More Apologetics! The Mormons

Their prophet Joseph Smith said he saw the person of The Father and Jesus. Let us test that with what Paul the apostle and even with what our Precious Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ said.

The Bible says in 1Timothy 6:16kjv, Who only hath immortality,dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. Paul says that no man can approach the inexpressible glory of God, nor has, nor can. This talks about the holiness of God. If a man physically looked upon God in His full glory with his eyes on this earth that man would simply die where he stood. The LORD says to Moses in Exodus 33:20kjv, And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

There is one exception ~ The Lord Jesus (The perfect God-man). The Lord Jesus testified He has seen the Father (John 6:46kjv). No other man has nor can.

So considering what we have seen from holy scripture that Jesus is the only one who has seen the Father, and Paul says no man (except Christ) can see the Father, how did Joseph Smith? How did Joseph Smith look upon His face and live? Simple ~ Joseph Smith did NOT see the Father nor did he see Jesus.

More Apologetics! Jehovah's Witnesses

At the transfiguration, three disciples of the Lord Jesus witnessed Moses and Elijah talking to Jesus. The Father spoke, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him." (Matthew 17:5kjv) The word "hear" in the Greek is "akouo" but here "akouete" ~ It is a command to be done repeatedly or continuously "keep on doing it!" So whatever generation a person lives in, they are to hear the Lord Jesus. The word "akouo" means to hear, to hearken. All men should listen (genuinely) to Him.

The Jehovah's Witnesses believe ●Jesus is not God ●Jesus did not have a bodily resurrection

Let us test their claims with what Jesus says in the Bible. In the book of John 2:19-22, the Lord Jesus speaks to the Jews about His death, burial and resurrection. In v. 19kjv, Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

Notice Jesus is the One who said these to them. The Lord speaks of a temple (destroy this temple), and a time period of three days, and a resurrection. The Jews in the next verse thought He meant the temple building, but John clarifies what Jesus meant in v. 21 -22kjv~ John writes, "But he spake of the temple of his body."

●First, The temple refers to the body of the Lord Jesus ~ Let us continue into v. 22kjv, When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

●Next, the three days refer to His burial, and in three days I will raise it up speaks of His resurrection from the dead. (Clearly the Bible teaches this). The disciples understood after these things had taken place, Jesus had prophesied about them and they believed.

The Bible clearly teaches that God raised Jesus from the dead (Acts 3:15). Only God has the power to raise a man from the dead. Let us go back to John 2:19-22.

In v.19kjv, Jesus said, "I will raise it (Note: which means a temple) up in three days." Raise what temple? - Again in v. 21, But he spake of the temple of his body. Jesus said He will raise Himself (His own body) up from the dead. What does that mean? ●God raised Jesus (Acts 3:15) and Jesus raised Himself (John 2:19-22) = Jesus is Almighty God. Jesus proclaims He is God in John 2:19-22.

Next, we also notice from the same text that it is a bodily resurrection, not a spiritual resurrection nor was the body taken away by God the Father (like Jehovah's Witnesses believe). Jesus said in three days He would raise His body from the dead. Another verse (after the resurrection), Jesus said, Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have (Luke 24:39kjv)

The Bible teaches ● Jesus is God ● Jesus rose a bodily resurrection, the opposite to what Jehovah's Witnesses believe.

This concludes that Jehovah's Witnesses do not hear (hearken) the Lord Jesus like the Father commands in Matthew 17:5, 1. Jesus says He is Almighty God, but they do not believe Him, they believe He is a created being (an angel) who became a man, 2. Jesus said He had a bodily resurrection, but again, they do not believe Him, they believe He had a spiritual resurrection, and the Father took His body. Simply, The Jesus they believe in is not the Jesus of the Bible.