Are Mormons Christians
According to Jesus Christ?
Mormons insist they are Christians but just not by our definition. They say
they believe in Jesus and the very name of their church is the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, if they believe in Jesus, they would
certainly believe in what Jesus Christ taught. Did Jesus teach the following in
the Bible:
1. The plurality of Gods
2. The baptism for the dead done in holy temples
3. Celestial marriage which no unworthy member or outsider can attend
4. Polygamy needed to become a God
5. Blacks were cursed with a black skin
6. You can become a God if you are worthy; celestial marriage required
7. We were all pre-existent spirits
8. God has a body of flesh and bones
9. We have a Heavenly Mother
10. There are three levels of heaven. To go to the highest kingdom, you must be a Mormon. Honorable persons go to the Terrestrial kingdom. The dishonest, liars, sorcerers, adulterers and whoremongers go to the Telestial kingdom .
11. God and his wife achieved a celestial marriage
12. Heavenly Father died just like Jesus
13. God was once just like us
14. God has a father and His Father has a Father, etc.
15. Jesus and Lucifer are spirit brothers
16. Jesus and Lucifer each had a plan to people the earth. Jesus' plan was chosen and caused Lucifer to rebel and he and the angels that followed him were cast out of heaven.
17. God lives near a star called Kolob
18. Temple endowments are so sacred that you must be worthy to enter
19. The gates of hell will prevail against the church and I will not be able to keep it together
20. In the future, you will need a living prophet's (Joseph Smith) consent to enter the celestial kingdom
21. Not everything you'll need to know concerning salvation will be recorded in the Bible but there will be additional light.
It is not because Mormons don't agree with our definition of Christianity. It's because they teach doctrines that Jesus never taught. Their church is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Our church is the church of Jesus Christ of the Bible. The Jesus of the Latter-day Saints cannot save because he does not exist!