Dallas Jenkins, creator, director and co-writer of the Chosen recently said that Mormons and Christians love the same Jesus. You can listen to his own words.
“So I can honestly say, it’s been one of the top three most fascinating and beautiful things about this project – it’s been my growing brother and sisterhood with people of the LDS community that I never would’ve known otherwise and I learned so much about your faith tradition and realizing, gosh, for all the stuff that maybe we don’t see eye to eye on…that all happened, that’s all based on stuff that happened after Jesus was here. The stories of Jesus we do agree on, and we love the same Jesus. That’s not something you often hear…sometimes it’s like, oh they believe in a different Jesus than we do. No, it’s the same, I mean I’ll sink or swim on that statement. I know that’s controversial and I don’t mind getting criticized at all for the show, and I don’t mind being called a blasphemer, I don’t like it when my friends are. I made it very clear that if I go down, I’m going down protecting my friends and my brothers and sisters and so I don’t deny we have a lot of theological differences but we love the same Jesus.”
*I have reached out to Dallas directly prior to this blog and got a response back.*
Mormons and Christians for sure don’t love the same Jesus.
There is a ton I could say about the false gospel that is Mormonism, but I’ll just stick to Jesus.
Who Jesus is and what He did on the cross are my biggest concerns in Mormonism.
Mormons reject the idea of the Trinity.
Mormons believe that God had to become a god and grow into deity. They believe God had actual sex with Mary to conceive Jesus. Jesus also was able to become a god but so could you or I. Salvation is by faith and works in Mormonism.
If Jesus isn’t God, then that would negate His work on the cross and if His work on the cross is compromised then the gospel is compromised.
Muslims also believe a lot of true things about Jesus, like He was born of a virgin, could do miracles, will come again and was sinless but they, like Mormons, reject that Jesus was God. Muslims don’t believe He died on the cross. Again Jesus’ identity and work in question. Reminds me of satan tempting Jesus in the wilderness and saying “If you are the Son of God….” like satan could trip up Jesus on who He was.
I’m not getting it twisted. There is a lot of grey infiltrating Christianity. A lot of confusion. Grey isn’t the new black. I’ll stick to the simple, pure gospel. I won’t sacrifice Jesus’ identity on an altar of false unity. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not eva. I’ll keep sharing the gospel with Mormons. That’s being a true friend UNTIL they become our brothers and sisters in Christ.
