I’m gonna say no.
Yep, he was an angelic being, not the only begotten Son of God. But humans can be heirs of God, and joint heirs of Christ through his atonement. But its tough for people to believe that, because they have been so conditioned by the their corrupt nature that blinds them to their real potential through grace and redemption.
No
This may be a new campaign debate, but it is a very OLD heresy.
Jesus is God, the third person of the Trinity.
Satan is an angel, created by God and cast out of heaven. He is in rebellion and has lost the war. It is finished.
This is an area that should not be tread in US politics. There is no religious test required to hold public office nor SHOULD voters use it to select a candidate. I certainly don’t desire the US to be broken up into areas that select candidates because of their religion. It hasn’t done a lot of good for Iraq nor will it do any good for the USA. If a candidate is moral (average American morals) then I don’t care what religion they follow.
I sort of suspect they mean in a spiritual rather than a physical sense.
The real issue here is not the Mormons view of Satan, its their view of Jesus.
People who obsess about this kind of stuff, really need to get a new hobby.
Read on:
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Please note what Mormon prophets and church officials have had to say about the matter. From their writings it is clear that they believed and taught that Jesus and Lucifer were brothers.
Bruce R. McConkie, in his work The Mortal Messiah, Vol.1, Pg.407-408 under the heading “ Lucifer and the Law of Temptation” has the following to say;
“Hence, there is — and must be — a devil, and he is the father of lies and of wickedness. He and the fallen angels who followed him are spirit children of the Father. As Christ is the Firstborn of the Father in the spirit, so Lucifer is a son of the morning, one of those born in the morning of preexistence. He is a spirit man, a personage, an entity, comparable in form and appearance to any of the spirit children of the Eternal Father. He was the source of opposition among the spirit hosts before the world was made; he rebelled in preexistence against the Father and the Son, and he sought even then to destroy the agency of man. He and his followers were cast down to earth, and they are forever denied mortal bodies. And he, here on earth, along with all who follow him — both his spirit followers and the mortals who hearken to his enticements — is continuing the war that commenced in heaven.”
Joseph Fielding Smith Jr.,the LDS prophet, wrote in his work, Doctrines of Salvation, Vol.2, Pg.218 -Pg.219
“We learn from the scriptures that Lucifer — once a son of the morning, who exercised authority in the presence of God before the foundations of this earth were laid — rebelled against the plan of salvation and against Jesus Christ who was chosen to be the Savior of the world and who is spoken of as the ‘Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.’” In the Discourses of Brigham Young, on Pg.53-54 he lets it be known that Lucifer is the second son, the one known as “Son of the Morning.”
“Who will redeem the earth, who will go forth and make the sacrifice for the earth and all things it contains?” The Eldest Son said: “Here am I”; and then he added, “Send me.” But the second one, which was “Lucifer, Son of the Morning,” said, “Lord, here am I, send me, I will redeem every son and daughter of Adam and Eve that lives on the earth, or that ever goes on the earth.”
“Don’t damn me, bro!”
The truth is a mighty powerful thing. Amen
I think this whole Huckabee-Romney thing got old before it started. Huckabee moved up in the polls and forced Romney into making a play and giving a speech. Romney was courting evangelical votes and for him now to turn and say it is wrong to ask questions about his faith, is insincere.
When you give a speech that basically says, “I believe relatively the same as you do”, well, expect some questions. I don’t bother myself to even weigh information about things like Huckabee asked of Romney. This is being made complicated when it is not. It all begins and ends with the prophets of any particular belief system. If Mohammed or Joseph Smith or L Ron Hubbard are telling the truth, that is the main point of consideration. If their prophecies are found lacking and false, then so too most likely are the respective dominations/religions connected to them. I have an opinion on all three, but that is for you to decide, not I.
This kind of publicity will NOT win the LDS Church any converts and will only hasten their ultimate demise. At some point, the LDS Church will have to denounce their "strange" doctrines or implode.
John 10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
They sought to stone Yeshua (Jesus) both times for blasphemy, for saying that He was indeed Yahweh (God) manifested in the flesh.
No, Satan is not "the brother" of Jesus, not even in spirit, as I understand the Bible. It's literally like comparing apples to oranges.
Satan Jesus’ brother? What a stupid concept. Jesus is the Creator, not the creation of anybody. Satan can’t create squat.
Meanwhile, we who believe are joint-heirs with Christ, the inheritors of all things. By the grace of the Lord, we are the Sons of God. If anybody is Jesus’ brother, it’s a believer- not the enemy.
Now the story of Jesus 40 days in the wilderness is going to have to be updated...
“Hey don’t tempt me bro...”
Real question is, did man originate on Kolob? LDS theology is a lot like science fiction.
Thou sealest up the *sum*, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13. Thou has been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold; the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in the in the day that thou wast created.
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of GOD; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou was created,
till iniquity was found in thee.
16 By the multitude of thy merchandise thy have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned;
therefore I will cast thee as profaned out of the mountain Of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Thine heart (pride) was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness:
I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings,
that they may behold thee.
18 Thou has defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, buy the iniquity of thy traffick;
therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee,
and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of allll them that behold thee.
19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
Satan, Lucifer, king of Tyre, king of Babylon, devil, destroyer, serpent, tree of the knowledge of good and evil, accuser, are just some of the names/types this entity has been allowed to play.
yep! this is just the kind of thing I want politicians talking about. I mean it’s not like they should be talking about reducing the federal government’s bloated beauracracy, cutting taxes, making government and politicians accountable or fixing social security. I’m just glad they’re spending time and energy on the important stuff-stuff that politicians are elected to do.