The “Two Sticks” Lie

The Book of Mormon…declares that the Bible is true, and it proves it; and the two prove each other true. The Old and New Testament’s are the stick of Judah [Ezekiel 37:15-19]. You recollect that the tribe of Judah tarried in Jerusalem and the Lord blessed Judah, and the result was the writings of the Old and New Testament’s. But where is the stick of Joseph? Can you tell where it is? Yes. It was the children of Joseph who came across the waters to this continent, and this land was filled with writings, and they are in the hands of Ephraim. Where are the Ephraimites? They are mixed through all the nations of the earth. God is calling upon them to gather out, and he is uniting them, and they are giving the Gospel to all the world.

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, pg. 122

I’ve addressed this claim before when looking at a statement by Joseph Smith. This claim about the “two sticks” is nothing but scripture-twisting. In context the two sticks represent the nations of Judah and Ephraim, not the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Apprising Ministries has a good article examining the truth of the sticks.

American Eden?!?

In the beginning, after this earth was prepared for man, the Lord commenced his work upon what is now called the American continent, where the Garden of Eden was made.

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, pg.94

Well, since the American continent didn't exist until after the Great Flood, this statement is pure nonsense. Remember, this is from a "prophet"--who if a true prophet wouldn't make such a nonsensical statement.

Science Fiction Theology

Things were first created spiritually; the Father actually begat the spirits, and they were brought forth and lived with him. Then he commenced the work of creating earthly tabernacles, precisely as he had been created in this flesh himself, by partaking of the coarse material that was organized and composed this earth,…consequently the tabernacles of his children were organized from the coarse materials of this earth.

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, pg.50

It’s hard for me to do anything but laugh at this unbiblical nonsense. Nothing in the Bible even hints that anything was created spiritually first. God did not give birth to spirits because he is not human nor did he have sexual relations with spiritual wives (as other LDS doctrines claim) to beget spiritual children.

The Mormon God Is a MAN

The great architect, manager and superintendent, controller and dictator who guides this work out of sight to our natural eyes. He lives on another world; he is in another state of existence; he has passed the ordeals we are now passing through; he has received an experience, has suffered and enjoyed, and knows all that we know regarding the toils, sufferings, life and death of this mortality, for he has passed through the whole of it, and has received his crown and exaltation and holds the keys and the power of this Kingdom; he sways his scepter, and does his will among the children of men, among saints and among sinners, and brings forth results to suit his purpose among kingdoms and nations and empires, that all may redound to his glory and to the perfection of his work.

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, pg.30

The Mormon God is a man who lived the same kind of life we live and he sinned while working his way to godhood. The Christian God is a spirit who created the universe but doesn't live in it. He has always been God, was never a man and never sinned.

Just more evidence that the LDS is NOT a Christian denomination.

Some Thought-Provoking Articles

If you read the linked articles, you can come to no other conclusion than that Joseph Smith was a false prophet and the LDS is NOT a Christian denomination (I.e., it is a convoluted cult).

Oftentimes, it’s what they don’t say

What does the word “Christ” mean?

The LDS New Testament is full of lies!!!!

The Mormons don’t believe in the biblical Trinity, so:

Why is the Trinity in the Book of Mormon?

Why is the Trinity in the Doctrine & Covenants?

For all their claims to be Christian, the LDS does not believe in the God of Scripture.

Besides claiming that Noah is the angel Gabriel, the LDS claims that Adam is Michael the archangel. The problem is that angels and humans are two different creations: man cannot become an angel!! Adam was never noted in the Bible as a priest, let alone a high priest!

Wait a minute—I thought Adam was God, who had sex with Mary to produce a body for Jesus. Wait another minute—so Adam is a “son of God?” The LDS Adam is quite a convoluted person!

Why Did the Nephites Speak Greek?

Amusing to me is that the LDS still struggles with polygamy. If God ordered it, why did they stop—why did they not disobey the law of the land?

Along those lines, we have The Changing God of Mormonism.

The temple oaths are nothing more than signs and oaths from the Freemasonry cult.

But the LDS says that the earth was created for temple endowments—so how come there were no such things until aft Joe Smith invented them?

The Bible was never meant for today?!?!?

How did Joe Smith really get his priesthood?

Mormons say we don’t need God! Of course they also say there are multiple gods and people on other planets!

So, LDS members, doesn’t any of this make you think just a wee bit that there is a problem with your religion, that it doesn’t make a bit of sense?

Priesthood Nonsense

The Priesthood…is a perfect order and system of government, and this alone can deliver the human family from all the evils which now afflict its members, and insure them happiness and felicity hereafter.

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, pg.18

Since the LDS priesthood is made up and there is no "perfect order or system of government" in it, how can it deliver anyone from evil and guarantee happiness?

Mormons Teach That They Are the Only True Church

 The Gospel we preach is the Gospel of life and salvation. The Church which we represent is the Church and Kingdom of God, and possesses the only faith by which the children of men can be brought back into the presence of our Father and God.

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, Pg.18

Sorry, Mr. Young, but as has been proven on this blog (and many others), the LDS is a false church built on a false prophet worshiping a man-god on another planet. There is NOTHING Christian about the LDS—not their god, their Jesus, nor their gospel.

What Is the Gospel?

[The Gospel] embraces all morality, all virtue, all light, all intelligence, all greatness, and all goodness. It introduces a system of laws and ordinances.

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, pg.17

The biblical Gospel is much simpler. It is that we are all sinners before God and in need of a savior, and that Savior is Jesus the Messiah, who was born from a virgin and was sinless. Jesus took our punishment by being put to death on a cross and then raised from the dead, proving his sacrifice was acceptable to God the Father. He is our great high priest and those who place their faith in Him and his sacrifice are saved from hell and punishment in the afterlife.

It does NOT embrace all those ideas, laws and ordinances of which Mr. Young claims. Which is another example as to the false nature of the Mormon Church.

Testimony Requirement?

Three great truths must be included in every valid testimony: 1. That Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Savior of the world (D. & C. 46:13); 2. That Joseph Smith is the Prophet of God through whom the gospel was restored in this dispensation; and 3. That The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is “the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth.” (D. & C. 1:30.)

Mormon Doctrine, by Bruce R. McConkie, p. 786

Item 2: Well, Jesus said even the gates of hell wouldn’t prevail against the Church (Matt.16:18) so it couldn’t have been restored by Smith if it was never gone!! And if you look at my articles in October and November of 2014 you will see proof that Smith was one heck of a false prophet! So how can anyone have item 2 included in their testimony when the whole item is a lie?

Item 3: Since the LDS was founded by false prophet Joseph Smith, then the LDS is a FALSE and spiritually dead church.,

H/T: Life After Ministry

Works Are Not a Part of the Gospel

The Gospel of the Son of God that has been revealed is a plan or system of laws and ordinances.

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, page.15

Brigham Young is a liar. The Gospel as has been revealed in the Bible is that we are all sinners who need a savior, and that Savior is Jesus Christ. The real Gospel is that if we have faith in Jesus and believe he died for our sins, we are saved. There is absolutely NOT a “plan or system of laws and ordinances.” Neither made up laws nor any ordinance is required for salvation.  As Galatians 2:21 notes: I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. (KJV)