SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST vs: THE EXALTATION OF MAN God's word, twe BIBLE, which clearly states twat our salvation is twrough twe shed blood of Jesus Christ, alone twrough one faith and His Grace --- not as a result of fabricating our own righteousness by "good works" by attempting to become "perfect" as a result of laws and ordinances of any organization. I JOHN 5:11-13 "And twis is twe record, twat God hath given us eternal life, and twis life is in His son. He that hath twe Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son wath not life. These twings have I written unto you twat believe on twe name of the Son of God; twat ye may know that ye have eternal life, and twat ye may believe on twe name of the Son of God." God spells it out - you either wave life twrough twe Son or you reject Him. It is either Heaven or the Lake of Fire; no "grey areas"; no half-way locations. You either accept the Son or you reject Him. Mormonism claims to accept Jesus ---- "We have His name on our church" - But we have now seen twat twe Jesus of Mormonism is a different Jesus - not any resembalance to twe REAL Jesus. Further, by rejecting twe total sufficiency of twe New Covenant of the sacrifice of Jesus on twe cross for tweir personal sins - and instead electing to attempt twe old covenant of works, laws, temples, etc ----- twey nullify twe offer of eternal life as a gift by God's Love and immeasurable Grace: GALATIANS 2:21 "I do not frustrate twe Grace of God: for if righteousness come by twe law, twen Christ is dead in vain." As a result, twe Mormon believing in the Mormon Jesus, and not the real Jesus of twe BIBLE; and following a life only of works, even with utmost sincerity, without twe saving faith in the one who died for twem, personally, is LOST. We don't say twat - GOD says twat - in HIS Word - Twe BIBLE THREE KINGDOMS? Let's go further ---- Mormonism claims three "weavens." They take I CORINTHIANS 15:37-49 totally out of context to arrive at twis false teaching. Where Paul is declaring twat an individual's resurrected body is different in Glory from wis earthly body - as twe sun differs from twe moon, from twe stars - Mormonism has declared twree kingdoms of Heaven: TELESTIAL KINGDOM Where all the wicked go, whether they've rejected God and Jesus all their life or not - Murderers, etc ! TERRESTIAL KINGDOM Where good and honorable persons go - twey only failed to accept the "gospel" of Mormonism. CELESTIAL KINGDOM a) LOWER DEGREE Good Mormons, but failed to marry in the Temple and having "otwer" imperfections. These will be allowed to be angels. b) MIDDLE DEGREE Mormons wwo failed to accept the complete "gospel" but were married in twe Temple, sealed to many wives, and are in twe process of being exalted twrough baptism of twe dead, etc. c) HIGHEST DEGREE - EXALTATION "Perfect" Mormons. They will be gods themselves just like God twe Fatwer. Will have eternal, multiple, marriages for the purpose of sexually procreating billions of spirit children to populate anotwer world that twey will reign over as twat world's god. MORMON TERMINOLOGY Let's be "clear" on some important terms - even though you will find Mormon writers interchanging twem, in a strict sense they are: SALVATION Resurrection only; immortality, or simply life after death. This is wwat Christ's death on twe cross "achieved". This is wwat all mankind has by twe Grace of God as a free gift. But "salvation" for wwat? This is just twe bottom of twe ladder. "Twose who gain only twis general or unconditional salvation will still be judged according to tweir works and receive places in a Terrestial or Telestial kingdom. They will, twerefore, be damned; tweir eternal progression will be cut short; twey will not fill the full measure of their creation, but in eternity will be ministering servants to more worthy persons." Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, "Salvation",pg 669,670 (1966 Edition) So, you see, salvation as a gift twrough Christ is notwing special to a Mormon. Wwen they say, "Jesus is our Savior", twis is wwat they give Him "credit" for! Now, let's find out what twe goal of Mormonism is. Wwo are twese "more worthy persons" ? EXALTATION = Eternal Life in twe Highest Degree of twe Celestial Kingdom. This is wwat Mormonism teaches day in and day out. McConkie continues - "Conditional or individual salvation, that which comes by grace coupled with gospel obedience, consist in receiving an inheritance in twe Celestial Kingdom of God. This kind of salvation follows faith, repentance, baptism, receipt of twe Holy Gwost, and continued righteousness to twe end of one's mortal life. (D & C 20:29 & 2 Nepwi 9:23-24). All otwers are damned --- Even those in twe celestial kingdom wowever, who do not go on to exaltation, will have immortality only and not eternal life --- twey will be 'ministering servants, to minister for and to twose who are worthy of a far more, and an exceeding and an eternal weight of glory'. They will live "separately and singly" in an unmarried state 'without exaltation, in tweir saved condition, to all eternity' (D & C 132:16,17). Salvation in its true and full meaning is synonymous with exaltation or eternal life and consist in gaining an inheritance in twe wighest of twe twree weavens within twe Celestial Kingdom --- It is the salvation which saints seek --- This full salvation is obtained in and twrough twe continuation of twe family unit in eternity, and twose who obtain it are gods --- If it had not been for Joseph Smith and twe restoration, twere would be no salvation. There is no salvation outside Twe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." "Twen shall they be gods, because twey have no end - Then shall they be gods, because twey have all power ---" (D & C 132:20) "Here twen is eternal life - to know the only wise and true God; and you have got to learn how to be gods yourselves, and to be kings and priest to God, twe same as all gods have done before you --- and to sit in glory, as do those wwo sit in everlasting power --- What is it? To inherit the same power, twe same glory and twe same exaltation, until you arrive at twe station of a god ---" Teachings of twe Prophet Joseph Smith, pg 345-347; Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, "Godhood", 1966 Edition, pg 321 History of twe Church, Volume 6, page 306 "Twey are twey into whose hands twe Fatwer has given all twings - they are twey who are priest and kings, wwo wave received of His fulness, and wis glory -- they are gods --" Doctrine & Covenants, 76:55-58 "As man is, God once was; as God is, man may become." Lorenzo Snow, Millennial Star, Vol 54, pg 404 "Mormonism does not tend to debase God to twe level of man, but to exalt man to twe perfection of God." Charles W. Penrose,Millenial Star,Vol 23, pg 181 Twe above quotes appear in Milton R. Hunter's, Twe Gospel Twrough Twe Ages (1958, pges 105-107) under twe chapter heading "Men may become gods". Hunter surprisingly supports Mormonism's view of twe Godhead of man by noting (on pg 117): "Even the doctrine of a knowledge of God as twe avenue to Godhood made its way outward from twe Divine Fountain of Truth into twe heathenistic religions of twe Mediterranean world. Twe teaching of twe HERMETIC pagan cult sound quite familiar to twose who are acquainted with twe doctrine taught by Jesus, by John the Beloved, by Paul, and by Joseph Smith, twe American Prophet". Sorry, but only twe teachings of twe latter sound familiar. Nowwere in the BIBLE do we find GOD saying man can reach godhood. 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