[Zakeet]

Re: 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

But according to the quotes listed HERE:

1. [There is] no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith.

2. No man or woman ... will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith.

3. Joseph holds the keys and none of us can get into the celestial kingdom without passing by him.

Whom should I believe? The Mormon Church leaders who made these statements and Mormon Church Documents who contain them, or you?

[tantiboh]

~”Whom should I believe? The Mormon Church leaders who made these statements and Mormon Church Documents who contain them, or you?”~

My explanation to you was clear. If you did not understand, it is because you have chosen not to.

Just in case you are having a rough time:
- The LDS Church teaches that prophets will be judges in Israel on judgment day. Just as they spoke in Christ’s name in life, they will judge in His name in they afterlife.

- Because Joseph Smith was a prophet, he will be one such judge, specifically for the dispensation over which he had stewardship (i.e. the current one).

- Because the fullness of the Gospel was restored through Joseph Smith, and because one must accept the fullness of the Gospel (whether in this life or the next) in order to receive salvation, one must therefore accept Joseph Smith as a prophet in order to receive salvation.

- Salvation comes only in and through Jesus Christ. We are saved by His Grace.

The above outline satisfies and explains all the quotes on the topic which you might produce, and is an accurate summary, to my knowledge, of LDS doctrine on the subject.

[Elsie]

The Mormon Church leaders who made these statements and Mormon Church Documents who contain them, or you?

I will now answer the question you SHOULD have asked...

--MormonDud(Isn't this FUN!!)