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2. History of Mormonism - Paul M. Williams

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Release Date: 09/27/2025

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Colossians 1:15-19 A series of expository sermons, walking through the Book of Colossians.  Preached in the Sanctuary of Bethesda Shalom, England, Sunday 4th December, 2026. 

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James 1:14 Preached in the Sanctuary of Bethesda Shalom, England, New Year’s Eve, Wednesday 31st December, 2025. 

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Colossians 1:14 A series of expository sermons, walking through the Book of Colossians.  Preached in the Sanctuary of Bethesda Shalom, England, Sunday 28th December, 2025.

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Colossians 1:12-13 A series of expository sermons, walking through the Book of Colossians.  Preached in the Sanctuary of Bethesda Shalom, England, Sunday 21st December, 2025. 

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Colossians 1:7-12 A series of expository sermons, walking through the Book of Colossians.  Preached in the Sanctuary of Bethesda Shalom, England, Sunday 14th December, 2025. 

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Colossians 1:1-6 A series of expository sermons, walking through the Book of Colossians.  Preached in the Sanctuary of Bethesda Shalom, England, Sunday 7th December, 2025.

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Part 8 Whenever one asks a member of a cult whether they have absolute and full assurance of salvation, ninety-nine times out of a hundred, one will be met first with a stutter followed by the answer, “I hope so!”  The reason for this is that cults cannot offer their members assurance of salvation, because salvation depends on remaining a member, since there is no salvation outside that particular group.  This is true of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Roman Catholics, including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.   The topic of focus in this final teaching part is...

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1 Jn. 1:1-4 Preached in the Sanctuary of Bethesda Shalom, England, Sunday 24th November, 2025. 

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Part 7 When one is dealing with a cult, there are always two main areas where the scope of the target is aimed.  Attacking either one of these is enough to designate a group a cult, but more commonly, one will find that the cults delight in destroying both.  What are these two areas of repeated attack?  The person of Jesus Christ and the doctrine of justification by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.  No cult will ever discard the name of Jesus, as the devil seeks through subtilty to catch the unsuspected soul off guard.  Muslims have a Jesus,...

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1 Jn. 1:1-4 Preached in the Sanctuary of Bethesda Shalom, England, Sunday 16th November, 2025.  Download the audio for this sermon (mp3) https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bethesdashalom/1_John_Pt1.mp3 Visit us here and subscribe to the latest ministry updates: http://www.bethesdashalom.org

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Like every movement, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has had a beginning, a period of development, and a time of stability.  The LDS Church has typically been separated into three distinctive periods.

1.    “Early History” under the leadership of Joseph Smith, Jr. 
2.    “Pioneering era” under the leadership of Brigham Young.
3.    “Modern Era” beginning around the turn of the 20th century

The purpose of this second teaching part is to explore this history.  To understand the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today, one must first understand the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as it began and developed.  The Church makes great claims for itself and prides itself on outlandish doctrines which run counter to the Word of God.  It had a founding prophet who claimed to be visited by God the Father and  Jesus Christ His Son, along with a whole host of biblical characters who have long departed from this world – John the Baptist, Peter, James and John.  It claims to have restored the fullness of the lost Gospel, even though it was never lost.  It has three additional books of authority besides the King James Bible  -- The Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price.  This is more sources of extra-biblical revelation than any other cult.  Such claims call for a thorough examination, and what better way to begin to do this than to start at the beginning.  

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