Father and me; for the Father, and I, and the Holy Ghost

are one.

Ether i. 8 Behold I am the Father and the Son.-ii. 1 The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, bear record.

Doctrine and Covenants.

Lec. on Faith, Sec. v. 2 And he being the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth, and having overcome, received a fulness of the glory of the Father-possessing the same mind with the Father, which mind is the Holy Spirit, that bears record of the Father and the Son, and these three are one; or, in other words, these three constitute the great, matchless, governing, and supreme power over all things; by whom all things were created and made, that were created and made, and these three constitute the Godhead, and are one; the Father and the Son possessing the same mind, the same wisdom, glory, power, and fulness-filling all in all; the Son being filled with the fulness of the mind, glory, and power; or, in other words, the Spirit, glory, and power of the Father-possessing all knowledge, and glory, and the same kingdom-sitting at the right hand of power, in the express image and likeness of the Father, a mediator for man-being filled with the fulness of the mind of the Father; or, in other words, the Spirit of the Father, which Spirit is shed forth upon all who believe in 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 fulness of his glory, and become one in him, even as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one.

Sec. lxxxiii. 1 And that I am the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world; and that I am in the Father, and the Father in me, and the Father and I are one: the Father because He gave me of His fulness, and Son because I was in the world and made flesh my tabernacle, and dwelt among the sons of men.

Sec. xi. 1 Listen to the voice of the Lord your God, even Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, whose course is one eternal round, the same to-day as yesterday, and for I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was crucified for the sins of the world, even as many as will believe

ever.

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on my name, that they may become the sons of God, even one in me as I am in the Father, as the Father is one in me, that we may be one.

Sec. xcii. 5 All are theirs, they are Christ's, and Christ is God's.-xiii. 5 For behold the Comforter knoweth all things.

PLURALITY OF GODS.

Bible.

Exod. xviii. 11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all Gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly He was above them.

Psalm lxxxii. 1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the Gods.

Rev. i. 6 And hath made us Kings and Priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Cor. viii. 5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be Gods many, and Lords many.)

1 Tim. vi. 15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.

Rev. xiv. 1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

xvii. 14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them : for he is Lord of Lords, and King of Kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

John v. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

xiv. 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

Gen. i. 26 And God said let us make man in our image.Exod. xviii. 11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all Gods. xxii. 28 Thou shall not revile the Gods.-xv. 11 Who is like thee, O Lord, among the Gods.-Deut. x. 17 For the Lord your God is God of Gods, and Lord of Lords: a great God, a mighty and a terrible.-Joshua xxii. 22 The Lord God of Gods, the Lord God of Gods, He knoweth.-Psal. xcv. 3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all

Gods.—xevii. 9 For thou art high above all the earth, thou art exalted far above all Gods.-7 Worship him all ye Gods. -lxxxvi. 8 Among the Gods there is none like unto thee.— cxxxvi. 2,3 0, give thanks unto the God of Gods.-cxxxviii. 1 I will praise thee before the Gods.—1 Chron. xvi. 25 He is to be feared above all Gods.-2 Chron. ii. 5 And the house which I build is great, for great is our God above all Gods. -Dan. ii. 11 None can show it except the Gods, and their dwelling is not with flesh.-47 Of a truth your God is a God of Gods, and a Lord of Kings.-iv. 8 In whom is the Spirit of the holy Gods.-9 I know that the Spirit of the holy Gods is in thee.-18 The Spirit of the holy Gods.-v. 14 I have heard that the Spirit of the Gods is in thee.—xi. 36 And shall speak against the God of Gods.-John i. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, and the Word was with God.—John x. 35 I said, ye are Gods.—36 If he called them Gods unto whom the word of God came.Matt. v. 48 Even as your Father in heaven is perfect.-1 John iii. 2 When he shall appear we shall be like him.Rev. iii. 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit in my throne.-xx. 4 I saw the thrones and they that sat upon them.-xxi. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things.Phil. ii. 21 He shall change our vile body, and make it like unto his glorious body.

Doctrine and Covenants.

Lec. on Faith, Sec. vii. 9 Thus says John, in his first epistle, third chapter, second and third verses," Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not appear what we shall be; but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself, even as he is pure." Why purify himself as he is pure? Because if they do not, they cannot be like him.-[See Context.]

IO And the Saviour says, Matthew v. 48; "Be ye perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect."-If any should ask, why all these sayings? the answer is to be found from what is before quoted from John's epistle, that when he (the Lord) shall appear, the Saints will be like him; and if they are not holy, as he is holy, and perfect, as he is perfect, they cannot be like him: for no being can enjoy his glory without possessing his perfections and holiness, no more than they could reign in his kingdom without his power. [See Context.]

16 These teachings of the Saviour most clearly show unto us the nature of salvation, and what he proposed unto the human family when he proposed to save them-that he proposed to make them like unto himself, and he was like the Father, the great prototype of all saved beings.

Sec. xcii. 5 They are they into whose hands the Father has given all things-they are they who are Priests and Kings, who have received of his fulness, and of his glory, and are Priests of the Most High, after the order of Melchisedeck, which was after the order of Enoch, which was after the order of the Only Begotten Son; wherefore, as it is written, they are Gods, even the sons of God-wherefore all things are theirs, whether life or death, or things present, or things to come, all are theirs and they are Christ's, and Christ is God's and they shall overcome all things.

Sec. xvii. 6 Those who are purified have all things subject unto them.-xcii. 5 These are they whose bodies are celestial, whose glory is that of the sun, even the glory of God the highest of all, whose glory the sun of the firmament is written of as being typical.-7 These are they who dwell in His presence; they see as they are seen, and know as they are known; and He makes them equal in might, dominion, and power.

History of Joseph Smith.

July 12, 1843.--For these angels did not abide my law, therefore they cannot be enlarged, but remain separately and singly without exaltation, in their saved condition, to all eternity, and from henceforth are not Gods, but are angels of God for ever and ever. And they shall

pass by the angels, and the Gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of the seeds for ever and ever.

Then shall they be Gods, because they have no end; therefore shall they be from everlasting to everlasting, because they continue; then shall they be above all, because all things are subject unto them. Then shall they be Gods, because they have all power, and the angels are subject unto them. I am the Lord thy God, and will give unto thee the law of my holy Priesthood, as was ordained by me, and my Father, before the world was. Abraham received all things, whatsoever he received, by revelation and commandment, by my word, saith the Lord; and hath en