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" ARTICLE 3. WE BELIEVE THAT THROUGH THE ATONEMENT OF JESUS CHRIST ALL MANKIND MAY BE SAVED, BY OBEDIENCE TO THE LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE GOSPEL” . Is That is, the bogus Mormon Gospel. According to the official teachings of Mormonism, who was Jesus Christ? The son of Adam-god and Mary. “The Father has begotten him in his own likeness. He was not begotten of the Holy Ghost. And who is the Father? He is the first of the human family”. (Brigham Young, J. of D., I, 50.) 2. Christ is represented as having plural wives. “We say it was Jesus Christ who was married (at Cana to the Marys and Martha), whereby He could see His seed before He was crucified” (Apostle O. Hyde, Sermon). “The atonement made by Jesus Christ brought about the resurrection from the dead, and restored life”. (B. of M. Alma, 42:23.) “Redemption from personal sins can only be obtained through obedience to the requirements of the Gospel [Mormon ceremonies] and a life of good works”. “Will all the people be damned who are not Latter-Day Saints? Yes, and a great many of them except they repent speedily”. (Brigham Young, J. of D., l | 339.) Our Saviour said: “For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that through Him the world might be saved”. ’ " ARTICLE 4. WE BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST PRINCIPLES AND o r d i n a n c e s o f t h e b i b l e a r e : First, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; Second, Repentance; Third, Baptism by Im- mersion for the Remission of Sins; ' Fourth, Laying on of Hands for the Gift of the Holy Ghost.” ; 1. “The sectarian doctrine of justification by faith alone has exercised an influence for evil since the early days of Christianity”. (Talmage’s Articles of Faith, p. 120.) Paul says: “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Jesus Christ” (Gal. 3:26). 2. How to obtain the Holy Spirit: “There is a set mode by which this great gift (the Holy Spirit) is conferred upon
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