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