In the Bible, Jesus said, “I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:32) Did Jesus mean that some people are actually so righteous that they do not need a Saviour? Not at all.
Jesus knows what is in the hearts of people, and that “no one seeks after God.” (Romans 3:11) The commandment then to “love the Lord your God”, (Deuteronomy 6:5), had been broken by all.
God therefore“commands all people everywhere to repent.” (Acts 17:30) However, those who refuse to see their need for a Saviour, will pridefully reject Him. This deeply saddens God’s own heart, because “its end is the way to death.” (Proverbs 14:12)
The “way to death” is spiritual death, which means eternal darkness and separation from God in Hell. This is written in love to warn you of that.
The Bible not only reveals sin and everyone’s need for a Saviour, it also provides the promise of a living hope for those who humbly ask God to lead them “in the way everlasting” (Psalm 139:24).
That way is not a place, it is a Person.... Jesus Christ.
Jesus said to religious people who rejected Him:
“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.”(John 5:39-40)
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” (John 14:6)
A prideful person might also reason that eternal life is only possible by continuously striving for it. Nothing can be further from the truth! God’s word says you can have that life right now. A person who has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ has (present tense) that life.
“Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.” (1John 5:12)
If eternal life is in God’s Son, and you receive Him, what happens to you? You become a child of God!
“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,” (John 1:12)
Those who follow Jesus will have the light of life.
Jesus said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (John 8:12)
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The Mormon Religion was officially founded by Joseph Smith Jr. on April 6. 1830 after the Book of Mormon (BOM) was published in that same year.
Joseph Smith Jr. was born in Vermont on December 23, 1805. He claimed that when he was 14, he received a vision from God the Father and Jesus Christ in a grove of trees near his home where he received instructions not to join any of the Christian churches because they were all wrong.
Three years later, Smith claimed that an angel named Moroni (a character found in the BOM) appeared to him in his bedroom whom he said revealed to him that he was selected to translate "Reformed Egyptian" (a language that does not exist) from gold plates into old English. These plates were supposedly hidden near Palmyra, New York and are said to be written around the 4th century. The BOM was named after Moroni’s father, Mormon. Mormons view the BOM as sacred. No one is able to study the original plates because Joseph Smith claimed the angel took them back on May 2, 1838 (History of the Church 1:60).
Smith had a scribe named Cowdery. Smith did not actually translate directly from any plates. Rather, in his writings, he said he placed a "seer stone" in a hat and covered any light from entering it as he placed his face in the hat. According to Martin Harris, “By aid of the seer stone, sentences would appear and were read by the Prophet . . . , and when finished he would say, ‘Written,’ and if correctly written, that sentence would disappear and another appear in its place, but if not written correctly it remained until corrected,” Smith said, “By the power of God I translated the Book of Mormon from hieroglyphics".
Despite such methods of translation, there have been at least 3,913 changes made in the BOM from the time it was first published. Joseph Smith stated, “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.” Smith also claimed that John the Baptist appeared to him on May 15, 1829 while he was translating the BOM, and instructed him to restore the church by preaching the only true gospel.
Mormons regard the BOM as sacred writings, and view it in higher standing than that of the Holy Bible. Mormon Missionaries will ask you to pray that it is true. (See our page Pray to Know)