Apologette
12-03-2013, 10:42 AM
What about Righteousness - Who has it?
A. There is none righteous, no, not one! We are entirely corrupt (Rom 3:10-12; Psalm 14:1-3; 53:1-3).
B. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God – we are bankrupt in righteousness (Rom 3:23).
C. You cannot find one man born of a woman that is clean and righteous before God (*** 15:14-16).
D. Do not be deceived on this matter! Do not deny the truth! You are desperately wicked (Jer 17:9).
E. Paul thought he was righteous, but God’s law exposed his filthiness (Rom 7:7-13; Philippians 3:6).
F. Not by works of righteousness, which we have done, but God’s mercy must save us (Ti tus 3:5). (from: http://www.letgodbetrue.com/pdf/clothed-with-christs-righteousness.pdf)
Isa. 64:6: All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
In the above verse, "filthy rags" would be accurately translated as "soiled mentrural rags." So much for all the super duper LDS priesthood claims that Mormons keep all the commandments! They are idolaters to begin with, worshipping a god made in their own image, a human being who has somehow become a god through a transhuman process Mormons call "exaltation." This science fiction is idolatry plain and simple. They actually worship this transhuman god who lives in a physical body (although Jesus taught God is a Spirit) on a planet situated in outer space near a gigantic star called Kolob. There their transhuman god copulates with a harem of female goddesses (also transhumans). Folks, this is pagan idolatry - and a violation of the First and Second Commandments to begin with!
Mormons strut about so often claiming to have a superior religion, one directly revealed to Joseph Smith by God, and which replaces the "abomination" known as Christianity in Mormon circles! First, in terms of numbers, Mormonism is miniscule! There are more Anglicans in Africa then there are Mormons in the whole world. If numbers count, then the Mormons better consider Anglicanism. Mormons made extravagant claims a decade ago about how they were going to be the chief religion in America - remember that? Today the LDS cult is on the decline. They even had to reduce the age that young people can become "missionaries" in order to increase their army of proselytizers and thereby increase their opportunities of deceiving targeted folks into believing the Joseph Smith gospel. One reason the Mormons are having a problem is that it is a pyramid scheme so to speak. At the top of the pryamid are the "brethren," who shuffle the money t i thed to the cult around, buying this and that, building malls, and calling the shots in terms of the latest changes in doctrine.
In between the top of the pyramid and the bottom are the "priests," those who work freely for the Brethren, keeping everybody in line, funnelling down information and orders from the top to the bottom, and feeling really good about themselves as the true agents of the transhuman god. They are accompanied by their wives, who are often under so much pressure to perform and meet certain standards, that Mormon women have the sad reputation for the highest use of antidepressants. Incredibly, pro-Mormons claim that the drug usage is linked to the Mormon's education! How wacky is that?
On the lowest rung are the drones. They actually provide the money needed to support the pyramid structure. This includes t i t h e s and Fast Offerings. They work around the meeting houses, clean toilets, provide the young men who are to become part of the missionary army sent around to recruit more and more drones so that the whole thing doesn't collapse. They get rewarded with "callings," which means they are ***igned more and more duties which the LDS need to maintain the whole structure! If they deviate from the norm, ask too many questions, or start reading non-Mormon material about the history of their church, they are subjected to "courts of love," and if excommunicated, will be shunned by their family members who remain in the group. This is a strong deterrent to leaving the group and for keeping up appearances, even if you don't believe a word of the bologna pumped out of SLC!
However, the pyramid is subjected to scrutiny by the INTERNET - sites like this examine the pyramid and point out how it differs from the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Pyramid is crumbling block by block as the drones type in questions on their keyboards and find out the truth. "Converts" are fleeing exponentially in the first year when they find out what they've gotten themselves involved with; and those who have fled are still counted as members by the deceitful manipulation of numbers based not on those who actually attend Mormonism's meetings, but who once did!
And so for the poor Mormons it is performance, performance, performance, obedience, obedience obedience, rightly following the priesthood and the "prophet." This is the standard of "righteousness" one finds in the LDS cult. This is the sad state of affairs that exists in Mormonism - and all this work, work, work, is nothing but filthy rags in the sight of the True and Living God, who is not a transhuman, did not grow up on another planet and did not earn godhood!
Joseph Smith said: “God Himself who sits enthroned in yonder heavens is a Man like unto one of yourselves—that is the great secret! . . . For I am going to tell you how God came to be God and what sort of a being He is. For we have imagined that God was God from the beginning of all eternity. I will refute that idea and take away the veil so you may see. . . . The first principle of truth and of the Gospel is to know for a certainty the character of God, and that . . . He once was a man like one of us and that God Himself, the Father of us all, once dwelled on an earth the same as Jesus Christ himself did in the flesh and like us.( “King Follett Discourse”.) He also claimed: "You have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves, and to be kings and priests to God, the same as all Gods have done before you, namely, by going from one small degree to another, and from a small capacity to a great one; from grace to grace from exaltation to exaltation, until you attain to the resurrection of the dead, and are able to dwell in everlasting burnings and to sit in glory, as do those who sit enthroned in everlasting power." (Teachings, pp. 346-47.)
So, if this is true, why did God say:
10“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“and my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed,
nor will there be one after me.
11I, even I, am the Lord,
and apart from me there is no savior. Is. 43.
and
Deuteronomy 4:35
You were shown these things so that you might know that the LORD is God; besides him there is no other.
Deuteronomy 32:39
"See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.
and
Isaiah 46:9
I am God, and there is none else: I am God, and there is none like me.
You cannot be a follower of Jesus Christ on the one hand, and worship the false transhuman god of Joseph Smith, who became a "god" by degrees, on the other. If you believe in another God, you are an idolater, and if an idolater, you have broken every commandment and are without hope unless you repent!
James 2: 10 Whoever breaks one commandment is guilty of breaking them all. 11 For the same one who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not commit murder." Even if you do not commit adultery, you have become a lawbreaker if you commit murder.
But the Mormons claim they keep "all the commandments." Well, do any of them work on the Jewish Sabbath? Friday sundown to Sa****ay sundown? You can't transfer those Sabbath requirements to Sunday, the Lord's Day. The bible clearly ***erts that the Jewish Sabbath, the seventh day of the week, is not to be violated in any way by works - so if you work on the Jewish Sabbath, light a fire, gather wood, etc., you are a Law breaker. You are guilty of breaking all the commandments. You deserve death! So much for Mormon Law keeping!
For Christians the glorious news is that we have been delivered from the requirements of the Law; we stand righteous in the eyes of God not because of what we have done, but because of what Christ has done for us. Christians are covered by the Blood of Christ, and don't brag about their wonderful works. We have been born-again in Christ Jesus to do good works, God's grace enabling us.
Mormons are law breakers, having exchanged the True and Living God of the commandments for an idol! A transhuman from another planet. That is idolatry. Therefore they are guilty of breaking all the Law and without hope - UNLESS they repent and come to the Biblical Christ, Who is Truly God and Truly Man! Mormons have been deceived by Joseph Smith, and have abandoned the ONE WAY God has provided for salvation:
"For they being i g n o r a n t of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth..." -Romans 10:3,4
A. There is none righteous, no, not one! We are entirely corrupt (Rom 3:10-12; Psalm 14:1-3; 53:1-3).
B. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God – we are bankrupt in righteousness (Rom 3:23).
C. You cannot find one man born of a woman that is clean and righteous before God (*** 15:14-16).
D. Do not be deceived on this matter! Do not deny the truth! You are desperately wicked (Jer 17:9).
E. Paul thought he was righteous, but God’s law exposed his filthiness (Rom 7:7-13; Philippians 3:6).
F. Not by works of righteousness, which we have done, but God’s mercy must save us (Ti tus 3:5). (from: http://www.letgodbetrue.com/pdf/clothed-with-christs-righteousness.pdf)
Isa. 64:6: All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
In the above verse, "filthy rags" would be accurately translated as "soiled mentrural rags." So much for all the super duper LDS priesthood claims that Mormons keep all the commandments! They are idolaters to begin with, worshipping a god made in their own image, a human being who has somehow become a god through a transhuman process Mormons call "exaltation." This science fiction is idolatry plain and simple. They actually worship this transhuman god who lives in a physical body (although Jesus taught God is a Spirit) on a planet situated in outer space near a gigantic star called Kolob. There their transhuman god copulates with a harem of female goddesses (also transhumans). Folks, this is pagan idolatry - and a violation of the First and Second Commandments to begin with!
Mormons strut about so often claiming to have a superior religion, one directly revealed to Joseph Smith by God, and which replaces the "abomination" known as Christianity in Mormon circles! First, in terms of numbers, Mormonism is miniscule! There are more Anglicans in Africa then there are Mormons in the whole world. If numbers count, then the Mormons better consider Anglicanism. Mormons made extravagant claims a decade ago about how they were going to be the chief religion in America - remember that? Today the LDS cult is on the decline. They even had to reduce the age that young people can become "missionaries" in order to increase their army of proselytizers and thereby increase their opportunities of deceiving targeted folks into believing the Joseph Smith gospel. One reason the Mormons are having a problem is that it is a pyramid scheme so to speak. At the top of the pryamid are the "brethren," who shuffle the money t i thed to the cult around, buying this and that, building malls, and calling the shots in terms of the latest changes in doctrine.
In between the top of the pyramid and the bottom are the "priests," those who work freely for the Brethren, keeping everybody in line, funnelling down information and orders from the top to the bottom, and feeling really good about themselves as the true agents of the transhuman god. They are accompanied by their wives, who are often under so much pressure to perform and meet certain standards, that Mormon women have the sad reputation for the highest use of antidepressants. Incredibly, pro-Mormons claim that the drug usage is linked to the Mormon's education! How wacky is that?
On the lowest rung are the drones. They actually provide the money needed to support the pyramid structure. This includes t i t h e s and Fast Offerings. They work around the meeting houses, clean toilets, provide the young men who are to become part of the missionary army sent around to recruit more and more drones so that the whole thing doesn't collapse. They get rewarded with "callings," which means they are ***igned more and more duties which the LDS need to maintain the whole structure! If they deviate from the norm, ask too many questions, or start reading non-Mormon material about the history of their church, they are subjected to "courts of love," and if excommunicated, will be shunned by their family members who remain in the group. This is a strong deterrent to leaving the group and for keeping up appearances, even if you don't believe a word of the bologna pumped out of SLC!
However, the pyramid is subjected to scrutiny by the INTERNET - sites like this examine the pyramid and point out how it differs from the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Pyramid is crumbling block by block as the drones type in questions on their keyboards and find out the truth. "Converts" are fleeing exponentially in the first year when they find out what they've gotten themselves involved with; and those who have fled are still counted as members by the deceitful manipulation of numbers based not on those who actually attend Mormonism's meetings, but who once did!
And so for the poor Mormons it is performance, performance, performance, obedience, obedience obedience, rightly following the priesthood and the "prophet." This is the standard of "righteousness" one finds in the LDS cult. This is the sad state of affairs that exists in Mormonism - and all this work, work, work, is nothing but filthy rags in the sight of the True and Living God, who is not a transhuman, did not grow up on another planet and did not earn godhood!
Joseph Smith said: “God Himself who sits enthroned in yonder heavens is a Man like unto one of yourselves—that is the great secret! . . . For I am going to tell you how God came to be God and what sort of a being He is. For we have imagined that God was God from the beginning of all eternity. I will refute that idea and take away the veil so you may see. . . . The first principle of truth and of the Gospel is to know for a certainty the character of God, and that . . . He once was a man like one of us and that God Himself, the Father of us all, once dwelled on an earth the same as Jesus Christ himself did in the flesh and like us.( “King Follett Discourse”.) He also claimed: "You have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves, and to be kings and priests to God, the same as all Gods have done before you, namely, by going from one small degree to another, and from a small capacity to a great one; from grace to grace from exaltation to exaltation, until you attain to the resurrection of the dead, and are able to dwell in everlasting burnings and to sit in glory, as do those who sit enthroned in everlasting power." (Teachings, pp. 346-47.)
So, if this is true, why did God say:
10“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“and my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed,
nor will there be one after me.
11I, even I, am the Lord,
and apart from me there is no savior. Is. 43.
and
Deuteronomy 4:35
You were shown these things so that you might know that the LORD is God; besides him there is no other.
Deuteronomy 32:39
"See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.
and
Isaiah 46:9
I am God, and there is none else: I am God, and there is none like me.
You cannot be a follower of Jesus Christ on the one hand, and worship the false transhuman god of Joseph Smith, who became a "god" by degrees, on the other. If you believe in another God, you are an idolater, and if an idolater, you have broken every commandment and are without hope unless you repent!
James 2: 10 Whoever breaks one commandment is guilty of breaking them all. 11 For the same one who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not commit murder." Even if you do not commit adultery, you have become a lawbreaker if you commit murder.
But the Mormons claim they keep "all the commandments." Well, do any of them work on the Jewish Sabbath? Friday sundown to Sa****ay sundown? You can't transfer those Sabbath requirements to Sunday, the Lord's Day. The bible clearly ***erts that the Jewish Sabbath, the seventh day of the week, is not to be violated in any way by works - so if you work on the Jewish Sabbath, light a fire, gather wood, etc., you are a Law breaker. You are guilty of breaking all the commandments. You deserve death! So much for Mormon Law keeping!
For Christians the glorious news is that we have been delivered from the requirements of the Law; we stand righteous in the eyes of God not because of what we have done, but because of what Christ has done for us. Christians are covered by the Blood of Christ, and don't brag about their wonderful works. We have been born-again in Christ Jesus to do good works, God's grace enabling us.
Mormons are law breakers, having exchanged the True and Living God of the commandments for an idol! A transhuman from another planet. That is idolatry. Therefore they are guilty of breaking all the Law and without hope - UNLESS they repent and come to the Biblical Christ, Who is Truly God and Truly Man! Mormons have been deceived by Joseph Smith, and have abandoned the ONE WAY God has provided for salvation:
"For they being i g n o r a n t of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth..." -Romans 10:3,4