outsider's view and attended one service. I doubt very much he actually looked into it. He doesn't know what ex-mormons know, and those who've done a crapload of research.
@@smdh99 "ALL of them" ? There are literally tens of thousands of different Christian Churches with different beliefs and as time passes by there are more added to the total.. It would literally take several decades to attend just a small percentage of those tens of thousands of churches on a separate weekly basis. So you are the one pumping out the baloney
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That statement proves how little you know. When are ppl going to wake up? About anything!
My husband and I once had a sit down discussion with several evangelical neighbors of ours two of whom were about to get married and they asked to come over and talk about the different tenants of our practices. And for the most part it was a pretty calm discussion pretty non-dramatic, until we got to the question of being married for time and all eternity. I was really shocked and kind of speechless because all of these evangelicals agreed that they did not want to be with their families for all eternity, even been engaged couple said this, that they only want to sit before God and worship him and sing his praise forever. And I just don’t understand how the notion of having my family my secret children and husband with me forever how could that notion be offensive to anyone? Anyone who is experienced the loss of a child or another close member of their family knows the immense trauma of the notion that they might never see them again. It was this doctrine of eternal families that really appealed to my husband who grew up in the orthodox Russian religion. For him it really aligned with Christ gospel taught in the Bible. Don’t forget heavenly father wants us to call him father and calls us joint heirs, his sons and daughters. God loves families and wants them to be together
It's not that we don't want to be with our families, it's just that once you know the love of Jesus that familial love is such a lessor love. We evangelicals do believe we will see our family members again, but there is nothing in scripture to say that we will live in families (and it's quite impossible to negotiate that thru time, migrations of peoples, interracial marriage, marriage of any kind where siblings all marry other people with other siblings.) In fact, we're all practically related to everyone in heaven anyway, so yes, we will be living with our relatives, but it will not be important to be someone's husband or wife or child. We'll probably all be the same age even, so those generational distinctions will be lost except in concept of forebears. Check out some Death/Near Death Experiences on TH-cam of Christians who did indeed see their families again when they arrived in heaven. And certainly, the belief that men will have a plethora of wives in which to populate their own planets with spirit children is anathema to the God of the Bible. Polygamy was an Old Testament practice that typically ended in disastrous situations. In the New Testament it is ever clear that marriage is between one man and one woman, until death takes one, their marriage covenant is broken, and they can make a new covenant with another who is alive. Jesus even answers directly that when such a situation occurs with a woman and many brothers, none of them will be married in heaven, because we live as the angels live, without gender or sex, devoted to worship of the God of the universe and to do His good works and will as He directs.
My ex is one who strictly doesn't believe anything LDS and when I asked him why he doesn't want an eternal family, he told me that just this life was enough and wanting more than that was a disgrace to God.
@@janet-Spirit_of_the_Living_God You understand our doctrine like looking through a glass darkly. (1 cor. 13:12). There is a time called the millennium prepared to set in order all marriages and concerns of eternal nature, it is only after that time that the resurrection takes place. Those that are unmarried and choose to stay that way are those angels you speak of. And without gender or sex is blatantly anit-biblical. It says in Genesis that we are in the image of God, and its clear through his titles God has gender. As far as polygamy vs monogamy, monogamy became the societal norm in 539 BC. It was a societal change, not doctrinal change. Now its *Possible* that I missed something, but I just did a fat 45 minute search for references including (one wife, a wife, wife, one husband, husband, marriage) and the only direct quotes I've found explicitly stating a 1:1 in marriage was for eligibility bishops and deacons. If polygamy went against God, He would not have allowed it. He would not have Given David the wives AND concubines of Saul 2 Samuel 12. It would have been stated, and maintained from the very beginning because God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Its important to note that its often unrighteous exercise of polygamy that earns one condemnation, although monogamy is preferred (especially in society, and by me tbh :P). I see you referenced Matt 22, An important key to understanding the Savior’s words is to remember that they were spoken to Sadducees, who ‘say that there is no resurrection’ (Matthew 22:23). Therefore, the question they posed to the Savior was insincere-they were not truly interested in knowing about marriage in the Resurrection. The Savior’s reply that ‘in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage’ (Matthew 22:30; italics added) referred to the individuals in question, who were Sadducees, for the questioners said that ‘there were with us seven brethren’ (Matthew 22:25; italics added). For those who do not marry for eternity, marriage does not endure beyond this life (see D&C 132:15-17). They wouldn't have even asked about Marriage in the resurrection if it wasn't a doctrine taught and believed, they were trying to trap Jesus in his words. Now in response to your statement "that men will have a plethora of wives in which to populate their own planets with spirit children" i would like to point out that these statements are incredibly disingenuous, especially considering early Christians' believed in deification or "becoming a god" (becoming LIKE god) here are some sources i don't feel like writing out.
www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Mormonism_and_the_nature_of_God/Deification_of_man#UnChristian.3F
id recommend you look at bullet 5 on this list if you only have time for one, but all are worth looking at.
www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Question:_Do_Mormon_men_believe_that_they_will_become_%22gods_of_their_own_planets%22_and_rule_over_others%3F
and here's the second source, the one that actually addresses your claim.
Jesus himself said there is no marriage in heaven (Matthew 22:30. It's very straight forward although I guess the LDS church has a spin on that as well as many other doctrines that from the words of our savior are at direct odds with what the LDS church teaches and belives.
You guys had me smiling through the whole video. I'm much older than you, but I have a very youthful spirit, and I went to an LDS church here in New York for the first time, and I'm trying to learn more and more about the church. The common sense is amazing it just makes sense! How about that, 😊. And I feel the happiness and I feel the truth and I like that you're all family.
😊 we're so happy to hear you are learning about the Church!
I pray that may God open your eyes.
you should watch general conference it literally talks about opening your eyes.
@@natebillings147 take a look at yourself, through your third eye..
Would actually love a response to this if you have the time!
You knew ppl would comment about Matthew 22:30 "At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage".
But y'all need to check the context of that passage. It's literally about people who got married in this life (specifically one gal that married 7 different guys). So when asked whose wife she would be in heaven, Jesus replied that there will be no marriage in heaven - even if it started in this life.
Ray Conger Sorry, but it never says that in the passage. You would have to place your own definition into this verse for that to make sense. I’d change my mind if you could show where the Bible says that - but as it stands it looks like you’re making things up.
Only marriage in gods temples are binding in the next life... All other marriage is "until death do you part".
Paligamy in heaven is a mormon belief for the widow who remarries.
That is because no one had a temple marriage, so one one was married in heaven. That is what Christ was talking about.
Yes the other comments are right. And so are you, the wonderful men in this video had it a little wrong. In the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints we believe in 2 kinds of marriages. Earthy Marriage and Temple (or Celestial) Marriage.
Like mentioned in the video, we also believe that our Church is the same organization that Christ established when on the Earth, and at that time there was the Preisthood. Remember how Christ gave the preisthood keys to Peter I believe it was? We believe that only someone who has the preisthood and the preisthood key of sealing power can seal a couple for "Time and All Eternity" as people are married in the temple.
So to answer you question in a long complicated way, when Christ was talking to the woman with 7 marriages, he was referring to Earthly marriage performed without the sealing power. You are married on earth, but come death (aka the resurrection) the marriage is no longer binding.
Also side note that you might not care about. The men in this video mentioned that we believe you can't be married at the resurrection. This is kind of false. We believe that celestial marriage is a requirement to enter into the highest degree of the Celestial Kingdom (basically as perfect heaven as it gets) AND that no one will be denied blessings if they are living righteously. So if a faithful man or woman for any reason did not have the opportunity to marry in this life, they will have that opportunity after death. HOWEVER marriage is an ordinance that can only be performed with a body. So before everyone is resurrected, no one who has died is able to get married unless a couple does the ordinance for them in the temple which they can then choose to accept or not. After the resurrection and judgement, the faithful who did not have a chance to marry on Earth will get that chance.
Sorry for the long winded explanations. I've been learning about this in institute and found it really amazing. These are my beliefs and the beliefs held by Members of the Church if Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, they do not have to be your beliefs. But I hope you found some of this interesting. :)
Lost me after "makes so much sense"
Way too many groups out there who say, this makes sence. Scripture says to test all by the word, not a warm fuzzy feeling.
I am a Muslim who was just curious about what Mormons believe in, and I feel like you guys have a great way of explaining things, so that everyone fully understands what you’re on about👌🏼 I like that! :)
Salaam, Same.
@boo hoo Actually Mormonism teaches that each man with the priesthood who is in the Celestial Kingdom will have many wives but the wives only one husband.
@@LadyMaria ????? As a member of this religion, and a missionary of it, nobody or source has mentioned that. What's your source?
@@iowaguy6470 Oh it's true. Your "president" will be sealed to two women in the celestial kingdom according to your religion. If men don't cancel their sealing to their civil ex-wife, or she doesn't ask for it, they're sealed in the celestial kingdom. That goes for spouses who die too. Meanwhile women have to cancel previous sealings.
@@LadyMaria it's odd nobody has ever said this to us but the complete opposite.
Thanks guys!!!! This answered a question I had!! :) I pray that the people who have been rude or nasty to you guys for your faith will learn to be kind and patient with everyone just like Jesus was. Love is patient, and Love is kind. Love does not keep record of wrongs. It is not boastful and it does not envy. Amen
Tad Cowell Thanks so much for your words and for watching the video :) You're awesome.
You guys should get that goldfish in a proper tank, where it has room to swim and filtered water. Wouldn't god want his creations to be treated righteously? C'mon.
@Torba what era are you living in? Animals were a thing before humans, not to mention humans are animals, we are mammals
You are talking to people who have no problem leading people away from Christ.
lol he has a bigger tank
@@christking85 im sure u mean to christ right?Our church is about Jesus and following Jesus :)
@@pipquixnostalgia6626 I don't know if you are a morning or not but if you are you might want to to open your eyes and get to know Jesus instead of being mislead with lies
I really hope the family and marriage sealed forever is true. I can't imagine anything making me truly happy without my husband and children.
Life is about God, not family. They're a blessing, to be sure. And if they're saved, and you are, you can be together forever but not as an earthly family unit. God will be your focus.
Scarlett, I know that what was said about families being sealed together forever is true! Heavenly Father loves us and wants us to be happy, and He knows that family is a great source of that happiness..so why would a loving God take away a source of our happiness? I just can't imagine Him doing that. And besides, I have had many sacred experiences with family beyond the veil which has helped me know even more deeply that we are going to be reunited after death and will be together as a family forever :) .. But that's just my testimony, if you want to truly know it's true for yourself, pray to your Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ and ask if it's true. He will answer you :) God bless you!
There’s more to this though.
You all have to be in the church, all have to be faithful to it your whole lives, have to all go to the temple, and that requires being an honest tithe payer to be worthy. Meaning 10% of yours and there’s income. It’s not right. People should not have to believe the only way to remain a family is through one church.
@@imoutbye What about one Gospel?
@@johnwright2217 How about it's all made up by man. Bible is a compilation of written stories told over time, to keep people in line and maybe an answer to the big questions in life. And what kind of aheavenly father would say join this one religion, based on faith in the Jospeh Smith sotry, Or you won;t get to see your fmaily or kids again? Fucked up.
You guys should do an episode about the differences between the LDS church and the FLDS church
Michael D What's FLDS? 😶😮
Or a study on the vast differences between the book of Mormon and the Bible. They don't talk about the same Jesus. It doesn't take long to see they are in opposition in their teachings. It's important to know the differences. Your salvation depends on it!
FLDS stands for Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints. One sect is as bad as the other. You tube- 'watch"9Facts that the Mormon church doesn't want you to know!!! "
Karl Shaner - the main difference is FLDS practices polygamy, while the LDS believes that to be adultery. Other than that they still have the same beliefs in Joseph Smith's teachings, that God isn't the creator of the world. That he had parents just as we do and they can become gods just as he did. And that Jesus isn't the only begotten son of God who came to save us from our sins. They don't believe Mathew 22:30 where it says there are no marriages in heaven, that we'll be like the angels in heaven. As a matter of fact, they don't believe much of the bible. They believe, like Muslims do, that it's too corrupt to put any real trust in. Both the Mormons and Muslims try to discredit the bible, bc their teachings are mostly in opposition of the Bible. So they both pick and choose the verses that suit them and throw the rest to the curbside. Most people in these group are wonderful people, but they grew up in sect that discourage them from really knowing what the bible teaches. There ARE many converts though that didn't grow up with their beliefs, but have been convinced they are the only ones that will enter in on the day of judgment and that true bible believers will not bc they didn't follow Joseph Smith's teaching.
While there may be a few differences between the current different sects... ultimately, all Mormons believe in polygamy in the end. I mean, how else will they become a god and make all those spirit babies?
And I belieeeeeeve.. that in 1978 god changed his mind about black people..
Kimnumber9 more specifically black men, since no women can hold the priesthood apparently.
Even though, the second "m" is still silent.
"And it was good"
Joshua Perez black people weren’t allowed to enter the temple either. They couldn’t get sealed to their families
what
Why would we need a family unit in heaven? Christ is sufficient and we won’t need anyone else
Why would you not want to be with a family? What's the point of having loved ones if you can't be with them?
Why would God authorize and sanction marriage and families ONLY in this life? May I recommend that you take this matter to the LORD Jesus Christ and his FATHER in EARNEST prayer and ask them the purpose of marriage and family in both this life and the next. Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Nina Worley That’s exactly what I was literally thinking 🤔
@Doug Lindsey That is for the Lord to judge....he will judge the HEART.
Adam and Eve were married before the Fall ( Verse 25 ) ... They were commanded to become "one flesh" ( Paul uses verse 25 to teach about Jesus Christ and His Church. ) Genesis 2 : 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. " ................ You'd be wrong.
I don’t believe you go to heaven because you’re good I believe you go to heaven because God is good we could never be worthy of his love and forgiveness, but he gives it to us because he’s awesome! While I can see where you’re coming from on the Book of Mormon I think that when God was speaking to Israel, he wasn’t speaking to the place, he was speaking to Christians as a whole, and his word is all we need it will never expire, or loose it’s power:) Thank you so much for making this video!
I completely agree with this. I don’t necessarily believe Mormons are wrong, I just don’t agree 100% with Mormonism
@@yrneHN I disagree... there are MANY things that we can do that are good. Anything that follows God's commandments is good and brings us closer to Him. The Lord has given us power to become like Him, it is our agency. Choosing Him is good and wonderful, and He loves it when we choose Him :)
Yes it won't ever be enough, and that is why He sent His Son, to save us from our sins, not to save us in our sins.
@@monocuco818 what about Romans 5:8 that says "while we were STILL sinners Christ died for us" He doesn't expect to make ourselves perfect before accepting his grace. So it seems that Jesus does meet us where we are at, and that is good news! Ephesians 2: 8-9 "For it is by grace you have been saves, through faith- and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works so that no one can boast". I would genuinely love to hear what you think about these verses, I am always looking to expand my understanding of the world, by hearing what other people think!
@@annaherrington7347 Yeah I get what you are talking about. We are a lot closer to mainstream christianity on that subject than most people think. The one difference is that we do have to try. The Lord is looking for a little bit of effort on our part, even a slow progression, but there are required oridnances to follow as well.
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-" The question is what is faith? James 2:17-18 "Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works." So faith requires action or works, but it never says perfection.
The second part of the scripture you quoted "not by works so that no one can boast." This means that our works will never bridge the gap between our sins and salvation. Only grace can do that. Therefore we will never be able to boast in our own works and be able to say that we did it. It means that we still had to be saved by grace, even though we had to follow Christ, as Christ says, "if ye love me, keep my commandments." This means you can vocally confess the Lord as your savior, but if you lie, cheat, kill, and don't follow His commandments then you don't love Him. If you don't love Him, then you cannot have any part with Him. The only way to make your way back to Him after sin is through repentance. We sin, recognize our sin, repent and change. Slowly but surely we become more like Him. These small changes are enough that He may save us.
But remember it starts with Christ's gospel... the gospel that His apostles taught as well. We must believe in Him, have faith in Him and repent of our sins. We must be baptized by water and of the Holy Spirit then continue to follow His example and repent when we make mistakes. Salvation only comes through Jesus Christ. Anybody who takes away from this gospel, the central gospel of Jesus Christ would be cursed, as the apostles quote in the Bible. "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed."
Many Christian churches have taught a different gospel from this. Saying that only a belief is necessary to be saved, they reject faith (which is works), baptism and reception of the Holy Ghost (a covenant between you and the Lord). and continued repentance. I have even heard many christians declare that a sinner can "confess jesus" and they will be saved, even if they go and kill another person. This clearly is not what the apostles taught. They taught repentance, faith, works and ordinances. They taught the gospel of Jesus Christ.
@@monocuco818 yes james 2:17 a good word! I completely agree, since that is scripture, faith without works is dead. so you think that faith by definition is works? I was reading hebrews 1:1 and I'm just wondering what you think about this verse, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." I don't think that James is saying that faith=works, but that if your faith is not accompanied by works, like helping a brother or sister in need that James speaks about in 2:15-16, then do you truly love the Lord? I mean no offense by this, I just really enjoy hearing others interpretations of scripture! So, it seems from these scriptures that it is only faith that saves you, but that faith is not inseparable of works in that works are a testament to the faith that we have within our hearts. As it says later in verse 22, "You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did". It is Jesus that says in John 14:6, "Jesus saith unto him, 'I am the way the truth and the life; no man cometh unto the father, but by me'". He doesn't say no man cometh unto the father, but by me AND after all the works that you have done. I really do enjoy our small youtube debate!
"Heaven isn't heaven if your family isn't there"? That sounds like an appeal to emotion and nothing else. I'm sure some Mormon families have children who have left the religion, I hope that doesn't make the parent's heaven any less than heaven.
Look up "sealing power." Heaven without familial ties seems kind of crappy. God isn't crappy.
Mormons believe in 3 levels of heaven, and those in the top level can go visit the heathens in the lower levels if they want. Since I quit I am no longer eligible for level one, but I’ll get to see my mom still, I just have to wait for her to come down from her penthouse 😂
@@benjaminendres5941 I, too will be waiting in the lower levels with the heathens. My mother and father were both mormon, and both highly educated, so I can't say that they were dumb... just indoctrinated from childhood. Brainwashing is real.
Some people don't even like their families. To them Mormon heaven sounds like hell.
according to Doctrine & Covenants 137:10, all children who die before reaching 8 years old automatically go to the celestial heaven
The picture of Kwaku when he was younger totally caught me off guard and I died😂. Also, great video.
It’s not that people are either “good or bad”... it’s the fact that all of us are unworthy of Gods love and mercy. Our works alone cannot and will not save us, only our belief in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior can. Even on our best days we are still sinners. If we were aware of the full weight of our sin it would be so much to bear that we wouldn’t be able to function, but in Gods love for us He spares us from remembering each and every sin we’ve every committed. If we remembered every lie, every jealous moment, every instance of anger, it would be way too overwhelming because we can never amount to the Lord with good works on our own.
The Bible makes it very very clear that creation itself is proof enough that the Lord does exist and that there is no excuse for man on judgement day to claim he never knew God because God reveals Himself to all through the world around us. I am praying for you three and that the Lord may open your eyes to His truths and promises!
riley ray k PREACH! this is the truth:)
To God, we are all worthy of His love and mercy. This is exactly why all will be resurrected, through His grace (1 Corinthians 15:22). Yes, not one person can rely on works alone to save him because no one is perfect. But, it sounds silly to think that a belief in God's existence is all that is needed to return to heaven. If belief in existence only, then why do the devils not make the cut into heaven? Obviously it must be more than just a belief. So what else is needed then? I'll let you find out through study and prayer.
Guess who said "faith without works is dead"?
Amen! This is facts!💯🙌🏾
@@ChristianAuditore14 the works are not of ourselves- it’s God himself doing it. Not us
Matthew 22:30 - For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
Jesus was speaking to a sect of Jews that didn't believe in the resurrection. So obviously their marriages like the false churches of today were for earth life only. IOWs - Their beliefs didn't allow for Jesus Christ dying , being resurrected so that they could be resurrected.... Yup they aren't going to be on the same Heavenly plane as Jesus Christ's disciples because they didn't see the need for a Savior that would give them the gift of resurrection. The Jews that He was speaking to asked a question concerning the Law of Moses that required men to marry the wife of a diseased brother in order to bring children into the world that would be accounted to his brother's family ( What??????? Do Evangelicals do that? Why NOT ... It's Biblical. ..... Why aren't Evangelicals having a cow over that concept? ) . The brother marrying the wife of his diseased brother's wife could have likely been married already.... Oh NO polygamy? Jesus Christ didn't say anything against the brother marrying his brother's wife at all despite the brother likely already being married .... Maybe the brother pined away after his brother's wife? Whatever.... The Mosaic Law required it, but the Law of Moses didn't save it's adherents through blindly following the Law w/o the Savior ultimately paying the price for sins, etc. That verse doesn't apply to our beliefs.... We marry for eternity in temples on earth and we perform proxy sealings in temples on earth.. Nice try though.
@@robca6013 Yes, Jesus answered them directly in all ways in the simple sentence of vs.29 "You are mistaken, not knowing the scriptures or the power of God". Evangelicals are not "having a cow" because you're talking about OT law, not the New Covenant in Jesus where we are individually responsible to God, not manipulated by religious teachings to stay in a religion in order to make our mothers, or whole family, happy in eternity, together forever.
@@janetspiritofthelivinggod6328 Jesus proclaimed that He didn't come to destroy the Law but to fulfill it. The sect Jesus was addressing didn't believe in resurrection so the idea that marriage would continue after death would be ludicrous to them . Since they weren't going to accept Jesus Christ based on his being the way that resurrection was going to happen.... They weren't going to be going to the place where marriages would be eternal. So querying Jesus about a concept that they didn't believe in was merely an attempt to make Jesus look bad by trying to argue with them about whether resurrection was going to take place and so he taught them based on what they believed which is that they were supposed to marry their dead brother's wife to fulfill the Mosaic Law to make every marriage including the marriages to their dead brother's wives a dead work to them.... They'd be going through the motions of obeying God w/o believing in the saving power of God's death and resurrection . What does Paul say about dead works? And yes polygamy would be often the result of a Jewish man marrying his dead brother's wife since the Jewsih man would likely already be at least betrothed to another woman in addition to needing to marry his dead brother's wife..... Evangelical's will have a cow at the thought of polygamy not even getting a raised eyebrow from Jesus. Abraham and Jacob were w/o a doubt polygamists and Jesus proclaimed
@@robca6013 Jesus fulfilled the Mosiac Law. If you read the Gospels and New Testament you’d know that. And so we won’t be married when we are resurrected but we will in heaven? Like that makes any sense. In Heaven which is outside of time we will have our glorified or resurrected bodies. So your logic doesn’t make sense. Regardless the Bible makes it clear we won’t be married in heaven. Oh and the Levitical priesthood (or your ‘lesser priesthood’) the priests sacrificed animals in the alters. And Numbers 3:10 (Aaronic or Levitical priesthood means the same thing). The Levitical priests all came from the tribe of LEVI!!! And non of the New Testament Apostles had either priesthood, it’s not in the New Testament. I know because I’ve read it multiple times.
There were no gods before Our God nor will there be after Him (Isaiah 43:10), God has always been God (Psalm 90:2).
@@robca6013 you don’t know the Bible at all. Romans 10:4, “Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.”
James 2:10, “10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles(A) at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.(B)”
Matthew 22:36-40, “36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a](A) 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b](B) 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”(C)
1 John 3:23, “And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.”
Galatians 3:24, “24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.”
Romans 8:2, “2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”
Galatians 5:2, “2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.”
1 John 5:2-3, “By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.”
Romans 3:19-20, “Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”
Please crack a Bible. It doesn’t say what you’ve been taught it does.
Using other books besides the Bible to dictate what God said or wants is somewhat laughable
Nek n Tit Imagine the following: You write an autobiography/instruction book for how to become a “holy person,” for lack of a better word. In this book is everything, then- somehow, you compressed the entirety of the entire teachings of the true religion into just one volume- and this is somehow going to be forever- somehow you are supposed to be the perfect author who writes every little fact, tidbit, et cetera. Now, imagine 2,000 years post-completion, the world looks very different- and the world doesn’t even look at anything but the book.
In theory this is good- but the Bible isn’t that book- it even admits there are books outside itself- Jasher comes to mind, as Enoch and the Ascension Of Moses. Mark puts it potently: “and this and more He did, but there are not enough pages in the world to contain that”
@@brady1407 see your interpretation of the final paragraph is where you got it wrong it's more like it's incomprehensible
Is really not, it actually makes sense that if he had children in other parts of the world that did not have access to the Hebrew prophets he will call someone to guide them to and that's what the book of mormon is about. The communication of God to the former inhabitants of the American continent.
How do? The book of enoch is was taking out of the bible testifying about Christ? There are alot of missing books that the catholic church burned up so God can't have other books proclaiming that he is the christ which the book of Mormon clearly states? Very interesting that protestants have a closed mind on God and how he works. There is also things we don't know about God and what he has in store for us when we are in heaven. For the bible doesn't explain everything and that is a fact. The bible is the book for the Jews and the new testament is for the gentiles. Every book in the bible isn't really the bible for they are different experiences with God with different people and they're are more books out there just try not to have a closed mind about it.
Mormons are not Cristians
What is your definition of what makes a person Christian?
Yes we are. We believe in Christ.
I’m a Mormon and we believe in Jesus Christ.
@@nf7548 muslims also believe in christ
@@tesshaynes1652 so do muslims
Let’s stop following all dead religion and church and instead follow and obey the Lord Jesus Christ as recorded for us in the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Jesus is alive and speaks to us if we listen. May Jesus bless you with understanding and wisdom and discernment.
Agree
this~
People have rights to different religions
Brownies Sweetpee finally some one with some true knowledge? Amen on your comment🙏🏼
Whose interpretation of the bible should we believe as people will interpret the bible differently?
From a non-Mormon, some of the dialogue that jokes at the idea you guys think you are so superior makes your motives and sentiments toward other Christians seem disingenuous.
Yes I agree
I wouldn't worry too much about it, these guys have a lot of worldly experience yet to gain. Arrogance and overconfidence in youth often stinks.
Never met a Mormon who thinks themself more superior than others.
“"You are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.”
Isaiah 43:10
Yes why don’t that tell you something listen and know I am God
For context read verse 11 too. Those verses in context are Jesus Christ speaking. IF you read the whole chapter it's Jesus Christ railing against the worship of pagan statues. Jesus Christ in John 20: 17 tells Mary Magdalene that He has a God that He worships and that God is obviously God the Father. Christians have been misled into believing that they need to be monotheists from a strained reading Isaiah 43:10.
@@robca6013 The point is that there is only one God, who is not a created being, eternal in nature from the beginning of time - not the Mormon teaching that every priestly man will become his own god with his own multiple wives populating other planets of their own with their spirit children. "As Adam is, God once was. As God is, Adam will be" is a false teaching and leads people astray from worshiping the one true God forever. (It also feeds pride, arrogance, guilt, et al. Our lives are about Him, for HIs glory, not our own little families and universes. Mormonism has a lot of teachings that are emotionally manipulative and quite cultish in nature, but one definition of a cult is that those inside cannot see it for what it is...
@@robca6013 Actually, the context of all of Christianity and Judaism is monotheist. If you go to Is. 44:8, "Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any." This is a clear confirmation of strict monotheism, present from Deuteronomy in the Great Shema (Dt. 6:4), "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one." Christ didn't come to reveal a new God to Israel. Christ is always understood as talking about the God that Jews had always worshipped at that point.
@@jacksonreedsweet2818 No the context of Christianity is that God the Father ( Is the MOST HIGH GOD ..... Meaning logically that there are lesser or lower Gods.. That is best illustrated that God the Father... .) has a SON ( That He sent to do His will.... The SON did not do His own will.) , Jesus Christ ( Is the only Mediator between God the Father and man. ) Who is a God, and the Holy Spirit/Ghost Who is also a God. Those THREE GodS Make up the GODHEAD ( NOT the trinity. ) which is the governing administration and thus it is GODHED and NOT a pagan-istic triad god. John 20: 17 relates that Jesus Christ told Mary not to hug Him and then stated that He had a God ( God the Father. ) Who was His Father and Who is our God and our Father. WHY do you take an OT verse out of context , then use the word "Christianity" to then pretend that you can speak of Christianity as if there are no other GodS mentioned in either the Old or the New testaments? It's because the false teaching of monotheism tries to falsely fit the squared truth of THREE GodS into the false rounded off hole of monotheism. So the "Orthodox" "Christians cite verses where Jesus Christ is teaching against idol worship and then claim that that those verses teach of just one "God" . Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven and sat down at the right hand of God the Father..... A 3 person in 1 god trinity can't sit down at it's own right hand. Jesus Christ after His death and resurrection has a PHYSICAL body of flesh and bones.... Trinitarians preach that God is only a spirit that doesn't have a physical body . That teaching of course denies the birth, life , Atonement, death and resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ to sit at the right hand of God the Father..... Thus the trinity is the epitome of the anti-Christ teachings that John warned against.
If the Book of Mormon has the fullness of the gospel, then why doesn't it contain anything mormon's believe? And if it's the most correct book on earth, then why has it been corrected at least 4000 times?
JOSEPH'S MYTHS
Every thing that is written in the Book of Mormon is what we believe.
The text or the Doctrine in the Book of Mormon was never changed it always has been and always will remain pure and undefiled.
But because Joseph Smith the prophet of God translated it he had to have a scribe write it for him as he did so, as time went on he had at least 3 different scribes at different times because of circumstances. The changes were only minor because there were spelling mistakes or grammatical errors.
Most changes are insignificant modifications to spelling, grammar, and punctuation, and are mainly due to the human failings of editors and publishers. For example, the word meet... meaning "appropriate" as it appears in 1 Nephi 7:1, was spelled "mete" in the first edition of the Book of Mormon, published in 1830. (This is a common error made by scribes of dictated texts.) "Mete" means to distribute, but the context here is obvious, and so the spelling was corrected in later editions.
Some of these typographical errors do affect the meaning of a passage or present a new understanding of it, but not in a way that presents a challenge to the divinity of the Book of Mormon. One example is 1 Nephi 12:18, which in all printed editions reads "a great and a terrible gulf divideth them; yea, even the word of the justice of the Eternal God," while the manuscript reads "the sword of the justice of the Eternal God." In this instance, the typesetter accidentally dropped the s at the beginning of sword.
Also head notes and scriptural references were added so that when someone who likes to study and not just read can use the scriptural reference that will lead him to other Scriptures that are in harmony with the verse or wording In that verse that he had just read making it more clearer for him or her to understand the Doctrine. Our missionaries will help you to know how to do that, those scriptural referrances are at the bottom of the pages of The Book of Mormon.
I believe in 1 God. How many do mormons believe in? Answer please.
@@Mitchell_Coburn you should read our articles of Faith. Our very first one is. We believe in God the eternal Father and in His Son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost. Straight forward
Thanks for your response. I read in the bible that Jesus God and the holy spirit are one and the same. This is my belief. I do not believe in the trinity and there are no scriptures supporting the trinity in the bible.
Contradictions in LDS Scriptures:
Book says the is ONE God -
In Alma 11:27-39, 44; 2 Nephi 31:21;Mormon 7:7; 3 Nephi 11:27;Testimony of Three Witnesses
BUT the Doctrine and Covenants teaches about Plural Gods- Section 121:32Section 132:18-20, 37.
The Book of Mormon says that God Dwells in the Heart - Alma 34:36
BUT the Doctrine and Covenants teaches in Section 130:3 that God Does Not Dwell in Heart.
Book of Mormon says this concerning the Creation that One God created everything - 2 Nephi 2:14; Jacob 4:9 and in Pearl of Great Price: Book of Moses - Chapter 2. BUT then you have the Book of Abraham - Chapters 4 and 5 stating that Plural Gods created everything.
Then in Book of Mormon: Jacob 4:9; Alma 18:28, 34-36 - indicates that there was No Pre-Existence of Man, BUT in Doctrine and Covenants: Section 93:23, 29-33, PGP: Book of Abraham - Chapter 3:18, 21-23 indicates that man did Pre-exist. Which is it?
Also Book of Mormon says in: Moroni 8:22-23; 2 Nephi 9:25-26; Doctrine and Covenants: Section 128:5, 17-18
Mosiah 15:24-27 says the Heathen are Saved Without Baptism BUT in Doctrine and Covenants: Section 128:5, 17-18 that the Latter Day Saints are to conduct Baptisms for the Dead.
I believe the Word of God (THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS) Does not Change since its conization:
Let us read Book of Mormon: Alma 41:8 which says this:
"Now, the decrees of God are unalterable; therefore, the way is prepared that whosoever will may walk therein "and be saved.
BUT again the Book of Mormon is contradicted by the Doctrine and Covenants: Section 56:4-5 "4 Wherefore I, the Lord, command and revoke, as it seemeth me good; and all this to be answered upon the heads of the rebellious, saith the Lord." and verse 5 "Wherefore, I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants Thomas B. Marsh and Ezra Thayre, and give a new commandment unto my servant Thomas, that he shall take up his journey speedily to the land of Missouri, and my servant Selah J. Griffin shall also go with him."
The above which I have detailed is but a tiny amount of the contradictions in the books which Latter Day Saints follow.
BUT THE GOD OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS DOES NOT CHANGE and HIS WORD DOES NOT CHANGE: Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?" and in Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. and again in James 1:17 "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
So Here we see the GOD of The Bible ( OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS ) and the Bible itself is sure and steadfast in all His ways and teachings. Conversely, The books held up as the "words and teachings of God" by the Latter Day Saints are OFTEN IN CONTRADICTION at different times and with different church presidents, which proport themselves as prophets (ONLY TO BE CONTRADICTED by future church presidents).
The God I serve is Not a Fickle God. The God I serve is a SURE AND STEADFAST GOD.
I do note that if you think The Bible ( OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS ) have contradictions anywhere then I urge you to study it and dissect it always remembering that the ( OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS ) were written to the peoples of 4000 to 2000 years ago which had a Semitic logic, languish and culture not a Hellenistic logic,and culture as we have today. A good beginging resource to learn Semitic logic, languish and culture is the TH-cam Channel by Jeff Benner.
"Contradictions in LDS Scriptures:" ? Or not! IOWs - We don't need Protestants to interpret the Book of Mormon through their Protestant lens. www.fairmormon.org/answers/Question:_Are_Mormon_scriptures_full_of_contradictions%3F
I love the way Mormon's stick to scripture and don't avoid scripture they don't understand immediately. What scriptures do y'all cite that says family's can be sealed for eternity? I've always understood there is scripture that says the exact opposite? Thanks, y'all! Looking forward to subbing and learning more.
D&C 132:19 is a good one.
Matthew 18:18 is one possibility. Not all marriages last beyond death, which could be why some verses sounds like they’re saying marriage will end at death. Without the sealing power of the priesthood, this is true. But the priesthood was given to Peter, which allowed marriages to last beyond the grave.
@@kellherman It seems odd that people make an oath that includes 'til death do you part' and then say there's nothing more. Well, uh, yeah... you AGREED to those conditions.
What about not adding or taking away from the word of God? The Book of Mormon does that exactly.
Revelations 22: 18 is ONLY speaking specifically of the scroll of revelation ( Books didn't exist in the 1st Century in the Middle East and the "Bible" wasn't sort of compiled until 250 AD. ) . Martin Luther added to the Bible and wanted to take James, Jude, Hebrews and Revelation from the Bible.... So are Lutherans Christians? The Catholic Bible pre-dates the KJV that Protestants use by roughly 1100 years.... Their Bible has more books than the KJV and so the Protestants removed books from the Bible.... So are the Protestants Christians?
@@robca6013 Deuteronomy and Revelation both warn against adding to and taking away from those books. Joseph Smith did both with his Joseph Smith Translations.
@@rayma66 so what book is right the book of revolution or deuteronomy?
@@richardrussell9209 I don't understand your question. There's only one book of Revelation and one book of Deuteronomy. They're found in the Bible. Joseph Smith "corrected" the "mistranslations" in his JST. The manuscripts we have in the original languages show that he was wrong.
@@richardrussell9209 They're both right.
I would love to see a debate between LDS and JWs. Epic!
Best comment on youtube!
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That would be a garbage pile of confusion for sure.
Why not compare it to the early Christianity which Jesus of Nazareth Founded? There will see which Christianity denomination has the early Christian teaching.
Jesus Christ speaks to us through His indwelling Holy Spirit and His Word.
As a way to start a missionary discussion, I love to ask the question... when the Lord married Adam and Eve how long did he marry them for, till death do you part? There was no such thing as death so it could have only been for eternity... This is what we do in the temples... Thanks, Guys your doing great work.
The gift of prophecy is still real today and anyone that walks in the Spirit can have this gift. I would honestly encourage ya'll to do your research before talking about Christianity. When I left Mormonism, I started to see Jesus so much more clearly.
i started to see Jesus when I realised that the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints is true!
Amen Hailey
When you left the Church did you start to believe in the trinity? Jesus Christ couldn't actually exist as an individual and as a physical being since the trinity teaches that there can only be one God since the Trinitarians want to transform God the Father and His SON Jesus Christ is a God and the Holy Spirit is a God ( And so that adds up to 3 Gods.... ) into "one god" because they believe in the false teaching of monotheism.
@@robca6013Matt 22:29 You do not understand the mystery of the triune nature of God. We do not have 3 gods, but 1 God in three personalities/purposes. Jesus emptied Himself into a servant/son. The word "son" doesn't mean God birthed him. That is the misunderstanding of the LDS. I have a whole list of verses that make it clear that Jesus is God, emptied of His glory and dressed in flesh. Perhaps I am misinformed, but I've been taught that it is the LDS who teach man can become a god, so therefore the LDS are the polytheists, training up future gods of future worlds with multiple wives. Do you understand the teaching of the New Covenant?
@@janetspiritofthelivinggod6328 Why would God pray to himself?
"God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, **has in these last days spoken to us by His Son** - Hebrews 1
You only know when you experience it and it is absolutely beautiful,,hard to explain,,
I have to work with what I have but I am happy now living with the holy Spirit in a better understanding
4:15 Actually the apostles went all over the place. Thomas and Bartholomew went to India. Matthew went to Ethiopia. James went to Spain. Peter went to Rome. Joseph might have even gone to Wales.
How do you know?
what is your source for knowing that Thomas and Bartholomew went to India?
Regardless of which apostles went where, Matthew 28:16-20 mandated that the gospel is to be spread to all nations. God reveals himself by scripture and the Holy Spirit. This doesn't disprove the authority of the book of Mormon, but it does show that another book is not necessary for Christ to speak to all nations.
We were discussing the things Jesus himself would do not the apostles.
And what about America? It is a big continent though.
I found this video on TH-cam. I left the LDS Church when I was 22 years. This educated me on how the church has not changed. I did get an invite from the missionaries to go to church on a Sunday. I haven't decided if I want to take that offer or not
Give it a shot :) whether you enjoy it or not, at least you experimented on your faith. If you end up in the same place you are now, no harm done. But you might discover something God has waiting for you. He always blesses us for acting on faith and impressions :)
I see you put your comment on here a year ago. I was just re-baptized 6/23/2023. 30 years and 3 months to the day of my original baptism. I was in for 15 years and out for 15 years, through nothing less than God's Grace missionaries came on my porch and the Spirit entered my heart and home. I am SO grateful for this second opportunity to live my life in the Gospel. Prayerfully read the B of M , beginning to end and I guarantee you will see the truthfulness of this precious book that so many sacrificed ,literally their lives to have it brought forth.
I hope by now you are back in the Church ? Life your life in the Gospel, it will bring you peace and direction.
I really don’t understand why people have such strong hatred for the church, i’ve never seen any Mormon go to Catholic based videos and comment the horrendous things I see all the time under these videos. Jesus taught love not hate and if your goal is to insult our religion you are an insult to his image. Many of you forget that we don’t worship Joseph Smith, we worship God the father and his son and if we can’t agree on something as little as that then it just shows how much the devil has control over your life
Thank you, I enjoy your videos. I hope you are still making them if time to time. Mormon was such an easy name for us. Now I have to say I am a member of "the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints". That is a mouth full. But it is getting easier the more I say it.
I hope that the next Prophet deems it appropriate to use the term "Mormon" again.
Mormons are not Christians. Christians do not believe they will become God. Heavenly Father of the LDS religion used to be a man and has a body. This works based religion denies Paul's gospel of faith.
the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints (Mormons) are in fact Christians, we don't believe we will become a god but that we will live with God again after we die (if we follow the ten commandments/word of wisdom). we also believe in Christ so yes we are Christians.
I'm Methodist and live in England so I didn't really know much about Mormonism, just some jokes out of context.
Now I dont know the whole shabbang of your faith and everything but from seeing this vid I do have an appreciation of your beliefs they seem well versed
JorDAMN You are awesome. Thanks for your support.
Hebrews 1:1-2 NIV
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, [2] but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.
After Christ there's no need for prophets, Gods revelation is complete to us, nothing more to be said or done, Hes given His only begotten son, it is finished.
There were Bible prophets and Bible prophecies written after the scroll of Hebrews was written. Obviously Scott you'll need to toss those .
Matthew 22:23-30. Marriage in the Resurrection
Some people have misinterpreted the Savior’s words in Matthew 22:30 to mean there is no eternal marriage. Elder James E. Talmage pointed out that the Savior’s words do not state that marriages will not exist after the Resurrection, but that marriages will not be performed after the Resurrection: “In the resurrection there will be no marrying nor giving in marriage; for all questions of marital status must be settled before that time” (Jesus the Christ, 548).
An important key to understanding the Savior’s words is to remember that they were spoken to Sadducees, who “say that there is no resurrection” (Matthew 22:23). Therefore, the question they posed to the Savior was insincere-they were not truly interested in knowing about marriage in the Resurrection. The Savior’s reply that “in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage” (Matthew 22:30; italics added) referred to the individuals in question, who were Sadducees, for the questioners said that “there were with us seven brethren” (Matthew 22:25; italics added). For those who do not marry for eternity, marriage does not endure beyond this life (see D&C 132:15-17). In these latter days, the Lord revealed that marriage can be eternal only if it is entered into according to His law, performed by one who has authority, and sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise (see D&C 132:19).
Another key to understanding the Savior’s words is to realize that when the Sadducees referred to the words of Moses (see Matthew 22:24), they were referring to what is sometimes termed “levirate marriage.” According to the law of Moses, when a man died leaving his wife childless, his brother was supposed to marry the deceased man’s wife to provide for her and to raise up children for the deceased man (see Deuteronomy 25:5; Bible Dictionary, “Levirate marriage”).
Though the doctrine of eternal marriage is not explicitly taught in the Bible, the Bible does state that husband and wife are “heirs together of the grace of life” (1 Peter 3:7), that “whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever” (Ecclesiastes 3:14), and that “neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 11:11).
I appreciate the work you did to make this video. I agree with some of the tenets of the LDS church, including baptism by full immersion, as well as personal revelation. You should do a video on personal revelation, what it is, why we want it, and how the LDS church believes and teaches this. Thanks!
I think there is one! It'd probably be under their "Faiths and Beliefs" category.
My man is adding on to the bible. Fun fact: Jesus said to not add or take away from the scriptures!
this whole thing was click bait, talk about false prophets
So confused on the fact that your taking one verse and fitting it into your religion.
Your supposed to take all the verses together to make a claim of fact.
The writers of the New Testament also did that to the Old Testament though so don't be surprised
@@oceanmachine1906 no, they didnt.
All verses in the Bible fit like a glove! Perfect!
@@oceanmachine1906 and God is the one who drew the pen into their hands and wrote what is written...
These men were guided by God!
@@vickyesperanza8267 Incorrect the New Testament authors did not understand the Old Testament and frequently misquoted it.
They frequently also reinterpreted verses from Isaiah and Psalms to magically be about Jesus, with no precedent. The New Testament writers did what was convient for themselves.
Your books are not from God, nor do they even claim themselves to be.
@@oceanmachine1906 ha ha! The Jews had the Torah for over a thousand years!
Which by the way...is the old testament...
Many people had parts of the New Testament...
If you read the Bible it talks about people knowing them by heart!
Many wrote on small peices of paper!
Jesus said to read his word! And study it to shew thyselves worthy unto God.
Israel is not a country, its Gods people!! You got it all misunderstood. You keep saying Israel like it's a country, it is not. It's Gods chosen people. Israel is the church, not a building, its those that follow him.
I had a cat with one eye. I used to pick her up and put her in the mailbox right before the mail came. She would jump on the mailman and scratch their eyes out. This cat would then call my name and tell me she did the job. We would then get in the car and she'd drive us to the bar. We'd have a few beers and then she'd drive us home. I miss that cat.
Do you guys have any tips for someone who is considering baptism but afraid of telling their family or messing up after?
Baptism is a covenant between you and God. When you make this covenant family and friends can support you and they can also make your decision difficult. When my wife joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints her family was against her decision to be baptized (again) and tried to talk her out of it. In the months and years following her baptism her family saw how happy she had become compared to her former life. Every family is different, but most will support you if you share your feelings and help them know why your decision is so important to you. It can be difficult, but your faith will be strengthened and you will find a closeness with God as you struggle through these experiences. And regarding messing up - it's going to happen. That is why going to church every Sunday is so important. You will find strength from others that mess up too - and come out of it OK on the other side. You also get to hit the reset button each week as you partake of the Sacrament. Remember - "those that are with us are greater than those that are against us"
Jeffrey Smith - EXACTLY. And Fionnuala, if you have any concerns or just want to talk, you're also welcome to send us a DM on Instagram or Facebook.
That is really well put Jeffery. Thanks for the advice! A convert from my ward said something similar about her family too, so I definitley feel a bit better about it now.
The way y’all look at the person speaking makes me uncomfortable lol
Mischief Reagan I think it’s a Mormon thing
Glad it wasnt just me thinking that lol
It's called showing respect by listening and paying attention threw eyesight
They’re just appreciating how cute each other are.
I'm a member of the church love your videos but, it always rubs me wrong when people say heaven is not heaven with out my family. I understand what we mean when we say that but and it's an awesome goal to have to bring your whole family to the Celestial Kingdom . The error in those statements is if you inherit the highest degree of the Celestial Kingdom but, one member of your family receives a different degree of Glory you are hereby miserable witch is contrary to Heavenly father's plan that everyone will receive the reward that best fits them and everyone will be happy.
I have not read it anywhere where it says the telestial Kingdom or terrestrial kingdoms include misery or sadness .
Jonathan Elliott I could not have said it better myself!! The choices that we make on this life determine which degree of Glory we deserve to obtain in the next life.
The third or highest heaven is made available to everyone,through Christ's atonement.but it is up to us to choose which degree of Glory we want to spend eternity in.
Hi Jonathan, I'll jump in on this one since it's my comment you're addressing. You've got a point, I'll give you that. That said, I wasn't miserable in New Zealand, I just wished my family could be there with me. It was still a stellar experience. Likewise if a family member didn't live in such a way as to inherit the celestial kingdom, I would definitely be sad and wish they were there. I just used that metaphor to highlight the point that families are meant to be together in the celestial kingdom, not necessarily that heaven without family is hell. Does that address your concern? Maybe I could have chosen a better metaphor, but I liked it for its simplicity and I personally find it insightful.
David,
Thanks for the reply and explanation. I totally understand, I forgive you, haha. It's just one of those things lots of members say that I'm sure they don't fully understand. And your analogy completely worked I just felt the need to chime in. Again love the video and hope to see you on 3 Mormons again soon.
What about those who had a not so great family? Spending Eternity with mine would be a literal Hell.
Kwaku is spot on when it's comes to the other evangelical faiths. I grew up Baptist and joined the church at 18 and went to slc mission. I love this church have been a very avid defender of the faith. Thanks kwaku
8:00 Christians believe that we, the Church, the unfaithful bride, through Jesus will again be in a marriage union with God. That will be the true marriage that matters.
No homo I assume?
As you said, we can’t blame you for being confused and you’re young, you’ve got plenty of time to wake up
Autumn and the award for the most condescending comment goes to...
Maybe you are the one who is confused.
Tai Ji Saint maybe, lol, I am definitely or have definitely been experiencing moments of confusion the past few months 🤯 and it takes a lot of time and effort to work it all out, so I do get tired as well 🤷♀️ anyway, whatever we were talking about, I have no idea, I hope you’re having a good day 👍🏽☺️✌️
Autumn we are all human and children of a loving Heavenly Father. I pray he will help you.
Tai Ji Saint save your prayers because he already does help me, every single day, all that I have comes from him and all that I do is directed by him
I really hope you guys keep this same bubbly energy when judgement day comes when you stand in front of the one true god! Let me know how it goes! 🙏🙏🙏
Sincerely,
A Christian believer!
I honestly cant tell if what your saying is that they are good or bad
lol all other christian sects are right just the lds sect is wrong?
Sounds like they've accepted Jesus to me Brother
Let me respectfully correct you: Evangelicals DO believe in prophets for today. But to be prophets they cannot deliver new or different revelation (info) that is contrary to God's word. Thank you for your videos.
Name one and expound on the revelations that they've given.
Thank you for correcting this.
I want all the Mormons to go to heaven to know Jesus Christ from the Bible not a faulty Book of Mormon!
Hey, would you guys please do a video on the doctrinal changes in the Book of Mormon since the first release of the Book of Mormon in 1830? Specifically, the words added into 1 Nephi 11:18, 11:21, 11:32, & 13:40. I am curious just because I know Joseph Smith said “the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” --- If it is the most correct book translated by the power of God, why add words to change the meaning of the text? especially those very crucial verses? Thank you!!!
Josiah: took the words right out of my mouth! Bummer it's been 2mnths and no one has answered this basic question.
That is interesting and I am currently unaware of those changes. I know there have been minor grammatical and punctuation fixes resolved between printed revisions. But I am unaware of significant changes in these verses. I will look into it!
I’m glad I found this article, it’s an official statement by the church on the state of textual changes from the original manuscript, first print and reprint editions and current editions in circulation.
www.lds.org/ensign/1983/12/understanding-textual-changes-in-the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng
These particular verses were added to by Joseph Smith primary with clarification from “God” to “Son of God” to indicate that in fact Jesus is made reference in these verses, not the Father. We do believe Jesus is a God, equal in glory to God our Heavenly Father. The language “God” and “Son of God” are interchangeable descriptions of Jesus Christ, though colloquially we typically refer to the Father as “God”. Hope this clears things up! Glad you asked!
@@jamesmerrill613 Jesus is not 'A' god. There is ONE God. He IS GOD. Here's something that might help you understand the Godhead mentioned in the Bible (Colossians 2:9,Acts 17:29, Romans 1:20....)What Is the Doctrine of the Trinity? | Desiring God
www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-is-the-doctrine-of-the-trinity
@@normajeanray Because the Father and Son are perfectly united in will and purpose and equal in knowledge and power, They rightfully refer to Themselves as one, just as the scriptures refer to a husband and wife as "one" (Mark 10:6-10), or to the laborers in the mission field who share a common goal as "one" (1 Corinthians 3:8-9), or to believers as of "one heart and of one soul" (Acts 4:32), or "one spirit" (1 Corinthians 6:17) or "one mind" (2 Corinthians 13:11). These references from the Bible are not a declaration of oneness in person, but of oneness in unity and purpose and will. In a similar sense, the Father and Son are perfectly one with each other in unity, purpose and will, but, contrary to the Trinitarian view, the Book of Mormon clearly and repeatedly teaches that God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ are two separate beings. With the LDS view, it makes sense why Jesus prays to the Father. It makes sense why Jesus is on the right hand of God. It makes sense why Jesus was tempted, because the "God", which refered to the Father, cannot be tempted. It makes sense why He is titled the Son of God. It makes sense how the Father spoke at His baptism. It makes sense how we are made after Gods image (Genesis uses "our," implying two people). It makes sense why Jesus refers the Him as His Father. It makes sense how Joseph Smith saw two people.
The "other sheep" refers to gentiles.
This correct, to whom Paul was sent. Jesus Christ acted through his apostles, therefore it was truly Christ was was bring those sheep to his flock.
There is no scripture to support that the "other sheep" is referring to the Gentiles. Christ never appeared to the Gentiles during biblical times.
@@elderinisrael He never appeared to the Native Americans either.
@@rayma66 Actually, he did, we have a record proving he did.
If you like I can give you New Testament Scriptures that Jesus never went to the Gentiles.
Heeeeeey saw Kwaku again yesterday on campus!
10“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“and my servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed,
nor shall there be any after me.
Why does joesph smith say we can become gods?
Boom! You nailed it. Joseph's myth is another mohamed in another country. See the pattern?
1. See a spirit /s
2. Write another revelation after the Bible.
3. Get many wives. 13 for mohamed, 30 for Joseph smith
4. Make rituals to get to heaven.
What a scam. 💩🐴🥔
@e i not an actual God, just exactly like God
@e i Not true. I was raised LDS and taught that we can all be god. Actual gods. Not godlike.
Tina Larsen you have misunderstood or misled because we can not become god but godlike, I have also been raised Mormon
@@monachopsis.mp310 d&c 132 19-20
The difference Is Christians are Christian. Mormons are not.
They would be JosephSmithans
Why would God not have conveyed the layers of heaven/hell in the Bible if it's such a big part of the LDS beliefs? Wouldn't it have been included in the "base" of his scriptures for the Israelites as well?
Its seems like most, if not all of their beliefs are based on their ideas, thoughts and theories...as opposed to scripture. And by scripture, I mean the Holy Bible.
Though their revelation is likely not from a darker source, neither is necessarily from the highest one. So much light and compassion have the Mormons brought to their country, to our world. Look at their beautiful choir, for example, and their strong sense of family values.
My dad is a Mormon and he just gave me the book of Mormon i do attend another church and like the church i go to but i am loving the book of Mormon lovely stories and prophetsi also do love the people go to the Mormon church
I have known several Mormon's. I would not describe anyone of them as a saint!
As a Christian, I agree about prophets(1 Corinthians 14:5), God speaks beyond a literal people of Israelites (Romans 11:16-23) Water baptism is a teaching with a spiritual application, literally baptism won't make you go in a further heaven. But the washing of the Word will. (Ephesians 5:26) The "pray and just know the book of Mormon is true" is a cop out to seek the fulness of God's truth. I love you guys and I enjoy watching :)
We talked about a few others in my Institute class this week while talking about the Fall. Here's a brief summary.
In 2 Nephi 2: 24-25 "But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things.
"Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy."
Other Christian churches believe the fall was an accident, and that Christ is "Plan B." We believe it was part of God's plan from the beginning, AND it's the only way we can know happiness. This also means that Eve isn't evil for bringing the fruit to Adam. If anything, she's the smarter one.
Mankind is not inherently evil because no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of heaven. We become fallen not because of Adam, but because of our own sins. The goal of life is to learn how to be disciples of Christ so we can return to heaven. This isn't a one-and-done thing, but a continual process.
Speaking as an Orthodox Christian (Eastern Christian), we don't believe that the Fall was an accident. It was the result of free will. Jesus is not a "Plan B". He is God and man and united us to the Father and Holy Spirit. Our inclination to sin is from the Fall though we have neither guilt or stain of it.
I’m Christian and I found out my girlfriends family is Mormon
Is there anything I must know?
My mother got mad at me for it and I don’t understand why, I choose to keep religion out of my love life however her anger sparked a glare of doubt in me.
Living as a christian is not limited to the areas of life that are convienent for you. Christians are Christians 24/7. You are stating that your faith will provide an inconvenience in your "love life". Jonah could not hide from God - can you?
Bro if she believes in Jesus Christ as our Saviour then shes a christian. Enough of this divisive bullcrap. So many denominations who cant even agree with each other on basic doctrine only can agree when theres mormons to bash.
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. “
How many Christians look at the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints with love?
Hola a todos, I used to believe the Mormon doctrine. i am not a Mormon anymore. i know you, young men are never going to change your believes just because i am going to say something that maybe you have heard before. The same happened to me for a long time. But i watched a video of a Mormon bishop that stopped believing because he found some things in the history of the church that affected his faith in the story in Joseph Smith. Now he is trying to preach that Jesus Christ is the way and not the doctrine of a false Prophet. In that video, He was telling members of the LDS church that the book of Mormon did not contain the Mormon doctrine that distinguishes from other churches. This is what is says in the introduction on the Book of Mormon in the LDS page. "The Book of Mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God’s dealings with ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains the fullness of the everlasting gospel".
Every LDS member knows that the fullness of the everlasting gospel is pretty much what Joseph Smith has reveled in D. & C. in these last days. Modern Revelation. Right?
In the introduction of Section 20 says the following. The Prophet wrote, “We obtained of Him [Jesus Christ] the following, by the spirit of prophecy and revelation; which not only gave us much information, but also pointed out to us the precise day upon which, according to His will and commandment, we should proceed to organize His Church once more here upon the earth.”
In verse 9 says;
9 Which contains a record of a fallen people, and the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles and to the Jews also;
On section 42:12 says: 12 And again, the elders, priests and teachers of this church shall teach the principles of my gospel, which are in the Bible and the Book of Mormon, in the which is the fullness of the gospel.
In the Book of Mormon manual lesson 9
Chapter 9
The Book of Mormon-Keystone of Our Religion
“Chapter 9: The Book of Mormon-Keystone of Our Religion,” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson (2014), 125-35
Says the following; The Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion.
How important is the Book of Mormon? Joseph Smith called it “the keystone of our religion.” (History of the Church, 4:461.) “Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations,” he said, “and where is our religion? We have none.” (History of the Church, 2:52.)10
A keystone is the central stone in an arch. It holds all the other stones in place, and if removed, the arch crumbles.
Ok. So where in the book of mormon or in the bible Jesus Christ teaches about the "Fullness of the everlasting gospel"? Where does Jesus mentions
Baptism for the death
Melchizedek and Aaronic priesthood
Temple marriage
Geneology
Covenants and garments
Secret handshakes and secret names, secret clothes and rituals The BOM its against secret societies, isn’t it?
priesthood keys
paid high authorities
Many temples. ( in the old testament they only had one.) GOOD LUCK FINDING IT.
1 Corinthians 7:39, "A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord."
A friend asked me if I thought that only Mormons go to heaven.
I replied that essentially we believe that only Mormons can go to hell.
It's about semantics and definitions.
Love you guys. Love this church.
I do believe in the Book of Mormon I do believe in the archaeological scientific proof and I read the book of Mormon I have read about 43% of the book
There is no scientific proof or archeological findings.
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I just don’t know how you can be so certain
Have you watched the video with Kwaku's conversion story? I ask because I think it provides a great example of how you can become certain of these things. Here's a verse of scripture to consider as well. Moroni 10 verses 4-5
"4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things."
Jakob Bell: I have prayed; earnestly, and my Lord has revealed to me that Joseph Smith is a false prophet and it breaks my heart that so many of you think that 'personal' revelation is the foundation for your faith. Peter, while with Christ on the Mount of Transfiguration later said that moment; the moment he experienced with Jesus personally, was not as authoritative as the Word of God. He actually said that we have a more sure thing, the Word. So personal revelation; Biblically, takes a back seat to scripture.
@@jakobbell9734 I've taken moronis challenge/ promise and I don't feel that there is a true church. There was never a true church just jesus teachings .
I enjoyed your video quite a bit. There's just one thing, Matthew 22:30 "For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven." This scripture clearly refutes the Mormon doctrine of marriage after the resurrection.
I don’t know but it really hurts me when people say Mormons are a part of a cult and no it’s definitely not keep up the good work
It really depends on your definition. As one of the Saints Unscripted videos pointed out, by using one definition, all religions are cults. Using a different one (such as the brainwashing and other stereotypical attributes), then you have to look closer (and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints don't fit the stereotypical definition).
I’m so bothered that y’all have a goldfish in a bowl
I love learning about your religion, but you guys never reference orthodox religions, especially Eastern Orthodox. You usually only reference other "American" Christian secular faiths which are very different from what orthodox religions are. I'd love to hear a comparison to orthodox beliefs as a Greek Orthodox person (rather than just evangelical, baptist, or Presbyterian). I believe your church is still very Christ-centric (in my opinion others kind of modern Christian religions misinterpret Christ's
Ideals). Still love your channel
Though!
Ida Alexandra You’re so right! Thank you, we’re planning on having other guests of different denominations on! But you’re right, we need to talk more about Orthodox people :)
Ida Alexandra I believe that when it comes to the topic of theology, the Saints and our Eastern Orthodox brethren have lots of things in common.
Jack Jerman,theosis and exaltation, that's one of the things that my Eastern Orthodox brethren have in common with LDS theology. Greetings!!
MxBorg6, An Orthodox's understanding of theosis is VERY different from the LDS belief of exaltation. They believe in a Trinitarian God (1 being = 3 persons). So humans (1 being = 1 person) could never progress to be like the Trinitarian God, who is infinitely greater and so much different than us. If LDS don't define God the same way as the Orthodox, then it follows that they would not share the same definition of theosis.
Kwaku that be awesome, very stoked to see! Thanks for the reply :)
Can someone that joins the church at 16 still serve a mission?
Absolutely, but you have to wait til you are at least 18.
KevlarX2 do you know the expenses?
KevlarX2 so what did it end up costing you in total? I really want to go on a mission but the cost is the only setback.
David Solomon, while you should save up your money and work hard prior to your mission, you should not worry about having all of your expenses beforehand. You will work with your Bishop and Stake President to make a plan to pay for the mission. They will help you find a way to make it happen as long as you're willing to contribute all that you have and do your part to make it happen. Other people may also be able to help you with contributions as well. My point is that, you should not let the expense keep you from serving.
David Solomon Just to add: as far as I know, all missionaries pay the exact same in order to keep it fair across all missionaries, no matter if you are called to serve far or near.
Loved this! ❤
Non-Mormons also believe in prophets nowadays.
And if that's different than believing in prophetic gift, who are the prophets you believe in? Name some!
Love the way you talk about the arguments other people have using the bible. We believe in all of it. Great video. (:
byronofcalgary & Ashlyn: I think this is the crux of the situation. Most Mormon's I've talked to also say they believe in all the Bible, but if parts are translated 'incorrectly', namely the parts that completely contradict Joseph Smith, then Mormons DONT believe in it all. They logically cannot. This is why I have been constantly challenging my Mormon friends to show evidently and through systematic means how they can PROVE parts of the Bible were translated incorrectly. I've never had a single Mormon prove this.
+byronofcalgary Read the book of Job. It clearly said God called all his sons before him. Sons, plural. Jesus may be the only begotten son, but he's not God's only son. Which means the angels, including Lucifer, are Jesus's siblings. His brothers to be exact.
“That sounds like the savior”. I think that’s a bit of a scary perspective to have. A false Christ will always SOUND like the savior. The Holy Spirit is here and moving and we should never rely on something SOUNDING like the Lord. Discernment is a spiritual gift that should never be substituted for a feeling or emotion. There are deceitful spirits that mimic the things of the Lord.
So... When Elijah HEARD the spirit as a soft voice he should have ignored it? Dang. That would have ruined part of the biblical story.
Julie Ann we don’t. The books vary, but the message is the same as in the cannon of the Bible.
Ray Conger don’t answer this Julie Ann lady. She looks some uneducated and has no idea
When in Heaven, why would you want anything/anyone else, but God? Is God not enough for mormons that they need their families in Heaven with them to make it worthwhile?
If I'm not a murderer, but I still don't believe in God, I just go to Hell? Not HELL? or HELLHELL? Why would there be different levels of the afterlife? What can you do to go to HELLHELL, or what can you do to just go to Hell? Who/what determines which level I go to? Is this a way to take the fear of Hell out of the people who don't want to believe? Shouldn't some people be afraid of the bad to do what is right?
There is no good/bad. Believers can do bad things too, but doing bad things doesn't make a person a bad person -- it makes a person a human being.
There is a Heaven and Hell. You believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. That, by God's grace, you have been saved by the blood of Christ. Not by anything we do, but all because of Him and His love for us. This is how you get into Heaven. This belief should change people to want to spread the gospel, with love, so that the unbelievers may come to know Christ and be changed.
Hello love- I'm curious, do you believe faith without obedience will get you a ticket to heaven? Or do you have to at least attempt to obey God's commands?
@@alexislane1035 Just look at it this way, God is the source of all good things: love, joy, peace, contentment, satisfaction, health, blessings, light, prosperity, etc. In heaven, good things are all we will have. In heaven there's no sickness, fear, dread, pain, sadness, loneliness, etc. because God is the source of good things, in him there is no darkness or anything bad. Hell is eternal separation from God, which means that people there have no access to God's blessings and goodness. All that's left is fear, hate, loneliness, etc. God doesn't send anyone there, we send ourselves. It's a place for people who don't want God. People who've had near death experiences and went to hell claim that the people there still don't want God. They don't want to be in hell, but they don't want Jesus either. If you don't want me, you won't be living in my house with me where I would cook for you, clothe you, let you use my telephone, or give you a cozy bed to sleep in. You won't receive anything I have to offer.
So it's not a matter of "Believe in me or I'll torture you." Rather, it's "Know me, want me, believe that I can give you eternal life and I'll spare you from a life without me and my love.
Hello Love and then people who never have the chance to believe in Christ? There are so many holes.
@Angela G I understand that you are not justified by works, but as James says faith without works is dead. That's why I was asking Hello Love if they thought they could go to heaven if they didn't obey.
We don’t believe you go to Hell if you are not in our religion. And a big part of making it to Heaven. Trying to follow the commandments. Repenting when we mess up. Forgiving others that do us wrong.
Asking Mormons why they are not a branch of Christianity is like asking Christian's why we are not a branch of Judaism.
Okay so can you guys explain this verse please? Lol!
“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: 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. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
Revelation 22:18-20 KJV
kieralockwood5883 The Bible is NOT a book. It is a collection of 66 books written by 40 authors. These 66 books were collected into one volume in the fourth century AD. The author of the Book of Revelation was John, the apostle. When he wrote this book in the first century, it was not part of the biblical collection. So, when John refers to "this book," he is referring to the Book of Revelation only.