One Response to “Do mormons believe that we lived as spirits with God before …”
Carlos Cruz
2010-09-27 08:54:22
Hi friend. Mormons do believe we lived with God before we were born. Job of the Old Testament was told that all of God's children shouted for joy when the foundations of the earth were laid (Job 38:4-7). If we then shouted for joy, we must have existed before we came to earth as mortal beings.
The Old Testament teaches that upon our death our spirits return to God (Ecclesiastes 12:7). If we return to God, we must have existed with God before we came to earth.
God told the prophet Jeremiah that He knew him before his birth, suggesting a pre-mortal existance (Jeremiah 1:5).
When Christ and His disciples passed a man who was blind from birth, the disciples asked if the man was so afflicted because he had sinned (John 9:1-3). Clearly the disciples had a notion of the pre-mortal existence and our pre-mortal ability to sin, for God would not punish a man for sins he had not yet committed.
Finally, the apostle Paul taught that God promised the faithful eternal life before the world began (Titus 1:2). If the faithful did not exist before their birth, with whom did God make the promise?
The Old Testament teaches that upon our death our spirits return to God (Ecclesiastes 12:7). If we return to God, we must have existed with God before we came to earth.
God told the prophet Jeremiah that He knew him before his birth, suggesting a pre-mortal existance (Jeremiah 1:5).
When Christ and His disciples passed a man who was blind from birth, the disciples asked if the man was so afflicted because he had sinned (John 9:1-3). Clearly the disciples had a notion of the pre-mortal existence and our pre-mortal ability to sin, for God would not punish a man for sins he had not yet committed.
Finally, the apostle Paul taught that God promised the faithful eternal life before the world began (Titus 1:2). If the faithful did not exist before their birth, with whom did God make the promise?