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(10/21/04)
"The first article anchors our belief in God, our Eternal Father, in His
Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. How grateful we are for a knowledge of
Supreme Beings that rule and govern this world. Our belief does not come from
the speculations of men about the existence and nature of God, but from
firsthand experience from the Prophet Joseph Smith in the Sacred Grove. His
experience clarified for mankind the existence of God the Father, God the Son,
and God the Holy Ghost. Thus to the world came the vision that three personages
comprise this great presiding council of the universe and have revealed
themselves to mankind as three separate beings, physically distinct from each
other as demonstrated by the accepted records of their divine dealings with
mankind. We know the occasions where they have been in evidence to mankind as
three distinct personages. It is clear that the Father is a personal being
possessing a definite form of body, parts, and spiritual passions, that Jesus
Christ was with the Father in spirit before coming to dwell in the flesh, and
through whom worlds were made. He lived among men as a man, with all of the
physical characteristics of a human being. After His Resurrection He appeared in
that same form. The Holy Ghost, also called Spirit or Spirit of the Lord, Spirit
of God, Comforter, or the Spirit of the Truth, is not tabernacled in a body of
flesh and bones but is a personage of spirit. The Holy Ghost is a witness of the
Father and of the Son declaring to man their attributes, bearing record of the
other personages of the Godhead." - L. Tom Perry, "The Articles of
Faith," Ensign, May 1998, p. 23-24
(10/22/04)
"Our Lord gave us an example of the true spirit
of forgiveness when he said from the cross, '... Father, forgive them; for they
know not what they do.' (Luke
23:34.) We read also of that faithful disciple, Stephen, who was persecuted
and stoned, 'And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not
this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.' (Acts
7:60.)" - N. Eldon Tanner, "The
Importance of Prayer," Ensign, May 1974, p. 53
(10/23/04)
"When first communicated to mankind by prophets, the teachings we now have
in the Bible were 'plain and pure, and most precious and easy' to understand (1
Ne. 14:23). Even in the transmitted and translated version we have today,
the Bible language confirms that God the Father and his resurrected Son, Jesus
Christ, are tangible, separate beings. To cite only two of many such teachings,
the Bible declares that man was created in the image of God, and it describes
three separate members of the Godhead manifested at the baptism of Jesus (see Gen.
1:27; Matt. 3:13-17)."
- Dallin H. Oaks, "Apostasy
and Restoration," Ensign, May 1995, p. 84