Tip of the Day, August 30

August 30 – John 1:12-13; “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:  Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

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We are sons of God through adoption, not sex.  Joseph Smith and company just can’t wrap their minds around the fact that God has power they can never obtain.

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“…modern revelation, the scriptures which have been restored in the Book of Mormon, the Book of Moses, of Abraham, the Doctrine and Covenants, all bear witness that man is the offspring of God, and that man was created in his image.”  Joseph Fielding Smith, Man, His Origin and Destiny [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1954], 268 – 269.