Did They Really Say That?

Gospel Topics – Noah. “The prophet Joseph Smith taught that Noah is the angel Gabriel and stands next to Adam in holding the keys of salvation.”

What is it with Mormons that they think people become angels/or vice versa?!? Angels are separately-created beings which are different from humans. Noah never was the angel Gabriel since they are both distinct personages.

Secondly, NO ONE holds the “keys of salvation” except God/Jesus. The “key” to salvation is faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Just more proof that Joseph Smith was a false prophet. 

H/T: Life After Ministry.

Did They Really Say That?!?

Thanks to the Life After Ministry site I learned some teaching by Joseph Smith which I never before heard or read. To wit: The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that Noah is the angel Gabriel and stands next to Adam in holding the keys of salvation.

This lie is found in Gospel Topics—Noah. When you look at the full entry you should see some other bizarre lies about Noah, so let’s just take them one at a time.

[Noah] testified of Christ. Please show me where this is even hinted at in the Bible. Lie number 1.

When the people rejected his message, God commanded him to build an ark to house his family and all the animals when the earth was flooded to destroy the wicked.

God had already decided to destroy the earth and no where in the Bible does it say God decided that due to Noah’s preaching being rejected. Lie number 2.

The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that Noah is the angel Gabriel.  (As noted above.) Angels are a different category of beings than are humans so Noah could NOT be Gabriel.  Lie number 3.

[Noah] stands next to Adam in holding the keys of salvation. Adam never held any “keys to salvation” and neither did Noah.  Lies number 4 and 5.

The Lord renewed the covenant he had made with Enoch with Noah. Please show me from the Bible where God made a covenant with Enoch. Biblically-speaking, the covenant with Noah (and creation) symbolized by the sign of the rainbow, was never given first to Enoch, let alone Enoch receiving any covenant at all.  Lie number 6.

Noah was ordained to the priesthood when he was ten years old by Methuselah. There was no priesthood of believers before Israel when the Aaronic priesthood was established. Lie number 7.

Men tried to take his life, but the power of God saved him.  Where does it say this in the Bible?  Lie number 8.

He became a preacher of righteousness… So was Noah a preacher before the Flood, as noted above, or did he become a preacher after the Flood? This is at least a contradiction because if he was a preacher before, then he wouldn’t become one after, rather he’d still be one!

and taught the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Since Noah had no idea of a future Messiah (a teaching revealed to Israel), how could he teach a “gospel” which didn’t exist?!? Lie number 9.

So in this one teaching from the LDS there are 9 outright lies and one contradiction!

Well, Mormons, I’lll stake my salvation of the Jesus of the Bible and not the imaginary one Joseph Smith made up and that you still preach. As Paul says in Galatians 1:8-9: But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. And again in 2 Corinthians 11: 3-4: But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 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.  (KJV)

Leave the LDS and seek the true God and Jesus of the Bible.

A Collection of Links to Good Articles Exposing Various Aspects of Mormonism

How’s that for a post title! 

I noted a while back that I found a great site, Life After Ministry, refuting all things Mormon, and most of the links below come from that site. Michelle really does some great picking apart of LDS teachings, demonstrating conclusively over and over again that the LDS is nothing more than a non-Christian cult. The articles linked to are too good to not share with my readers!  Be discerning, be wise, and be open to learning the truth.

When dealing with the Mormons, or any other cult, always get them to define their terms. You will find they do not speak the same language. A perfect example is the Mormon teaching about Adam and Eve, who certainly aren’t the Adam and Eve of the bible. And, of course, the Holy Ghost of the LDS is not the Holy Spirit of the Bible — just like their God and Jesus aren’t the same as in the Bible.  Proving once again that the LDS is not a Christian organization.

Before we finish with defining terms, don’t forget to get them to define just who Mary, the mother of Jesus, was; the Mormon’s false Mary is held to high esteem. This article about the LDS Mary is an excellent supplement to my article on the same topic — or perhaps MY article would be the supplement!

The Mormon Jesus doesn’t make it to heaven. Or does He? Don’t they teach that he was a polygamist? 

LDS Divine Authority, Priesthood, and Blacks: what a disaster of ideology.

Did you know that Noah lived in America and built his ark here? But doesn’t the Bible tell us he lived and built the ark in what is now the Middle East? Did you know that before the Flood, all the inhabitants of America were righteous? And that Zion was in America? And that Enoch preached in America? If this was true, ’’t we have read about all this in the Bible?  These are just some more of the many false, as well as bizarre, teachings of the Mormon Church. (Be sure to read Michelle’s comments on both these articles.)

There is absolutely NO evidence for any of Mormonism’s claims.  NONE, NADA, ZIP.

The LDS is fixated on sex to where they teach it is better to be dead than to lose one’s chastity.  If a female is raped, it would be better is she died. If someone fornicates, it would be better if they were dead.  This is HORRID teaching!

The many lies of the LDS which are told to help their members keep their faith.  This type of propaganda is only necessary with cults.  Now you have the information to counter these lies. 

When it comes to lies, they pretend that Christians can’t answer six questions that Mormons were able to answer.

If their religion wasn’t built on lies, there wouldn’t be a Mormon religion.  Examples abound, such as this article about their lying abuse of Scripture.

I hope you learned some good information from this collection.  Put it to good use when witnessing to Mormons.