TOPICAL GUIDE
JESUS CHRIST, FATHER, The
There are at least three aspects of Christ in which he can be considered the Father.
1 ~ Christ is the Father in that he is the 'Author' or 'Father' of
Creation. God our heveanly Father empowered Jehovah and under the direction
of our heavenly Father, Jehovah organized, created, produced, was the active
force which did make heaven and earth, thus He is the Father of heaven and of
the earth.
2 ~ Christ is the Father in that he was elected by God the Father to act for
and in behalf of God the Father as the mediator, advocate, savior and
representative of the Father in all things. Being given the fulness of the
Father and his power of priesthood and of attorney, to act 'as', 'for' and
'on behalf of' the Father by that 'divine investiture' whereby they do work
in concert one with the other to form the position of 'God the Father'
through the mediation and advocancy of the Son between man and the Father,
with the Holy Ghost also taking part to form the oneness of God, the Father.
Christ ministers to the needs of those of this second estate as the 'Father'
for the 'Father' representing the 'Father' and the three, Father, Son and
Holy Ghost acting as One God, bring to pass the immortality and eternal life
of man. Christ is 'God the Father', Jehovah, God of the Old Testament, as
well as the Son Jesus Christ. This is the only way whereby man may return
to God and Christ essentially performs as the 'Father' in all things unto man.
3 ~ Christ becomes our 'Gospel Father' in that through the ordiance of rebirth
or baptism, we become the sons and daughters of Christ. It is through and
by his atonement that we are 'fathered' from the fall into the Kingdom of
God and God's Glory.
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Father of Creation: |
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Mosiah 3:8 | (Helaman 14:12) the Father of heaven and earth,
the Creator of all things |
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Father by Divine Investiture (this involves the unity and oneness in which the Father and Son act): |
| D&C 93: 3 | (3 Nephi 9:15; 3 Nephi 11:27) I am in the Father, and the Father in me, and the
Father and I are one |
| D&C 93: 4 | The Father because he gave me of his fulness |
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Our Father in the Gospel: |
| Mosiah 5: 7 | ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons. |
| Mosiah 27: 25 | being redeemed of God, becoming his sons and daughters. |
| Ether 3: 14 | they shall become my sons and my daughters. |
| Moro. 7: 19 | ye certainly will be a child of Christ. |
| D&C 25: 1 | all those who receive my gospel are sons and daughters. |
See also: 2 Nephi 25:12, 2 Nephi 19:6, Mosiah 3:8, Mosiah 7:27, Mosiah 15:2-5, Mosaih 15:7,
Mosiah 16:15, Alma 11:38-39, Alma 11:44, Helaman 14;12, Helaman 16:18,
3 Nephi 9:15, 3 Nephi 11;27, 3 Nephi 11:36, 3 Nephi 19:23, 3 Nephi 19:29,
3 Nephi 20:35, 3 Nephi 28:10, Mormon 9:12, Ether 3;14, Ether 4:12
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