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<div class="head">Redi-Answers on Mormon Doctrine</div><div class="subhead">Bible</div>
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<P><b>THE CURRENT TEACHING OF MORMON CHURCH:</b></P>
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<p>The Book of Mormon is purported to be "a second witness to the Bible"—a witness that condemns and claims the Bible is in error. 1 Nephi 13:24-40 informs us that many "plain and precious things" are taken from the Bible, (verse 28), and 2 Nephi chapter twenty-nine states that anyone who claims the Bible is sufficient and they need no other book is "a fool." The Mormon church has four books which are accepted as scripture.</p>
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<div class="center">"By the standard works of the Church is meant the following four volumes of scripture: The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. The Church uses the King James Version of the Bible, but acceptance of the Bible is coupled with a reservation that it is true only insofar as translated correctly, (Eighth Article of Faith.) The other three, having been revealed in modern times in English, are accepted without qualification."<br><br> (Mormon Doctrine, Bruce McConkie, Pg 764).</div>
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<P><B>1. WHAT THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT HIS WORD STANDING FOREVER:</B></P>
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<TABLE class="centertable">
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<tr><td class="td1">My words shall not pass away.</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Mat',24,35);">Mat 24:35</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">Not the smallest letter shall disappear</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Mat',5,18);">Mat 5:18</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">Forever, thy word is settled</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Psa',119,89);">Psa 119:89</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">Word of God shall stand forever</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('1Pe',1,25);">1Pe 1:25</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">Grass Wither, Word stands forever.</td>
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<td class="td4"><a onClick="return mV('Isa',40,8);">Isa 40:8</a></td></tr>
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<P><B>2. THE BIBLE CLAIMS TO BE THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD:</B></P>
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<tr><td class="td1">All scripture inspired.</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('2Ti',3,16-17);">2Ti 3:16-17</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">Holy Spirit author of Bible</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('2Pe',1,21);">2Pe 1:21</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">The word of God, living and active</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Hbr',4,12);">Hbr 4:12</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">Absolutely trustworthy</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('1Ki',8,56);">1Ki 8:56</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">The Lord speaks it will be fulfilled</td>
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<td class="td4"><a onClick="return mV('Eze',12,25);">Eze 12:25</a></td></tr>
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<P><B>3. THE BIBLE CONTAINS EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR SALVATION:</B></P>
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<tr><td class="td1">Given us all things that pertain to life.</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('2Pe',1,3);">2Pe 1:3</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">Power of God for salvation</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',1,16);">Rom 1:16</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">Gives hope</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',15,4);">Rom 15:4</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">Gives, knowledge of eternal life.</td>
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<td class="td4"><a onClick="return mV('1Jo',5,13);">1Jo 5:13</a></td></tr>
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<P><B>4. ANY BORN AGAIN BELIEVER CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE:</B></P>
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<tr><td class="td1">Gives light in dark places</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('2Pe',1,19);">2Pe 1:19</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">Purifies the life</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Psa',119,9);">Psa 119:9</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">Believers share a common teacher, the Holy Spirit</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Eph',4,4,5);">Eph 4:4-5</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">If he does not depend on mans wisdom</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('2Cr',2,'9-14');">2Cr 2:9-14</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">If he lets the Bible instruct him</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('2Ti',3,16);">2Ti 3:16</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">If he searches the scriptures regularly, daily</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Act',17,11);">Act 17:11</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">If he seeks to get his approval from the Bible</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('2Ti',2,15);">2Ti 2:15</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">If Christ is his only Master.</td>
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<td class="td4"><a onClick="return mV('Mat',23,'8-12');">Mat 23:8-12</a></td></tr>
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<P><B>5. ITS WORD IS SACRED, NOT TO BE ALTERED:</B></P>
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<TABLE class="centertable">
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<tr><td class="td1">Do not add or take away.</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Deu',12,32);">Deu 12:32</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">Do not add to His words</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Psa',30,6);">Psa 30:6</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">If any man add, God will add plagues</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Rev',22,18);">Rev 22:18</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">If any one takes away, God will take away</td>
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<td class="td4"><a onClick="return mV('Rev',22,19);">Rev 22:19</a></td></tr>
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<p>NOTE:</p>
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<p>The Mormon Church makes this statement about the Bible:</p>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><p>"After the book (Bible) hath gone forth through the hands of the great and abominable church…there are many plain and precious things taken away from the book." 1Nephi 13:28</p></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<p>There is no evidence for this statement. Christ promised to be with His church always, even to the end of the world (<a onClick="return mV('Mat',28,20);">Matthew 28:20</a>) and the Holy Spirit has been given to the church forever (<a onClick="return mV('Jhn',14,16);">John 14:16</a>), by whose guidance the church continues to live and work. Because of the guiding of the Spirit, through the word, there is no need for the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants or Pearl of Great Price.</p>
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<div class="cite2"><p class="bibliobox"><strong>Bibliographic Information:</strong><br>Author: Grieshaber, Erich and Jean Grieshaber<br>Title: "Bible"<br>Work: <em>Redi-Answers on Mormon Doctrine</em><br>Date Added: 1 Jul 2002</p></div>
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