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Question

What is the Plan of Salvation you mention? And tell me about the Mormon belief of Deity.

Response

1) As to your first question regarding the plan of salvation, it is that we lived with our Father in Heaven as his spirit children in a pre-mortal life. There, as now, we revered him as God who knew and loved all of us as his children. He designed a plan with the help of his only begotten Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. He created the earth, and sent us here to allow us the privilege of gaining a physical body which would house our spirits. He told us, and we agreed, that we would come to earth to be tested and tried and proven. He promised that he would send his Son, our Savior, to the earth to atone for all of our sins. He promised us further that if we would follow all of the teachings of our Savior, Jesus Christ, as taught to us directly by him and through apostles and prophets of all ages, and if we would keep his commandments, we would then return to him at the end of our earthly existence, worthy to live with him eternally. The plan of salvation has provided us a Savior to overcome the effects of physical death through his resurrection, as well as the effects of spiritual death, caused by our own sins. He has a simple road map, which requires us to: Exercise faith in the Lord Jesus Christ To repent when we make mistakes To be baptized for the remission of sins To receive the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands by those who have proper Priesthood authority And to endure the temptations and trials of life, until we come to the end of our life. By so doing, we will inherit a place in his kingdom. 2) Concerning your question about the Mormon belief of Deity, we believe in God the Eternal Father, and in his Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. We believe that they are three separate and distinct individuals. The Father and the Son have immortal bodies; the Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit. We find in the Bible countless evidence that these three members of the Godhead are one in purpose, but not one in physical element. In Genesis chapter one verse twenty-six it states: "And God said, let us make man in our own image." If God were an all-encompassing one essence, the scripture might read: "And God said, let me make man in my own image." Hebrews chapter one makes it even clearer as we read verses one through three. Notice that in verse two it states, "By whom also he made the worlds." And verse three, speaking of Christ, it says: "Who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person* sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high." If the Father and the Son were the same individual, he wouldn't have been spoken of as being "in the express image of his Father," nor when he had completed his work that he had sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. It might have said that he became the Majesty on high. At the baptism of Christ when he came up out of the water, there was a voice from heaven, announcing: "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased." If Jesus Christ and God our Father are the same individual, is it possible that the Father would announce to the people in an audible voice that he was pleased with the exemplary baptism of his Son? John Chapter 17 clearly states the oneness of the Father and the Son, and how that oneness has nothing to do with physical attributes, but with purpose. (See John 17:4-23) Notice verse 11. He has been praying for his apostles and asks "*that they may be one as we are." Should we think that the Savior is asking that his apostles be made one individual? He prayed that they may be of one mind, one heart, and one focus preaching one gospel, one Lord, one baptism. And then in verses 20 and 21, he prays for all of those of us who would believe the words of his apostles, and asks that we all be made one. Should we think that he wants all of his followers to be one individual or one in purpose, one in heart, one in understanding? Thanks for the opportunity to answer these two questions. I hope that you will find it meaningful. Sincerely, Donny Osmond See related multimedia presentations

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