Facing the Opposition (Answering September's questions one by one)

4 - By what authority were you baptized? … You don’t have the proper authority!


What does God say in His word, the Bible?

Matthew 28:18-20 ...Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power (authority) is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.

Ephesians 1:20-23 ...He (God) wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly [places], Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all [things] under his feet, and gave him [to be] the head over all [things] to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Colossians 1:18 ...he (Jesus) is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.

1 Timothy 2:5 For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; (No other man! Not an organization!)

Hebrews 4:13-16 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 7:23-26 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: But this [man], because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an high priest became us, [who is] holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; (Can you honesly lay claim to this priesthood, especially in light of the last part of this passage?)

Born again Christians, members of the body of Christ, the Church, are baptized by the authority of Jesus Christ, according to the Bible. (Matthew 28:18-20)

Jesus Christ, the Head of the Church, is our authority. LDS members, however, argue that their organization is the only true church upon the face of the earth. And it is only the LDS church that has received true authority directly from Jesus Christ, and holds this authority in order to give proper baptism.

Does their argument hold water? No, in no way. Why? Because the Lord Jesus Christ that is revealed in the Bible, God manifest in the flesh (John 1:1, 14; 1 Timothy 3:16), is not the Head of the LDS church. If He is not the Head, then there is absolutely no authority.

The jesus of Mormonism is not the Lord Jesus Christ of the Bible! God's word, the Bible, is clear on Who Jesus Christ is. Mormon doctrine outright denies what has been revealed in the Bible.

LDS neighbor, if you don't agree, the previous prophet and president of the LDS church declared the fact:

In speaking of Jesus Christ to his followers, Hinkley spoke of those outside the LDS church, who say Latter-day Saints do not believe in the traditional Christ: "No I don't. The traditional Christ of whom they speak is not the Christ of whom I speak." (The Church News, June 20, 1998. Hinkley's address to Latter-day Saints in Paris.)


One day every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,

One Clay Soldier among many