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Part 11 of a series. Read part 10.

Mormonism's so-called "Trinity" is merely another form of the "trinities" of man-gods found in many ancient pagan religions.

In this series we are dealing with the glorious light of Biblical truth on one side, and the awful darkness of Mormon paganism on the other side - and there are no shades of gray.

Mormon missionaries try to lull people into believing that Mormonism is Christianity. In fact, they will try to convince you that Mormonism is an improved and exalted version of Christianity. But the true Christian understands that this is a lie.

No individual who is truly indwelled and enlightened by the Spirit of God, no person who is living and thinking in conformance to Holy Scripture, can compare Mormonism with the authentic Word of God and reach any conclusion except to understand that Mormonism is a dark falsehood, and an evil threat to the true Church of Jesus Christ in our time.

The Issue of Authority

In this series we have been asking essential questions about Mormonism. We have been discovering Mormons' true position on each of these essential issues.

Thus far our focus has been on fundamental issues of authority. In order to understand whether someone is a genuine Christian teacher or not, and in order to understand whether some church or group that claims to be Christian is really Christian or not, we must always begin by asking questions about their source of authority.

First of all, do they hold to Scripture alone as their authority in matters of doctrine and practice? Secondly, what do they believe and teach about God? These two essential questions go hand in hand. You cannot have an orthodox doctrine of God unless you hold to Scripture alone. You will not hold to Scripture alone if you do not maintain an orthodox position concerning the God who reveals Himself in the pages of Scripture. These two things are inseparable.

If you do not have the right Person and the right Book as your authority, God's Word declares that you are doomed to Hell. We are not talking about theological technicalities, or peripheral matters in which Christians may sincerely differ. We are talking about the most essential things in all of heaven and earth. We must keep First John 4:1 at the forefront of our thinking: "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world." And so, we are putting Mormonism to the test of Scripture, and we are finding that it fails miserably. That failure has its roots in the issue of authority.

Mormonism denies the sole authority of Scripture. Mormonism teaches the commandments and doctrines of men, of its so-called apostles and prophets, in place of Scripture and in authority over Scripture. The result, as we have been seeing, is a very twisted and paganized doctrine of "God". Like the ancient pagans of Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Greece, and Rome, the Mormons have put man-gods in the place of the one true and living God.

What Does Mormonism Teach About the Trinity?

Before we move on to other matters, we must ask one final essential question about Mormonism and the issue of authority: What does Mormonism teach about the Trinity? Once again, one need not delve into all the complex and contradictory details of Mormon theology to understand that its doctrine is entirely wrong.

We have already seen that the being Mormons falsely call "God the Father" was, according to their teaching, once a man and has multiple wives. The being they falsely call "Jesus Christ" was not born of a virgin and is not the eternal God of the Bible. As for the Holy Spirit, Mormon leaders seem to be unable to make up their minds as to whether the entity they call the "Holy Spirit" is a person or merely an impersonal force. But in any event, the being they call the "Holy Spirit" is not the God of the Bible, but yet another of their pagan monstrosities.

And so it should be no surprise that Mormonism teaches a pagan, perverted doctrine of the "Trinity". In a book called Articles of Faith by the Mormon theologian James Talmadge, we read that Mormonism's so-called "Trinity" consists of three separate gods - the pagan monstrosities they call the "Father God," the "Son God," and the "Spirit God."

Yet again, this is a falsehood that the Mormons have brought forward from ancient paganism. You will find various forms of so-called "trinities" made up of three false gods in many of the ancient pagan religions. You find it in ancient Egypt and in ancient Hinduism. You find it in the Greek triad of Zeus, Athena, and Apollo.

These pagan "trinities" are Satan's counterfeits. The Devil has a counterfeit for every genuine article revealed by God, and that includes the person of God Himself. Indeed, Satan has multiple counterfeits. The Mormons' so-called "Trinity" is just one of the latest of Satan's counterfeit perversions of the one true and living God of the Bible.

Next: Biblical Truth vs. Pagan Polytheism

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