“The end of all learning is to know God.”
A) Mormonism is based on the teachings of the Bible.
B) Mormonism is based upon latter-day revelation and
agrees with the Bible.
C) Mormonism is based upon latter-day revelation but
disagrees with much that is taught in the Bible.
B) Mormonism is based upon latter-day revelation and
agrees with the Bible.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Bible, Inerrancy of. Retrieved December 7, 2018 from https://www.lds.org/topics/bible-inerrancy-of?lang=eng
The Bible puts all existence into only two categories:
Today, we’re going to talk about the Creator.
alpha
omega
Beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female.
Humans
Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind.
Spirits
Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
Animals
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands, and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed.
Wood/Stone
And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
Heavenly Bodies
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. “Chapter 2: God the Eternal Father,” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2011), 36–44. Retrieved December 7, 2018 from https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-joseph-smith/chapter-2?lang=eng
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. “Chapter 5: The Grand Destiny of the Faithful,” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow. Retrieved December 7, 2018 from https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-lorenzo-snow/chapter-5-the-grand-destiny-of-the-faithful?lang=eng
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Becoming Like God. Retrieved March 22, 2019 from https://www.lds.org/topics/becoming-like-god?lang=eng
Adams, Lisa Ramsey. Eternal Progression. Retrieved March 22, 2019 from https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Eternal_Progression.
First taught publicly by Joseph Smith in a funeral sermon for Elder King Follett (April 7, 1844 – The King Follett Discourse).
In future years...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Becoming Like God. Retrieved March 22, 2019 from https://www.lds.org/topics/becoming-like-god?lang=eng
A) Mormonism is based on the teachings of the Bible.
B) Mormonism is based upon Latter-day revelation and agrees
with the Bible.
C) Mormonism is based upon Latter-day revelation, but disagrees
with much that is taught in the Bible.
If the Bible is right about God’s nature,
what would that mean for you?