time being, the lawful w ife o f God the Father: We use the term lawful wife because it would be blasphe mous in the highest degree to say He overshadowed her or begat the Saviour unlawfully. . . . He had the lawful right to overshadow the V ir gin Mary in the capacity o f a hus band, and beget a Son, although she was espoused .to another; fo r the law which He gave to govern men and women was not intended to govern Himself, or to prescribe rules for His own conduct. It was also lawful in Him, after having thus dealt with Mary, to give her to Joseph her espoused husband. Whether God the Father gave Mary to Joseph for time only, or fo r time and eternity, we are not informed. Inasmuch as God was the first husband to her, it may be that He only gave her to be the wife o f Joseph while in this mor tal state, and that He intended after the resurrection to again take her as one o f his own wives . . .” (The Seer, pg. 158). BIBLE: “ . . . I am God, and not man . . .” (Hosea 11:9 ). Mormon theology: “ Christ was be gotten o f God. He wa3 not born without the aid o f man, and that man was God!” ( Doctrines of Salva tion, Vol. 1, p. 18). We pray that the above contrast will help our readers to see that Mormon beliefs are contrary to the revelation o f the Holy Bible.
make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel o f the Lord ap peared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son o f David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy w ife : for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost” (Matthew 1:18, 19). Mormon prophet: “When the V ir gin Mary conceived the child Jesus, the Father had begotten him in his own likeness. He was not begotten by the Holy Ghost” ( Journal of Disc. Vol. 1, pg. 50). BIBLE : “ And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found favour with God. And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son and shalt call his name JESUS. . . . Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing that I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that Holy thing which shall be born o f thee shall be called the Son o f God” (Luke 1 :30-35). M o rmon theology: “ The fleshly body o f Jesus required a Mother as well as a Father. Therefore, the Father and Mother o f Jesus, accord ing to the flesh, must have been as sociated together in the capacity of Husband and W ife; hence the V ir gin Mary must have been, fo r the
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The following article is taken from the publication of the Utah Christian Tract Society, P.O. Box 725, La Mesa, California, Arthur Budvarson, president, and used by permission. A t t h e joyous S eason of the year which we celebrate each Decem ber, every true Christian who loves and believes in the Word of God, the Bible, rejoices anew in the blessed Christmas story. Because we, believe the Biblical account o f the birth o f our Lord, our hearts are greatly burdened for the salvation o f the misguided Mor mon people and we desire to reach them with the Truth. In order to reveal to our readers the great contrast between Mormon teaching and the Bible, we quote the following passages: BIBLE: “ Now the birth o f Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child o f the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, be ing a just man, and not willing to BIBLE TRUTH OR MORMON ERROR?
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