1 Peter 3:15-16 But sanctify the Lord · ~ 2nd Corinthians 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth...

-‐ CLARIFICATION -‐

Ø  What this is NOT

Ø  What this IS

•  1 Peter 3:15-16 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always

to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: Having a good conscience; that, whereas they

speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your

good conversation in Christ. •  Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth

to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses

exercised to discern both good and evil.

~ 2nd Corinthians 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus,

whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye

have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted,

ye might well bear with him. ~ Galatians 1:6 I marvel that ye are

so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ

unto another gospel

-‐ Chris4an Science -‐

Ø  The Church of Christ,

Scien4st (CCS)

-‐ CHARACTERIZATION -‐

Ø  The Founder

Ø  Mary Baker Glover Eddy

•  “As patriarch and prophet foretold the coming of Messiah, so did Jesus Himself promise a future and further unfoldment of the truth which he taught and demonstarted. When speaking of this, he used the

beau>ful word ‘Comforter’. “And I will pray he Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he

mayabide wih you forever, even the spirit of truth”. ‘THIS PROPHECY WAS FULFILLED OVER SIXTY YEARS AGO, WHEN, AT A TIME OF GREAT MENTAL AND RELIGIOUS UNREST AND DISSATISFACTION, MARY BAKER EDDY CAME BEFORE THE WORLD WITH HER DISCOVERY OF

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. THE COMFORTER which has brought and is bringing health, joy, good success, freedom and

peace with God to thousands of weary, suffering mortals all over the globe.’

•  Chris4an Science Sen4nel


Ø  The Authori4es

Ø  “Bible” Ø  The book of

‘Science&Health’ Ø  Manual of the Mother Church


Ø  The Message


Ø  The Doctrine

•  God is infinite...and there is no other power or source, S&H, 471:18.

•  God is Universal Principle, S&H 331:18-‐19 •  God cannot indwell a person, S&H 336:19-‐20 •  God is the only intelligence in the universe, including man S&H 330:11-‐12

•  God is Mind, S&H 330:20-‐21; 469:13 •  God is the Father-‐Mother, S&H 331:30; 332:4 •  The Trinity is Life, Truth, and Love, S&H 331:26 •  Belief in the tradi>onal doctrine of the Trinity is polytheism, S&H 256:9-‐11

•  Christ is the spiritual idea of sonship S&H 331:30-‐31

•  Jesus was not the Christ, S&H 333:3-‐15; 334:3 •  "Jesus Christ is not God, as Jesus himself declared..." S&H 361:12-‐13

•  Jesus did not reflect the fullness of God, S&H 336:20-‐21

•  Jesus did not die, S&H 45:32-‐46:3 •  The Holy Spirit is divine science, S&H 331:31 •  There is no devil, S&H 469:13-‐17 •  There is no sin, S&H 447:24

•  Evil and good are not real, S&H, 330:25-‐27; 470:9-‐14 •  Majer, sin, and sickness are not real, but only illusions," S&H 335:7-‐15; 447:27-‐28. •  Life is not material or organic, "S&H, 83:21 •  The sacrifice of Jesus was not sufficient to cleanse from sin, "S&H, 25:6. •  True healings are the result of true belief, "S&H, 194:6"

•  "Salva>on lies in bringing oneself into harmony with one's true nature as God's reflec>on, through good works, pa>ence, meekness, love, watchfulness, prayerful

gra>tude, devout obedience in following Christ's example. There are two basic commandments: that one turn only to God, perfect Mind, for guidance-‐-‐the Mind that was also in Christ; and that one 'love thy neighbor as thyself.' Healing and immortality are realized by becoming conscious that the only true reality is God, which is Love, and that one's true and only nature is in God's likeness. As one realizes the error of belief in the reality of suffering and evil, these images of thought impressed upon the mortal mind can be altered, thus banishing sickness, death, and sin-‐-‐tes>mony

to the power of faith in God, of Mind over majer."


Ø  The Ordinances

Ø  Prac&ce what Eddy wrote!


Ø  The Structure


Ø  The Officers


Ø  The Purpose


Ø  The Finances


Ø  The Atmosphere

-‐ Mormons -‐

Ø  The Church of Jesus Christ of LaVer-‐Day Saints (LDS)


Ø  The Founder

Ø  Joseph Smith Ø  His wife &

brothers (Hyrum and Samuel)

Ø  Oliver Cowdery Ø *Brigham Young


Ø  The Authori4es

Ø  “Bible” Ø  Book of Mormon

Ø  Pearl of Great Price


Ø  The Message


Ø  The Ordinances

Ø In the Church, an ordinance is a sacred, formal act performed

by the authority of the priesthood. Some

ordinances are essen>al to our exalta>on. These ordinances are called saving ordinances. They includebap>sm, confirma>on, ordina>on to the Melchizedek Priesthood (for men), the temple endowment, and

the marriage sealing. With each of these ordinances, we enter into solemn covenants with the

Lord.


Ø  The Structure

Ø  Bap&sm Ø  Lord’s Supper Ø  Ordinance of

Humility (Preparatory Ordinance)


Ø  The Officers

Ø Bishop is the highest priesthood office of the Aaronic priesthood in the

Lajer Day Saint movement, and is leader of the Aaronic

priesthood in a given ward or congrega>on. It is almost always held by one who already holds

the Melchizedek Priesthood office of high priest and who serves as

the leader of a local congrega>on of church

members.


Ø  The Purpose


Ø  The Finances


Ø  The Atmosphere


Ø  The Doctrine

• Do Mormons consider Lucifer (Satan) and Jesus to be “Brothers”? -‐-‐-‐> YES.

The Mormon teaching that Jesus and Satan are brothers is based on their concept of God being the Father of all pre-‐existent spirits. Since Jesus is the son of the Father and all other spirits, including Satan, are sons and daughters of the

Father, then all are brothers and sisters.

•  In the Discourses of Brigham Young, on Pg.53-‐54 he lets it be known that Lucifer is the second son,

the one known as "Son of the Morning." "Who will redeem the earth, who will go forth and

make the sacrifice for the earth and all things it contains?" The Eldest Son said: "Here am I"; and then he added, "Send me." But the second one, which was "Lucifer, Son of the Morning," said,

"Lord, here am I, send me, I will redeem every son and daughter of Adam and Eve that lives on the

earth, or that ever goes on the earth."

•  James E. Talmage in his book, "Jesus the Christ," on Pages 132 & 133, “Christ may not have remembered the part He had taken in the great council of the "Gods" where the Firstborn Son's plan was chosen and Lucifer, the rebellious and rejected

son's plan was refused.” •  "The effrontery of his offer was of itself diabolical. Christ, the

Creator of heaven and earth, tabernacled as He then was in mortal flesh, may not have remembered His preexistent state, nor the part He had taken in the great council of the Gods; while Satan, an unembodied spirit -‐-‐ he the disinherited, the rebellious and rejected son -‐-‐ seeking to tempt the Being

through whom the world was created by promising Him part of what was wholly His, s>ll may have had, as indeed he may yet have, a remembrance of those primeval scenes. In that distant past, anteda>ng the crea>on of the earth, Satan, then Lucifer, a son of the morning, had been rejected; and the Firstborn Son

had been chosen.

• Spencer W. Kimball, LDS Prophet, Conference Report, April 1964, Pg.95 •  "There is another power in this world forceful and vicious. In the wilderness of Judaea, on the temple's pinnacles

and on the high mountain, a momentous contest took place

between two brothers, Jehovah and Lucifer, sons of Elohim."

•  Spencer W. Kimball, LDS Prophet, “The Miracle of Forgiveness”, Pg.216, ‘The Savior's Example’

"Thus when the Father presented his own plan in the pre-‐existent council, he asked for volunteers from whom he could choose a Redeemer to be born into mortality as the Son of God. Lucifer offered to become the Son of God on condi>on that the terms of the Father's plan were modified to deny men their agency and to heap inordinate reward upon the one working out the redemp>on. Christ, on the other hand, accepted the Father's plan in full, saying, "Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever." Our Lord was then foreordained to a mission which in due course he fulfilled, which mission enabled him to make salva>on available to all men. (Moses 4:1-‐4; Abra. 3:22-‐28.)"

•  "The importance of not accommoda>ng tempta>on in the least degree is

underlined by the Savior's example. Did not he recognize the danger when he was on the mountain with his fallen

brother, Lucifer, being sorely tempted by that master tempter? He could have

opened the door and flirted with danger” by Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon

Doctrine, Pg.67, AUTHOR OF SALVATION

•  Do Mormons believe in Polygamy? -‐-‐-‐> YES. (When convenient) J

“If any man espouse a virgin, and desire to

espouse another, and the first give her consent, and if he espouse the second, and they are virgins, and have vowed to no other man, then he is jus>fied; he cannot commit

adultery. And if he have ten virgins given unto him by this law, he cannot commit adultery”-‐

Doctrines and Covenants-‐ 132:61,62


President Gordon B. Hinckley, prior president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Lajer-‐day Saints made the following statement in 1998 about the Church’s

posi>on on plural marriage: “This Church has nothing whatever to do with those prac>cing polygamy. They are not members of this Church.... If any of our members are found to be

prac>cing plural marriage, they are excommunicated, the most serious penalty the Church can impose. Not only are those so involved in direct viola>on of the civil law, they are in viola>on of the law of this

Church.”


President Gordon B. Hinckley, prior president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Lajer-‐day Saints made the following statement in 1998 about the Church’s posi>on on plural

marriage: “At various >mes, the Lord has commanded His people to prac>ce

plural marriage. For example, He gave this command to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David, and Solomon (

Doctrine and Covenants 132:1). At other >mes the Lord has given other instruc>ons. In the Book of Mormon, the Lord told the prophet Jacob “for there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife: and concubines he shall have none... for if I

will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto these

things (Jacob 2:27-‐30).”


President Gordon B. Hinckley, prior president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Lajer-‐day Saints made the following statement

in 1998 about the Church’s posi>on on plural marriage: In this dispensa>on, the Lord commanded some of the early Saints to prac>ce plural marriage. The Prophet Joseph Smith and those closest to him, including Brigham Young and Heber

C. Kimball, were challenged by this command, but they obeyed it. Church leaders regulated the prac>ce. Those entering into it had to be authorized to do so, and the

marriages had to be performed through the sealing power of the priesthood. In 1890, President Wilford Woodruff received

a revela>on that the leaders of the Church should cease teaching the prac>ce of plural marriage (

Official Declara>on 1).


“The Lord’s law of marriage is monogamy unless he commands otherwise to help establish the

House of Israel” (see Encyclopedia of Mormonism Vol. 3, pp.

1091-‐1095).

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