Why I Cannot Be a Mormon #2: Wrong Jesus
Paul wrote,
“For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!”
—2 Corinthians 11:4
The identity of our Savior is of supreme importance. Because of its importance Jesus said to the Jews,
“Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
—John 8:24
In the Greek of this text the word “He” does not occur. That means Jesus is saying He is the I Am, the Eternal One, of Exodus 3:13-14:
(v. 13) “Then Moses said to God, ‘If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ”The God of your fathers has sent me to you.” and they ask me, “What is his name?” what shall I say to them?’ (v. 14) God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’ And he said, ‘Say this to the people of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.’”
It is important that we understand that Jesus is God, divine, eternal and almighty. Any lesser “god” cannot save us. If we have the wrong savior then we are not saved and we as Christians should not “put up with it” as the Corinthians did.
The Jesus of the Bible is the second Person of the Holy Trinity Who has always existed as God equal to the Father and the Holy Spirit. This Jesus created all things including the “principalities and powers” (compare Ephesians 6:12 with Colossians 1:16). Thus, Jesus was the creator of the angel who used (and continues to use) his free agency to rebel against God; and this angel is Lucifer.
The Jesus of Mormonism, however, is a brother to Lucifer (Gospel Principles, p. 15). Mormonism also wrongly teaches that Jesus and Lucifer (and all of us) have the same Heavenly Father and we also have a Heavenly Mother (a “God the Mother”), thus, we have literal heavenly parents. This sounds more like Battlestar Galactica than anything resembling the Bible.
September 2, 2022 E-Letter
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