Chapters 9-18 Flashcards
American Indians, Mormons teach, are descendants of?
The lost tribes of Israel.
Where do Mormons believe Jesus will return to earth to set up His Millennial Kingdom?
To America, specifically to Jackson County, Missouri.
After being driven out of Ohio and Missouri, in what mid-Western city did the Mormons settle?
Nauvoo, IL
What influence did masonry have on Joseph Smith and other Mormon leaders?
They have secret signs and rituals that are practiced in Mormon temple rites today, that resemble those used by the Masons.
What new doctrine concerning baptism did Smith adopt in 1841?
Proxies would undergo the ordinance in place of dead loved ones, giving their forebears in the afterlife the opportunity to choose for or against salvation that was uniquely available in the restored true church.
Give two explanations for 1 Cor. 15:29.hyb
- Paul is not endorsing this practice but refers to the group known to the Corinthians who baptize for the dead because of their hope of resurrection. He basically asks them why they baptize for the dead if the dead aren’t going to rise at all.
- Paul is referring to new converts.
Who took over Mormon leadership after the death of Joseph Smith?
Brigham Young
What do the Mormons believe about “continuing revelation”?
That the Mormon president has the authority to amend and countermand previously received divine commandments.
Trace the growth of Mormon membership from 1900-2014.
The numbers rose from 250,000 in 1900 to 15 million in 2014.
How does Mormonism now rank among U.S. Religious groups?
It is the 4th largest religion in the United States.
How many new members do the Mormons claim to add every 3 years?
1 million
How many young missionaries do Mormons have laboring in over 180 nations every day?
83,000
Describe the sacrificial lifestyle of a Mormon missionary.
Communicate with home twice a year, become fluent in the language of the host nation, and follow a rigorous schedule that begins at 6:30 AM and ends at 10:30 PM.
Explain how Mormonism is becoming increasingly acceptable in the U.S.
Leaders downplay the peculiarities of the Mormon faith in their desire to achieve the status of just another Christian denomination.
Mormonism is tritheist in one sense, but is actually polytheistic. Explain.
Mormonism accepts the trinity if he Godhead, but holds the possibility that men can graduate from Mormon priesthood to become gods of other worlds in a life to come.
Explain what Mormons believe about the God of the Bible.
They believe the Father, actually had His beginning as a human with a body of flesh and bone which is now exalted.
Explain what Mormons believe about Jesus Christ.
They make Him into nothing more than a created spirit being, just as they believe we were before occupying other human bodies.
Mormonism teaches that salvation is impossible without accepting Joseph Smith. Explain.
If Joseph Smith was verily a prophet, and if he told the truth when he said that he stood in the presence of the angels sent from the Lord, obtained the keys of authority and the commandments To organize the Church of Jesus Christ once again upon the earth, then this knowledge is of the most vital importance to the entire world.
Give an example of progressive revelation as proclaimed by a presiding president of the Mormon church.
In the nineteenth century the U.S. Was going to outlaw Mormonism because of their acceptance of polygamy. But in 1890 Wilford woodruff declared by revelation that polygamy was no longer acceptable among Mormons.
Mormonism is not simply trinitarian. It is tritheist. Give Joseph Smith’s explanation.
In 1844 he declared: I will preach on the plurality of gods. I have selected this text (rev 1:6) for that express purpose I wish to declare that I have always preached on the plurality of gods. Jesus Christ, God the Father, and the Holy Ghost are three different personages. Three different gods.
Why can we say according to the teaching of Brigham Young, that Mormonism is truly polytheistic?
“How many gods there are, I do not know. There was never a time when there were not gods and worlds…”
Explain from Mormon teaching, how a man can become a God?
According to Mormonism, we have the opportunity to perfect ourselves through obedience to the divine principles revealed through Joseph Smith.
Anthony Hokema writes that Mormonism repudiates the “uniqueness of Christ’s incarnation”. How so?
Every God has passed through a cycle similar to that which we observe in the incarnation of Jesus.
How can Mormon believers become gods?
By faithful adherence to the requirements of Mormon doctrine.
Decker and Hunt write that Mormonism is less Christian than it is Hindu. Explain.
Mormonism uses Christian language to disguise its paganism. Because of their view on people becoming gods.
What did former Mormon President Lorenzo Snow say about God and man?
He said, “As man is, God once was; as God is, man may become.”
Explain why Mormonism can be considered the quintessential American religion.
Simon Critchley said,”Mormonism is an American religion, which beautifully, if fallaciously, understands the native inhabitants of the Old Word, the scattered tribes of Israel. It is democratic, very American.”
What does the Mormon book of Nephi say About Jesus’ appearance in North America?
He returned after His resurrection to minister directly to the Nephites, repeating the Sermon on the Mount, but also giving them the true gospel that would be revealed later in the Book of Mormon.
When and where did the man Moroni hide the golden plates of the Book of Mormon?
In 421 A.D., Moroni hid the plates on the hill cummorah.
What method did Joseph Smith use to translate the Book of Mormon?
He used a technique known as “peek stones”. He puts them in a hat then places his face in the hat, then it would reveal secrets to him.
Why would it be biblically impossible for God the Father and Jesus Christ to appear together before Joseph Smith?
Because he wasn’t looking at God in a monotheistic light. He was basically stating that he believes in bi-theism and is consistent with polytheism.
When was the Mormon Church officially established?
1830
Why did the Mormon president Wilford Woodruff outlaw the Mormon practice of polygamy in 1890 that was established by Joseph Smith?
Because the U.S. Government was threatening to invade Utah and confiscate Mormon property.
What are some key Mormon teachings not found in the Book of Mormon but revealed in doctrine and covenants?
Includes teachings about: baptism for the dead and celestial marriage.
What does the pearl of great price supposedly reveal about creation?
Taught polygamy and made Moses and Abraham gods and the angel, Michael, Adam.
Why has the Book of Mormon been called the “little brother” of the King James Version of the Bible?
Because more than 27,000 words in Smith’s writing came straight from the Bible.
How many followers did the Mormons claim in 2013?
They claimed to have 15 million members worldwide.
Briefly describe the “murky” doctrinal beginning of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the nineteenth century.
Began with erroneous prediction of the second coming of Christ and a non-biblical view of the deity of Christ similar to that of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
What erroneous doctrinal positions do the Adventists continue to hold with the Jehovah’s witnesses?
Share an unscriptural belief in the annihilation of the wicks and a disbelief in eternal hell.
Give a single scripture refutation of the Adventists view of sabbath keepin and the prohibition against eating pork.
Colossians 2:16-17, “let no man therefore judge you in meat. Or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.”
Briefly explain the sabbath as a biblical type fulfilled in the New Testament.
That “rest” is fulfilled in the baptism of the holy spirit in the present church age, and in heaven itself in eternity.
E.g. Moyer wrote,”it is significant that Jesus, in all His references to keeping of the law______.
Never once mentioned the sabbath rest.
What did Daniel Seagraves write about sabbath keeping prior to the Law given through Moses?
There is not one word about this in any Scripture. Never, prior to the exodus from Egypt, is any faithful man seen keeping the Sabbath or even being aware of it.
The words ‘seventh’ and ‘sabbath’ are the same.” Explain.
Hebrew word for seventh is shebeee. The word for sabbath is shabbath. The word literally means intermission. Never in scripture is is shebeee translated as sabbath and never is shabbath translated as seventh.
When determining to what extent Gentile believers would observe the Old Testament law in acts 15, did the leaders of the early church require keeping of the sabbath?
No
Who was the first major Adventist writer in the nineteenth century?
William miller
When did he predict the second coming of Christ would occur?
In 1843
What would be the consequence of not keeping he sabbath according Adventist prophetess Ellen G. White?
You would receive the mark of the beast and would drink the cup of God’s anger.
According to their fundamental beliefs, how do the Adventists view the writings of Ellen G. White?
They are a continuing and authoritative source of truth which provide for the church comfort, guidance, instruction, and correction.
What is the Adventist doctrine of soul sleep?
There is no conscience after death. Those who are in Christ will be raised into sudden awareness of the presence of the Lord.
Who was the nineteenth century founder of the Jehovah’s witnesses?
Charles taze Russell.
What group influenced Russell’s early study of scripture?
Seventh day Adventists
When did Russell predict the physical return of Christ to the earth and the beginning of His earthly reign?
1874 and 1914
Give Paul Conkins summary of Russell’s doctrinal views.
Affirmed the central doctrines of American Adventists: corporealism and soul sleep. The literal resurrection of people to livening me earthly kingdom; death, not hell. And the early return of Christ to establish His kingdom during the millennial age. Russell added the Arian conception of Christ as the Logos. This Logos chose to become a human. Jesus was in all ways a man and not God.
