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The Jesus of Christianity
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The Jesus of Mormonism
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The Jesus WE KNOW contrasted to the "Jesus" of Mormonism.
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The one true Jesus of the BIBLE, of all eternity God the Son, who
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died that we may have eternal life; who paid the price of all
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sins; who has entered our lives and is walking with us in a
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personal relationship day by day -- is not known in Mormonism.
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The Jesus of Mormonism is an entirely different "Jesus". Let's
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examine what the leaders and prophets - the foundation of the
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Latter Day Saints Church - have said:
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"When the time came that His First-Born, the Saviour, should
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come into the world and take a tabernacle, the Father Himself
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came and favored the Spirit with a tabernacle instead of letting
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any other MAN do it. .... The Saviour was begotten by the Father
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of His spirit, by the same being who is the Father of our
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spirits, and that is all the organic difference between Jesus
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Christ and you and me." BRIGHAM YOUNG, Journal of Discourses,
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4:218
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"The fleshly body of Jesus required a Mother as well as a
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Father. Therefore, the Father and Mother of Jesus, according to
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the flesh, must have been associated together in the capacity of
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Husband and Wife; hence the Virgin Mary must have been, for the
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time being, the lawful wife of God the Father." ORSON PRATT, The
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Seer, pg 158
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"Christ was begotten by an immortal Father in the same way
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that mortal men are begotten by mortal fathers --- And Christ was
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born into the world as the Literal Son of this Holy Being; He was
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born in the same personal, real, and literal sense that any
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mortal son is born of a mortal father. There is nothing
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figurative about his paternity; He was begotten, conceived and
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born in the normal and natural course of events, for He is the
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Son of God, and that designation means what it says." BRUCE R.
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McCONKIE, Mormon Doctrine, pg 547,742
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Brigham Young, to be consistent with his "Adam-God"
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doctrine, believed Adam was the literal father of Jesus Christ:
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"When the Virgin Mary conceived the child Jesus, the Father
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had begotten him in his own likeness. He was not begotten by the
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Holy Ghost. And who is the Father? He is the first of the human
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family ... Jesus, our elder brother, was begotten in the flesh by
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the same character that was in the Garden of Eden, and who is our
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Father in Heaven." BRIGHAM YOUNG, Journal of Discourses, 1:50,51
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As is evident in these statements, there is no Virgin Birth
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in Mormonism. On the other hand, the Bible clearly shows us:
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Matthew 1:18 Mary with child of the Holy Spirit
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1:20 That which is conceived in her is of the Holy
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Spirit
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1:23 Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son
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Luke 1:35 The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the
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power of the Most High will overshadow you
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Further, the "Jesus" of Mormonism was married in polygamy
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and had children. This had to be so to be consistent with the
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doctrines of Joseph Smith, Junior. As Joseph reports as a
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"revelation" given him by God on July 12,1843: "I am the Lord thy
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God .. obey the instructions I am about to give unto you .. if ye
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abide not that covenant, then ye are damned; for no one can
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reject this covenant and be permitted to enter my Glory .. verily
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I say unto you, if man marry a wife by my word, which is my law,
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and by the new and everlasting covenant .. they shall be gods ..
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And again, as pertaining to the law of the priesthood if any man
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espouses a virgin, and desire to espouse another, and the first
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give her consent, and if he espouse the second, and they are
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virgins, and have vowed to no other man, then he is justified ..
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and if he have ten virgins given unto him by the law, he cannot
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commit adultery, for they belong to him." JOSEPH SMITH, Doctrine
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& Covenants, 132:2,3,4,19,20,61,62
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"It will be borne in mind that once on a time, there was a
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marriage in Cana of Galilee, and on a careful reading of that
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transaction, it will be discovered that no less a person than
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Jesus Christ was married on that occasion." ORSON HYDE, Journal
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of Discourses, 13:259
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"How was it with Mary and Martha, and other women that
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followed Him? In old times, and it is common to this day, the
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women, even Sarah, called their husbands 'LORD' .. Jesus was the
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bridegroom at the marriage of Cana of Galilee .. We say it was
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Jesus Christ who was married, to be brought into relation whereby
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he could see his seed, before He was crucified .. I shall say
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here, that before the Saviour died, he looked upon His own
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natural children, as we look upon ours." ORSON HYDE, Journal of
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Discourses, 2:81,82
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The Bible states that Jesus is God the Son -- eternally
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existent with God the Father -- yet Mormon doctrine says Jesus
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was a spirit offspring of the Father; that Lucifer was the second
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spirit offspring (THEY WERE BROTHERS?!); followed by billions
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more - or each of us, for instance. We are "brothers" and
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"sisters" of Jesus Christ. Jesus is not the only begotten Son in
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Mormon Theology: "It makes me think of that second person that
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came forth in the heavens when the voice went forth: 'Who will
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redeem the earth, who will go forth and make the sacrifice for
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the earth and all things it contains ?'. The Eldest son said:
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'Here am I'; but he did not say 'send me'. But the second one,
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which was 'Lucifer, Son of the Morning', said, 'Lord, here am I,
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send me, I will redeem every son and daughter of Adam and Eve
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that lives on the earth." BRIGHAM YOUNG, Journal of Discourses,
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13:282
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"The appointment of Jesus to be Saviour of the world was
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contested by one of the other sons of God. He was called Lucifer,
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Son of the Morning .... this spirit brother of Jesus desperately
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tried to become the Saviour of Mankind. MILTON R. HUNTER (First
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Council of 70) The Gospel Through the Ages, pg 15 [1958]
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"Jesus Christ is also of our species .. I have heard
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sectarian priest undertake to tell the character of the Son of
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God, and they make him half of one species and half of another,
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and I could not avoid thinking at once of a mule." BRIGHAM YOUNG,
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Journal of Discourses, 4:217
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"There is no impropriety ... in speaking of Jesus Christ as
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the elder brother of the rest of human kind." JAMES TALMAGE,
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ARTICLES OF FAITH, pg 473
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In Mormonism, Jesus was a created being: "Jesus is man's
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spiritual brother. We dwelt with Him in the spirit world as
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members of that large society of our eldest brother." MILTON R.
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HUNTER, Gospel Through the Ages, pg 21
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"The devil is a spirit son of God who was born in the
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morning of pre-existence." BRUCE R. McCONKIE, Mormon Doctrine,
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"Devil", 1966 edition, pg 192
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"There are three Gods - the Father, Son and Holy Ghost."
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BRUCE R. McCONKIE, Mormon Doctrine,"God", pg 317
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The REAL JESUS, the ONLY Son of God and God the Son, is
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proclaimed throughout the BIBLE! Look up these references and
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tie-ins of Old and New testaments declaring Jesus' Divinity and
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NOT being created:
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LOOK UP and COMPARE WITH
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Psalm 24:10 I Corinthians 2:8
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Psalm 45:6,7 Hebrews 1:8
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Isaiah 8:13 I Peter 2:8
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Isaiah 40:3 Matthew 3:3
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Malachi 3:1 Matthew 11:10
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Psalm 102:27 Hebrews 13:8
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James 1:17
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Psalm 102:25 Colossians 1:16
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Psalm 102:26 Matthew 24:35
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2 Peter 3:7,10
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JOHN 1:1-3,14 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
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was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning
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with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not
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anything made that was made ... And the Word was made flesh, and
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dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the Glory as of the
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ONLY begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."
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COLOSSIANS 1:15 "Who is the image of the invisible God, the
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firstborn of every creature" [Here 'firstborn' does not mean
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first 'spirit-child', rather a position of high honor - see verse
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18, Hebrews 12:23, revelation 1:5, and Psalm 89:27]. The next
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verses, 16 and 17, tell us, "For in Him were all things created,
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that are in heaven, and that are on the earth ... All things were
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created by Him, and for Him: And He is before all things, and by
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Him all things consist."
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HEBREWS 1:10 "Thou, Lord (Jesus), in the beginning hast
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laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of
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thine hands."
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In Isaiah 44:24 God tells us that He "stretched forth the
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heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself." Jesus,
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who IS the TRUTH and God the Father "have no lies within them"
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and are INCAPABLE OF TELLING A LIE. Jesus is God the Son,
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eternally One with the Father and the Holy Spirit, and not be
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confused. God the Son is not God the Father and God the father is
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not God the Holy Spirit, but each entity is a part of the ONE
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TRUE AND LIVING GOD.
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ISAIAH 9:6 "For unto us a child is born ... his name shall
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be called Wonderful Counselor, The Mighty God, The everlasting
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Father, The Prince of Peace."
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MICAH 5:2 "Whose goings forth have been from of old, from
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everlasting."
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MATTHEW 28:18 "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,
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'All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth."
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PHILIPPIANS 2:6-10 "Who, being in the form of God, though
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it not robbery to be equal with God: ... was made in the likeness
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of men ... became obedient unto death, even the death of the
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cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exaulted him ... That at
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the name of Jesus every knee should bow ....".
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Compare to Isaiah 45:22,23 for if Jesus is not God, then we
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worship two (or more) Gods! The Mormons, basically, do not
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worship Jesus, or pray to Him, only "through" Him.)
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COLOSSIANS 2:9 "For in Him dwelleth the fullness of the
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Godhead bodily"
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HEBREWS 1:3 "... The express image of His person ...."
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JOHN 5:23 "That all men should honor the Son, even as they
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honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the
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Father which hath sent Him."
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JOHN 20:28 "And Thomas answered and said unto Him, 'My Lord
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and my God'"
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Jesus used the same descriptions of himself; I AM, ALPHA and
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OMEGA, FIRST and LAST; as used by God the Father:
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JESUS SAYING GOD
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JOHN 8:58 I AM EXODUS 3:14,15
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REV 22:13,16 ALPHA AND OMEGA REV 1:8 & 21:6
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REV 1:17 REVELATION 21:6
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2:8 FIRST AND LAST ISAIAH 44:6
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22:13 48:12
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Jesus is GOD the SON! Eternally God and not after, or
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created by, or a spirit child of God! Our Jesus is NOT the
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"Jesus" of Mormonism, and we are empowered, if we have accepted
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the true Jesus into our hearts, to give Thanks unto God for
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selecting us to reveal His True Son to us. HALLELUJAH and AMEN
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!!!
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