“They tell us the Book of Mormon states that Jesus was begotten of the Holy Ghost. I challenge that statement. The Book of Mormon teaches no such thing! Neither does the Bible. It is true there is one passage that states so, but we must consider it in light of other passages with which it is in conflict.” Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, Volume 1, Page 18
. . . The child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 1:20
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In order to make the assumption that Jesus was begotten of the Holy Ghost, one must reject all the scriptures which tell us adamantly that He was the Son of God, such as the following:
“He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David” (Luke 1:32).
“And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God” (Luke 1:35).
Why is modern Christianity so stuck on denying what Christ came to proclaim to humanity, the very fact that He was the literal Son of God?
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Ahh, you slipped in that word “literal.” Very sneaky. The Scriptures don’t say “literal,” especially in the essence in which you’re implying.
To be the “literal” offspring of the Father, that would require a goddes mother and celestial sex. Then you would have Mormon theology, not orthodox Biblical Christianity.
And that, Bryce, is one of the differences between the Jesus of Christianity and the “Jesus” of Mormonism.
I’m glad we were able to get that out of the way.
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Bryce,
Let’s examine the word “begotten.” In John’s gospel, it is always preceded by the word “only,” so that it he always renders it as “only begotten” (See John 1:14, 1:18, 3:16, 3:18). That is because the English phrase “only begotten” comes from one Greek word, “monogenes.” (Luke’s is the only other gospel to use the word “monogenes,” only he never uses it in reference to Christ. Those times, it is simply translated “only”, as in “only child”. See Luke 7:12, 8:42; 9:38.)
When John uses this word, he never uses it with the phrase “in the flesh,” so that it comes across as “Only Begotten in the flesh.” NEVER. This was added later by LDS leaders. It’s odd that the LDS church would say that we need to take the word “begotten” literally and not add anything to it, when they themselves have done the same thing by adding “in the flesh.” God only “begat” ONE Son—on earth or anywhere else—and that was Jesus Christ. To add the words “in the flesh” is to add to Scripture, and read in something that is not there. When John says that Jesus was the “only Begotten” of the Father, he means that Jesus is God’s only child (son or daughter, “monogenes” does not differentiate between the two). There is no one else who has ever been begotten by God.
Jesus was the Son of God, and yes He was indeed begotten by God. Since we Christians view the Holy Spirit as being God, and since the Holy Spirit is God, then yes, Jesus was begotten by God. God the Holy Spirit, that is (See Matthew 1:18-20).
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