We know that Mormonism is a works based religion, and we know that Mormons believe in exaltation, their word for becoming a God.
Do works make a God, according to the LDS church?
Actually, no.
Mormonism is far more sinister than that.
Yes, Mormons must obey the Word of Wisdom, a food law similar to that in the Law of Moses.
But that’s not to become a God— that’s simply just for entrance into their church! Just to be a run-of-the-mill Mormon, you must give up your coffee. If not, no baptism for you.
Baptism into Mormonism is still the Terrestrial Kingdom. You must prove to be more faithful (“valiant in the testimony of Jesus” – D&C 76:79) throughout your life, in order to reach Celestial.
Yes, Mormons must pay 10% of their money to their church. And that’s a great step toward exaltation, but no, exaltation requires so much more than that!
So when we say Mormonism is a works-based religion, we really haven’t gotten to the meat of it yet. Following law and actions in accordance with perceived righteousness still won’t exalt you!
So what makes a God?
What is required to exalt Mormons?
Well, if you’ve paid attention to their prophet, Russell M Nelson, over the last few years, I’m sure you’ve heard the term covenant path ad nauseam (a term nowhere in LDS scripture, by the way).
This term refers to temple covenants and ordinances.
This is what is required to be a God:
(1) Be washed, even though your baptism already supposedly cleansed you from sin.
(2) Be anointed to become a priest or priestess
(3) Be clothed in the “garment of the Holy Priesthood” and wear it throughout your life
(4) Go through a Masonic presentation and ritualistic ceremony, where participants obey Lucifer’s instructions to wear an apron similar to his own
(5) Make oaths to keep commandments you were already keeping (most were required to be baptized or get your temple recommend in the first place)
(6) Learn 4 Masonic secret handshakes, which aren’t really secret because all the top world leaders know them and openly exchange them with each other
(7) Learn 4 secret signs and swear an oath to never reveal them with their associated “token” (handshake)
Do these last four items sound like anything resembling Godhood?? Even if they were completely neutral, not wrong, do they sound like something relevant to becoming a God?? No, they sound arbitrary at best and ridiculous or even Satanic at worst.
(8) Be “sealed” to your spouse in a covenant of eternal marriage, which clearly and directly contradicts Jesus’s own teachings as recorded in 3 gospels
Additionally, according to D&C 132, a man must take additional wives into the “new and everlasting covenant” of plural marriage in order to be exalted. (Don’t like it? Weren’t taught that? Check your scriptures and read what it says!)
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So, all in all, I’m kind of wondering if it’s even possible to be exalted in Mormonism. How can I be “faithful to the testimony of Jesus Christ” AND deny Him in a Masonic, completely unbiblical religious ritual?
(If a religious ritual isn’t Biblical, then what religion is it? 🤔)
No, you can’t do both.
You can’t both be faithful to Christ and participate in temple ceremonies.
But what does the Bible say about the possibility of becoming a God?
“I am the LORD, and there is no other;
apart from me there is no God…there is none besides me.” (Isaiah 45:5-6)
And what does the Bible say about exaltation?
“For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” (Luke 14:11)
“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.” (James 4:10)
Hmm maybe exaltation is about being humble, not about proclaiming yourself a God (2 Thess 2:4) and doing Masonic rituals…
And what does the Bible say about Eternal Life?
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)
“Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent” (John 17:3)
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)
Funny, it doesn’t say anything about temples for Eternal Life. It doesn’t even mention Old Testament laws, rituals, or priesthood either. I think maybe the Law was fulfilled in Christ.
So, it turns out D&C 76 was right: Those valiant in their testimony of Christ will have Eternal Life in the presence of God! Sounds like the Celestial Kingdom.
And what do you know, D&C 76 doesn’t even mention any temple ordinances! the LDS church is a continual mess of self-contradiction.
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