A different Jesus

They say

2 Corinthians 11:4 — you preach another Jesus.

Paul’s ‘another Jesus’ was a rival gospel in Corinth that emptied the cross — not a later vote at Nicea. The Jesus of John 1 and Luke 24 is the Word made flesh, crucified, risen with flesh and bones. That is who we worship. The creeds add a metaphysical essence the Gospels never lecture.

• John 1:1, 14

  KJV · In the beginning was the Word… and the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.

  NRSVUE · In the beginning was the Word… And the Word became flesh and lived among us.

• Luke 24:39

  KJV · Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

  NRSVUE · Touch me and see, for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.

• FAIR

  Do Latter-day Saints worship a different Jesus?

• Gal1:8 library

  Another Jesus?

They say

Your Jesus is a New-World invention.

3 Nephi 11 is the Gospels again: wounds, bread and wine, the same Lord. He says He is the God of Israel, slain for the sins of the world. If this is another Jesus, He copied Himself.

• 3 Nephi 11:14

  Thrust your hands into my side, and also… feel the prints of the nails… that ye may know that I am the God of Israel, and the God of the whole earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world.

• Preach My Gospel

  Lesson 1 — The Restoration

• Gal1:8 library

  Jehovah is Jesus

They say

Joseph invented a lesser, created Christ.

D&C 110: Joseph and Oliver see Jehovah — ‘I am the first and the last… I am he who was slain.’ That is Revelation’s language, not a second-rate Jesus. We deny the creeds. We do not deny the Gospels.

• Doctrine and Covenants 110:2–4

  We saw the Lord standing upon the breastwork of the pulpit… his voice was as the sound of the rushing of great waters, even the voice of Jehovah, saying: I am the first and the last; I am he who liveth, I am he who was slain.

• Gospel Topics

  Godhead

  “The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are three distinct beings who are one in purpose.”

• Gal1:8 library

  We deny Jesus is God?

They say

Every orthodox church agrees you have a different Jesus.

FAIR’s line is the usable one: different metaphysics, same wounds. The Church’s ‘Are Mormons Christian?’ essay names Jesus as Son of God and Savior. Hand them that. Then read Luke 24 out loud.

• FAIR

  Do Latter-day Saints worship a different Jesus?

• Gospel Topics Essays

  Are Mormons Christian?

  “Latter-day Saints are Christians by the New Testament’s own tests: we worship Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Savior of the world.”