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The Book of Mormon proposes to reveal God’s dealings with the Americas. It relates a story of expeditions from the middle east to the Americas, the last of which occurred somewhere between 600 BC and 421 AD It further purports to restore certain truths that were taken out of the Bible (I Nephi 13:26-28). The Book of Mormon lays the responsibility for these removals of truth on the doorstep of the “abominable church,” which very likely was the Catholic Church. The story is of the family of a prophet named Lehi. They sailed across the Atlantic ocean by divine help and guidance and landed safely in the Americas. The precise location is a matter of study still among Mormons.

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“Realizing the importance of having correct copies, the leaders of the Church determined to publish them. Because the originals contained spelling and grammar errors, a Church conference moved that Joseph Smith should make the necessary corrections. (Far West Record, p. 16) This was the beginning of controversies and charges made by persons who do not know or understand that the text of recorded revelation can be edited and ‘changed’.” (Ensign, December 1984, p. 33)

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The “Book of Mormon” is one of several alleged “revelations” the followers of the late Joseph Smith, Jr. accept as divinely inspired. While they give some credence to the Bible, “as far as it is translated correctly” (Articles of Faith, # 8), the Book of Mormon is their mainstay. They never speak of it “as far as it is translated correctly.” That would not only be unthinkable for a Mormon, it would be heresy. Their founder and spiritual father, Joseph Smith, Jr., rather immodestly said of the Book of Mormon, “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” (History of the Church, Volume 4, page 461). Thus the Book of Mormon is a perfect work, translated by an infallible device and is the true basis of the entire Mormon structure.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the largest of the groups who accept Joseph Smith, Jr. as a prophet of God in these latter days, are commonly called “The Mormons.” The name “Mormon” is not objectionable to most of the Latter Day Saints. Dean B. Cleverly, executive assistant in the Missionary Department of the LDS Stake in Bountiful, Utah, responded to a question as to the appropriateness of using the name “Mormon” to designate Latter Day Saints. He wrote, “The early members of the Latter-day Church were nicknamed ‘Mormons,’ because they accepted the Book of Mormon as a companion volume of scripture to the Bible. Originally a term of contempt, the nickname was soon accepted and used rather freely by the Latter-day Saints.” Ensign, December 1983, page 29).

We certainly mean no disrespect in our use of the term and use it as Cleverly says is an accepted practice among the Mormons.

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The Jehovah’s Witnesses have a very faulty method of biblical interpretation. They twist and distort numerous passages to fit their own particular doctrinal posture. Additions to what the text of Scripture says is not uncommon among them. They can change and alter the meanings of words to fit their own purposes and have even developed a special translation of the Bible designed to support their erroneous doctrines. This is a very tragic and dangerous thing to do.

We hold the people in the Jehovah’s Witness organization in the highest esteem. We simply deplore their doctrinal defections and corruptions. With the Psalmist we can say, “Through your precepts I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way” (Psalm 119:104). As we examine their doctrines and practices, in this installment we will look at how they pervert Scripture relative to blood transfusions.

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“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My word shall not pass away“ (Matt. 24:35). These words were spoken by our Lord Jesus Christ. Would it surprise you to learn that some very dedicated people who profess to be followers of Christ take issue with that statement? The Jehovah’s Witness organization contends that the earth will never pass away; it will simply go through a process of cleansing and renovation. According to them, the earth will be changed but not pass away. This will allegedly occur after the final judgment. J.F. Rutherford, one of the founders and principal representatives of the Jehovah’s Witness organization wrote as follows: “When mankind reaches perfection at the close of the Millennial age, as already shown, they will be admitted into membership in the Kingdom of God and given the entire control of earth as at first designed — each man a sovereign, a king.” The Plan of the Ages, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Brooklyn, NY, Page 296.

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Jesus is certainly coming again. When He returns, it will be the second coming. But are you aware of the numerous errors that are taught about His return? There is no group of professed followers of the Lord more confused and misled than those who call themselves Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Jehovah’s Witness theologians have written literally thousands of pages about the second coming of Christ. Ninety percent of what they have put in print and preached is designed to prove their false assumption that Jesus has already come back. They teach that Jesus returned to earth secretly and invisibly in 1914. We may well wonder: if he returned invisibly and quietly, how would one then know that he actually returned? Jehovah’s Witnesses answer that Jesus came and was recognized through the “spiritual eyes” of the Jehovah’s Witness organization. “So A.D. 1914 marks the time of Christ’s invisible return in spirit.” (This Means Everlasting Life, page 221).

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The Jehovah’s Witnesses say Jesus is only a created being. They cite Revelation 3:14 as proof. The passage reads: “And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God.” We will show that “beginning” does not mean Jesus was a created being.

First, the word “beginning” means “cause” or “origin”. This is seen by reading Revelation 21:6, 7. God is called the “beginning.” Revelation 22:13, 16 definitely shows that Jesus is the “beginning” in this sense.

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The deity of Jesus Christ is the foundation of Christianity. Without a full acceptance of His deity, salvation from sin is impossible. Jesus said, “If you believe not that I am He, you will die in your sins” (John 8:24). Please evaluate the following and see if, to you, it sounds like an expression of faith in His deity. “It is also easy to be seen that Jesus could not be part God and part man, because that would be more than the law required; hence divine justice could not accept such as a ransom.” (The Harp of God, page 129). The Harp of God is published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Brooklyn, New York, parent of the entire Jehovah’s Witness family, and an official statement of their beliefs. This part deals with “The Atonement between God and Man” and is written by J.F. Rutherford, one of the founders of the Jehovah’s Witness Organization.

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Was Jesus merely a perfect human while here on earth? Or, was He a perfect blend of Deity and humanity? Was Jesus still God while He inhabited the fleshly body in which He lived while on earth? Or was He merely a perfect man, an ordinary human, just like all other mere mortals except that he lived a sinless life? These questions may sound strange to some of you, but I assure you, they are very serious and very real questions. Our friends in the Jehovah’s Witness Organization teach that Jesus was not the Eternal Son, that He, like all other mortals, was a created being. They deny Jesus was deity while he lived on earth as a man. They further deny His bodily resurrection from the dead.

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