(Chart 38)

PRE-MORTAL EXISTENCE?

• LDS:  ALL HUMAN BEINGS WERE PRE-MORTAL, SPIRIT CHILDREN OF GOD (Doctrine & Covenants 93:29)

  • God is an exalted man

  • Matter is self-existent and eternal

• BIBLE:  MAN DID NOT EXIST BEFORE CREATION (Genesis 1:26-27; 2:7)

  • Christ's work in creation and incarnation - Colossians 1:16; John 1:3, 10-18

• BIBLE PASSAGES USED BY LDS:

  • Numbers 16:22 (27:16) - God rules our spirits

  • Job 38:7 - Creator of heavenly beings

  • Jeremiah 1:4-5 - Foreknowledge / appointment only

  • John 9:1-2 - No endorsement of pre-mortal sin

  • Ephesians 3:14-15 - All come from God -- Creator

Pre-mortal Existence is a False Doctrine!