BECAUSE ACCORDING TO MORMON THEOLOGY SALVATION IS NOT THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, BUT JOSEPH SMITH
If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by the Prophet Joseph Smith; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him. – Apostle George Q. Cannon, 1988 Melchizedek Priesthood Study Guide, p. 142
[There is] no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith. If Joseph Smith was verily a prophet, and if he told the truth...no man can reject that testimony without incurring the most dreadful consequences, for he cannot enter the kingdom of God – Prophet Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 1, p.190
No man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith...every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are... [Joseph Smith] reigns there as supreme a being in his sphere, capacity, and calling, as God does in heaven. – Prophet Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p.289-91
I tell you, Joseph holds the keys, and none of us can get into the celestial kingdom without passing by him. We have not got rid of him, but he stands there as the sentinel, holding the keys of the kingdom of God … If brother Joseph is satisfied with you, you may pass. – Apostle Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 6, p.154-155
~”BECAUSE ACCORDING TO MORMON THEOLOGY SALVATION IS NOT THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, BUT JOSEPH SMITH”~
False.
The quotes you have provided indicate that Smith will be a judge in Israel, under Christ, when the great day comes. Just as the Apostles and Prophets throughout all history will be, for their own respective stewardships.
The idea that salvation is through Joseph Smith is a twisting of LDS teachings, in the face of many, many other instances where our doctrine unambiguously declares that it is -only- through the Grace of Christ that man is saved.
If you would like, I’ll be happy to provide a couple dozen references from LDS scripture to demonstrate this.
This attack is one more example of the copy-paste methodology of the anti-Mormon philosophy. All the capitalized red letters in the world fail to make it any more original or true.
***BECAUSE ACCORDING TO MORMON THEOLOGY SALVATION IS NOT THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, BUT JOSEPH SMITH****
****I tell you, Joseph holds the keys, and none of us can get into the celestial kingdom without passing by him. We have not got rid of him, but he stands there as the sentinel, holding the keys of the kingdom of God … If brother Joseph is satisfied with you, you may pass. – Apostle Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 6, p.154-155***
Gee! So why are we Bible believing Christians always being accused of being intolerant to the Mormons! Sounds like they are the ones picking a fight!;-)