Is the Book of Mormon considered to be another Gospel? (LDS perspective)
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No, according to the subtitle to The Book of Mormon, it is "Another Testament of Jesus Christ", not another gospel.
Quoting from the title page of The Book of Mormon (emphasis mine):
Which is to show unto the remnant of the house of Israel what great things the Lord hath done for their fathers; and that they may know the covenants of the Lord, that they are not cast off forever—And also to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations
From the Introduction:
It is a record of God’s dealings with ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains the fulness of the everlasting gospel.
It contains the fulness of the everlasting gospel, not a new gospel. Continued (emphasis mine):
The record is now published in many languages as a new and additional witness that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God and that all who will come unto Him and obey the laws and ordinances of His gospel may be saved.
One of the commenters asked what "Testament" means. From this, we see it means a witness, like a testimony.
When the record describes Christ visiting the Americas, He teaches basically the same Sermon on the Mount that He taught by the Sea of Galilee. And Jesus speaks of the people back in Jerusalem and why He came here to teach them the same gospel in the Americas, too.
It very much is the same gospel. Missionaries of the LDS Church preach by the Bible and Book of Mormon because the Book of Mormon does not replace the Bible; rather, they testify of each other and of the same Lord Jesus Christ.
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Proverbs 30:6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
The Bible is totally sufficient for all righteousness, wisdom, and truth (II Tim 3:16-17; II Pet 1:19-21). There is no need for further revelation, human rationalization, or religious tradition (I Tim 6:3-5,20-21).
Adding your thoughts to His inspired words is only arrogance and folly (Deut 4:2; 12:32; Matt 28:20). Since He has magnified His word above all His name, He will not take any profane additions lightly (Ps 138:2). He will judge men severely for adding their lying thoughts to His pure words (Pr 30:5; Re 22:18).
There are no better ideas. Reject the thought! All thoughts of man are vain (I Cor 1:19-20; 3:19-20). All of them! Thoughts of modern man are even more foolish and profitless. God has spoken, and that settles every issue, controversy, and question (Ps 119:128; Is 30:8). Let God be true, but every man a liar (Rom 3:4). Progress in science or other fields of learning is the prosperity of fools (Pr 1:32; Deut 32:15; Ps 69:22; 92:7; I Tim 6:20-21). It is God’s blinding judgment on men as they sink deeper into a moral cesspool of ignorance and depravity.
But Bible corrupters have been around for a long time (II Cor 2:17). They have added to and taken away from the Scriptures from the beginning, when Satan began his conquest of the human family by altering the words of God to Eve (Gen 3:1-6). And they are worse today than ever, as Paul warned Timothy (I Tim 4:1-3; II Tim 3:13). Through extended education and the information explosion, human learning is expanding geometrically, but without God’s truth (II Tim 3:6-7).
Consider a few additions that God has and will reprove as lies. The Mother Church adds the confused and contradictory opinions of the so-called church fathers. The Seventh Day Adventists add the visions of Ellen Harmon. The Mormons add the plagiarized fantasies of Joseph Smith - adding their own books, the Book of Mormon (Another Testament), Pearl of Great Price, Doctrines & Covenants to the King James Version. Which book are YOU going to believe for salvation?
Joseph Smith received from God first through an angel, then a book inscribed on golden plates.
Gal 1 6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we (even PAUL), or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed Mormon, what part of this don’t you understand? Did the lightbulb go off?
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No. Not how most would define it. The Mormon church publicly states the book is "Another Testament of Jesus Christ." Or sometimes referred to as another witness of Jesus Christ. It is written by men of God, prophets, just like the Bible.
The Bible says "In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established" 2 Corinthians 13:1.
It is so strange to think that God speaks to many people. Many prophets. And those prophets may record the words of the Lord as well.
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Your interpretation of Paul's warning is anachronistic. At Paul's time there was no Bible, he wasn't referring to the four gospels according to Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John. He was referring to the "good news" that the saviour had come, and that through him we could be redeemed from sin. The Book of Mormon is not a different gospel. It is the same gospel (the same good news) that Paul and all the other apostles taught–that Christ is our Saviour, and by following him we can receive salvation from our sins.
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