What is the problem with Glenn Beck??

Ed Decker The Decker Report www.deckerreport.com I have almost [not quite] reached the point of pulling out what remaining hair I have left over this issue. Glenn Beck made what would seem to be a solid Christian confession of faith/ salvation on his TV program and many emails came my way praising his stand for Christ. Apparently, his confession was openly received by some key Christian leaders, like Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Conventions Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and more recently by James Robison who, while on Becks program, stated that while they had a few minor issues, they were on the same team. I wanted to shout, What team are you on, James? However wonderful were the words that Glenn Beck spoke, there is a major problem. If Beck were truly saved he would have to renounce the false doctrines of demons that rule the LDS church and its people. One of the problems we face in understanding what Glenn said and what his words meant is that in Mormon-speak the words mean entirely different things to the Mormon and the biblical Christian. Let me list just 3 here for you. To the Mormon, God is an exalted man from another planet who is now the god of this world only and has a god above him who has a god above him who hasbut understand that to the Christian, God is the creator of all, the heavens and the universes. He said there were no gods before Him, beside Him or after Him. I think He should know. Same word, totally different meanings. To the Christian, Jesus is the Word made Flesh, the savior from before time began, conceived by the Holy Ghost. To the Mormon, Jesus was born as a spirit being on a planet near the great star, Kolob, in an act of sex between their god and one of his many, polygamous goddesses. He was selected at a council of gods to be the savior of this world. He was chosen over his brother, Lucifer. The LDS god came down and had sex with his spirit daughter, Mary and begat him in the flesh. Same word, totally different meanings.

To the Christian, Salvation is a result of Christs sacrifice on the Cross on Calvary, where He paid the penalty for our sins once and for all. All we must do to receive it and eternal life is to accept it. To the Mormon, Salvation is two-fold, the first is only the General salvation, and it is the gift of physical resurrection for ALL mankind, given through Christs death at Calvary. The second is Personal salvation that comes in part, through Christs suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane, were LDS prophets say he sweat great drops of blood for our Sins, conditional on our obedience to all the laws and ordinances of the [LDS] gospel. Same word, totally different meanings. Becks Church claims that they have the only authority to act in the name of God on earth, all other churches are abominations in Gods eyes, all those who profess the doctrines of orthodox Christianity are corrupt, all their pastors are hirelings of Satan. I learned that personally, as a Mormon, in the most scared place of all Mormondom, the LDS Temple ritual. Is this the same team you are on, James Robison? Glenn Beck can tear up and rub his eyes all he wants, but if he is really saved he needs to drop the double-talk and leave the LDS church. If he wont declare himself, he is a cultist, playing mind-games that foolish people take for truth. At least take off the magic Mormon underwear, Beck! I personally think it is all a plan to Christianize Mormonism for the masses so that Mitt Romney will have a shot at getting the evangelical vote he lost last election. Fools like James Robison and Richard Land are playing the devils fiddle. Well, I guess I can cool down a bit. This was an email conversation I had a few weeks ago after I did a Facebook post on the subject: Glenn Beck: Christian or not? I received this email: The writer copied me on a response he sent to a friend regarding the Beck is Christian program. You asked what I thought about Glenn Becks July 13, 2010 Gospel presentation on his Fox News program. Below is a paragraph I lifted from Becks presentation. Beck is correct. I do not consider Mormons to be a Christian denomination. The Mormon Church has been trying to be recognized as a Christian denomination for years and Glenn Beck is exactly what the Mormon Church has been looking for to validate their claim. The Jesus of the Mormon Church is not the same Jesus that you and I worship. Only after Beck announces that he is leaving the Mormon Church will I believe he is a Christian in a Biblical sense. The Devil comes in many disguise. I have a copy of the Book of Mormon if you would like to read it.

________________________________________ Now, I know people will say, Oh, Glenn Beck is a Mormon! Hes not even a real Christian. Beck: OK, fine. You can believe what you want. I am a man that needed atonement more than most people. But I know the game, so I called Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Conventions Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. I wanted to make sure that mainline Christianity has the same definition of individual salvation that I have. He agreed that salvation is an individual relationship between a person and God through Jesus sacrifice on the cross. Jesus said, I am the way, and the truth and the light. I cant be saved for someone else and they cant be saved by me. When Jesus died on the cross he died for everyone that ever lived, but individually. It was one act for the entire collection it was for each person individually. Ed: My Response You are so right.. I have been getting emails of Beck being a real Christian all morning His use of the word, Atonement is a small clue that Beck is a real Mormon, albeit, not a theological giant. Salvation in Mormonism is totally different than that of biblical Christianity. Problem here is this: to take Beck at his word here, Beck = Christian, Beck = Mormon, Mormon = Christian Romney = Mormon Romney Christian The non-aware Christian, those who love Becks strong conservative viewpoints, will make that connection and the Mormons win a victory Beck also said that Another perversion is the concept of collective salvation Yet, Core LDS doctrine of salvation teaches that there are two salvations, the first is the result of Christs death on the cross, one that provides the general Salvation. This is resurrection from the dead for all mankind. Their personal salvation comes from their works that will be judged at the judgment table where their works and their transgressions are weighed and the result is the determination of to which of the three kingdoms they go.

I pray that his statements will cause enough conflict with his Mormon leaders that he will be corrected enough that his brain will get in low gear and he will leave the church for the real Jesus. The real salvation. Ed Decker Read The Mormon Plan for America and the Rise of Mitt Romney The entire Chapter from my book, My Kingdom Come