Mormonism (LDS) and the Plurality of Gods
Channel: People of the Free Gift
Date: 09/08/2018

Mormonism (LDS) and the Plurality of Gods / Episode 29

Multiple gods

What is the nature of God?
God knows each of us personally. He loves us and hears and answers our prayers. By learning to be more like Him, we can live with Him again.
Who among us hasn’t asked such essential questions as “Where did I come from?” “Why am I here?” and “What will happen when I die?” Understanding God’s nature and His work allows us to answer these questions by providing us with reasonable, profound insight into our Heavenly Father and into ourselves. The vast family of humankind was created with divine potential and in the image of our Father, who wants His children to thrive, to become like Him, and to return to live with Him. We instinctively desire this same thing; we long for a reunion with a home and family we can’t quite remember.
The idea of God as our Father is not allegorical; it is literal. Our mortal bodies are remarkable scientific wonders and works of art—they are widely diverse, mortal bodies patterned after God’s own glorified, immortal body, as indicated in Genesis 1:26, where God says, “Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness.” And Moses also wrote of having seen God and talking to Him “face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend” (Exodus 33:11). The New Testament likewise reveals Jesus Christ to have been begotten by God and created in His image. During His life on earth, Christ’s earthly body—which looked like ours—reflected this parentage. We are like our Father and His Son, whose combined work is to help us achieve eternal, exalted life with Them in heaven.

We have divine parentage and potential.
Understanding God’s nature is important because it helps us to better understand our potential. Heavenly Father is the all-powerful Creator and Ruler of the universe, but He is also patient, paternal, merciful, and devoted to our eternal progression. “For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man” (Moses 1:39). God is not abstract or incomprehensible; indeed, we should all strive to come to know Him and His Son in this life.
Building a relationship with God can begin in prayer and, like any meaningful relationship, requires sincere effort. Whether our prayers are said out loud or conveyed silently through the mind and heart, they present opportunities for us to communicate directly with our divine Creator. He hears and answers our prayers, sometimes in very obvious ways and sometimes through impressions, promptings, and feelings of peace. We can better recognize His influence and His voice by reading the scriptures and studying the words of His prophets.
The first and great commandment is this: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart” (Matthew 22:37).
Loving God means keeping His commandments, which are given to help us become more like Him. To become like Him, we must make choices by using our God-given agency. Sometimes those choices lead us away from God and keeping His commandments. Through the Atonement of His Son, Jesus Christ, we have the opportunity to sincerely repent, a process that does more than anything else to bring us closer to God. He doesn’t expect us to be perfect, only to seek after perfection—continually.

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