Recently Glenn Beck had a "Restoring Honor" conference in Washington D.C. to promote getting back to American core values; hope charity and love. Now in no way am I going to focus on the political aspects of this gathering, but what has interested me is that so many Evangelical and conservative Christians rallying behind what he says in regards to religion. The gathering was described more as a giant revival, where Beck constantly referenced biblical passages and getting back to God and Jesus Christ to guide us in our country.
This brought me to the thought that Glenn Becks idea of who God is, is NOT the same God that Evangelicals and Conservatives love and serve. So then why is he the spokesperson now for Conservative churches???
Most of you know that Glenn Beck is a Mormon. So when Beck refers to getting America back to God, as foundation, he isn't talking about the God of the Holy Bible.
I think people get so wrapped up on hearing what that their itching ears want to hear that they simply shrug off the fact that he isn't talking about our God. (2 Timothy 4) Glenn Beck is saying all the right things to people who love this country while intermixing his message with biblical ideas, and concepts to tug on the hearts of evangelicals and Christians alike. But these ideas and concepts of God are far from the God of the Scriptures.
Here is a short, general overview of Mormon Beliefs from carm.org:
1. Scripture:
Believed to be the Word of God, yet the book of Mormon is more correct than the Scriptures (History of the Church 4:461)
Devil:
-spirit born brother to Jesus
-both Jesus and the Devil offered a plan of salvation to the 'Father" and Jesus' plan was accepted, as the Devil wanted to be the Savior but was denied.
(Mormon Doctrine pg 192-193)
God:
-used to be a man on another planet
-God has flesh and bone qualities
-God had sexual relations with Mary to make the body of Christ
-God the Father had a father
-"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man" (Teachings of Prophet Joseph Smith pg 345)
-There are many gods
-There is a mother god, (Articles of Faith, by James Talmage, p. 443)
-God is married to his goddess wife and has spirit children, (Mormon Doctrine, p. 516).
Salvation:
... man is NOT saved alone by the grace of God; that belief in Jesus Christ alone is all that is needed for salvation is ridiculous," (Miracle of Forgiveness, Spencer W. Kimball, p. 206).
Now I am for religious freedom, but the Christian churches of the United States to be rallying behind a Mormon and their theology just so that a political deal can be made. Tisk Tisk. You can plainly see that what is mentioned above is no where near a picture of the Most High God. Mormonism does not offer the salvation that comes through the death and resurrection of JEsus Christ. Mormonism does not provide the Almighty God the Father who is sovereign over all things and in control of all things. SO then why do we make one the spokesman when we dont have the same God?
1 John 4:1-3
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
My concern is this:
1. We (American conservatives/evangelicals) will just take any reference to God, or Christ that a celebrity throws out and then throw our support behind them without thinking.
2. That Truth will be compromised for the sake of rallying people together for a common cause just so that we have support in one area.
3. That we quickly forget the gospel, the life saving gospel from whom it is only from
I encourage you to open your Bibles, submit to its truth, and know who Jesus Christ is.
If you really want to know more I encourage you to go to Carm.org or read Mormonism Explained by Andrew Jackson
Link
**And here is an excellent article from Dr. Russell D. Moore on this very subject that I found after I wrote this:
Be Blessed
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