You may not know this, but Mormon leaders both love
and hate the King James Bible.
And I can prove it, using just Isaiah
in the King James Bible!
Want to see how? Hi, I'm David Daniels
from Chick Publications.
Joseph Smith must have loved
the King James Bible, because there are
whole sections of it in the Book of Mormon...
even the italicized words!
Remember, italics are for words that
are not in Hebrew or Greek, but they're needed
to make sense in English. And they are provided by
the King James translators.
For instance, did you know that
over 18 chapters of Isaiah alone are copied from the KJV
into the Book of Mormon?
Here are 15 chapters of Isaiah you can find easily
in the Book of Mormon.
1 Nephi 20-21 are right out of Isaiah 48-49,
except for some added words by Joseph Smith.
But 2 Nephi 12-24 are copied
(with tiny differences in later printings)
right out of Isaiah 2-14!
Look, this is a "Missionary Triple." That's a Book of Mormon,
Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price.
It says it right here: "Comparison with
the King James Bible in English shows that
there are differences in more than half of the
433 verses of Isaiah quoted in the Book of Mormon,"
which means hardly anything,
"while about 200 verses have the same wording as KJV."
I'm not making this stuff up.
Even the numbers of the verses in the chapters
are the same!
Identical to the King James
And I'm not even counting the piles of other words,
phrases and verses copied word-for-word right out of the KJV.
But it is clear: Mormon leaders must
love the King James Bible.
Well, at least parts of it.
There are some other parts of the King James Bible
you don't find in the Book of Mormon,
or the Doctrine and Covenants, or the Pearl of Great Price,
for that matter.
I wonder why they didn't copy those?
Well, it turns out that Mormon doctrine is quite clear.
Men, they say, can become gods.
Not only that, they believe
that there are massive numbers of gods all over the place.
In the King Follett Discourse, Sunday, April 7, 1844,
Joseph Smith said:
"Here, then, is eternal life-- to know the only wise
and true God; and you have got to learn
how to be gods yourselves, and to be kings
and priests to God, the same as all gods
have done before you..."
Then Joseph Smith said:
"To inherit the same power, the same glory and
the same exaltation, until you arrive at
the station of a god, and ascend the throne
of eternal power, the same as those
who have gone before."
Joseph later said in that same discourse, that
Genesis should really say:
"In the beginning, the head of the Gods
called a council of the Gods; and they came together and
concocted [prepared] a plan to create the world and people it."
This is also in official Mormon writings.
Here I am, this is the Triple.
This is a Missionary Edition with all of their notes.
In the Pearl of Great Price, Book of Abraham,
chapter 4, for instance:
1 "And then the Lord said: Let us go down.
And they went down at the beginning, and they,
that is the Gods, organized and formed
the heavens and the earth."
3 "And they (the Gods) said: Let there be light;
and there was light."
8 "And the Gods called the expanse, Heaven...."
12 "And the Gods organized the earth...."
14 "And the Gods organized the lights in
the expanse of the heaven..."
27 "So the Gods went down to organize man
in their own image, in the image of the Gods
to form they him, male and female
to form they them."
And in case that wasn't clear enough,
take a look at Abraham 5:2
2 "And the Gods said among themselves..."
But listen to three verses out of Isaiah 43 and 44
that you won't find in the Book of Mormon,
Doctrine & Covenants or Pearl of Great Price.
See if you can figure out why:
Isaiah 43:10 "Ye are my witnesses,
saith the LORD, and my servant
whom I have chosen: that ye may know
and believe me, and understand that I am he:
before me there was no God formed,
neither shall there be after me."
Isaiah 44:6 "Thus saith the LORD
the King of Israel, and his redeemer
the LORD of hosts; I am the first,
and I am the last; and beside me there is no God."
Now look two verses later, Isaiah 44:8
"Fear ye not, neither be afraid:
have not I told thee from that time,
and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses.
Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God;
I know not any."
Either there is one God, or there are more.
Mormon writings say there are more.
The Bible says there is only one.
So Mormons love the King James Bible so much,
whole chapters of it are copied into the Book of Mormon.
But they hate it, because
if you believe these three verses, Mormonism is clearly a false religion.
So get out your King James Bible, find yourself a Mormon,
and have some fun! Who knows?
God may help you to show this to them,
and you may win a precious Mormon soul
to Christ.
God bless you, and have a wonderful day.