I understand that mormons believe in the “godhead” as that the three, Father, Son, and Spirit work together as one. Why is it then that Mormons dont believe that because God is almighty that he can not be all three at once? And what do mormons believe about Jesus? Like do they not believe that Jesus can be fully God and fully man?
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Pedro Bravo
2009-04-11 08:32:45
Jesus Christ teaching his disciples.
Hi friend. Mormons do believe that God is omnipotent. Just because God can do something, however, doesn't mean that He in fact chooses to do it. We believe that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are one in purpose, as Christ Himself taught in John 17. However, because we are social trinitarians and not Nicean trinitarians or modalists, we do not believe that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are the same person.
Mormons believe that Jesus Christ is both the Son of God and God the Son. Like other Christians, we believe He is divine. We believe salvation comes through His atoning sacrifice. We accept the account of His life as described in the New Testament, and we accept the prophesies of His life in the Old Testament. Additionally, we believe He visited other peoples after His resurrection in Jerusalem, as He promised He would in John 10:16, and that He continues to direct His church in our day through modern prophets and apostles.
Jesse
2009-04-26 20:04:03
In 1820, Joseph Smith had a vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ. They instructed him to restore Christs ancient church in modern times.
Also, we believe that God the Father and Jesus Christ each have their own physical bodies. In Joseph Smith's first vision, two distinct personages appeared to him, and according to Smith's own account: "One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the otherthis is my beloved Son. Hear him!" Through this and other latter-day revelation we believe that Heavenly Father has his own, physical body, in whose image we were created. This does not detract from his divinity or that of Christ; rather, it adds to our own, and reaffirms the fact that we are children of God.
The Holy Ghost, or holy spirit, on the other hand, does not have a corporeal body, and therefore can be a companion to any who are willing to listen to it, and who through the ordinance of confirmation following baptism are willing to receive its constant companionship as a gift.
Mormons believe that Jesus Christ is both the Son of God and God the Son. Like other Christians, we believe He is divine. We believe salvation comes through His atoning sacrifice. We accept the account of His life as described in the New Testament, and we accept the prophesies of His life in the Old Testament. Additionally, we believe He visited other peoples after His resurrection in Jerusalem, as He promised He would in John 10:16, and that He continues to direct His church in our day through modern prophets and apostles.
The Holy Ghost, or holy spirit, on the other hand, does not have a corporeal body, and therefore can be a companion to any who are willing to listen to it, and who through the ordinance of confirmation following baptism are willing to receive its constant companionship as a gift.