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<div class="head">Redi-Answers on Mormon Doctrine</div>
<div class="subhead">Salvation</div>
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<P><b>THE CURRENT TEACHING OF THE MORMON CHURCH:</b></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><p>There is no salvation outside the Mormon Church.</p></BLOCKQUOTE>
<div class="center">"&#8230;man needs more than redemption from temporal death or the death of the body. He must also be redeemed from his fallen spiritual condition which has arisen as the result of his own sins&#8230;"Man cannot be redeemed from this spiritual death by an act of Christ alone&#8230;" The Restored Church, Pgs. 562,563<br>"Without the atonement, the gospel, the priesthood, and the sealing power, there would be no salvation. &#8230;It it had not been for Joseph Smith and the restoration, there would be no salvation. There is no salvation outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." Mormon Doctrine Pgs. 669-671</div>
<P><b>WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT SALVATION:</b></P>
<P><B>1. THE NEW TESTMENT TEACHES SALVATION IS JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH AND REDEMPTION ONLY BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST.</B></P>
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<tr><td class="td1">God's grace</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Eph',2,5,8);">Eph 2:5,8</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">God's love</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',5,8);">Rom 5:8</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">God's mercy</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Tts',3,5);">Tts 3:5</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">Christ alone</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Act',4,12);">Act 4:12</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td3">Cross</td>
<td class="td4"><a onClick="return mV('1Cr',1,18);">1Cr 1:18</a></td></tr>
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<P><B>2. SALVATION IS ONLY THROUGH CHRIST</B></P>
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<tr><td class="td1">The only door.</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Jhn',10,9);">Jhn 10:9</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">The only Savior,</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Act',4,12);">Act 4:12</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">His grace sufficient,</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Act',15,11);">Act 15:11</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">His blood avails,</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',5,9);">Rom 5:9</a>; <a onClick="return mV('1Th',1,10);">1Th 1:10</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td3">For the obedient,</td>
<td class="td4"><a onClick="return mV('Hbr',5,9);">Hbr 5:9</a></td></tr>
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<P><B>3. FAITH AND CONFESSION IN JESUS CHRIST BRINGS SALVATION</B></P>
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<tr><td class="td1">Confess with your mouth, and believe</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',10,'9-13');">Rom 10:9-13</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">Everyone who calls on the Lord</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Act',2,21);">Act 2:21</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">Justification brings life</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',5,18);">Rom 5:18</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">Whosoever believes, shall have life</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Jhn',3,16);">Jhn 3:16</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td3">Lord wants everyone to come to repentance.</td>
<td class="td4"><a onClick="return mV('2Pe',3,9);">2Pe 3:9</a></td></tr>
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<P><B>4. SALVATION DOES NOT DEPEND ON WORKS OR BAPTISM.</B></P>
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<tr><td class="td1">No one can say he has no sin (keep all commandments)</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('1Jo',1,8);">1Jo 1:8</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">We are saved, just the way we are</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Act',15,11);">Act 15:11</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">What shall we do, to do the works of God.</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Jhn',6,28);">Jhn 6:28</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">The work of God is to believe in Jesus</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Jhn',6,29);">Jhn 6:29</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">Grace, no longer works</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',11,6);">Rom 11:6</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td3">To the thief, today you will be with me in paradise</td>
<td class="td4"><a onClick="return mV('Luk',23,43);">Luk 23:43</a></td></tr>
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<P><B>5. THE BIBLE DESCRIBES THE VARIOUS WAYS IN WHICH THE BELIEVER CAN KNOW HE IS SAVED.</B></P>
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<tr><td class="td1">We may know we have eternal life.</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('1Jo',5,'11-13');">1Jo 5:11-13</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">Sealed with the Holy Spirit</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Eph',1,13);">Eph 1:13</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">Jesus will never leave us</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Hbr',13,5);">Hbr 13:5</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td1">We have passed from death unto life</td>
<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Jhn',5,24);">Jhn 5:24</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="td3">There is new life in Christ</td>
<td class="td4"><a onClick="return mV('2Cr',5,17);">2Cr 5:17</a>; <a onClick="return mV('Gal',2,20);">Gal 2:20</a></td></tr>
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<div class="cite2"><p class="bibliobox"><strong>Bibliographic Information:</strong><br>Author: Grieshaber, Erich and Jean Grieshaber<br>Title: "Salvation"<br>Work: <em>Redi-Answers on Mormon Doctrine</em><br>Date Added: 1 Jul 2002</p> </div>
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