THE CURRENT TEACHING OF THE MORMON CHURCH:
Father-God has a body of flesh and bones, and was once a man like us.
"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits inthroned in yonder heavens!...He was once a man like us; yea, that God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth, the same as Jesus Christ himself did; and I will show it from the Bible." Joseph Smith, Jr., HISTORY OF THE CHURCH 6:305.
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT THE FATHER:
1. THE BIBLE DOES NOT TEACH THAT GOD IS A GLORIFIED MAN WITH A BODY OF FLESH AND BONES.
| For I am God, and not man. | Hsa 11:9 |
| God is not a man. | Num 23:19 |
| God is a Spirit. | Jhn 4:24 |
| For I am the Lord, I change not. | Mal 3:6 |
2. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYONE LIKE GOD.
| O Lord, there is none like thee. | 1Ch 17:20 |
| There is none good but one, that is God. | Mar 10:18 |
3. THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOD.
| For there is one God. | 1Ti 2:5 |
| I am the Lord and there is none else | Isa 45:5 |
| There is none beside me. | Isa 45:21 |
| I am God, and there is none else. | Isa 45:22 |
| One God and Father of all. | Eph 4:4-6 |
| ...thou art God alone. | Psa 86:10 |
| See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no God with me. | Deu 32:39 |
4. WE ARE FORBIDDEN TO HAVE ANOTHER GOD.
| Thou shall have none other gods before me. | Deu 5:7 |
5. GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD.
| For thou shall worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: | Exd 34:14 |
Cite This Page:
Grieshaber, Erich, and Jean Grieshaber. "Father," Redi-Answers on Mormon Doctrine. Blue Letter Bible. 1 Jul 2002. 8 Jan 2009.
<http://blueletterbible.org/study/cults/ramd/ramd10.cfm>.
