I recently posted an article on my blog with some scriptures that I believe point to the LDS belief that we can become a 'god.' It is the first of a series of articles I'm planning.
One of the comments left on the article was a list of scriptures. This is what was left:
I didn't approve it as a comment because it broke a couple of the comment "rules" I have for the blog, but I'm planning on doing a follow-up post with these scriptures. I think the point of the post (there was no additional analysis given) is that these scriptures discredit the LDS belief that we can become like God.
So, what do you think? Do any of these scriptures make the LDS belief that we can become like God null and void?
One of the comments left on the article was a list of scriptures. This is what was left:
Deuteronomy 4:35 (KJV) Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
Deuteronomy 4:39 (KJV) Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
Deuteronomy 32:39 (KJV) See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
2 Samuel 7:22 (KJV) Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
2 Samuel 22:32 (KJV) For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
1 Chronicles 17:20 (KJV) O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
Isaiah 40:25 (KJV) To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Isaiah 43:10 (KJV) Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Isaiah 45:5-6 (KJV) 5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Isaiah 45:21-22 (KJV) 21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Isaiah 46:9 (KJV) Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
John 17:3 (KJV) And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Romans 3:30 (KJV) Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
1 Thessalonians 1:9 (KJV) For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
I didn't approve it as a comment because it broke a couple of the comment "rules" I have for the blog, but I'm planning on doing a follow-up post with these scriptures. I think the point of the post (there was no additional analysis given) is that these scriptures discredit the LDS belief that we can become like God.
So, what do you think? Do any of these scriptures make the LDS belief that we can become like God null and void?