LDS Plan of Eternal Progression By Sandra Tanner

LDS Plan of Eternal Progression By Sandra Tanner UTLM. ORG

2004 - Presidents of the Church Student Manual, quoting Joseph Smith-- God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, . . he was once a man like us; yea, that God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth, the same as Jesus Christ himself did; and I will show it from the Bible. [Complete sermon printed in Ensign Mag. April & May 1971, LDS. org]

Past President Lorenzo Snow: “As man now is, God once was: As God now is, man may be. ” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow, LDS Church (2011)

Gospel Fundamentals, LDS Church, 2002, p. 204 It will help us to remember that our Father in Heaven was once a man who lived on an earth, the same as we do. He became our Father in Heaven by overcoming problems, just as we have to do on this earth.

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BIBLE VIEW OF GOD LDS VIEW OF GOD • Infinite Finite • Always God Became God- first spirit, mortal, died, then achieved Godhood • Absolutely Holy Achieved holiness • All Knowing Had to learn all things • All powerful Attained power • Omnipresent • Not Married One place at a time Married

No other gods Father Grandparents who are Creator of all that exists gods Every God has a Goddess wife, and a God over him, also has Gods. Organizer of our earth, but other have made other worlds Matter was created Matter has always existed Created our spirits Father and Mother God gave birth to our spirits Father, Son & Holy Spirit= gods One God yet Father, Son and Holy Ghost= 3 (LDS say there are 3 in Godhead fail to tell people about the Mother God)

As Paul declared in Romans 1: 22 -23 -- Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man

Oct. 2016 LDS Apostle Dieter F. Uchtdorf stated: “Brothers and sisters, we are eternal beings, without beginning and without end. We have always existed. We are the literal spirit children of divine, immortal, and omnipotent Heavenly Parents!” https: //www. lds. org/general-conference/2016/10/o-how-greatthe-plan-of-our-god? lang=eng)

Current Pres. LDS Church, Russell M. Nelson: Resurrection, or immortality, comes to every man and every woman as an unconditional gift. Eternal life, or celestial glory or exaltation, is a conditional gift. . Those qualifying conditions include faith in the Lord, repentance, baptism, receiving the Holy Ghost, and remaining faithful to the ordinances and covenants of the temple. No man in this Church can obtain the highest degree of celestial glory without a worthy woman who is sealed to him. This temple ordinance enables eventual exaltation for both of them. https: //www. lds. org/general-conference/2008/04/salvation-and-exaltation? lang=eng

Romans 3: 21 -22 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe.

1 John 5: 13 (NKJV) These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.