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A Different God

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Christianity and Mormonism differ fundamentally in their understanding of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. The Bible teaches that God is one (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 44:6), eternal, unchanging (Malachi 3:6), and spirit (John 4:24). In contrast, Mormon doctrine asserts the existence of three separate gods in the Godhead, that God the Father was once a man, and that He has a body of flesh and bones. These teachings contradict the biblical witness that God has always been God (Psalm 90:2), does not change, and is not corporeal.

 

Mormonism also presents a different Jesus. According to LDS sources, Jesus is the literal spirit brother of Lucifer and all humans, and He became God through exaltation. The Bible, however, reveals Jesus as the eternal Creator of all things, including angels (Colossians 1:16), and affirms His divinity from eternity past (John 1:1; Micah 5:2). The biblical account of Jesus’ birth is a miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit, not a physical union between God the Father and Mary as portrayed by Mormonism. (Luke 1:34-35).

 

Regarding the Holy Spirit, Mormonism changes between describing Him as a personage of spirit and as a force or fluid, limited to one place at a time. The Bible, however, consistently presents the Holy Spirit as a divine person—He teaches, speaks, intercedes, and can be grieved (John 14:26; Romans 8:26; Ephesians 4:30)—and is omnipresent, just as God is.

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In summary, Mormonism teaches a fundamentally different God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit than historic, biblical Christianity. Christians are called to worship the one true God revealed in Scripture, not to follow after other gods or altered versions of Christ (Deuteronomy 13:1-3; 2 Corinthians 11:3-4). Faithfulness to the biblical revelation is essential for true worship and salvation.