JOEL - I am not sure which scripture you are talking about in Ephesians, but a lot of this has to do with how we
define "born again".
"Born again" to an LDS member is both a physical act
as well as a spiritual conversion. It means being
baptized(born of water) into the kingdom of God as
explained in the book of John:
"Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I
say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot
see the kingdom of God.
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when
he is old? can he enter the second time into his
mother’s womb, and be born?
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he
cannot enter into the kingdom of God." (John 3:3-5)
And in Mark:
"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." (Mark 16:16)
LDS believe that baptism requires the proper
priesthood authority of God which we believe is found
in no other church except the LDS church today. That
is one reason why we believe to have the only fully
true church.
Being "born again" to other Christians mostly refers
to only the spiritual conversion where they have
accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
The LDS also believe we must be spiritually born again as stated in John(See also Alma 5:14, Moses 6:64-65),
but we believe that it takes both the physical(baptism with proper authority) as well as the spiritual
conversion to become part of God's kingdom.
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