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SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST
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vs:
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THE EXALTATION OF MAN
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God's word, the BIBLE, which clearly states that our salvation is
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through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, alone through one faith and
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His Grace --- not as a result of fabricating our own righteousness by
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"good works" by attempting to become "perfect" as a result of laws and
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ordinances of any organization.
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I JOHN 5:11-13
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"And this is the record, that God hath given us eternal life, and
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this life is in His son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that
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hath not the Son hath not life. These things have I written unto you
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that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye
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have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of
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God."
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God spells it out - you either have life through the Son or you reject
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Him. It is either Heaven or the Lake of Fire; no "grey areas"; no
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half-way locations. You either accept the Son or you reject Him.
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Mormonism claims to accept Jesus ----
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"We have His name on our church" - But we have now seen that the Jesus
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of Mormonism is a different Jesus- not any resembalance to the REAL
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Jesus. Further, by rejecting the total sufficiency of the New Covenant
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of the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross for their personal sins - and
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instead electing to attempt the old covenant of works, laws, temples,
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etc ----- they nullify the offer of eternal life as a gift by God's
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Love and immeasurable Grace:
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GALATIANS 2:21
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"I do not frustrate the Grace of God: for if righteousness come by the
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law, then Christ is dead in vain."
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As a result, the Mormon believing in the Mormon Jesus, and not the
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real Jesus of the BIBLE; and following a life only of works, even with
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utmost sincerity, without the saving faith in the one who died for
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them, personally, is LOST. We don't say that - GOD says that - in HIS
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Word - The BIBLE
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THREE KINGDOMS?
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Let's go further ---- Mormonism claims three "heavens." They take I
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CORINTHIANS 15:37-49 totally out of context to arrive at this false
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teaching. Where Paul is declaring that an individual's resurrected
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body is different in Glory from his earthly body - as the sun differs
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from the moon, from the stars - Mormonism has declared three kingdoms
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of Heaven:
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TELESTIAL KINGDOM
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Where all the wicked go, whether they've rejected God and Jesus all
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their life or not - Murderers, etc !
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TERRESTIAL KINGDOM
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Where good and honorable persons go - they only failed to accept the
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"gospel" of Mormonism.
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CELESTIAL KINGDOM
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a) LOWER DEGREE
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Good Mormons, but failed to marry in the Temple and having "other"
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imperfections. These will be allowed to be angels.
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b) MIDDLE DEGREE
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Mormons who failed to accept the complete "gospel" but were married in
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the Temple, sealed to many wives, and are in the process of being
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exalted through baptism of the dead, etc.
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c) HIGHEST DEGREE - EXALTATION
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"Perfect" Mormons. They will be gods themselves just like God the
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Father. Will have eternal, multiple, marriages for the purpose of
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sexually procreating billions of spirit children to populate another
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world that they will reign over as that world's god.
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MORMON TERMINOLOGY
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Let's be "clear" on some important terms - even though you will find
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Mormon writers interchanging them, in a strict sense they are:
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SALVATION
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Resurrection only; immortality, or simply life after death. This is
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what Christ's death on the cross "achieved". This is what all mankind
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has by the Grace of God as a free kingdoms
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of Heaven:
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TELESTIAL KIN
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SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST
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vs:
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THE EXALTATION OF MAN
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God's word, the BIBLE, which clearly states that our salvation is
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through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, alone through one faith and
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His Grace --- not as a result of fabricating our own righteousness b |