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<div class="head">Redi-Answers on Mormon Doctrine</div><div class="subhead">Church</div>
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<P><b>THE CURRENT TEACHING OF THE MORMON CHURCH:</b></P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><p>The "True Church" is the Mormon Church. The church Christ set up was lost until Joseph Smith restored it.</p></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<div class="center">"My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which to join. I was answered that I should join none of them, for they were all wrong…"<br><br>The Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith 2:16-17</div>
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<P>THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THE CHURCH:</P>
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<P><B>1. THE CHURCH WAS NEVER LOST!</B></P>
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<tr><td class="td1">The gates of hell will not prevail against it.</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Mat',16,18);">Mat 16:18</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">Lo, I am with you always.</td>
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<td class="td4"><a onClick="return mV('Mat',28,20);">Mat 28:20</a></td></tr>
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</table>
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<P><B>2. CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH:</B></P>
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<tr><td class="td1">Christ is the head of the Church and saviour of the body.</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Eph',5,23);">Eph 5:23</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">Christ is head of the body.</td>
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<td class="td4"><a onClick="return mV('Col',1,18);">Col 1:18</a></td></tr>
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<P><B>3. ALL BELIEVERS ARE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH:</B></P>
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<TABLE class="centertable">
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<tr><td class="td1">All believers have been baptized into one body.</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('1Cr',12,'13-20');">1Cr 12:13-20</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">Believers are one in body though they are many in number and diversity</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',12,'4-8');">Rom 12:4-8</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">Though it is difficult to understand (a mystery) all believers are of the same body and follow the same Gospel</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Eph',3,'5-7');">Eph 3:5-7</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">All believers are unique and especially joined together</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Eph',2,'10-22');">Eph 2:10-22</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">All believers are one family in Jesus</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Gal',3,'26-29');">Gal 3:26-29</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">All believers are spiritually one, just as Jesus and the Father are one</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Jhn',17,'11-13');">Jhn 17:11-13</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">All believers were designed by God to be one body</td>
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<td class="td4"><a onClick="return mV('Col',3,15);">Col 3:15</a></td></tr>
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<P><B>4. THE TRUE CHURCH IS A WITNESS OF JESUS:</B></P>
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<tr><td class="td1">They practice an earth wide witness of Jesus</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Act',1,8);">Act 1:8</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">Their message includes salvation in Jesus's name</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Act',4,12);">Act 4:12</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td1">Their message includes a confession of Jesus before man</td>
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<td class="td2"><a onClick="return mV('Luk',12,8,9);">Luke 12:8-9</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">Their faith includes an experience of Jesus in their midst.</td>
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<td class="td4"><a onClick="return mV('Mat',18,20);">Mat 18:20</a></td></tr>
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</table>
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<P><B>5. THE TRUE CHURCH IS LOCATED WHERE BELIEVERS ARE:</B></P>
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<TABLE class="centertable">
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<tr><td class="td3">Gathered in my name, I am there</td>
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<td class="td4"><a onClick="return mV('Mat',18,19,20);">Mat 18:19-20</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: "Church"<br>Work: <em>Redi-Answers on Mormon Doctrine</em><br>Date Added: 1 Jul 2002</p></div>
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