Mormon Prophet Says the Christian God is the Devil!

The quotation from the Mormon false prophet Brigham Young is taken from: Testimony of the Spirit—Revelation Given According to Requirements- Spiritual Warfare and Conquest, Etc.

The subheading reads: Observations by President Brigham Young, Delivered in the Bowery, Wednesday Afternoon, October 7, 1857.

Young was speaking of the persecution which they were facing from Government officials because of their heinous and wicked doctrines, which directly contradicted historic Christian beliefs about the Godhead, Scripture, salvation, etc. Young mentioned what a fellow Mormon said in respect to the belief of Methodists and all other Trinitarian groups that God by his very nature is bodiless. The words which he uttered will utterly shock and offend true Christians all of various denominations.     

Here is the relevant section from Young’s statements. All emphasis will be mine:

The time has arrived when we have either to be trodden under foot by our enemies and die, or to defend ourselves and our rights; and which will it be? Every man and woman feel their hearts fail them when they think of submitting to the oppression and unlawful abominations practiced by our enemies, and sought by them to be introduced into our society; and we will not submit to such wicked and unlawful treatment, whether it comes from United States or united hell, for the terms are synonymous as the Government is now conducted. I tell you and I tell our enemies that we are here, and we intend to stay here. [The congregation responded, “Amen.”] They have a job on hand, if they persist in their efforts to deprive American citizens of their rights. I told Captain Van Vliet that I did not care how many troops they sent. “Why,” said he, “The United States, with an overflowing treasury, can send out ten, twenty, or fifty thousand troops.” I replied, “I do not care anything about that.” The Captain then asked whether I had counted the cost; and I said, “Yes, for this people. I have; but I cannot estimate it for the United States; for if they actually persist in their present tyrannical course, before they get through they will want to let the job to subcontractors.” They do not know the Captain of the armies of Israel; and although they profess to believe in him, they do not realize that he is about to hold a controversy with them for their iniquity.

Their belief reminds me what brother Joseph B. Nobles once told a Methodist priest, after hearing him describe his god, that the god they worshipped was the “Mormons’” Devil—a being without a body, whereas our God has a body, parts, and passions. The Devil was cursed and sent down from heaven. He has no body of his own; therefore he is constantly endeavoring to obtain possession of the tabernacles belonging to others. Some have grumbled because I believe our God to be so near to us as Father Adam. There are many who know that doctrine to be true. Where was Michael in the creation of this earth? Did he have a mission to the earth? He did. Where was he? In the Grand Council, and performed the mission assigned him there. Now, if it should happen that we have to pay tribute to Father Adam, what a humiliating circumstance it would be! Just wait till you pass Joseph Smith; and after Joseph lets you pass him, you will find Peter; and after you pass the Apostles and many of the Prophets, you will find Abraham, and he will say, “I have the keys, and except you do thus and so, you cannot pass;” and after a while you come to Jesus; and when you at length meet Father Adam, how strange it will appear to your present notions. If we can pass Joseph and have him say, “Here; you have been faithful, good boys; I hold the keys of this dispensation; I will let you pass;” then we shall be very glad to see the white locks of Father Adam. But those are ideas which do not concern us at present, although it is written in the Bible—“This is eternal life, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.”

It is clear from such words that the Mormon god is not the same God worshiped by Christ’s true Church throughout the ages. It is actually the Mormon deity who is the Devil himself that came to Smith to inspire him to deceive and lead millions away from the true Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Further Reading

Adam: The God & Father of Brigham Young