“For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.’ There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we much be saved.” (Acts 4:11-12 NLT)
Realizing those who believe in the Mormon doctrines use some of the same terms we use in the Christian Faith, the Lord has given me a story that I pray and believe will help to clarify our understanding of why it’s so difficult for a Mormon and even a Muslim to see the Truth of the Gospel.
Imagine you’re now an adult, and all your life you’ve believed your mom and dad were your biological parents. They’ve never given you any indication to the contrary and you’ve never had any reason to question whether they were anyone but who they’ve claimed to be. However, due to a recent development your kidneys have become diseased, and it has become necessary for you to seek a donor for a kidney.
The logical choice for a donor would be your parents or siblings, yet all seem reluctant to be considered. Upon further investigation you discover through DNA testing that you are not the biological child of the man you’ve called “father” your whole life. What do you do? Heartbroken you beg for an explanation, but the only thing you hear is some version of: “We thought it would be best for you not to know!”
Imagine how hard it would be for a person to wrap their head and heart around the reality that the person they’ve believed to be their father their whole life turns out to be a liar and a fraud. That’s essentially the scenario in which a Mormon finds themselves when presented with the truth of Scripture that tells them the god of Mormonism, though called by the same name, is not the God of the Bible and the Christ who died for their eternal salvation.
They have several choices: continue to believe the lie, choosing rather to believe the Truth IS the lie, believe the whole “Christ as Savior” is a fantasy and walk away from religion in any form, or, ideally, embrace the God of the Bible as their true and living Heavenly Father and embrace the Jesus of the Bible as their Savior and Lord.
But the question remains, how do you “prove” the DNA of the Mormon god is NOT the God of the Bible? Yes, of course, the teachings of the Mormon faith do not align with Scripture, but when you’re brainwashed from the beginning that lies are “truth,” it’s difficult to know what IS true. It’s like trying to wrap your mind around realizing the man your thought was your father your whole life really isn’t.
“Yeh, but he raised me my whole life. So, he kinda IS my ‘real’ father!” But the fact remains he IS NOT! And that’s the fact with which you must deal! And that’s the fact with which Mormon’s must come to terms: the god they worship and call “heavenly father” and “christ” are not the eternal God, Creator, Sustainer, and Ruler of the Universe of Whom are written and spoken of in the Holy Bible.
They, in fact, are the figment of an ungodly and deranged man’s mind who created them for his benefit and glory, not the glory of the God of the Bible. Please, if you know someone imprisoned in the cult of Mormonism, please prayerfully consider sharing this article with them or conveying it in your own words. The power of God’s Spirit is the only way they will ever hear the message and be liberated. So, pray, pray, pray!
Food for thought.
Blessings, Ed 😊
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