Here let's address some issue -
In John 17:1-3, Jesus is praying and it's a big deal for us Latter-day Saints because it helps us get a clearer picture of God and Jesus. During this prayer, Jesus calls Heavenly Father "the only true God" and talks about Himself as being sent by God. It's a touching moment showing their unique connection.
Jesus Christ is divine and part of what we call the Godhead, along with Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost. They are three different beings, but they're totally united in what they're all about—like bringing us all back to God. When Jesus talks about the Father as the "only true God," He's not saying He's any less divine. Instead, He's highlighting the Father's important role and showing how closely He and the Father work together. It's all about them being distinct individuals but totally on the same page with their divine purpose.
When Jesus talks about knowing God the Father and Himself as the way to eternal life, He's pointing out how crucial it is to really understand and accept what they both do for us. It's a beautiful reminder of how they each have unique and loving roles, all aimed at helping us return to them. Their teamwork in the Godhead is all about guiding us toward salvation.
In John 17:1-3, Jesus is praying and it's a big deal for us Latter-day Saints because it helps us get a clearer picture of God and Jesus. During this prayer, Jesus calls Heavenly Father "the only true God" and talks about Himself as being sent by God. It's a touching moment showing their unique connection.
Jesus Christ is divine and part of what we call the Godhead, along with Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost. They are three different beings, but they're totally united in what they're all about—like bringing us all back to God. When Jesus talks about the Father as the "only true God," He's not saying He's any less divine. Instead, He's highlighting the Father's important role and showing how closely He and the Father work together. It's all about them being distinct individuals but totally on the same page with their divine purpose.
When Jesus talks about knowing God the Father and Himself as the way to eternal life, He's pointing out how crucial it is to really understand and accept what they both do for us. It's a beautiful reminder of how they each have unique and loving roles, all aimed at helping us return to them. Their teamwork in the Godhead is all about guiding us toward salvation.
Scriptural Reference
- 1 John 5:6-8 three that bear record in heaven
- John 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee
- John 10:33-34 because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God...
- Psalm 82:6 ... Ye are gods... (Christ quoted in John 10:34)
- John 1:1: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
- John 10:30: "I and my Father are one."
- Philippians 2:5-6: "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God."
- Colossians 2:9: "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily."
- Hebrews 1:3: "Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power..."
- Hebrews 1:8: "But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom."
- John 20:28: "And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God."
- Isaiah 9:6: "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."
- Revelation 1:8: "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty."
- Titus 2:13: "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ."
- John 1:14: "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."
- John 14:9: "Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father..."
- Revelation 22:13: "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."
- John 8:58: "Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am."
- John 5:18: "Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God."
- Matthew 1:23: "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us."
- 1 John 5:20: "And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life."
- John 17:5: "And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was."
- Colossians 1:15-17: "Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible..."
- Matthew 28:18: "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth."