If Mormons believe that Jesus died for their sins, are they saved?

This is a great question. Mormons do believe that Jesus died for their sins and that he rose from the dead, but why do so many believers hold that Mormons are not saved?

We need to visit some of the hidden doctrine within the Mormon faith.

1. Mormons believe that Jehovah God is one god among many gods.
2. Mormons believe that Jesus is the brother of Satan.
3. Mormons believe that Jesus was not born of a virgin birth, but through Mary's extra-marital sex with Jehovah God.
4. Mormons believe that good Mormon men die and go on to become gods of their own planets, establishing their own plan for salvation.
5. Mormons believe that good Mormon women are simply there to help the good Mormon men to populate their new planets.
6. Mormons believe that on judgment day you will come before not just God and Jesus, but also before the prophet Joseph Smith.

You get the picture.

We come to see that though the Mormons confess to believe that “Jesus died for their sins,” they also do not believe in the same Jesus we do. Compare this view to those of Waco, Texas who thought that David Koresh was the resurrected Jesus Christ. They could easily have agreed with the idea that “Jesus died for their sins.” Consider those who murdered their children and committed suicide in Jonestown with cult leader Jim Jones. They too, could claim that they believed that “Jesus died for their sins.”

We see that these cults do not believe in the biblical Jesus. They reject the God of the bible and in doing so, God will reject them. Christ said that “if you deny me, I will deny you.” This is why our biblical doctrine is so important and why we were commanded to “test all things; hold fast to what is good” (I Thess 5:21). We will be held accountable for what we devote ourselves to. In scripture we are told that many people who do a lot of “good work” in his name will die, come before Jesus, and he will say, “I never knew you; depart from Me” (Matt 7:23). He says this because they never really knew him.

No matter how many homes a Mormon visits or how much work he does, he worships a different God than we do. Mormons teach that God was a man, which we are told is a lie. We are warned to not “change the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man” (Romans 1:23). We must remember that even the devil believes in God and he will not be saved. We must ask ourselves what makes us different? When we die we will not have our pastor, priest, or parents to blame for following a lie...only ourselves.

Submitted by: Josh Tilley