Who is the Living Christ of Mormonism? :: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Who is the Living Christ of Mormonism? In bearing testimony of Jesus Christ, President Hinckley intercommunicate of those outside the church service who say Latter-day Saints do not believe in the traditional Christ. No, I dont. The traditional Christ of whom they speak is not the Christ of whom I speak (LDS church News, week ending June 20, 1998, p.7). It is true that many of the Christian churches worship a different Jesus Christ than is worshipped by the Mormons or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Seventy Bernard P. Brockbank, The Ensign, May 1977, p.26 ). Following one of our outreaches at the LDS Jesus the Christ pageant in Mesa, Arizona, I overheard a new Mormon girl complain to her friend how one of the Christians tracting the event had said that the Jesus of Mormonism was not the Jesus of the Bible. She was overtaken by much(prenominal) a statement, incredulous that such a comment could be made. How can that be? she said. There is only one Jesus It would seem reasonable that if the one to whom Mormons c every the Savior is in fact the Savior of Scripture, it should be easy to take what the Bible has to say about Jesus and then compare this with what Mormons leaders have said. Logic would quest that the two descriptions should par allel. However, this is where the problem lies. Mormon leaders have described their Jesus as a literal offspring of the one they call Elohim. The First establishment of the Church has written, 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 (Messages from the First government 526). According to the Encyclopedia of Mormonism (Vol.4, Appendix 4), Jesus Christ is not the Father of the spirits who have taken or yet shall take bodies upon this earth, for He is one of them. He is The Son, as they are sons and daughters of Elohim. Page 11 of the LDS Church manual Gospel Principles (p g. 11) states, All men and women are...literally sons and daughters of Deity. This includes the Mormon Jesus. Mormon theology makes a distinction between Elohim and Jehovah. LDS leaders have claimed that these are the names of two separate Gods. Sixth LDS President Joseph F. Smith stated, Among the spirit children of Elohim, the first-born was and is Jehovah, or Jesus Christ, to whom all others are juniors (Gospel Doctrine, p.Who is the Living Christ of Mormonism? Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsWho is the Living Christ of Mormonism? In bearing testimony of Jesus Christ, President Hinckley spoke of those outside the Church who say Latter-day Saints do not believe in the traditional Christ. No, I dont. The traditional Christ of whom they speak is not the Christ of whom I speak (LDS Church News, week ending June 20, 1998, p.7). It is true that many of the Christian churches worship a different Jesus Christ than is worshipped by the Mormons or The Church of Jesus Christ o f Latter-day Saints (LDS Seventy Bernard P. Brockbank, The Ensign, May 1977, p.26 ). Following one of our outreaches at the LDS Jesus the Christ pageant in Mesa, Arizona, I overheard a new Mormon girl complain to her friend how one of the Christians tracting the event had said that the Jesus of Mormonism was not the Jesus of the Bible. She was overtaken by such a statement, incredulous that such a comment could be made. How can that be? she said. There is only one Jesus It would seem reasonable that if the one to whom Mormons call the Savior is in fact the Savior of Scripture, it should be easy to take what the Bible has to say about Jesus and then compare this with what Mormons leaders have said. Logic would pauperization that the two descriptions should parallel. However, this is where the problem lies. Mormon leaders have described their Jesus as a literal offspring of the one they call Elohim. The First giving medication of the Church has written, 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 (Messages from the First establishment 526). According to the Encyclopedia of Mormonism (Vol.4, Appendix 4), Jesus Christ is not the Father of the spirits who have taken or yet shall take bodies upon this earth, for He is one of them. He is The Son, as they are sons and daughters of Elohim. Page 11 of the LDS Church manual Gospel Principles (pg. 11) states, All men and women are...literally sons and daughters of Deity. This includes the Mormon Jesus. Mormon theology makes a distinction between Elohim and Jehovah. LDS leaders have claimed that these are the names of two separate Gods. Sixth LDS President Joseph F. Smith stated, Among the spirit children of Elohim, the first-born was and is Jehovah, or Jesus Christ, to whom all others are juniors (Gospel Doctrine, p.