D&C 20:26-28; “Not only those who believed after he came in the meridian of time, in the flesh, but all those from the beginning, even as many as were before he came, who believed in the words of the holy prophets, who spake as they were inspired by the gift of the Holy Ghost, who truly testified of him in all things, should have eternal life, 27 As well as those who should come after, who should believe in the gifts and callings of God by the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of the Father and of the Son; 28 Which Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are one God, infinite and eternal, without end. Amen.”
Isaiah 48:16; “Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; From the time that it was, there am I: And now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.”
Smith’s prophecy is dated sometime between the summer of 1829 – April 1830.
If he began prophesying about a god who didn’t fit the description above years later, doesn’t that make him a false prophet by his own standards?
Furthermore, wouldn’t this also mean every Mormon since that time would qualify as false prophets, apostles, missionaries, et al, since they’re not preaching a Triune God?
Again, you don’t understand the doctrine of Christ’s oneness. It’s very simple.
When Jesus prayed to the Father concerning the Twelve: “…that they may be ONE, even as WE are ONE.” Thus, in the same sense the apostles are ONE, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are ONE. Not a oneness of being a single entity manifesting itself as three, but of three acting as one in purpose and design!
That is the true doctrine of a triune God, and it’s the doctrine that Joseph Smith taught. With the multiplicity of universes that exist, the idea of a single superbeing known as God ruling perhaps trillions of universes, each with its trillions of galaxies, with each galaxy containing trillions of stars and worlds full of life, people and civilizations. As sons of God, is it really so blasphemous as to think that God would not put us to work in the creative process?
It’s not only simple, it makes sense. Where do you find error in it?
“Where to you find error in it?” Oh wow! Where to start?
“As sons of God, is it really so blasphemous as to think that God would not put us to work in the creative process?”
Answer:Yes! We will never become gods and goddess of our own worlds, that is a false teaching. Show me in the bible, where it says this will happen?
“With the multiplicity of universes that exist, the idea of a single superbeing known as God ruling perhaps trillions of universes, each with its trillions of galaxies, with each galaxy containing trillions of stars and worlds full of life, people and civilizations.”
The bible says nothing of there being life on other planets. However, it does say that God created everything. The number of stars and galaxies scientist have discovered is vast, and God created it all.
Psalm 19:1 tells us “The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament sheweth his handywork”
Everything God has created calls out in praise to Him.
God is more awesome and powerful than you or I can imagine. He doesn’t need to put any one to work, to help Him maintain His magnificent creation. 🙂
You see God is at work all the time. He doesn’t need anyone to take over the reins to let Him rest.
I pray you and your fellow Mormons will stop pulling God down to your level. He’s not human, and never was a mortal man. He’s never needed anyone to do something for Him, because He couldn’t. -Melissa Grimes