The Jesus of Mormonism
God the Father of the Mormon Jesus was once a man before he was god with a god over him.
- "God exists and we had better strive to be prepared to be one with them" (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 7:238)
- "As man is, God once was: as God is, man may become" (Prophet Lorenzo Snow, quotedin Milton R. Hunter, The Gospel Through the Ages, 105-106)
- Remember that God, our heavenly Father, was perhaps once a child, and mortal like we ourselves, and rose step by step in the scale of progress, in the school of advancement; has moved forward and overcome, until He has arrived at the point where He now is" (Apostle Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses, 1:123)
The Jesus of the Bible
The Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit is the One and "Only" God.
- For thus says the Lord, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: "I am the Lord, and there is no other. Isaiah 45:18
- Do not fear, nor be afraid; Have I not told you from that time, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed there is no other Rock; I know not one.' " Isaiah 44:8
The Jesus of Mormonism
The Mormon Jesus is a god, one of many
- This Jesus became a God through his obedience and consistent effort in his pre-existent state.
(See The Gospel Through The Ages, page 51 by M. R. Hunter.) He became a son of God just as our children are sons. (See Doctrines of Salvation, Vol. 1, page 12 by J. F. Smith.)
The Jesus of the Bible
Jesus of the Bible is God incarnate
The Jesus of the Bible is absolute and eternal Deity.
- Scripture reveals this in John 1:1, Romans 9:5, Titus 2:13 and Hebrews 1:8. He was and is eternally God the Son. His eternal Sonship is presented biblically in John 1:18, Colossians 1:12-19, Hebrews 1:8 and Psalm 2:7.
The Jesus of Mormonism
The Mormon Jesus is the result of a sexual act
- The Jesus of Mormonism was conceived by sexual union between the Mormon god and Mary who was a bigamist. She was married to Joseph and to God who is believed to be an exalted man and with whom she entered into sexual union resulting in the physical body of Jesus.
- When the Virgin Mary conceived the child Jesus, the Father had begotten him in his own likeness. He was not begotten by the Holy Ghost. And who was the Father? He is the first of the human family; and when he took a tabernacle (Body), it was begotten by his Father in heaven, after the same manner as the tabernacles of Cain, Abel and the rest of the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve; from the fruits of the earth, the first earthly tabernacles were originated by the Father and son in succession…..Jesus, our elder brother, was begotten in the flesh by the same character that was in the garden of Eden, and who is our Father in Heaven"
(Journal of Discourses, 1:50-51)
The Jesus of the Bible
The Biblical Jesus was virgin born
- The Biblical Jesus was virgin born as a result of the Holy Spirit.
(Isaiah 7:14, Matt. 1:23-25). The Holy Spirit was the source of Mary’s pregnancy, "...she was found with child of ("ek" = shows source of cause) the Holy Ghost" (Matt. 1:18). - In Matthew 1:20 we learn that Joseph was informed that Mary’s child was conceived of "the Holy Ghost." The true Jesus was born of a virgin (Gal. 4:4).
The Jesus of Mormonism
The Mormon Jesus is the brother of Lucifer another son of the Mormon god
- Mormon theology presents its Jesus as a brother to Lucifer, the devil who wanted to be the saviour of the world. (See The Gospel Through the Ages, page 15, by M. R. Hunter.)
- And the Lord God, spake unto Moses, saying; That Satan, whom thou has commanded…came before me, saying—Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all manknd surely I will do it; wherefore give me thine honor.
- But, behold, my Beloved Son which was my Beloved and Chosen from the beginning, said unto me—Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever. Pearl of Great Price, Moses 4:1-2
The Jesus of the Bible
The Biblical Jesus is the "Only" Begotten Son
- The Jesus of the Bible is the only begotten (only, unique) Son, as God reveals in John 3:16. That Jesus is "Son" does not biblically show chronology, rather it reveals relationship.
The Jesus of Mormonism
The Mormon Jesus needs to be saved
The Mormon Jesus once needed to be saved himself. (See Deseret News, April 11, 1857 and Mormon Doctrine, page 25
The Jesus of the Bible
The Biblical Jesus is needed for Salvation
- The real Jesus is the Saviour in whom there never was any sin or personal need (I John 3:5). Deity is utterly and eternally without sin. (See Heb. 1:12, 13, Isa. 6:15, I John 1:5.)
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