Comer then expresses a defense of the LDS faith to show the church/members are not the antichrist. Comer points out actions that LDS do to show they are Christians. He states in another paragraph what Jesus did, i.e. He lived, died, was resurrected and only through Him can we receive eternal life.

Here is where a problem arises. People can say what Jesus did. People can say what Jesus and His disciples said to do and do those things. Do these comments and actions make them believers, make them Christians? No. Jesus gave us the key.

When speaking to Nicodemus, Jesus said “one must be born again.” Why did He say this? Men and women are spirits, they have a soul and live in a body. Ephesians 2 says we are either (1) dead in our sins or (2) alive unto God. One must have a spiritual birth to have eternal life, i.e. to become alive unto God. Without this new birth, one’s spirit is “not alive unto God.”

Two verses from Romans 5 affirm the above. Verses 18-19 read: “Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the FREE GIFT came upon all men for unto justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be MADE righteous.”

Spencer Kimball expressed a couple thoughts. First, “one is saved by Jesus AFTER all s/he can do. And true repentance requires keeping the commandments.” These statements are incorrect based upon the above verses as well as Hebrews 7:19 “for the law made nothing perfect…”

I have asked hundreds of LDS “if you died tonight, would you be in heaven/third heaven?” More than 95% could not say with surety s/he would, probably thinking s/he had not done enough.

This is a sad and potentially terrifying thought. Born again believers rejoice and take comfort with certainty in “absent from the body, present with the Lord (II Cor. 5:6-8.)”

The attacker did and said horrible things. LDS are not antichrists. Like all, LDS must be born again to receive and have eternal life. They can then say with certainty “I would be in heaven when I pass away.”

Gary Griffenhagen

South Ogden