Christians agree with Moroni 8:18, why don’t Mormons?

Why doesn’t Mormonism agree with the Book of Mormon? Today is August 18th, 8/18, and many Christians who interact with Latter-day Saints refer to this as Moroni 8:18 day.

Moroni is the last book in the book of Mormon, so why would a Christian dwell on a verse from a book they don’t think is Scripture? Because of what that verse teaches. Moroni 8:18 says, 

“For I know that God is not a partial God, neither a changeable being; but he is unchangeable from all eternity to all eternity.”

Now, take a look at what Joseph Smith taught in his King Follett Sermon:

“We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea and take away the veil, so that you may see.

He goes on to say,

“…he was once a man like us”

 Joseph Smith taught a doctrine that disagrees with Moroni 8 and a whole host of other LDS Scriptures:

“the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to all eternity…” (Mosiah 3:5)

“From eternity to eternity he is the same, and his years never fail…” (D&C 76:4)

“…there is a God in heaven, who is infinite and eternal, from everlasting to everlasting the same unchangeable God…” (D&C 20:17)

These teach essentially what the Bible teaches, that God does not change, that he’s NEVER changed, and that he’s NOT a man. Consider what the Bible says:

“For I, the Lord, do NOT change” (Malachi 3:6)

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind (Numbers 23:19)

“Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” (Psalm 90:2).

Many Latter-day Saints tend to agree with Joseph Smith—that God was once a man like us, and that he’s progressed to be the way he is…But why don’t Latter-day Saints agree with their own Scriptures?

Christians agree with Moroni 8:18 more than Latter-day Saints do, because that verse paraphrases Biblical truths: God has never changed.

 “Holy holy Holy is the Lord God Almighty, who WAS and who IS, and who IS to come.” (Revelation 4:8)

The Bible teaches that having eternal life means that we know God…and so understanding who God is remains a crucial issue. Here’s the question: who has GOD revealed Himself to be?

In the end, Christians agree with Moroni 8:18, and we want you to agree with it too.