Written by John Carson
What do Mormons think of Jesus Christ? What a person believes about Jesus Christ is paramount to a person's salvation.
John 17:3 says:
“And this is eternal life, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”
The LDS church, which Mormons call "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" publishes a Bible Dictionary in the back of editions of the Holy Bible. On page 681 of their 1993 edition, a brief but concise description of the nature of Jesus is given prior to His existence on earth. It reads:
“All mankind are his brethren and sisters, he being the eldest of the spirit children of Elohim.”
In Mormon Doctrine, page 278, Mormon Apostle, Bruce R. McConkie wrote:
“All men, Christ included, were born as his children in pre-existence.”
On page 77, he wrote:
“Spirit entities as such, in their organized form as the offspring of Deity, have not existed as long as God has, for he is their Father, and he begat them as spirits.”
The LDS Church teaches that Jesus is literally our eldest brother, born to heavenly parents. This means that in Mormon Theology, Jesus Christ did not eternally exist as God. They teach that He needed to progress to become a god.
Isaiah 44:8 reveals that there is only one God that exists:
”Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? Ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? Yeah, there is no God; I know not any.”
Psalm 90:2 reads:
“Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hast formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.”
The Creator of all things has been God from everlasting to everlasting. Speaking of God the Son, Colossians 1:16-17 tells us:
“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”
Jesus Christ did not derive his existence by heavenly parents. He did not need to progress to become a god. Isaiah 44:8,
Psalm 90:2 and Colossians 1:16-17 clearly shows that Jesus Christ is the Creator of all things. He eternally existed as Almighty God.
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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)