Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New
York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
The Torrey Collection - Chapter 13
XIII. THE BEST TEXTS FOR MORMONS
1. One God, transcendent to man
ISA 42:8 I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to
another or my praise to idols.
ISA 44:6-8 "This is what the LORD says--Israel's King and Redeemer,
the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me
there is no God. Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him
declare and lay out before me what has happened since I established my
ancient people, and what is yet to come--yes, let him foretell what
will come. Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this
and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God
besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one."
HOS 11:9 I am God, and not man--the Holy One among you.
2. Christ the only Savior
ACT 4:10-12 It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you
crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands
before you healed. . .Salvation is found in no one else, for there is
no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
JOH 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever
rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."
GAL 1:3-4 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the
present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
3. The sinfulness of man
ECC 7:20 There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right
and never sins.
ROM 3:22-24 This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus
Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned
and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his
grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
ROM 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and
death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all
sinned.
ROM 3:10-12 There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one
who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have
together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.
4. Salvation by faith, not works
ROM 1:17 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a
righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is
written: "The righteous will live by faith."
GAL 3:10-11 All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for
it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do
everything written in the Book of the Law." Clearly no one is justified
before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith."
TIT 3:4-5 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,
he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because
of his mercy.
EPH 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and
this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that
no one can boast.
JOH 6:28-29 Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God
requires?" Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the
one he has sent."
5. Priesthood of believers and high priesthood of Christ
1PE 2:4-5 As you come to him, the living Stone--rejected by men but
chosen by God and precious to him--you also, like living stones, are
being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering
spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
HEB 7:17-22, 25 For it is declared: "You are a priest forever, in the
order of Melchizedek." The former regulation is set aside because it
was weak and useless (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better
hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God. And it was not
without an oath! Others became priests without any oath, but he became
a priest with an oath when God said to him: "The Lord has sworn and
will not change his mind: 'You are a priest forever.'" Because of this
oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through
him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
1TI 2:3-6 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men
to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one
God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who
gave himself as a ransom for all men--the testimony given in its proper
time.
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