CURRENT TEACHING OF THE MORMON CHURCH:
The fall brought mortality and physical death, not a sinful nature. L.D.S. believes Adam was given two conflicting commands and was supposed to fall.
"According to the foreordained plan, Adam was to fall;...Adam was to introduce mortality and all that attends it, so that the opportunity for eternal progression and perfection might be offered to all the spirit children of the Father. Mormon Doctrine, Bruce R. McConkie, Pg.268
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THE FALL
1. MANS SINFUL STATE ENTERED BY:
| Adams sin: | Gen 3:1-3 |
| Makes occasion for all to die. | Rom 5:12 |
| Brings physical death | Gen 2:16, 17; Rom 5:12-14 |
| Makes spiritually dead | Eph 2:1 |
| Deadens the will | Jhn 5:20 |
2. ADAM WAS NOT TEMPTED BY GOD FOR GOD TEMPTS NO ONE:
| Let no man say he is tempted by God. | Jam 1:13, 14 |
| All have sinned. | Rom 3:23 |
3. CHRIST IS THE ONLY REDEMPTION FOR MAN.
| God’s love promised. | Jhn 3:16 |
| Provides salvation for. | Tts 2:11 |
| Accomplished, by Christ’s death. | 1Pe 1:18-21 |
4. FINAL STATE OF MAN:
| Divides men into two groups. | Luk 16:19-31 |
| Continues eternally | Mat 25:46 |
| Cannot be changed. | Luk 16:26 |
| Determined by faith or by unbelief. | Jhn 3:36; 2Th 1:6-10 |
Cite This Page:
Grieshaber, Erich, and Jean Grieshaber. "Fall," Redi-Answers on Mormon Doctrine. Blue Letter Bible. 1 Jul 2002. .
<http://blueletterbible.org/study/cults/ramd/ramd09.html>.
