Jesus Christus/Bruder Satans

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Kritik

Kritiker behaupten, dass die HLT Jesus und Satan als "Brüder" betrachten und dadurch den Status Christi erniedrigen und Satan erhöhen würden. Manche gehen so weit zu sagen, dass die HLT "in WIrklichkeit" Satan anbeten oder verehren, und sie deshalb keine wirklichen Christen wären.

Quelle(n) der Kritik

• www.allaboutcults.org- "Die HLT-Kirche sieht Jesus und Satan als spirituelle Brüder und Söhne Gottes... Die christliche Kirche lehrt, Jesus Christus hat schon ewig existiert als Sohn Gottes, der zweiten 'Person' der Dreifaltigkeit."
• Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," [50 Fragen an Mormonen]towertotruth.net (aufgerufen am 15. November 2007).

Erwiderung

Die HLT-Theologie schließt sich dem traditionellen Trinitarismus der Glaubensbekenntnisse nicht an. Das heißt, die HLT glauben nicht an die im Glaubensbekenntnis von Nicäa ausgedrückten außerbiblischen Lehren rund um die Vorstellung vieler Christen bezüglich Gott. Besonders lehnen die HLT die Vorstellung ab, dass Gott der Vater, Jesus Christus und der Heilige Geist drei verschiedene Erscheinungen ein und desselben Wesens sind.

Statt dessen sagt die Lehre der HLT, dass Gott der Vater persönlich und numerisch verschieden von Jesus Christus ist, Sein einzig gezeugter Sohn. Der Vater wird als der buchstäbliche Vater seiner geistigen Kinder verstanden.

HLT glauben, dass die Rolle Jesu Christi im Mittelpunkt des Plans unseres Himmlischen Vaters steht. HLT glauiben, dass die Rolle Chrisit für den Plan unseres Himmlischen Vaters von zentraler Bedeutung ist. In mehrfacher Hinsicht ist Christus einzigartig und unterscheidet sich von allen anderen geistkindern Gottes:

• Jesus war und ist vollkommen
• Jesus ist Gott; die anderen geistigen Kinder des Vaters jedoch nicht (siehe Johannes 1:1-2, Hebr 1:6, 1 Nephi 11:16–26, LuB 76:13).
• Jesus ist der Schöpfer (Siehe Joh 1:3, Hebr 1:1 - 6, Mosiah 3:3, Helaman 14:12, Moses 2:1).
• Jesus gehorchte dem Vater in allen Dingen (Siehe 3 Nephi 11:11).
• Jesus war erwählt und vorherordiniert als Erlöser (Siehe Jesaiah 43:11, Mosiah 13:28:34, 3 Nephi 9:15, Moses 4:2).
• Jesus ist der Vermittler zwischen Gott und der Menschheit (Siehe Joh 14:6, 1 Timotheus 2:5, Hebr 8:5, 2 Nephi 2:28, LuB 76:69).
• Jesus war "der Einzig Gezeugte" -- Er, von allen Kindern Gottes hatte physisches Erbgut von Gott, dem Vater, in Seinem Körper. Alle anderen Sterblichen haben zwei sterbliche Eltern, doch Satan und seine Nachfolger bekommen überhaupt niemals physische Körper. (Siehe Joh 1:14, Joh 3:16, Joh 14:3, Jacob 4:11, Alma 12:33-34).

Gott der Vater hat auch viele andere geistige Kinder, die in Seinem Bild und dem dem seines Einziggezeugten geschaffen wurden. Zu diesen Kindern gehören auch alle auf Erden geborenen Kinder. Einige von Gottes Kindern rebellierten gegen Ihn und waren gegen die Wahl von Jesus als Erlöser. (Siehe LuB 76:25-27). Der Führer dieser Kinder war Luzifer. Jene geistigen Kinder Gottes, die Satan in seine Rebellion gegen Christus folgten, werden manchmal als "Dämonen" oder "Teufel" bezeichnet. (Siehe Moses 4:1-4, Abraham 3:24-28).

Auf diese Weise, ist es fachlich richtig zu sagen, dass Jesus und Satan "Brüder" sind, nämlich in dem Sinne, dass beide den gleichen geistigen Elternteil haben, Gott den Vater.

Jedoch liefern Kritiker nicht den Kontext zu dieser Lehre. Kain und Abel waren auch Brüder, und dennoch glaubt kein Bibel-Leser, dass sie geistig gleichwertig oder gleichermaßen zu bewundern wären.

 ^{[Bearbeitung nötig]} Schließlch wo all dies wahr ist, dass Sterbliche Finally, while it is true that all mortals share a spiritual parent with Jesus (and Satan, and every other spiritual child of God), we now have a different, more important relationship with Jesus. All of God's children, save Jesus, have sinned and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). In sinning, they abandon and betray their divine heritage and inheritance. Only through Jesus can any mortal return home to God the Father. This return becomes possible when a sinner is born again, and adopted by Christ, who becomes the spiritual father to those whom He redeems. (See Romans 8:14–39.)

Cautionary Note to Members

Elder M. Russell Ballard cautioned members of the Church:

We occasionally hear some members refer to Jesus as our Elder Brother, which is a true concept based on our understanding of the premortal life with our Father in Heaven. But like many points of gospel doctrine, that simple truth doesn't go far enough in terms of describing the Savior's role in our present lives and His great position as a member of the Godhead. Thus, some non-LDS Christians are uncomfortable with what they perceive as a secondary role for Christ in our theology. They feel that we view Jesus as a spiritual peer. They believe that we view Christ as an implementor for God, if you will, but that we don't view Him as God to us and to all mankind, which, of course, is counter to biblical testimony about Christ's divinity…

Now we can understand why some Latter-day Saints have tended to focus on Christ's Sonship as opposed to His Godhood. As members of earthly families, we can relate to Him as a child, as a Son, and as a Brother because we know how that feels. We can personalize that relationship because we ourselves are children, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters. For some it may be more difficult to relate to Him as a God. And so in an attempt to draw closer to Christ and to cultivate warm and personal feelings toward Him, some tend to humanize Him, sometimes at the expense of acknowledging His Divinity. So let us be very clear on this point: it is true that Jesus was our Elder Brother in the premortal life, but we believe that in this life it is crucial that we become "born again" as His sons and daughters in the gospel covenant.^[1]

Early Christian Evidence

The early pre-nicene Church father Lactantius wrote:

Since God was possessed of the greatest foresight for planning, and of the greatest skill for carrying out in action, before He commenced this business of the world,--inasmuch as there was in Him, and always is, the fountain of full and most complete goodness,--in order that goodness might spring as a stream from Him, and might flow forth afar, He produced a Spirit like to Himself, who might be endowed with the perfections of God the Father... Then He made another being, in whom the disposition of the divine origin did not remain. Therefore he was infected with his own envy as with poison, and passed from good to evil; and at his own will, which had been given to him by God unfettered, he acquired for himself a contrary name. From which it appears that the source of all evils is envy. For he envied his predecessor, who through his steadfastness is acceptable and dear to God the Father. This being, who from good became evil by his own act, is called by the Greeks diabolus: we call him accuser, because he reports to God the faults to which he himself entices us. God, therefore, when He began the fabric of the world, set over the whole work that first and greatest Son, and used Him at the same time as a counselor and artificer, in planning, arranging, and accomplishing, since He is complete both in knowledge, and judgment, and power... ^[2]

Many things he here taught are not considered "orthodox" by today's standards. However, Lactantius was definitely orthodox during his lifetime. Amazingly, many things here correspond to LDS doctrine precisely in those areas that are "unorthodox." For example,

1. "He produced a Spirit like to Himself," namely Christ. Christ, in this sense, is not the "co-equal," "eternally begotten," "same substance" "persona" of the later creeds.
2. "Then he made another being, in whom the disposition of the divine origin did not remain." God made another spirit who rebelled and who fell from his exalted status. He is the diabolus.
3. Christ is the "first and greatest Son." Not the "only" son.
4. Lastly, since the diabolus and Christ are both spirit sons of God, they are spirit brothers.

Conclusion

Jesus, Satan, and all humanity share God the Father as their spiritual sire. However, moral agency led Jesus to obey God the Father perfectly and share fully in the Father's divine nature and power. The same agency led Satan to renounce God, fight Jesus, and doom himself to eternal damnation. The remainder of God's children—all of us—have the choice to follow the route chosen by Satan, or the path to which Christ invites us and shows the way.

Divine parenthood gives all children of God potential; Christ maximized that potential, and Satan squandered it.

To choose the gospel of Jesus Christ and the grace that attends it will lead us home again. If we choose to follow Satan's example, and refuse to accept the gift of God's Only Begotten Son, our spiritual parentage cannot help us, just as it cannot help dignify or enoble Satan.

Endnotes

1. [back] www.allaboutcults.org "What do Mormons believe - Doctrinal Differences," (accessed 7 November 2007).
2. [back] M. Russell Ballard, "Building Bridges of Understanding," Ensign (June 1998): 62. Link
3. [back] Lactantius, Divine Institutes 2.9. in Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, eds. The Ante-Nicene Fathers, 10 vols. (1885; reprint, Peabody: Hendrickson, 2004), 1:52–53.

Further reading

FAIR web site

• Michael Reed, Lucifer, the Brother of Jesus?, FAIR Brochure.

External links

• Vorlage:1min
• Jess L. Christensen, "How can Jesus and Lucifer be spirit brothers when their characters and purposes are so utterly opposed?," Ensign (June 1986): 25–26. Link
• Wer ist Jesus Christus? Kirchenwebsite Link
• G. Todd Christopherson, „Ein Zeuge Christi werden” lds.org Link
• Gordon B. Hinckley, „An diese drei glaube ich,” Ensign (Juli 2006), 3 Link
• Der einzige wahre Gott und Jesus Christus, den er gesandt hat von Elder Jeffrey R. Holland lds.org Link
  • Videoreihe dazu Link
• Das Sühnopfer Jesu Christi - Jeffrey R. Holland lds.org Link
• Zeugnisse von Ihm lds.org Link
• Verschiedene Apostel, „Er lebt,” lds.org Link
• Die göttliche Natur Jesu Christi von Elder Orson F. Whitney lds.org Link
• Enzyklopädie des Mormonismus - Jesus Christus Namen und Titel Link
• Enzyklopädie des Mormonismus - das Kreuz Link

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