Matthew Stuckey here and I just want to give you another video on Mormonism and
what I want to talk about in this video is the difference in salvation with the
Bible versus the Book of Mormon and Ephesians 2 verses 8 and 9 the Bible
reads for by grace are you saved through faith and that not of
yourselves
it is the gift of God not of works lest any man should boast
so the Bible says that we were saved by grace through faith it's the gift of
God
it's not something you have to work for it's not of works lest any man should
boast
we would be able to boast in heaven if our works got us to heaven
so when it comes to salvation this is not something we have to work for
it's a free gift paid for by Jesus Christ now when you talk to Mormons
they will say that we're saved by grace
now that is true that we're saved by grace and oftentimes they'll say you
know we're saved by grace and unfortunately even sometimes Baptist can
be confused and think that
hey maybe this Mormon is actually saved maybe he you know does believe on Jesus
Christ and so they have the phrase memorized that we're saved by grace but
they believe something completely different about it
you say well how do they get Ephesians 2 8 9 confused when it makes
it very clear that being saved by grace means it's not of works
well it's actually because of the Book of Mormon and see in the Book of
Mormon what it says in 2nd Nephi 25 verse 23 is this for we labor
diligently to write to persuade our children and also our brethren to
believe in Christ and to be reconciled to God for we know that it is by grace
that we are saved after all we can do so in 2nd Nephi 25 verse 23 what
the Book of Mormon does is redefine what grace is to basically teach that
we do as much good as we can and God's grace is going to cover the rest so
basically according to them grace and works are mixed together the grace is
God's part the works are our part and you know what if both those things
happen then we're gonna be saved but you know the Bible is very clear in
Romans 11 verse 6 that you cannot mix grace and works at all there's no
mixing it and so Ephesians 2 8 9 is also very clear that when we're
saved by grace it means it's not of works so you might hear Mormon say
that we're saved by grace and agree to that but they are not saved they
believe in a work salvation they don't understand what grace is they have
the wrong belief on salvation so do not be deceived by that 2nd Nephi 25
verse 23 is the verse they're using in the Book of Mormon to overhaul what
the Bible says about grace being a free gift and not being of works what
it says in the Book of Mormon is grace that we are saved comma after all we
can do and what is that it's a work salvation so what is the Bible teach
salvation is a free gift what is the Book of Mormon teach salvation is by
works anyways thank you and God bless