Wednesday, March 9, 2011

What do LDS people or Mormons believe?


We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. (Acts 7:55-56, 3 Nephi 11:7)

We believe that men will be punished for their own sins and not for Adam's transgression. (1 Cor. 15:21-22, Alma 42)

We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel. (James 2: 17-18, 1 Nephi 15:30-33)

We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. (John 3:5, Ephesians 4:5, 3 Nephi 27: 13-22)

We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof. (Hebrews 5:4, Exodus 40:13-15, Alma 13:1-19)

We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth. (Ephesians 4:11-14, Moroni 3)

We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God (Title page of The Book of Mormon)

We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God. (Title page of The Book of Mormon)

We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul-We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anyting virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things. (Matthew 25:40, 3 Nephi 27:27)

(from The Articles of Faith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

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