THE CURRENT TEACHING OF THE MORMON CHURCH:

Baptism Into the "True Church"

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT BORN-AGAIN

1. THE NEW BIRTH MEANS REGENERATION, WITH ALL BELIEVERS BEING EQUALLY RENEWED. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BELONGING TO A CHURCH OR BAPTISM.

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible	1Pe 1:23
Be a new creation	2Cr 5:17
Ye must be born again	Jhn 3:7
Except ye be born again, cannot see kingdom	Jhn 3:3
All believers are united under one fold, one shepherd.	Jhn 10:15, 16

2. THE NEW BIRTH IS NECESSARY BECAUSE OF:

All have sinned	Rom 3:23
Wages of sin, death; gift of God, eternal life,	Rom 6:23
Man’s inability to renew himself in his present state	Jhn 3:3, 5
Man’s human flesh alone cannot accommodate eternal life	Jhn 3:6
Man is under a curse and will die	Eph 2:1
Deeds for the law, no man justified	Rom 3:20
Offend one point of the law, guilty of all	Jam 2:10

3. THE NEW BIRTH IS INTRODUCED TO MAN BY:

The Holy Spirit	Jhn 3:5, 8
The Word of God.	Jam 1:18; 1Pe 1:23
Man’s Obedience	Rom 6:17, 18

4. THE STEPS TO RECEIVING THE NEW BIRTH:

We acknowledge that NO ONE is good enough to receive	Rom 3:10
We admit that sin brings death to any man	Rom 6:23
We confess that we, too, have sinned	Rom 3:23
We declare that Christ died for our sins	Rom 5:8
We recognize Jesus as Lord and put our trust in Him	Rom 10:9-10
Call on the Lord in prayer	Rom 10:13
We accept the gift of eternal life	1Jo 5:11-13; Jhn 5:24
We seek to discover and live out God’s plan for our life.	Jhn 10:10; 2Cr 5:17; 1Th 5:18

5. WE MUST CONFESS JESUS AS LORD:

Confess Jesus before men	Mat 10:32, 33
Confess with thy mouth, believe in thy heart	Rom 10:9, 10