Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Doctrines; Faith; Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
fullness of the mind of the Father, or, in other words, the Spirit of
the Father: which Spirit is shed forth upon all who believe on his name
and keep his commandments: and all those who keep his commandments
shall grow up from grace to grace, and become heirs of the heavenly
kingdom, and joint heirs with Jesus Christ; possessing the same mind,
being transformed into the same image or likeness, even the express
image of him who fills all in all: being filled with the fullness of
his glory, and become one in him, even as the Father, Son and Holy
Spirit are one.
3. From the foregoing account of the Godhead, which is given in his
revelations, the Saints have a sure foundation laid for the exercise
of faith unto life and salvation, through the atonement and mediation
of Jesus Christ, by whose blood they have a forgiveness of sins, and
also a sure reward laid up for them in heaven, even that of partaking
of the fulness of the Father and the Son, through the Spirit. As the
Son partakes of the fullness of the Father through the Spirit, so the
saints are, by the same Spirit, to be partakers of the same fullness,
to enjoy the same glory; for as the Father and the Son are one, so in
like manner the saints are to be one in them, through the love of the
Father, the mediation of Jesus Christ, and the gift of the Holy Spirit;
they are to be heirs of God, and joint heirs with Jesus Christ.
_Question_. Of what do the foregoing lectures treat?
_Answer_. Of the being, perfections, and attributes of the Deity. [§5.
¶1.]
Q. What are we to understand by the Reflections of the Deity?
A. The perfections which belong to his attributes.
Q. How many personages are there in the Godhead?
A. Two : the Father and Son. [§5. ¶1.]
Q. How do you prove that there are two personages in the Godhead?
A. By the Scriptures. Gen. 1:26. Also §2. ¶6. And the Lord God said
unto the Only Begotten, who was with him from the beginning, Let us
make man in our image, after our likeness:--and it was done. Gen. 3:22.
And the Lord God said unto the Only Begotten, Behold, the man is become
as one of us: to know good and evil. John, 17:5. And now, O Father,
glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with you
before the world was. [§5. ¶2.]
Q. What is the Father?
A. He is a personage of glory and of power. [§5. ¶2.]
Q. How do you prove that the Father is a personage of glory and of
power?
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