Our Mormon Brothers? Part 4 [Can Man Become God?]

I suspect that is an authentic photograph of Mormon missionaries. The telltale details are correct.

Huh?

Interesting article. Thanks for the ping.

[Can Man Become God?]

don’t worry, non of us will become God over you, you already have a Father who is that.

Huh? Ha! I was trying to point out that we are joint heirs with Christ Jesus. Do Mormons really believe that they can become gods? As joint-heirs with Christ, and thus heirs of all things, we can also be a “lord of all” (Galatians 4:1) and realize the full glory of being an “heir or God through Christ.” Galatians 4:7; Titus 3:7.

(This was from a hand-out to the youth of our Ward.)

Thanks for all you do, FReeper pal.

You share with us from James White, so I went looking. I followed your link. Do you also believe, like him, that God made us like we are, and we cannot change unless God changes us?

he says; man became spiritually dead, totally unwilling and indeed incapable of seeking after God.

God, from eternity past, having foreordained all things, joined a certain people to Christ Jesus, .

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died in the place of this elect people,

No other work can provide for forgiveness of sins

We believe that God, ..., regenerates sinful men by the power of the Holy Spirit, not by any action of their own,

God grants to them the gifts of faith and repentance,

God justifies or makes righteous the one who believes.

God’s gift of faith, ... results in good works.

These good works flow from true, saving faith; they are a necessary result of faith

[http://aomin.org/AOFAITH.html]

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So according to the teaching of a man you have faith in, God either made me elect or not, and there is nothing you or I can do about it. He gave you faith, or not. He has you do good works, or not. You can only follow what He has you do, you have no choice.

Also, God made you minister to the non-elect, who he does not want anyway.

I see something wrong in this, do you?

fred

ps. the entire two paragraphs I chopped up is below.———

[We believe that man was created in the image of God. Man rebelled against His Creator, and fell into sin. As a result, man became spiritually dead, totally unwilling and indeed incapable of seeking after God. God, from eternity past, having foreordained all things, joined a certain people to Christ Jesus, so that He might redeem them from their sin and in so doing bring glory to Himself. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died in the place of this elect people, providing full and complete forgiveness of sins by His death upon the cross of Calvary. No other work can provide for forgiveness of sins, and no addition can be made to the completed and finished work of Christ.
We believe that God, in His sovereign grace and mercy, regenerates sinful men by the power of the Holy Spirit, not by any action of their own, bringing them to new life. God grants to them the gifts of faith and repentance, which they then exercise by believing in Christ and turning from their sins in love for God. As a result of this faith, based upon the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ, God justifies or makes righteous the one who believes. God’s gift of faith, and the continuing work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the elect, results in good works. These good works flow from true, saving faith; they are a necessary result of faith, but are not to be considered necessary to the gaining of justification, which is by God’s grace through faith alone, so that no man can boast.]
http://aomin.org/AOFAITH.html