People who know Mormon theology ---?

Question

Okay, and I don't mean to be disrespectful. But Mormons believe that there are lots of gods, right? And that our Father God has His own father and grandfather (and presumably brothers and sisters). That's correct, no? (If I am incorrect, please correct me). And then Jesus is His Son, right? Did I understand correctly that lucifer is also God the Father's Son? that Jesus and lucifer were/are brothers? Again, correct me if I am wrong.

What place does this leave for the Holy Spirit? Who is He in all this? So again: Questions: Father God also has parents and grandparents? Jesus and lucifer brothers? Who is the Holy Spirit and what His place in all this in your theology?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Does Heavenly Father have a Father, brothers & sisters, etc.?

We don't know. He never told us. From what He has told us, we deduce that maybe He does. But, since He has never said, it's obviously not something we need to worry about.

As far as teh offspring of God:

We are all the spirit "children" of our Heavenly Father. Jesus is the "eldest" and always intended to be the Saviour.

Lucifer was one, but when he rebelled, he was "disinherited". He no longer has any claim to what we can inherit. So, he is no longer a brother, or son, or anything else.

Jesus was not only His spirit "son" but also His biological Son. Somehow, Heavenly Father place His "DNA", His seed, into Mary, and she conceived Jesus. Unlike some Christians, we do not believe that Jesus was His own Father.

I'm not sure what you mean by How does the Holy Spirit fit. I don't know how He would fit. He is part of the Godhead, that's al I know.

Answer 2

The Holy Ghost is a member of the Godhead. He is a spirit that has the form and likeness of a man. He can be in only one place at a time, but his influence can be everywhere at the same time.

Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are called the Godhead. They are unified in purpose. Each has an important assignment in the plan of salvation. Our Heavenly Father is our Father and ruler. Jesus Christ is our Savior. The Holy Ghost is the revealer and testifier of all truth.

The Holy Ghost is our Heavenly Father's messenger and is a special gift to us. The mission of the Holy Ghost is to bear witness of the Father and the Son and of the truth of all things.

There is no complete revelation on the family of Heavenly Father. Start with what we do know. He had a son. Are parents single?

He had many sons and presumably daughters. Maybe the Bible can tell us if Lucifer was one of them Job 1: 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

Answer 3

Most of what you have said are correct assumptions about Mormon theology. This kind of thing is only discussed by the inner circles of the church. The Holy spirit is considered a supreme spirit being who bring the power and wisdom of the gods (Father and Son) to human kind. Yes Jesus and Lucifer were brothers. Haven't you heard of a member of the family going bad on you?

Answer 4

Well first of all, Lucifer is not God's son. Jesus is God's son. God created Lucifer, who ended up rebelling in heaven and trying to overthrow the Creator through the lead of a fallen angel army.

We have what we call the "Trinity." God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. They are ONE person but play different roles in our lives. God is the Creator of the Earth (he has no parents or grandparents; he is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end), Jesus is God's son, and the Holy Spirit is the spiritual being in our everyday lives.

The Holy Spirit is what convicts of us wrong doing. The Holy Spirit is one that empowers us to do what's right. And the Holy Spirit is the one who creates movement in our heart when we are dying for truth as the unsaved.

Answer 5

Polytheist means you believe in the existence of many gods; however, you may choose to worship or follow only one of them. Monotheism means you deny the existence of any other Gods except the one you worship.

Christians, Jews and Muslims are monotheists. Mormons and Pagans are polytheists.

The Bible does not say that other gods exist; it refers to other "gods" that were being worshipped at the time by different people. Anyone can make up a god.

Answer 6

When they say there are multiple gods, if asked what does the Bible mean there is only 1 god, they interpret it to mean the only god they serve.

Answer 7

The Holy Spirit is God's other schizophrenic half

Answer 8

The Bible also claims there are many Gods, the Mormons plagiarized from Christianity just as Christianity plagiarized from the many pagan religions before them.

Genesis 1:26
And God said, let us make man in our image.

Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, Behold, then man is become as one of us, to know good and evil.

Genesis 11:7
Let us go down, and there confound their language.

Exodus 12:12
And against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment.

Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods?

Exodus 18:11
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods.

Exodus 20:3, 5
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. ... Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them.

Exodus 22:20
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

Exodus 22:28
Thou shalt not revile the gods.

Exodus 23:13
Make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

Exodus 23:24
Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

Exodus 23:32
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Exodus 34:14
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Numbers 33:4
Upon their gods also theLORD executed judgments.

Deuteronomy 6:14-15
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you)

Deuteronomy 10:17
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords.

Deuteronomy 28:14
Thou shalt not ... go after other gods to serve them.

Joshua 24:14
Fear the Lord ... and put away the gods which your fathers served.

Judges 11:24
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess?

1 Samuel 6:5
Ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods.

1 Samuel 28:13
And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:25
The Lord ... is to be feared above all gods.

Psalm 82:1
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty, he judgeth among the gods.

Psalm 82:6
I have said, Ye are gods.

Psalm 86:8
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord.

Psalm 96:4
For the Lord ... is to be feared above all gods.

Psalm 97:7
Worship him, all ye gods.

Psalm 135:5
Our Lord is above all gods.

Psalm 136:2
O give thanks unto the God of gods.

Jeremiah 1:16
I will utter my judgments against them ... who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods.

Jeremiah 10:11
The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

Jeremiah 25:6
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

Zephaniah 2:11
The Lord will be terrible to them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth.

John 10:33-34
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

1 John 5:7
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.