Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: restornu

Too bad this wasn’t one of those times. Jesus is the only-begotten Son of God and was borne by a virgin.

How does Jesus Mother family history deny Jesus still being the ONLY Begotten Son of Heavenly Father, as far as I know there has never has been another Son...
____________________________________________

But Jesus is NOT the ONLY Begotten Son of “Heavenly Father” in the flesh..

Jeus is the only begotten Son of THE Father, but God did NOT have sex with Mary..

Mary did not have sex with a mortal man or an “immortal” man (or god) in order to get pregnant/conceive

And this following junk from the mormons is just that...JUNK...
____________________________________________________

“Father as Literal Parent”

Scriptures embodying the ordinary signification-literally that of Parent-are too numerous and specific to require citation. The purport of these scriptures is to the effect that God the Eternal Father, whom we designate by the exalted name-title “Elohim,” is the literal Parent of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and of the spirits of the human race.

Jesus Christ is the Son of Elohim both as spiritual and bodily offspring; that is to say, Elohim is literally the Father of the spirit of Jesus Christ and also of the body in which Jesus Christ performed His mission in the flesh, and which body died on the cross and was afterward taken up by the process of resurrection, and is now the immortalized tabernacle of the eternal spirit of our Lord and Savior. No extended explanation of the title “Son of God” as applied to Jesus Christ appears necessary. (The Father and The Son: A Doctrinal Exposition by the First Presidency and the Twelve.)

One of the great questions that I have referred to that the world is concerned about, and is in confusion over, is as to whether or not his was a virgin birth, a birth wherein divine power interceded. Joseph Smith made it perfectly clear that Jesus Christ told the absolute truth, as did those who testify concerning him, the Apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ, wherein he is declared to be the very Son of God. And if God the Eternal Father is not the real Father of Jesus Christ, then are we in confusion; then is he not in reality the Son of God. But we declare that he is the Only Begotten of the Father in the flesh.
Mary told the story most beautifully when she said that an angel of the Lord came to her and told her that she had found favor in the sight of God, and had come to be worthy of the fulfilment of the promises heretofore made, to become the virgin mother of the Redeemer of the world. She afterwards, referring to the event, said: “God hath done wonderful things unto me.” “And the Holy Ghost came upon her,” is the story, “and she came into the presence of the highest.” No man or woman can live in mortality and survive the presence of the Highest except by the sustaining power of the Holy Ghost. So it came upon her to prepare her for admittance into the divine presence, and the power of the Highest, who is the Father, was present, and overshadowed her, and the holy Child that was born of her was called the Son of God.
Men who deny this, or who think that it degrades our Father, have no true conception of the sacredness of the most marvelous power with which God has endowed mortal men-the power of creation. Even though that power may be abused and may become a mere harp of pleasure to the wicked, nevertheless it is the most sacred and holy and divine function with which God has endowed man. Made holy, it is retained by the Father of us all, and in his exercise of that great and marvelous creative power and function, he did not debase himself, degrade himself, nor debauch his daughter. Thus Christ became the literal Son of a divine Father, and no one else was worthy to be his father. (Melvin Ballard, LDS Apostle)


835 posted on 04/07/2008 10:25:40 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 829 | View Replies ]


To: Tennessee Nana

I know I should not ask but you are trying to make some scarcastic point towards the LDS but really don’t quite understand what some FMer is telling you!


843 posted on 04/07/2008 10:43:28 AM PDT by restornu
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 835 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson