House of Truth Ministries
October and November 2018
House of Truth Ministries is about sharing the Gospel in various venues.
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 (ESV)
October and November 2018
House of Truth Ministries is about sharing the Gospel in various venues.
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 (ESV)
The Church of Jesus of Latter–Day just released a new book entitled Saints: The Standard of Truth. Kurt Van Gorden has written a review of this book. Click here to read the article.
The Mormon church teaches that God the Father had sex with Mary to impregnate her with Jesus. Below are some quotations
Was Jesus conceived by the heavenly Father and his wife the Virgin Mary or by the Holy Ghost?
The Mormon church teaches that God the Father had sex with Mary to impregnate her with Jesus. Below are some quotations
Was Jesus conceived by the heavenly Father and his wife the Virgin Mary or by the Holy Ghost?
The Bible and the Book of Mormon teach that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost. The Bible and the Book of Mormon clearly show that the birth of Jesus was not a natural birth.
“And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.” (1)
“But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.” (2)
However, Brigham Young does not agree with the Bible and the Book of Mormon. He does not believe that Jesus was begotten by the Holy Ghost. Also, Brigham Young, along with Herbert C. Kimball, believe that the birth of Jesus was as natural as ours.
“The question has been, and is often, asked, who it was that begat the Son of the Virgin Mary. When the Virgin Mary conceived the child Jesus, the Father had begotten him in his own likeness. He was not begotten by the Holy Ghost.” (3)
“The birth of the Saviour was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and blood--was begotten of his Father, as we were of our fathers.” (4)
What is the natural action that results in the birthing of our children?
“In relation to the way in which I look upon the works of God and his creatures, I will say that I was naturally begotten; so was my father, and also my Saviour Jesus Christ. According to the Scriptures, he is the first begotten of his father in the flesh, and there was nothing unnatural about it.” (5)
Bruce McConkie and the Encyclopedia of Mormonism echo the same as mentioned above.
“There is nothing figurative about his paternity; he was begotten, conceived and born in the normal and natural course of events, for he is the Son of God, and that designation means what it says.” (6)
“Latter-day Saints recognize Jesus as literally the Only Begotten Son of God the Father in the flesh (John 3:16; D&C 93:11; Moses 6:52). This title signifies that Jesus' physical body was the offspring of a mortal mother and of the eternal Father (Luke 1:35, 1 Ne. 11:18). It is LDS doctrine that Jesus Christ is the child of Mary and God the Father, ‘not in violation of natural law but in accordance with a higher manifestation thereof’" (JC, p. 81). (7)
"Christ was begotten by an Immortal Father in the same way that mortal men are begotten by mortal fathers." (8)
How are mortal men begotten by mortal fathers?
“For Latter-day Saints, the paternity of Jesus is not obscure. He was the literal, biological son of an immortal, tangible Father and Mary, a mortal woman.” (9)
Why was Jesus “the literal, biological son of an immortal, tangible Father and Mary, a mortal woman.”? It was because Mary had two husbands, Joseph and Heavenly Father.
“This matter was a little changed in the case of the Savior of the world, the Son of the living God. The man Joseph, the husband of Mary, did not, that we know of, have more than one wife, but Mary the wife of Joseph had another husband. On the manger, was begotten, not by Joseph, the husband of Mary, but by another Being. Do you inquire by whom? He was begotten by God our heavenly Father.” (10)
“The man Joseph, the husband of Mary, did not, that we know of, have more than one wife, but Mary, the wife of Joseph, had another husband-God the Father.” (11)
“The fleshly body of Jesus required a Mother as well a Father. Therefore, the Father and Mother of Jesus, according to the flesh, must have been associated together in the capacity of Husband and Wife: hence the Virgin Mary must have been, for the time being, the lawful wife of God the Father: we use the term lawful Wife, it would be blasphemous in the highest degree to say that He overshadowed her or beget the Savior unlawfully.”
“He had a lawful right to overshadow the Virgin Mary in the capacity of a husband, and beget a Son, although she was espoused to another: for the law which He gave to govern man and women was not intended to govern Himself, or to prescribe rules his own conduct.” (12)
1. Alma 7:10, 2. Matthew 1:20, 3. Journal of Discourses, Vol.1, p.50, Brigham Young, April 9, 1852, 4. Journal of Discourses, Vol.8, p.115, Brigham Young, July 8, 1860, 5. Journal of Discourses, Vol.8, p.211, Heber C. Kimball, September 2, 1860, 6. Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p.742 SON OF GOD, 7. Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.2, JESUS CHRIST, 8. Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p.546 ONLY BEGOTTEN SON 9.Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.2, JESUS CHRIST, 10. Journal of Discourses, Vol.11, p.268, Brigham Young, August 19, 1866, 11. Brigham Young, Desert News, 10/10/1866, 12. Orson Pratt, The Seer, p.158
PRAYER AND SUPPORT Thank you for your prayers and financial support. We can take online donations. All donations are tax-deductible. Checks can be written to House of Truth Ministries and they can be sent to the address below.
“And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.” (1)
“But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.” (2)
However, Brigham Young does not agree with the Bible and the Book of Mormon. He does not believe that Jesus was begotten by the Holy Ghost. Also, Brigham Young, along with Herbert C. Kimball, believe that the birth of Jesus was as natural as ours.
“The question has been, and is often, asked, who it was that begat the Son of the Virgin Mary. When the Virgin Mary conceived the child Jesus, the Father had begotten him in his own likeness. He was not begotten by the Holy Ghost.” (3)
“The birth of the Saviour was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and blood--was begotten of his Father, as we were of our fathers.” (4)
What is the natural action that results in the birthing of our children?
“In relation to the way in which I look upon the works of God and his creatures, I will say that I was naturally begotten; so was my father, and also my Saviour Jesus Christ. According to the Scriptures, he is the first begotten of his father in the flesh, and there was nothing unnatural about it.” (5)
Bruce McConkie and the Encyclopedia of Mormonism echo the same as mentioned above.
“There is nothing figurative about his paternity; he was begotten, conceived and born in the normal and natural course of events, for he is the Son of God, and that designation means what it says.” (6)
“Latter-day Saints recognize Jesus as literally the Only Begotten Son of God the Father in the flesh (John 3:16; D&C 93:11; Moses 6:52). This title signifies that Jesus' physical body was the offspring of a mortal mother and of the eternal Father (Luke 1:35, 1 Ne. 11:18). It is LDS doctrine that Jesus Christ is the child of Mary and God the Father, ‘not in violation of natural law but in accordance with a higher manifestation thereof’" (JC, p. 81). (7)
"Christ was begotten by an Immortal Father in the same way that mortal men are begotten by mortal fathers." (8)
How are mortal men begotten by mortal fathers?
“For Latter-day Saints, the paternity of Jesus is not obscure. He was the literal, biological son of an immortal, tangible Father and Mary, a mortal woman.” (9)
Why was Jesus “the literal, biological son of an immortal, tangible Father and Mary, a mortal woman.”? It was because Mary had two husbands, Joseph and Heavenly Father.
“This matter was a little changed in the case of the Savior of the world, the Son of the living God. The man Joseph, the husband of Mary, did not, that we know of, have more than one wife, but Mary the wife of Joseph had another husband. On the manger, was begotten, not by Joseph, the husband of Mary, but by another Being. Do you inquire by whom? He was begotten by God our heavenly Father.” (10)
“The man Joseph, the husband of Mary, did not, that we know of, have more than one wife, but Mary, the wife of Joseph, had another husband-God the Father.” (11)
“The fleshly body of Jesus required a Mother as well a Father. Therefore, the Father and Mother of Jesus, according to the flesh, must have been associated together in the capacity of Husband and Wife: hence the Virgin Mary must have been, for the time being, the lawful wife of God the Father: we use the term lawful Wife, it would be blasphemous in the highest degree to say that He overshadowed her or beget the Savior unlawfully.”
“He had a lawful right to overshadow the Virgin Mary in the capacity of a husband, and beget a Son, although she was espoused to another: for the law which He gave to govern man and women was not intended to govern Himself, or to prescribe rules his own conduct.” (12)
1. Alma 7:10, 2. Matthew 1:20, 3. Journal of Discourses, Vol.1, p.50, Brigham Young, April 9, 1852, 4. Journal of Discourses, Vol.8, p.115, Brigham Young, July 8, 1860, 5. Journal of Discourses, Vol.8, p.211, Heber C. Kimball, September 2, 1860, 6. Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p.742 SON OF GOD, 7. Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.2, JESUS CHRIST, 8. Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p.546 ONLY BEGOTTEN SON 9.Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.2, JESUS CHRIST, 10. Journal of Discourses, Vol.11, p.268, Brigham Young, August 19, 1866, 11. Brigham Young, Desert News, 10/10/1866, 12. Orson Pratt, The Seer, p.158
PRAYER AND SUPPORT Thank you for your prayers and financial support. We can take online donations. All donations are tax-deductible. Checks can be written to House of Truth Ministries and they can be sent to the address below.
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Box 729
La Habra, CA 90633
Our email address should you have questions or comments:
My E-mail
jeff@HouseOfTruthMinistries.org
Our website
http://www.HouseOfTruthMinistries.org