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[MORMONISM. The Faith of the Twenty-first Century. Volume 1. Edward K. Watson. (Liahona Publications. Copyright © 1998 Edward K. Watson.) pp. iii-xi. MORMONISM: Table of Contents. All rights reserved.]
MORMONISM. The Faith of the Twenty-first Century Volume 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A) Mormonism is "Whatever is True" ...................lxiv
B) Mormonism is "Whatever is Right" ..................lxx
C) Mormonism is "Whatever is True and Right" ...lxxiii
1) Phil 2:5-8 ..................................................................23
2) 2 Cor 4:4 ...................................................................24
3) Col 1:15 ....................................................................24
4) John 12:45 ................................................................24
5) John 14:9 ..................................................................24
6) Heb 1:2-3 .................................................................24
7) John 1:1 ...................................................................25
8) John 5:19 .................................................................25
9) 1 Tim 3:16 ...............................................................25
Does God have a "shape"? ..............................................26
1) Num 12:8 ................................................................26
2) Ps 17:15 ..................................................................26
3) John 5:37 ................................................................28
Does God have a "face"? ................................................28
1) Matt 18:10 ..............................................................29
2) 2 Th 1:9 ..................................................................29
3) Heb 9:24 .................................................................29
A) Old Testament: .......................................................31
1) Gen 1:26-27 ..........................................................31
2) Gen 9:6 .................................................................34
3) Deut 21:22-23 ......................................................34
B) New Testament: .....................................................34
1) Jas 3:9 ..................................................................37
2) 1 Cor 11:7 ............................................................37
3) 1 Cor 15:47-49 ....................................................38
4) Rom 8:29 ............................................................38
5) Col 3:10 .............................................................38
6) Eph 4:24 ............................................................38
7) Phil 3:10,21 .......................................................38
8) 1 Jn 3:2 ..............................................................38
9) 2 Cor 3:18 .........................................................38
10) Acts 17:22-29 ..................................................38
What is a "spirit"? ...............................................40
How does the Bible use the word "spirit"? .........42
Is a "spirit" formless? ..........................................47
What is a "soul"? .................................................49
How does the Bible use the word "soul"? ..........49
1) John 4:24. .....................................................51
2) Luke 24:39. ..................................................53
3) Col 1:15 / 1 Tim 1:17. .................................55
4) Phil 2:5-7. ...................................................56
5) Ps 91:4. .......................................................57
6) Hos 11:9 .....................................................58
7) Isa 31:3. ......................................................59
8) Gen 15:1; Deut 4:24; Ps 3:3; 28:7; 48:12-14; 84:9,11;
144:2; Prov 30:5; 1 Jn 4:8; Heb 12:29; 1 Jn 1:5. .................................59
9) 2 Cor 3:17. ..................................................59
10) Col 2:9. .......................................................60
11) Rom 1:23. ...................................................61
1) Ps 139:7-8. ....................................................83
2) Jer 23:24. ......................................................85
3) 2 Chr 6:18 (1 Kng 8:27; 2 Chr 2:6). .............91
4) Eph 1:23 / Eph 4:6,10 / Col 3:11 .................93
5) Deut 4:39 / Acts 17:24. ...............................95
6) Job 11:7-9 ...................................................95
7) Prov 15:3 ....................................................96
8) Isa 66:1 / Acts 7:48-49. ...............................96
9) Isa 57:15. .....................................................97
10) Amos 9:2. ....................................................97
11) John 14:11. .................................................98
12) Matt 18:20. .................................................98
13) Matt 28:20. .................................................98
14) Acts 17:27-29. ............................................99
A) Does the Book of Mormon teach God the Father is an immaterial being? ............102
B) Does the Doctrine and Covenants teach God the Father is an immaterial being? ..103
C) Does the Pearl of Great Price teach God the Father is an immaterial being? .........104
A) Is God unlimited? ......................................106
B) Is God infinite? ..........................................106
Scriptural passages used against calling God "Man" ...........110
1) Hos 11:9. ..................................................111
2) Ps 50:21. ..................................................111
3) Num 23:19 / 4) 1 Sam 15:29. ..................112
Supports for calling God "Man" .....................113
A) Is God unchanging? ................................117
B) Did God create everything? ....................119
Can we find the terms "without beginning/without end" in the Scriptures? ......................122
The Multiverse and Universe ...............................124
Why is belief in the Multiverse important? ..........127
Where did God come from? ..................................128
The Universe is a subset of the Multiverse ..........133
"Unbiblical" does not mean "anti-biblical" ...........135
Time and the Universe ..........................................136
God and the Universe ............................................138
Is God an exalted "Man"? .....................................141
A) Is Heavenly Father only a God of this world? .................144
B) Is Heavenly Father still progressing? ...............................146
The theological explanations of evil .......................151
The generic idea of God: .........................................153
The uniqueness of Mormon Cosmology .................154
1) God ..............................................................154
2) Man .............................................................155
3) Sin ...............................................................155
4) Responsibility .............................................155
5) Punishment .................................................156
6) Non-human Life .........................................156
7) Inanimate Matter ........................................157
The uncreated "intelligence" ...............................157
Is God responsible for Satan's evil? ....................161
What does "omnipotent" mean? ..........................162
The importance of the pre-existence ...................162
The uncreated "Good" and "Evil" ........................167
God functions within eternal laws .......................170
Foreknowledge + Causality vs Predestination .....175
God's will and free agency ....................................177
Mortality is a school .............................................178
Free will and God .................................................179
Omnipotent all-good God and the sinful world ...185
Conclusion ...........................................................186
A comparison between the Traditional Christian and the Mormon concepts of God .............200
Do Mormons have a different "God"? ...................203
GROUP A: Greek words that are non-omnipresent, discernable, three-dimensional descriptions ........205
1) "morphe" .........................205
2) "schema" .........................207
3) "prosopon" ......................207
4) "eidos" ............................209
5) "eikon" ............................211
6) "charakter" ....................212
7) "homoioma" ..................213
8) "opsis" ..........................215
GROUP B: Other important Greek words ........216
1) "homoios" ......................216
2) "blepo" ..........................217
3) "poieo" ..........................219
4) "theoreo" ......................220
5) "horao" ........................222
6) "hupostasis" .................224
7) "apaugasma" ...............224
8) "doxa" .........................225
9) "homoiosis" ................226
10) "summophoo" / "summorphizo" ..............226
11) "summorphos" ..........227
12) "suschematizo" .........227
13) "metaschematizo" .....228
14) "metamorphoo" ........228
15) "katoptrizo" ..............229
16) "phaneroo" ..............230
Is it wrong to view God as an exalted "Man"? .......232
Whose Gospel is it? ...............................................................271
A) The Gospel of Jesus Christ: ...........................................271
B) The Gospel of God: .......................................................272
Whose Church is it? ................................................................273
A) The Church of Jesus Christ: ..........................................273
B) The Church of God: .......................................................273
1) I AM: ....................................293
2) Savior: ..................................295
3) Redeemer: ............................295
4) Pierced: ................................296
5) First/Last: .............................296
6) Creator: ................................297
7) Husband/Groom: .................298
8) Sends Prophets: ...................299
9) Saves From Death: ..............299
10) Judge: ..................................300
11) Shepherd: ............................300
12) Lord of Lords: .....................301
13) Every Knee Shall Bow Unto Him: .......301
14) Seen by Isaiah: ....................302
15) Preceded by Voice in The Desert: .......303
16) Call Upon His Name: .........305
17) Rock: ..................................306
18) Holy One: ............................307
19) Our Righteousness: ............308
20) Gathers Like a Hen Gathers Her Chicks: .....308
21) His Breath Slays The Wicked: .....................309
22) Will Return With His Holy Ones: ...............309
23) Preserves All Things: ...................................310
24) Gone Up/Come Down With a Shout, With Trumpets Blaring: ......310
25) Thou Shall Not Tempt The Lord Thy God: ....................................311
26) Walks on The Sea: .................311
27) Calms Wind And Waves: ......312
28) Day of The Lord: ....................312
29) His Throne Is Forever: ............313
30) Laid Earth's Foundation: .........314
31) Receives Our Spirits: ...............314
32) Angels Worship Him: ..............314
33) Jesus Is Perfect: ........................315
34) Jesus Is Equal to The Father: ....315
35) Jesus Has All Things: ................316
How many "Jehovah"s? .....................317
a) Zech 2:8-11 ..............................317
b) Gen 19:24 ................................318
c) Ex 23:20-25 ..............................318
Jesus is separate from Jehovah ...............................................327
a) Ps 110:1 .......................329
b) Isa 53:5-7,10-12. ..........331
c) Ex 6:3 ...........................331
d) Ps 16:10 .........................332
e) John 14:28 ......................333
f) 1 Cor 15:28 .....................333
g) Deut 6:4 ..........................333
Other arguments: .................335
Is Mormonism Christian? .................352
JESUS CHRIST IS: ........................354
The Savior .................................354
The Redeemer ...........................355
The Messiah ..............................356
The Lamb of God .....................357
The Son of God ........................358
God ..........................................359
The "I AM" ..............................360
The Son of Man ........................361
Born of a Virgin ........................362
The First and the Last ................363
The Creator ................................364
The Paraclete / Advocate / Comforter ..........365
The Mediator / Intercessor / Reconciler .......366
He Died for Our Sins .................367
He Died on the Cross .................368
He Rose from the Dead ..............369
The Judge ...................................370
The Foundation ...........................371
The Rock ....................................372
The Only Begotten of the Father................. 373
Worshiped .....................................................374
The Name Used to Pray to the Father ...........375
Obeyed .........................................................376
We Take upon Ourselves His Name .............377
Only Source of Salvation / the Greatest Name ..........378
"One or seven" or "one and seven"? ..........................431
ENDNOTES .........................................................................439
INDEX ..................................................................................496
SCRIPTURE REFERENCE GUIDE ................................504
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