Acts 17:29-"Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device."

*Rom. 1:20-"For God hath revealed unto them the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world, which are clearly seen; things which are not seen being understood by the things that are made, through his eternal power and Godhead."

Col. 2: 9-"For in him [Christ] dwelleth all the fulness [fullness]of the Godhead bodily."

NOTES

The word "Godhead" occurs in the Bible only three times, as quoted above. It is not found in the Doctrine and Covenants nor in the Book of Mormon.

In the time of the preparation of the Authorized Version of the Bible (before 1611) the suffix "head" was also spelled "hed," and was synonymous with the suffix "hood." Thus the meaning of the word is "Godhood" "Divinity," or "Deity."

This meaning is illustrated in the Emphatic Diaglott, which translates each of the three examples quoted above as "Deity." Goodspeed, in the American Translation, gives them, in the same order, as "the divine nature," "his divine character," and "God's nature." Moffatt's translation gives them as, "the divine nature," "divine being," and "Deity."

This use of the suffix "head" is now obsolete, and survives only in a very few instances.

THE TRIUNE GODHEAD

Matt. 28:18-"Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" (19).

*Luke 3:28, 29-"Jesus also . . . being baptized of him, and praying, the heaven was opened; and the Holy Ghost descended in bodily shape like a dove, and a voice came upon him from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased" (21, 22).

Acts 7:55, 56-"He, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God."

Acts 17:29-"Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device."

Col. 2:8,9-"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily."

I John 5:7-"There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."

Isa. 48:16, 17; John 14:26; *Col. 2:2; *1 Tim. 3:16; 2 Nephi 13:32.

Alma 8:104-"Christ the Son, and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, which is one eternal God."

3 Nephi 13:22, 23-"I am even as the Father; and the Father and I are one; and the Holy Ghost beareth record of the Father and me."

D. and C. 17:5-"Should believe in the gifts and callings of God by the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of the Father, and of the Son, which Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are one God, infinite and eternal, without end."

D. and C. 17:21-"I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."

UNITY OF THE SON WITH THE FATHER

*John 3:35-"The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hands."

John 5:19-"The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doeth; for what things soever he doeth, those also doeth the Son likewise."

John 5:20-"For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth; and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel."

*John 5:23-"That all men should honor the son, even as they honor the Father. He who honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father who hath sent him."

John 5:26, 27-"For as the Father hath life in himsef, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgement [judgment]also, because he is the Son of Man."

John 10:30-"I and my Father are one."

John 14:10-"Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works."

John 17:21-23-"As thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us . . . that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me,-that they may be made perfect in one."

John 6:44; 12:44, 45; 17:11, 21-23; I John 2:23, 24; 4:15; 5:7-9

3 Nephi 4:45-"I was with the Father from the beginning. I am in the Father, and the Father in me."

GOD AND CHRIST TWO DISTINCT PERSONAGES

*Matt. 4:l-"Then Jesus was led up of the Spirit, into the wilderness, to be with God:

John 3:17-"For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn world; but that the world through him might be saved."

John 7:17, 29-"Whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. . . . But I know him; for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

John 12:49, 50-"For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting."

John 14:28-"If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I."

Acts 7:55-"But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God."

Ps. 110:1-"The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool."

John 5:26; 8:18, 42; 16:28; 17:5, 18-22; Heb. 1:5, 6.

THE ATTRIBUTES OF DEITY

CREATION

†Gen. 2:4, 5-"The generations of the heaven, and of the earth, when they were created in the day that I the Lord God made the heaven and the earth, . . . For I, the Lord God, created all things of which I have spoken, spiritually, before they were naturally upon the face of the earth."

†Gen. 6:46, 52-"The heavens he made; the earth is his footstool, and the foundation thereof is his; . . . I am God; I made the world, and men before they were in the flesh."

†Gen. 7:36-"Were it possible that man could number the particles of the earth, and millions of earths like this, it would not be a beginning to the number of thy creations."

Neh. 9:6-"Thou hast made heaven, the heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein."

Job 26:7, 13, 14-"He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing; . . . . by his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; . . . . . Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him?"

Ps 8:3, 4-"When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him?"

Job 26:7, 13, 14-"He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. . . . By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens; . . . Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him?"

Ps 8:3, 4-"When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him?"

Ps. 74:16, 17-"The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the light and the sun. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter."

Eccles 3:11 "He hath made every thing beautiful in his time;. . . no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end."

Eccles. 11:5-"As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, . . .so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all."

Isa. 45:12, 18-"I have made the earth, and created man upon it; I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their hosts have I commanded . . . he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited."

Jer 32:17-"Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven, and the earth by thy great power and stretched-out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee."

Acts 17:24-"God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands."

Heb. 1:l0-"And, thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands."

*Gen. 1:1-3; Isa. 42:5; 45:18; Heb. 3:4.

Alma 16:55-"All the planets . . . witness that there is a Supreme Creator: and yet do ye go about, leading away the hearts of this people, testifying unto them there is no God?"

I Nephi 6:19, 20-"I am the first, and I am also the last. Mine hand hath also laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens."

2 Nephi 1:95-"For there is a God, and he hath created all things, both the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them is."

Jacob 3:12, 13-"By the power of his word, all things."

D and C. 17:4-"The framer of heaven and earth and all things which are in them."

D. and C. 22:21-"And worlds without number have I created, and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son I created them."

FOREKNOWLEDGE AND POWER

Isaiah 42:9-"Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them."

Isaiah 44:7-"And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show unto them."

Isaiah 46:9, l0-"For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure."

Isa. 45:21; 48:3, 5; Acts 15:18.

1 Nephi 3:43-"Hosanna to the Lord, the most high God; for he is God over all the earth."

Mosiah 2:14, 15-"Believe that he has all wisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend."

HOLY AND JUST

Deut. 32:4-"He is the Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are judgment; a God of truth and without iniquity, just right is he."

Job 34:12-"God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment."

Ps. 47: 8-"God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness."

Ps. 89:14-"Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne; mercy and truth shall go before thy face."

Isa. 6:3-"Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory."

Acts 17:31-"He will judge the world in righteousness."

Rom. 2:6-"Who will render to every man according to his deeds."

I Pet. 1:16, 17-"It is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear."

I John 1:9-"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Ps. 11:7; 33:5; 99:9; 119:137; Rom. 2:2; I Pet. 1:15.

Mosiah 3:21-"That ye may have everlasting salvation and eternal life, through the wisdom, and power, and justice, and mercy of him, who created all things."

UNCHANGEABLE

*Num. 23:19-"God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent; hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"

Ps. 33:11-"The counsel of the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations."

Ps. 102:26, 27-"They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end."

Mal. 3: 6-"For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed."

Jas. 1:17-"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."

Ps. 102:12, 27; Lam. 5:19; Heb. 13:8.

Moroni 8:19-"God is not a partial God, neither a changeable being; but he is unchangeable from all eternity to all eternity."

D. and C. 17:2-"That God does inspire men and call them to his holy work in this age and generation, as well as in generations of old, thereby showing that he is the same God yesterday, today, and for ever."

D. and C. 17:4-"By these things we know that there is a God in heaven who is infinite and eternal, from everlasting to everlasting the same unchangeable God."

IMPARTIAL

Job 34:19, 23-"Him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? . . . For he will not lay upon man more than right."

Matt. 5:47-"For he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." (45)

Acts 10:34, 35-"I perceive that God is no respecter of persons; but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him."

Rom. 2:11-"For there is no respect of persons with God."

I Peter 1:17-"And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear."

Acts 15:9; Rom. 10:12; Eph. 6:9.

MERCIFUL AND TRUTHFUL

*Exod. 34:7-"Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the rebellious."

Num. 14:18-"The Lord is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty."

Ps. 25:10-"All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenants an his testimonies."

*Ps. 36:5-"O Lord, thou art in the heavens; they are full of thy mercy.

Ps. 89:14-"Mercy and truth shall go before thy face."

Ps. 100:5-"For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations."

Ps. 107:1-"Oh give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever."

Ps. 108:4-"For thy mercy is great above the heavens; and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds."

Ps. 147:3-"He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds."

Helaman 2:25-"The Lord is merciful unto all who will in the sincerity of their hearts, call upon his holy name."

Jarom 1:17; Alma 14:124; Alma 19:97.

Deut. 4:31; Ps. 62:12; 86:5, 15; 89:2; Hos. 14:3; Mic. 7:18; Rom. 11:32; Tit. 3:5; Jas. 5: 11; I Pet. 1:3

WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE

Job 12:13-"With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding."

Ps. 94:9, 10-"He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teach6th man knowledge, shall not he know?"

Ps. 147:4, 5-"He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite."

Acts 15:18-"Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world."

2 Nephi 1:87; 6:19; Alma 14:114

REVELATION TO PEOPLE IN EVERY AGE

*Gen. 4:4, 5-"They heard the voice of the Lord,. . . and gave unto them commandments" (3:8).

THE FATHER

ETERNAL AND SELF-EXISTENT

†Gen. 1:2-"I am the Beginning and the End; the Almighty God."

†Gen. 6:70-"Him who was without beginning of days or end of years, from all eternity to all eternity."

†Gen. 7:35-"How is it that thou canst weep, seeing thou art holy, and from all eternity to all eternity?"

†Gen. 7:42-"Man of Counsel is my name; and Endless and Eternal is my name also."

Exod. 3:14-"And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM; and he said, thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you."

Deut 32:14-"For I lift up my hand, to heaven, and say, I live for ever."

Ps. 90:2-"Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God."

Isa. 43:10, 11-"That ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he; before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour."

Col. 1:16, 17-"All things were created by him, and for him; and he is before all things, and by him all things consist."

Job 6:26; Ps. 83:18; Isa. 44:6; Heb. 1:2; 10-12; *Rev. 1:8.

D. and C. 22:2-"And God spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, I am the Lord God Almighty, and endless is my name, for I am without beginning of days or end of years."

†Gen. 6:4-"God revealed himself unto Seth, and he rebelled not."

†Gen. 6:37-"The Lord spake unto Enoch, and said unto him Anoint thine eyes with clay, and wash them, and thou shalt see; and he did so."

Num. 11:29-"Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them."

I Sam. 3:21-"The Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord."

Isa. 28:10-"For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little."

Isa. 45:11-"Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me."

Amos 3:7-"Surely the Lord God will do nothing, until he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."

Amos 8:11-"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord."

Dan. 2:47-"Your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldst reveal this secret."

John 8:32, 47-"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. . . . He that is of God receiveth God's words; ye therefore receive them not, because ye are not of God."

Phil. 3:15-"Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded; and if in anything ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you."

I Kings 18:24; 19:13; John 14:21; 15:26; 16:13; I Cor. 12:28; 14:6, 26, 39; Rev. 19:10.

A PERSONAL BEING

*Gen. 1:29-"And I, God, created man in mine own image, in the image of mine Only Begotten created I him; male and female created I them" (27).

Exod. 19:17-"And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount."

Exod. 20:21-"And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was."

Exod. 24:10-"And they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness."

Exod 33:11-"And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend."

*Exod 33:23-"And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts, but my face shall not be seen, as at other times; for I am angry with my people Israel."

Deut. 9:10-"And the Lord delivered unto me two tables of stone, written with the finger of God."

Isa. 6:1-"I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple."

Acts 7:55-"But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God."

Phil. 2:6-"Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God."

Heb. 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, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high."

Gen. 17:1, 29; 32: 24-30; 35:9, 11, 13; Num. 11:25; 23:4, 16; I Kings 19:11; II Chron. 6:18; Isa. 63:1, *John 1:19; Heb 3:3; I John 4:12; Rev. 20:11.

I Nephi 1:7-"He saw God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels in the attitude of singing and praising their God."

APPEARS TO MAN

*Gen. 2:18, 19 (Adam).

†Gen. 6:44, 7:26, 27 (5:22-24) (Enoch).

Gen. 12:7; 17:1; 18:1 (Abraham).

Gen. 26:24 (Isaac).

Gen. 28:13; 32:30; 35:1, 7, 9; 48:3 (Jacob). Exod 3:6; 6:3; 33:11, 23 (Moses).

Exod. 24:10 (Moses and seventy elders).

I Kings 3:5; 9:2; 11:9 (Solomon in dream).

I Kings 22:19 (Micaiah).

2 Chron 3:1 (David).

2 Chron. 18:18 (Micaiah).

Job 42:5 (Job).

Isa. 6:1 (Isaiah).

Jer. 31:3 (Jeremiah).

Amos 9:1 (Amos).

Acts 7:2 (Abraham).

Acts 7:56 (Stephen).

Rev. 5:1 (John).

D. and C. 67:3-". . . it is your privilege, and a promise I give unto you . . . that inasmuch as you . . . humble yourselves before me, . . . the veil shall be rent, and you shall see me and know that I am; not with the carnal, neither natural mind, but with the spiritual; for no man has seen God at any time in the flesh, except quickened by the Spirit of God; neither can any natural man abide the presence of God; neither after the carnal mind."

I Nephi 1:7; Ether 1:76.

(Some students have held that some of the foregoing appearances were by the pre-existent Son rather than by the Father.)

GOD'S FORM AND PARTS

Arm-Exod. 6:6; Job 40:9; Ps. 77:15; 89:10, 21; Isa. 30:30; 40:10; 49:22; 51:5, 9; 52:10; 53:1; 59:16; 62:8; 63:5; Jer. 21:5; 27:5; Luke 1:50; John 12:38; Acts 13:17.

Body-Gen. 6:9; Exod. 24:10; *33:20, 23; Heb. 1:3.

Breath-2 Sam. 22:16; Job 4:9; 33:4; 37:10; Ps. 18:15; 33:6; Isa. 11:4; 30:33.

Eyes-2 Chron. 16:9; Prov. 22:12; Isa. 1:15; I Pet. 3:12.

Face-†Gen. 7:4; 32:30; Exod. 33:11, 20, 23; Num. 14:14; Deut. 5:4; 31:17; 2 Chron 30:9; Ps. 27:9; Isa. 59:2; 64:7; Jer. 33:5; Ezek 39:23; Mic 3:4; Matt. 18:10.

Finger-†Gen. 6:47; Exod. 8:19; 31:18; Ps. 8:3; Ether 1:69-71.

Form-Gen. 1:27, 29; Exod. 24:10, 11; 33:11, 23; Isa. 6:1; Acts 7:55; Phil. 2:6; Heb. 1:3.

Feet-Exod. 24:9, 10; Ps. 18:9; Lam. 3:34; Hab. 3:5.

Parts-Ex. 33:21, 23.

Hand-Gen. 49:24; Exod. 24:11; Ezra 8:22; Isa. 62:3; Heb. 10:12.

Lips-Job 11:5; 23:12; Ps. 89:34; Isa. 11:4; 30:27.

Loins-Isa. 11:5; Ezek. 1:27; 8:2.

Mouth-†Gen. 5:2; Num, 12:8; Deut. 8:3; 32:1; I Kings 13:21; I Chron. 16:12; Isa. 1:20; 34:16; 45:23; 55:11.

Nostrils-Exod. 15:8; 2 Sam. 22:9, 16; Job 4:9; Isa. 65:5.

Tongue-Isa. 28:11; 30:27; Hab. 1:13.

Wings (symbolic)-Ps 36:7; 57:1; 63:7; 91:4; Mal. 4:2.

OMNIPRESENT BY HIS SPIRIT

*Gen. 1:5-"And my Spirit moved upon the face of the water. for I am God" (3).

Job 26:13-"By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent."

Ps. 139:7-10-"Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me."

John 14:16-"And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever."

Acts 8:39-"The Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more."

Isa 32:15; Jer. 23:23, 24; I Cor. 2:10; 6:19; Eph. 4:6.

1 Nephi 3:38-"I was caught away in the Spirit of the Lord, yea, into an exceeding high mountain."

THE SON

THE SON OF GOD

Isa. 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 [counselor], The mighty God, The everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace."

Ps. 2:7-"I will declare the decree; the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee."

*Matt. 3:46-"And lo, he heard a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased Hear ye him" (17).

John 10:36-"Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?"

Heb. 1:8-"But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre [scepter] of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom."

Ps. 45:6, 7; 110:1; Matt. 17:4; 22:42; *Rom. 9:5; I Cor. 2:8; Col. 2:9; I Tim. 3:16; Rev. 17:14; 19:16

1 Nephi 3:62-"And the angel said unto me, Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son of the eternal Father."

Jacob 3:5-"They believed in Christ, and worshiped the Father in his name."

Alma 3:83-"I know that Jesus Christ shall come, yea, the Son, the only begotten of the Father, full of grace, and mercy, and truth."

D. and C. 17: 5-"Wherefore the almighty God gave his only begotten Son, as it is written in those scriptures which have been given of him: he suffered temptations but gave no heed unto them; he was crucified, died, and rose again the third day; and ascended into heaven to sit down on the right hand of the Father, to reign with almighty power according to the will of the Father."

A CREATOR

*John 1:3-"All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made which was made."

Eph 3:9-"And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ."

Col. 1:16-"For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by him, and for him."

Heb. 1:2-"Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds."

Helamen 5:66-"That ye might know of the coming of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the father of heaven and earth, the creator of all things."

Mosiah 1:102-"And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the father of heaven and earth, the creator of all things."

3 Nephi 4:44-"Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are."

D. and C. 22:21; 85:2; 90:1.

PRE-EXISTENCE

*Gen. 1:27-"And I, God, said unto mine Only Begotten, which was with me from the beginning, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and it was so" (26).

Dan. 3: 25-"I see four men . . . and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."

Dan. 7:13-"One like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven."

John 1:2-"The same was in the beginning with God."

John 7:29-"But I know him; for I am from him, and he hath sent me."

John 8:42-"I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me."

John 16:28-"I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world; again, I leave the world, and go to the Father."

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."

John 6:33.

FIRST COMING OF MESSIAH FORETOLD

Gen. 49:10-"The scepter shall not depart from Judah . . . until Shiloh come."

Deut. 18:l8-"I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth."

Ps. 16:10-"For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see coruption."

Ps. 22:l-"They pierced my hands and my feet."

Ps. 22:18-"They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture."

Ps- 34:20-"He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken."

Ps. 69:21-"They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink."

Isa. 53:2, 3-"For he shall grow up before him as a tender Plant, and as a root out of a dry ground; he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not."

Isa. 53:5-"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."

Isa. 53:7-"He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth."

Isa. 53:12-"He was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."

Dan. 9:25, 26-"Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and three score and two weeks."

Micah 5:2-"But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth, have been from of old, from everlasting."

Zech. 9:9-"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass."

Zech. 11:12-"So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver."

Matt. 27:9; John 19:24, 29, 36.

I Nephi 3:4-"Yea, even six hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem, a prophet would the Lord raise up among the Jews, even a Messiah; or, in other words, the Savior of the world."

I Nephi 3:71-73, 75, 78-"And I looked and beheld the Redeemer of the world. . . . And I also beheld the prophet who should prepare the way before him. And the Lamb of God went forth and was baptized of him. . . . And I beheld that he went forth ministering unto the people in power and great glory. . . . And I also beheld twelve others following him."

THE MISSION OF CHRIST FORETOLD

*Gen. 3:21-"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman; between thy seed and her seed; and he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel" (15).

†Gen. 4:6-"After many days, an angel of the Lord appeared unto Adam saying, Why dost thou offer sacrifices unto the Lord And Adam said unto him, I know not, save the Lord commanded me. And then the angel spake, saying, This thing is a similitude of the sacrifice of the Only Begotten of the Father."

†Gen. 5:2-"As many as believed in the Son, and repented of their sins, should be saved."

†Gen. 5:44-"And thus the gospel began to be preached from the beginning, being declared by holy angels, sent forth from the presence of God; and by his own voice, and by the gift of the Holy Ghost."

†Gen. 7:54- "And, behold, Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, even in the flesh."

†Gen. 7:62-"And the Lord said unto Enoch, Look; and he looked, and beheld the Son of Man lifted up on the cross, after the manner of men."

Gen. 22:22-"And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed" (18).

Luke 24:26-"And beginning at Moses and all the prophets he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself" (27).

Luke 24:45-"And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day" (46).

John 1:45-"We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth."

John 8:56-"Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it and was glad."

Acts 3:18, 22-"Those things, which God before had showed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. . . . A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me.

Acts 26:22, 23-"Saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses, did say should come. That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead."

I Cor. 10:2-4-"And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual meat; and did all drink the same spiritual drink; for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them; and that Rock was Christ."

Gal. 3:8, 29-"And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham. . . .If ye are Christ's then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."

Gal. 3:16, 17-"Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, can not disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect."

Gal. 4:4-"But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son."

Heb. 2:14-"That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil."

*Heb. 4:2-"For unto us was the rest preached, as well as unto them; but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it."

Heb. 5:6-"As he saith also in another place, Thou be art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec." (See also Heb. 5:10; 6:20 7:11, 15-17, 21.)

Heb. 11:26-"Moses . . . Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward."

*I Pet. 1:11-"Searching what time, and what manner of salvation the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory which should follow."

*Jude 1:14-"And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his Saints."

Rev. 13:8-"The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."

Job 19:25; Luke 24:26; John 1:45; 4:44; Acts 7:37; 18:28; 28:23; I Cor. 15:4; I John 3:8.

Mosiah 1:104, 105-"And even after all this, that they shall consider him a man, and say that he hath a devil, and shall scourge him, and shall crucify him. And he shall rise the third day from the dead; and behold, he standeth to judge the world."

Jacob 3:4-"For this intent have we written these things, that they may know that we knew of Christ and that we had a hope of his glory many hundred years before his coming, and not only we ourselves . . . but also all holy prophets which were before us."

Early Book of Mormon references to Jesus: I Nephi, chapters 3, 4; 2 Nephi 7:5-7; 8:3-14; 11-24, 27, 32-36, 39, 43, 45-51, 54 , 78-79; Mosiah 1:97-105, 116; 3:8-11; 8:11-18, 28-34; Alma 3:83; 5:18-22.

SOVEREIGNTY OF CHRIST

Gen. 49:10-"The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."

†Ps. 24:10-"Even the king of glory shall come unto you; and shall redeem his people, and shall establish them in righteousness" (9).

Ps. 110:l-"The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool."

Isa. 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."

Jer. 23:5, 6-"I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth . . . and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS."

Dan. 7:13, 14-"Behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."

Zech. 9:9, 10-"Thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass... and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth."

Matt. 25:32-"When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory" (31).

Matt. 28:17-"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth" (18).

John 18:36-"Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world."

Acts 2:30-"God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne."

Rom. 14:9, 10-"For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living . . . for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ."

I Cor. 15:28-"And when all things shall be subdued unto him then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all."

Eph. 1:21, 22-"Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church."

Phil. 2:9-11-"God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Fathcr."

*I Tim. 6:15-"Who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords, to whom be honor and power everlasting" (15, 16).

Rev. 1:18-"I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death."

Rev. 11:15-"The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever."

Rev. 17:14-"These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings."

*Rom. 14:11.

THE FUTURE COMING OF CHRIST

Job. 19:25-"For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth."

Ps. 50:2, 3-"Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence; a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him."

Ps. 102:16-"When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory."

Zech. 14:4-"And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east."

Matt. 16:30-"For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works" (27).

*Matt. 24:37-"And as I said before, after the tribulation of those days, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken, then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn" (30)

*Luke 12:41, 42-"For, behold, he cometh in the first watch of the night, and he shall also come in the second watch, and again he shall come in the third watch. And verily I say unto you, he hath already come, as it is written of him; and again when he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, blessed are those servants when he cometh, that he shall find so doing" (38-43).

Luke 21:28-"And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory" (27).

*John 14:3-"And when I go, I will prepare a place for you, and come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, ye may be also."

Acts 1:11-"Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."

I Thess. 4:16-"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first."

Titus 2:13-"Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ."

*Heb. 9:28-"So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and he shall appear the second time, without sin unto salvation unto them that look for him."

*Rev. 1:7-"For behold, he cometh in the clouds with ten thousands of his saints in the kingdom clothed with the glory of his Father. And every eye shall see him; and they who pierced him, and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him."

*2 Pet. 3:3-12.

Mosiah 7:78-"When the Lord shall bring again Zion."

3 Nephi 13:18-"Even until all things shall be fulfilled, according to the will of the Father, when I shall come in my glory with the powers of heaven."

D. and C. 34:4-"And they shall be looking forth for the time of my coming, for it is nigh at hand."

D. and C. 68:l-"Unto you it shall be given to know the signs of the times and the signs of the coming of the Son of Man."

D. and C. 34:4; 45:2-9; 49:4, 5; 51:5; 56:6; 63:13; 65:1.

CHRIST IN THE MILLENNIUM

†Gen. 7:73-"Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, in the last days, to dwell on the earth, in righteousness, for the space of a thousand years."

Isa. 65:2-"In those days. . . the child shall not die, but live to be an hundred years old: but the sinner, living to be an hundred years old, shall be accursed."

Rev. 26:6-8-"Shall reign with him a thousand years. And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, shall go out to deceive the nations."

D. and C. 43:7-Saints reign in millennium with Jesus on earth during millennium.

D. and C. 85:25-28-Saints with him on earth and also those who are Christ's at his coming.

AFTER THE MILLENNIUM

Rev. 20:11-15 (Great judgment of all men).

Rev. 21:2-4 (Tabernacle of God with men).

D. and C. 76:7 (Delivers up throne after judgment).

CHRIST TO BE KING

Matt. 25:32-"When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he shall sit upon the throne of his glory" (31).

Luke 1:32, 33-"He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David; and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end."

John 18:37-"Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king."

*Rev. 11:15-"And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of this world are become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever."

Isa. 9:7; Dan. 7:13, 14; Zech. 14:9; *Matt. 27:11, 12; *Mark 15:3, 4.

CHRIST THE JUDGE AND REWARDER

Ps. 9:8-"And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness."

Ps. 96:13-"For he cometh to judge the earth; he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth."

Isa. 11:4-"But with righteousnes shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his of his lips shall he slay the wicked."

Mal.-"And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers."

Matt. 16:30-"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works" (27).

*Matt. 25:33-"And before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats; the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left" (32, 33).

John 5:22 (All judgment committed to Son).

Ps. 72:12-14; *Acts 17:31.

HE SHALL PURIFY AND REFINE ISRAEL

Isa. 1:25, 26-"And I will turn my hand upon thee; and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin; and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counselors as at the beginning; afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city."

Mal. 3:3, 4-"He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years."

*Matt. 23:39, 40-"For I say unto you, that you shall not see me henceforth, and know that I am he of whom it is written by the prophets, until ye shall say, Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord" (39).

3 Nephi 9:29-"That they may be purified in me."

TO COME WITH HIS SAINTS AND GATHER HIS PEOPLE

Gen. 49:l0-"The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a law-giver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."

Ps. 50:3-5-"Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence; He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."

*Mark 13:31, 44-"So likewise, shall mine elect be gathered from the four quarters of the earth. . . . For the Son of Man shall come; and he shall send his angels before him with the great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other" (26, 27).

*Luke 17:37, 38-"And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is gathered; or, in other words, whithersoever the saints are gathered thither will the eagles be gathered together; or, thither will the remainder be gathered together" (37).

Eph 1:10-"That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him."

*I Thess. 4:14, 15-"Even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that they who are alive at the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them who remain unto the coming of the Lord, who are asleep."

Jude 14-"And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints."

*Rev. 1:7-"For behold, he cometh in the clouds with ten thousands of his saints in the kingdom, clothed with the glory of his Father."

Rev. 18:4-"And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."

*Matt. 24:40; *Luke 13:29; Col. 3:4; I Thess. 3:13; 2 Thess 1:7, 10; 2:1.

3 Nephi 2:107.

D. and C. 26:3-"Unto whom I have committed the keys of my kingdom, . . . and for the fullness of times, in the which I will gather together in one all things, both which are in heaven and which are on earth."

D. and C. 45:14-"And it shall come to pass that the righteous shall be gathered out from among all nations, and shall come to Zion singing, with songs of everlasting joy."

D. and C. 98:4-"Zion shall not be moved out of her place, notwithstanding her children are scattered, they that remain and are pure in heart shall return and come to their inheritances. . . . And, behold, there is none other place appointed, . . . neither shall there be any other place appointed than that which I have appointed for the work of the gathering of my saints."

D. and C. 98:9-"Let not your gathering be in haste, nor by flight; but let all things be prepared before you; and in order that all things be prepared before you, observe the commandments which I have given you concerning these things."

D. and C. 3:15; 28:1; 32:2; 36:12; 45:13; 83:1, 2; 98:4, 9.

HIS PERSONAL REIGN UPON EARTH WITH HIS PEOPLE

Num. 14:21-"But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord."

Ps. 2:8-"Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession."

Ps. 67:4-"O let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth."

Ps. 72:7, 8-"In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth."

Zech. 9:10-"And his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth."

Zech. 14:9-"And the Lord shall be King over all the earth; in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one."

Dan. 7:27-"And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High."

Luke 22:29-"And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me."

Rev. 5:10-"And hast made us unto our God kings and priests; and we shall reign on the earth."

Isa. 49:6, 7; *Rev. 1:6; 20:4.

I Nephi 7:55-"And the time cometh speedily that the righteous must be led up as calves of the stall, and the Holy One of Israel must reign in dominion, and might, and power and great glory."

JUDGMENTS UPON WICKED PRIOR TO AND AT CHRISTS SECOND COMING

*Isa. 29:6-"For they shall be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire."

Isa 30:30-"And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones."

Joel 3:12-14-"Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision; for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision."

Hag. 2:22-"And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother."

†Gen. 7:67-70; Ps. 9:17; *37:38; Prov. 2:22; Isa. 8:9; * 13:4, 6 66:16; *Jer. 30:11, 16; *Ezek 38:1-23; Zeph. 1:14-18; 3:8; Mal. 4:1, 3; *Matt. 13:51; *21:55.

D. and C. 28:2-"And be prepared in all things, against the day when tribulation and desolation are sent forth upon the wicked; for the hour is nigh, and the day soon at hand, when the earth is ripe."

D. and C. 85:25-"And after your testimony, cometh wrath and indignation upon the people, for after your testimony cometh the testimony of earthquakes. . . . And also cometh the testimony of the voice of thunderings, and the voice of lightnings, and the voice of tempests, and the voice of the waves of the sea, heaving themselves beyond their bounds . . . for fear shall come upon all people."

D. and C 94:5-"Vengeance cometh speedily upon the ungodly, as the whirlwind, and who shall escape it; the Lord's scourge shall pass over by night and by day; and the report thereof shall vex all people; yet, it shall not be stayed till the Lord come; for the indignation of the Lord is kindled against their abominations, and all their wicked works."

D. and C. 45:4; 61:3; 76:4, 7.

2 Nephi 12:90-"The Lord God shall cause great division among the people; and the wicked will he destroy; and he will spare his people."

CHRISTS SECOND COMING CALLED THE HARVEST TIME

Joel 3:13-"Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great."

*Matt. 13:39-"The harvest is the end of the world, or the destruction of the wicked."

Rev. 14:15-"And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap; for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe."

Isa. 18:5; 24:1-6, 13, 17; 63:3, 4, 6; *Rev. 19:15.

Alma 14:87-"They are in the hands of the Lord of the harvest, and they are his."

IN THE LATTER DAYS

Isa. 13:10, 11-"For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. And punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will the cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible."

Jer. 23:19, 20-"Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind; it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. The anger of the Lord shall not return until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart; in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly."

Jer. 30:23, 24-"Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind; it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked . . . in the latter days ye shall consider it."

*Matt. 24:4, 44, 56-"And what is the sign of thy coming; and of the end of the world? (or the destruction of the wicked, which is the end of the world) . . . But as it was in the days of Noah, so it shall be also at the coming of the Son of Man. . . . And thus cometh the end of the wicked according to the prophecy of Moses, saying, They shall be cut off from among the people" (3, 37).

*Luke 21:25, 26-"And he answered them, and said, In the generation in which the times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled, there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity, like the sea and the waves roaring. The earth also shall be troubled, and the waters of the great deep; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth. For the powers of heaven shall be shaken."

2 Tim. 3:l-"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come."

Isa. 2:2; 26:21; 28:21, 22; *Jer. 25:31-33; Mark 4:1; *Mark 13:50; 2 Pet. 3:3-8.

2 Nephi 11:116, 117-"But behold, in the last days . . . all the nations of the Gentiles, and also the Jews, both those who shall come upon this land, and those who shall be upon other lands; . . . will be drunken with iniquity and with all manner of abominations, and when that day shall come they shall be visited of the Lord of hosts, with thunder and with earthquake."

2 Nephi 5:31-33; 3 Nephi 9:101-106; Mormon 4:34-44.

D. and C. 36:14; 39:3; 83:24; 84:2.

TIME OF SECOND COMING UNKNOWN

†Gen. 7:67, 70-"As I live, even so will I come in the last days, in the days of wickedness and vengeance, . . . unto a place which I shall prepare; an holy city, that my people may gird up their loins, and be looking forth for the time of my coming."

Mal. 3:1-"I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple."

*Matt. 24:27, 43, 45, 49, 51-"For as the light of the morning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west, and covereth the whole earth; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. . . . But of that day and hour no one knoweth; no, not the angels of God in heaven, but my Father only . . . they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, but knew not until the flood came and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. . . . Watch, therefore, for ye know not at what hour your Lord doth come. . . . Therefore be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh" (27, 36, 37, 42, 44).

Matt. 25:13-"Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh" (12).

*Mark 13:46, 47-"So likewise, mine elect, when they shall see all these things, they shall know that he is near, even at the doors. But of that day and hour no one knoweth; no, not the angels of God in heaven, but my Father only" (26, 32).

*Luke 17:34, 35-"In that night there shall be two in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left" (34-36).

*Luke 21:34, 35-"Let my disciples therefore take heed to themselves, lest at any time their hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come upon them unawares. For as a snare it shall come on all them who dwell on the face of the whole earth."

Acts 1:7-"And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power."

I Thess. 5:2, 3-"The day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape."

2 Thess 3:5-"The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ."

*Heb. 9:28-"And he shall appear the second time, without sin unto salvation unto them that look for him."

James 5:7, 8-"Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh"

*2 Pet. 3:9, 10, 12-"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise and coming. . . . But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall shake, and the earth also shall tremble, and the mountains shall melt, and pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be filled with fervent heat; . . . Looking unto, and preparing for the day of the coming of the Lord,

Rev. 3:11; 22:7, 12, 20-"Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. . . . Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. . . . And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. . . . He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen."

Rev. 16:15-"Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments."

*Mark 13:29, 48-55; Phil. 3:20; *2 Thess. 2:1-3, 8, 9.

Comment on the word "quickly." While the meaning of "quickly," as found in the four texts quoted together from Revelation, is derived from the Greek tachu and commonly translated quickly, Dr. Strong shows that its meaning is variable and includes "swift," or "by surprise, suddenly." In view of the large number of texts that foretell the coming of Christ "suddenly," or "as a thief," the latter meaning would appear to more closely harmonize with them. It does not seem consistent with the lapse of more than nineteen centuries to suppose that Jesus meant to say that he would come soon, nor is it indicated in his repeated statement that no one, not even himself, knew the time of his coming.

D. and C. 35:3-"I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God; wherefore gird up your loins and I will suddenly come to my temple."

D. and C. 49:2-"But the hour and the day no man knoweth, neither the angels in heaven, nor shall they know until he comes."

D. and C. 36:12; 85:25, 38; 103:2; 105:13; 108:1, 3.

Alma 19:34-"When this time cometh, no one knows; but God knoweth the time which is appointed."

THE ATONEMENT OF CHRIST AND EFFICACY OF HIS BLOOD

Isa. 53:4, 5-"Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: . . . But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."

*Matt. 26:24-"This is in remembrance of my blood of the new testament, which is shed for as many as shall believe on my name, for the remission of their sins" (28).

*Mark 14:23-"This is in remembrance of my blood which is shed for many, and the new testament which I give unto you" (24).

John 6:51-"And the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."

John 11:51, 52-"Being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; and not for that nation only."

Jacob 3:16-"Be reconciled unto him, through the atonement of Christ, his only begotten Son."

ETHICAL TEACHINGS OF JESUS

Love God and man: Matt. 19:19; 22:36-39; *Mark 12:34-36; Luke 10:27, 28; 2 Nephi 13:29; D. and C. 59:2.

Love and do good to enemies: Matt. 5:46; *Luke 6:27-29; 3 Nephi 5:90.

Love the brethren. John 13:34, 35; 15:12, 17; I John 3:11, 23; Mosiah 11:16; D. and C. 42:12; 85:38.

Forgiveness: *Matt. 6:13, 16; *18:21-34; *Mark 11:27, 28; Luke 6:37; *11:4; *17:3, 4; *23:35; 24:46; 3 Nephi 5:107; D. and C. 64:2; 95:7.

(Also see Index for Accountability, Adultery, Agency, Divorce, Duties, Faith, Fasting, Humility, Marriage, Meekness, Mercy, Obedience, Perfection, Prayer, Purity, Sabbath, Sacrifice, Sanctification, Self-denial, Sin, Stewardship, Truth, Wisdom and Works).

THE HOLY SPIRIT

THE NAMES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Eph. 4:30-Gives the full name, "the Holy Spirit of God."

Matt. 3:45-Here it is called "the Spirit of God," as in 27 other places in the Bible.

John 1:33-"The Spirit descending." Here it is called simply "the Spirit," as in numbers of other places. In such cases the reader must understand from the context whether the Holy Spirit, or some other, is meant.

Acts 8:39-"The Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip." Here, as in 30 other places in the Bible, it is called "the Spirit of the Lord."

Various titles are also used in the Book of Mormon.

I Nephi 1:6-"The Spirit."

I Nephi 1:11- "The Spirit of the Lord."

I Nephi 1:49-"His Holy Spirit."

I Nephi 3:147, 148-"The Spirit of God."

I Nephi 6:23-"His Spirit."

2 Nephi 13:32-"The Holy Ghost."

Mosiah 3:3-"The Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent."

Alma 3:78-"The Holy Spirit of God."

Moroni 7:14-"The Spirit of Christ."

In the Doctrine and Covenants the same usage is also found.

1:8 (and many others)-"The Spirit."

12:4 (and many others)-"The Holy Ghost." 36:6 (and many others)- "The Holy Spirit."

John 14:26-The Holy Spirit is also called the Comforter. "The Comforter is . . .the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name."

THE COMFORTER (THE HOLY GHOST)

TESTIFIES OF CHRIST

John 15:26-"When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me."

John 16:7-"It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you."

John 14:26-"The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost."

D. and C. 46:5-"To some it is given by the Holy Ghost to know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that he was crucified for the sins of the world."

Jacob 5:16-20-Jacob tells Sherem that the Scriptures testify of Christ, and adds, "It has been made manifest unto me, for I have heard and seen; and it also has been made manifest unto me by the power of the Holy Ghost."

NOTES

Modern versions of the Bible use the term "Holy Spirit" in many places where the Authorized Version uses "Holy Ghost." The Authorized Version uses "Holy Ghost" 88 times, and "Holy Spirit" 7 times. The two terms are synonymous. For various reasons, some apparent and some not, other terms referring to the Holy Spirit are also employed.

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS DIVINE

Eph. 4:30-"Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." Note the full name, "the holy Spirit of God"

*Matt. 12:26-"All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men who receive me and repent; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven unto men" (31). The divinity of the Holy Spirit, due to its sacred and inviolable character, is indicated here.

*Luke 3:29-"And the Holy Ghost descended, in bodily shape like a dove, upon him; and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased" (22). On this important occasion, God gave his Son the greatest gift he had to bestow, the Holy Ghost.

Rom. 5: 5-"The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." Thus the Holy Ghost is the vehicle of the love of God to us.

Matt. 28:18-"The name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" (19). The Holy Spirit is Divine because it is a member of the Godhead.

2 Nephi 13:32-"This is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God without end."

Alma 8:104-"Christ the Son, and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, which is one eternal God."

3 Nephi 5:27, 38-"Verily I say unto you, that the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost are one; and I am in the Father, and the Father in me, and the Father and I are one. . .and the Father, and I, and the Holy Ghost are one."

Mormon 3:29-"Sing ceaseless praises with the choirs above, unto the Father, and unto the Son, and unto the Holy Ghost, which are one God."

Alma 5:19-"She . . . shall be overshadowed, and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God."

3 Nephi 5:25-Baptism is administered "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."

Mosiah 11:186-By the Spirit, men are reborn, "I [Alma] am born of the Spirit."

Alma 19:8 (2 Nephi 12:5, 6, 31; Moroni 8:33, 34)-"If ye deny the Holy Ghost when it once has had place in you, and ye know that ye deny it. . . . this is a sin which is unpardonable."

DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND POWERS ARE ASCRIBED TO THE SPIRIT

2 Nephi 1: 65-"The Spirit is the same, yesterday, today, and forever."

Alma 5:23-"The Spirit knoweth all things."

2 Nephi 1:73, 74-"The Holy Messiah . . . layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit."

Alma 16:234-"The Spirit of the Lord hath withdrawn from you. . . . This is the final state of the wicked."

THE OBJECTIVE REALITY OF THE HOLY GHOST

I Nephi 3:50-"I spake unto him as a man speaketh; for I beheld that he was in the form of a man; yet, nevertheless, I knew that it was the Spirit of the Lord: and he spake unto me as a man speaketh with another."

I Nephi 3:74-"I beheld the heavens open, and the Holy Ghost come down out of heaven and abode upon him in the form of a dove."

MANIFEST PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND POWERS

2 Nephi 1:123-Willing. "Choose eternal life, according to the will of his Holy Spirit."

Alma 5:23-Knowing. "The Spirit knoweth all things."

2 Nephi 11:76-Striving. "The Spirit of the Lord will not always strive with man."

I Nephi 3:41-Saying. "The Spirit said unto me."

I Nephi 1:106-Leading. "I was led by the Spirit."

Alma 10:50-Constraining. "The Spirit constraineth me."

Ether 1:106-Persuading. "Because of my Spirit, he shall know that these things are true; for it persuadeth men to do good."

Mosiah 1:120-Enticing. "The enticings of the Holy Spirit."

2 Nephi 3:40-Transporting. "Upon the wings of his Spirit hath my body been carried away upon exceeding high mountains."

FUNCTIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

John 14:26-"He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

John 15:26-"But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me."

John 16:13-"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth; for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak; and he will show you things to come."

Acts 15: 28-"For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things."

Acts 16:6, 7-"Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, after they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; but the Spirit suffered them not."

*Rom. 8:13-16-"If ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live unto Christ. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God . . . but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God."

I Cor. 2:10-"But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God."

I Cor. 12:7, 25-"But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. . . . that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another."

Gal. 4:6-"God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father."

Eph. 1:13, 14-"Ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession."

*Eph. 4:12, 13-"For the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ; till we, in the unity of the faith, all come to the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ."

Eph. 4:30-"Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption."

I John 4:13-"Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit."

Acts 1:8; 5:32; 13:1-4; 16:6, 7; 20:28; *I Cor. 2:11-13; 3:16; 6:19; 7:17; 2 Cor. 1:22; Heb. 10:15; 1 John 3:24.

I Nephi 3:30-"And the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in this time as in times of old."

Moroni 10:5-"If ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you."

D. and C. 10:7-"Verily, verily, I say unto you, I will impart unto you of my Spirit, which shall enlighten your mind, which shall fill your soul with joy."

D. and C. 17:5.

GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

TO WHOM THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN

Moroni 7:14-To every man. "The Spirit of Christ is given to every man."

3 Nephi 9:65-To the Gentiles. "The pouring out of the Holy Ghost through me upon the Gentiles."

2 Nephi 13:15-To the baptized believers. "He that is baptized in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy Ghost."

Alma 11:26-A general blessing. "The Lord did pour out his Spirit on all the face of the land."

I Nephi 1:11-Filled with the Spirit. "He [Lehi] was filled with the Spirit of the Lord."

1 Nephi 1:6-Overcome by the Spirit. "He . . . being overcome with the Spirit of God."

2 Nephi 13:17-Baptized by the Spirit. "Then cometh the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost."

SUBJECT ALSO TO HUMAN CONDITIONS

Jacob 3:26-Spirit working. "I perceive the workings of the Spirit which is in me."

2 Nephi 15:2-Spirit may be quenched or resisted. "There are many that harden their hearts against the Holy Spirit, that it hath no place in them."

Helaman 2:162-May withdraw. "The Spirit of the Lord began to withdraw from the Nephites, because of the wickedness and the hardness of their hearts."

Alma 14:58-A falling away. "After a people have been once enlightened by the Spirit of God, and have had great knowledge of things pertaining to righteousness, and then have fallen away into sin and transgression, they become more hardened, and thus their state becomes worse than though they had never known these things."

CONDITIONS FOR THE GIFT

3 Nephi 13:23-Because of Christ. "The Father giveth the Holy Ghost unto the children of men, because of me."

3 Nephi 9:20-To those chosen for ministry. "Father, I thank thee that thou hast given the Holy Ghost unto these whom I have chosen; and it is because of their belief in me, that I have chosen them out of the world."

Helaman 2:163-For willingness to believe. "The Lord began to pour out his Spirit upon the Lamanites, because of their easiness and willingness to believe in his word."

3 Nephi 12:10-For baptism. "As many as were baptized in the name of Jesus were filled with the Holy Ghost."

I Nephi 3:187-For building the kingdom. "Blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost."

Alma 12:5-Prayer and Fasting. "They had given themselves to much prayer, and fasting, therefore they had the spirit of prophecy, and the spirit of revelation, and when they taught, they taught with power and authority, even as with the power and authority of God."

Helaman 2:59-Holiness. "The Spirit of the Lord doth not dwell in unholy temples."

KINDS OF GIFTS

Mark 16:16-19-"And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover" (17, 18).

*Luke 11:14-"If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give good gifts, through the Holy Spirit, to them who ask him" (13).

I Cor. 12:7-11-"But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of hcaling by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues; but all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will."

Eph. 4:7, 8-"But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men."

Moroni 10:3-12.

"TO ONE IS GIVEN BY THE SPIRIT THE WORD OF WISDOM"

Prov. 2:2, 6-"Incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding.... For the Lord giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding."

I Cor. 2:6-"Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect; yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to naught."

James 1: 5-"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him."

James 3:13, 17-"Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. . . . But the wisdom that is from above is first pure then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy."

I Cor. 1:21; 2:7.

D. and C. 1:5-"And inasmuch as they sought wisdom they might be instructed."

D. and C. 6:3 -"Seek not for riches but for wisdom, and, behold, the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto you.

D. and C. 42:18; 46:7; 76:2.

"TO ANOTHER THE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE BY THE SAME SPIRIT"

*1 Cor. 1:5-7-"That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you; so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."

I Cor. 12:3-"And that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost."

Col. 1:9-"That ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spirit in all wisdom and understanding."

I Cor. 2:12; 8:7.

Moroni 10:5-"By the power of the Holy Ghost, ye may know the truth of all things."

D. and C. 10:7.

"TO ANOTHER FAITH BY THE SAME SPIRIT"

Acts 6:5, 8-"They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost. . . . And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people."

Acts 11:24-"For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord." '

Acts 15:8, 9-"Giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith."

*Rom 1:17-"Therein is the righteousness of God revealed through faith on his name, as it is written, The just shall live by faith."

Rom. 9:30-"The Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith."

Rom. 12:3-"But to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith."

I Cor. 12:4, 9-"Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. . . . To another faith by the same Spirit."

Heb. 6:12-"That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."

*Acts 3:16; 2 Cor. 4:13.

D. and C. 46:7.

"TO ANOTHER GIFTS OF HEALING BY THE SAME SPIRIT"

*Mark 6:14-"And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and they were healed" (13).

Mark 16:19-"They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover" (18).

James 5:14, 15-"Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."

*Acts 3:16; I Cor. 12:9.

3 Nephi 3:64-"And as many as . . . were healed of their sicknesses and their infirmities, did truly manifest unto the people that they had been wrought upon by the Spirit of God, and had been healed."

I Nephi 3:83,-85.

D. and C. 42: 13-"He that hath faith in me to be healed, and is not appointed unto death, shall be healed; he who hath faith to see shall see; he who hath faith to hear shall hear."

D. and C. 46:7-"And again, to some it is given to have faith to be healed, and to others it is given to have faith to heal."

D. and C. 34:3; 66:5; 83:11; 107:30.

GOD'S PEOPLE NOT ALWAYS HEALED

2 Cor. 12:7-9-"And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness."

2 Tim 4:20-"Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick."

Deut. 29:22; Isa. 59:1, 2; Mark 6:7; Acts 28:27; 1 Cor. 11:29, 30.

"TO ANOTHER THE WORKING OF MIRACLES"

Luke 9:l-"Then he called his twelve disciples together, and he gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases."

Acts 8:6-"And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did."

Gal. 3:5-"He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?"

Heb 2:4-"God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?"

*Luke 10:20; Acts 5:12; 8:13; 15:12; I Cor. 12:10.

4 Nephi 1:7-"And all manner of miracles did they work among the Children of men, and in nothing did they work miracles save it were in the name of Jesus."

2 Nephi 11:79; 4 Nephi 1:6.

Ether 5: 13-"If there be no faith among the children of men, God can do no miracle."

Mormon 4:83-"And the reason why he ceaseth to do miracles among the children of men is because they dwindle in unbelief, and depart from the right way."

3 Nephi 3:59-61; 4 Nephi 1:6, 7; Mormon 4:75-87; Moroni 7:27-30, 37-43; 10:11; D. and C. 83:11; 46:7.

D. and C. 34: 3-"And I will show miracles, signs and wonders, unto all those who believe on my name."

"TO ANOTHER PROPHECY"

I Cor. 14:1-"Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy."

Eph. 1:17-"That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him"

Phil. 3:15-"Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded; and if in anything ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you."

I Thess. 5:20-"Despise not prophesyings."

John 16:13; Acts 11:27, 28; 13:1; 21:10, 11; I Cor. 12:10.

"TO ANOTHER DISCERNING OF SPIRITS"

Acts 5:3-"But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost?"

Acts 13:10-"And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?"

Acts 14:9-"The same heard Paul speak; who steadfastly beholding him and perceiving that he had faith to be healed."

Acts 16:18-"But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour."

Alma 16:5l-"Behold, I know that thou believest, but thou art possessed with a lying spirit, and ye have put off the Spirit of God, that it may have no place in you.

D. and C. 46:7-"And unto such as God shall appoint and ordain to watch over the church . . . are to have it given unto them to discern all those gifts, lest there shall be any among you professing and yet be not of God."

"TO ANOTHER DIVERS KINDS OF TONGUES"

Acts 2 4-"And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."

Acts 10:46-"For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God."

Acts 19:6-"And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied."

I Cor. 14:5-"I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied."

I Cor. 14:39-"Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues."

Moroni 10:l-"And again, to another, all kinds of tongues."

D. and C. 46:7-"It is given to some to speak in tongues."

2 Nephi 14:2, 3; Omni 1:44; Alma 7:3 1; Mormon 4:66.

"TO ANOTHER INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES "

*1 Cor. 14:5, 13-"For greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. . . . Wherefore let him that speaketh in another tongue pray that he may interpret."

*1 Cor. 14:27, 28-"If any man speak in another tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church."

I Cor. 12:4, 6, 10, 11.

Moroni 10:1l-"And again, to another, the interpretation of languages and of divers kinds of tongues."

D. and C. 46:7-"To another it is given the interpretation of tongues."

THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT

3 Nephi 13:59-Works by it. "The Lord worketh . . . by the power of the Holy Ghost."

Alma 5:28-Testimony. "The Holy Spirit, which testifieth in me."

3 Nephi 5:33-Bears witness. "The Holy Ghost beareth record of the Father and me."

I Nephi 1:83-Inspires Scripture. "The words which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets, . . . have been delivered unto them by the Spirit and power of God."

Alma 10:4-Sanctifies. "Being sanctified by the Holy Ghost."

Jacob 5:20-Reveals. "It also has been made manifest unto me by the power of the Holy Ghost."

I Nephi 3:30-Unfolds mysteries. "The mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them by the power of the Holy Ghost."

Moroni 10:7-Empowers. "Ye may know that he is, by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore I would exhort you, that ye deny not the power of God; for he worketh by power, according to the faith of the children of men, the same today, and tomorrow, and for ever."

I Nephi 3:36-Commissions. "The Holy Ghost giveth authority that I should speak these things."

Moroni 6:9-Directs. "As the power of the Holy Ghost led them whether to preach or exhort, or to pray, or to supplicate, or to sing, even so it was done."

Moroni 10:8, 9-Spiritual gifts. "The gifts of God . . . are given by the manifestations of the Spirit of God unto men."

2 Nephi 12:39-Gives precepts. "Their precepts shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost."

Mosiah 2:5-Gives joy. "The Spirit of the Lord came upon them, and they were filled with joy."

SPIRITUAL GIFT NOT DONE AWAY

Acts 2:39-"For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."

I Cor. 13:9, 10-"For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away."

lsa. 45:22; *Eph. 4:13, 14.

Moroni 10:14-"These gifts of which I have spoken, which are spiritual, never will be done away, even so long as the world shall stand, only according to the unbelief of the children of men."

Moroni 10:18-"And now I speak unto all the ends of the earth, that if the day cometh that the power and gifts of God shall be done away among you, it will be because of unbelief."

Upon the subject of the continuance of the gifts, John Wesley preached as follows: "It does not appear that these extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost were common in the church for more than two or three centuries. We seldom hear of them after that fatal period when the Emperor Constantine called himself a Christian, and, From a vain imagination of promoting the Christian cause thereby, heaped riches, honor, and power upon the Christians in general, but in particular upon the clergy. From this time they almost totally ceased, very few instances of the kind being found. The cause of this was not, as has been commonly supposed, because there was no more occasion for them, by reason of all the world becoming Christian. This idea is a miserable mistake, as not a twentieth part was at that time even nominally Christian. The real cause was that the love of many waxed cold, and the Christians had no more of the Spirit than the heathen."-Sermon 94.

SIGNS

SIGN SEEKERS REPROVED

*Matt. 16:1-4-"The Pharisees also, with the Sadducees, came, and tempting Jesus, desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven. And he answered and said unto them. . . . O hypocrites! ye can discern the face of the sky; but ye can not tell the signs of the times. A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign! and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas."

John 4:50-"Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe" (48).

*Mark 8:10-12; *Luke 11:17, 30.

Alma 16:53-"Thou hast had signs enough; will ye tempt your God? Will ye say, Shew me a sign, when ye have the testimony of all these thy brethren, and also all the holy prophets?"

THE GIFTS OF GOD ARE RECEIVED BY FAITH

*Matt. 21:20-"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, in faith believing, ye shall receive" (22).

Mark 10:53-"And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole" (52).

*Mark 11:25, 26-"For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith fulfilled" (23).

*Acts 3:16-"The faith which is in him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all."

Heb. 6:12-"That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."

James 1:5, 6-"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering; for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed."

Matt. 17:20; *Mark 6:7, 8; Luke 4:23-27; *17:5, 6.

Ether 5:13, 14-"But in the gift of his Son hath God prepared a more excellent way, and it is by faith that it hath been fulfilled. For if there be no faith among the children of men, God can do no miracle among them; wherefore he showed not himself until after their faith. Behold, it was the faith of Alma and Amulek that caused the prison to tumble to the earth."

Moroni 10:7, 8, 14-"I would exhort you, that ye deny not the power of God; for he worketh by power, according to the faith of the children of men, the same today, and tomorrow and forever. . . . Deny not the gifts of God, for they are many, and they come from the same God. . . . All these gifts of which I have spoken, which are spiritual, never will be done away, even so long as the world shall stand, only according to the unbelief of the children of men."

D. and C. 34:3-"And whoso shall ask it in my name, in faith, they shall cast out devils; they shall heal the sick; they shall cause the blind to receive their sight, the deaf to hear, the dumb to speak, and the lame to walk. . . . But without faith shall not anything be shown forth except desolations upon Babylon."

4 Nephi 1:6, 7; Mormon 4:75-88.

D. and C. 42 13.

SIGNS NOT GIVEN FOR DISPLAY

*Matt. 9:36-"And their eyes were opened; and straitly he charged them, saying, Keep my commandments, and see ye tell no man in this place, that no man know it" (30).

Matt. 12:34-"But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas" (39).

Matt. 13:59-"And he did not many mighty works there, because of their unbelief" (58).

Matt. 16:21-"Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus, the Christ" (20).

Luke 4:41-"And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ, the Son of God. And he, rebuking them, suffered them not to speak; for they knew that he was Christ."

Luke 8:53-"And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and he called, saying, Maid, arise" (54).

*Luke 16:36-"If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one should rise from the dead" (31).

*Matt. 4:3, 6; Luke 11:29; John 10:41.

SIGNS AND SPIRITUAL GIFTS PROMISED

*Matt. 4:22-"And Jesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom; and healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of diseases among the people which believed on his name" (23).

*Matt. 7:12, 13-"Say unto them, Ask of God; ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and unto him that knocketh, it shall be opened" (7, 8).

Mark 16:16-19-"And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover" (16-18).

*Luke 17:6-"And the Lord said, If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say unto this sycamore tree, Be thou plucked up by the roots, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you."

John 14:12, 13-"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do."

Acts 2:18-"And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy."

I Cor. 14:12-"Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church."

Heb. 2:4-"God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will."

I Cor. 12:1-11

I Nephi 3:45-"This thing shall be given unto thee for a sign . . .ye shall bear record that it is the Son of God."

2 Nephi 11:61-"And after the Messiah shall come, there shall be signs given unto my people of his birth, and also of his death and resurrection."

3 Nephi 1:12, 13-"The time is at hand, and on this night shall the sign be given, and on the morrow come I into the world."

FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT

John 13:35-"By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."

Gal. 5:22, 23-"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; against such there is no law."

Eph. 5:8-10-"Now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord."

Phil. 4:8-"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."

2 Pet. 1:5-7-"And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, charity."

Rom. 6:22; Eph. 5:9; Col. 1:10; 3:12-15; Jas. 3:17.

Alma 5:39-42; 10:28; 16:239; Moroni 7:48-53.

D. and C. 4:2-"Remember, faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence."

D. and C. 11:4.

THE SIN AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST

*Matt. 12:26, 27-"Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men who receive me and repent; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him; neither in this world; neither in the world to come" (31, 32).

*Mark 3:23, 24-"And blasphemies, wherewith soever they shall blaspheme, shall be forgiven them that come unto me, and do the works which they see me do. But there is a sin which shall not be forgiven. He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, hath never forgiveness; but is in danger of being cut down out of the world. And they shall inherit eternal damnation" (28, 29).

*Luke 12:11, 12-"They reasoned among themselves, saying, He knoweth our hearts, and he speaketh to our condemnation, and we shall not be forgiven. But he answered them and said unto them, Whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, and repenteth, it shall be forgiven him; but unto him who blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him" (10).

*Heb. 6:4-6-"For he hath made it impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to be renewed again unto repentance; seeing they crucify unto themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."

Heb. 10:26, 27-"For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment."

2 Pet. 2:20, 21-"For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them."

I John 5:16.

Alma 19:8-"If ye deny the Holy Ghost when it has had place in you, and ye know that ye deny it; behold, this is a sin which is unpardonable."

D. and C. 76:4-"Concerning whom I have said that there is no forgiveness in this world nor in the world to come; having denied the Holy Spirit, after having received it and having denied the only begotten Son of the Father, having crucified him unto themselves, and put him to an open shame; these are they who shall go away into the lake of fire and brimstone, with the devil and his angels, and the only ones on whom the second death shall have any power."

HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

That others than the apostles had authority to exercise the so-called miraculous gifts is attested by Mosheim, as follows:

"To these their personal endowments, must be added the ability by these divine ambassadors of transferring the power of working miracles to their disciples. Many persons, as soon as they were baptized according to Christ's directions and consecrated to God by prayer and the imposition of hands, were able forthwith to express their thoughts in foreign languages which they had never learned, to foretell future events, to heal the sick by pronouncing the name of Jesus, to call the dead to life, and to perform other creeds above the power of man."-Century I, Part I, chapter IV, Section 9.

While not many records of healing the sick are found in this period, there are enough to prove the rite was observed, and Mosheim remarks:

"The early Christians, when dangerously sick, sent for the elders of the church, agreeably to Ja. v. 14; and after the sick man had confessed his sins, the elders commended him to God in devout supplication, and anointed him with oil. . . . For though there is no reason to doubt that this rite prevailed extensively among Christians, yet it is rarely mentioned in the writings of the ancients."-Part 11, chapter IV, Section 9.

A footnote (15) states that there is here and there an instance of this custom, and sources of information are given.

In the Second Century, the gifts of the Holy Spirit were mentioned by various writers. Irenaeus is quoted on this by Eusebius:

" 'Some, indeed, most certainly and truly cast out demons, so that frequently those persons themselves that were cleansed from wicked spirits, believed and were received into the church. Others have the knowledge of things to come, as also visions and prophetic communications; others heal the sick by the imposition of hands, and restore them to health. And, moreover, as we said above, even the dead have been raised and continued with us many years. . . . As we hear many of the brethren in the church who have prophetic gifts, and who speak in all tongues through the Spirit, and who also bring to light the secret things of men for their benefit and who expound the mysteries of God.'"-Book V, chapter VII, page 175.

Hagenbach's History of Doctrines, Buch translation as revised by Dr. Smith, says:

"Not only were those miracles adduced which are mentioned in Scripture, but also some which still took place. . . . At the same time the Christians did not deny the existence of miracles in the heathen world, but ascribed them to the influence of demons . . . the heathen, on the other hand, attributed the Christian miracles to magic." -Volume 1, First Period, Section 29, pages 80, 81.

In his Dialogue With Trypho, Justin explains the gifts in his day (c. A.D. 150):

"He knows that some will every day become disciples unto the Name of His Christ, and leave the error of their ways, who also receive gifts each as he is worthy, being enlightened through the Name of this same Christ. One receives the spirit of wisdom, another of counsel, another of strength, another of healing, another of fore-knowledge, another of teaching, another of the fear of God. . . . For the prophetical gifts remain with us even to this time, from which you ought to understand, that those which were formerly lodged with your nation, are now transferred to us. . . . And you may see among us both women and men, with gifts from the Spirit of God."-Paragraphs 39, 82, 88; pages 118, 176, 184.

Neander presents evidence of the Gifts, from Origen in the Third Century:

"'Many give proofs to those who have been healed through their power, that they have attained a miraculous power through this faith, while over those who require healing, they invoke no other power than the Almighty God and Jesus Christ, together with the preaching of his Gospel.'"-Section 1, page 44.

As the church drifted farther from the original faith, the spiritual gifts also appear to have become less frequent, and not much known in the Fourth Century, of which Mosheim comments:'

"I also grant, that many events were inconsiderately regarded as miracles, which were according to the laws of nature; not to mention likewise pious frauds. Still I cannot join with such as believe, that in this age, God did never manifest his power by any extraordinary signs among Christians."-Part 1, Section 23.

In the Fifth and Sixth Centuries, pretensions and frauds appear to have been substituted largely for spiritual gifts, as the Spirit withdrew more and more from the worldly minded church. Of the Fifth Century Mosheim comments:

"How much influence miracles may have had, it is difficult to say. For I can easily believe, that God was sometimes present with those pious and good men, who endeavored to instill the principles of true religion into the minds of barbarous nations; and yet it is certain, that the greater part of the prodigies of this age are very suspicious. The greater the simplicity and credulity of the multitude, the more audacious would be the crafty in playing off their tricks: nor could the more discerning expose their cunning artifices, with safety to their own lives and worldly comfort."-Part 1, chapter 1. Section 7.

By the close of the Sixth Century, gifts of the Holy Spirit were all but unknown. Instead, many conflicts arose in relation to the origin and relationship of the Holy Spirit in the Godhead. Hagenbach says of the result of this conflict:

"Augustine in particular, taught the procession of the Spirit from both the Father and the Son. This doctrine became so firmly established in the West, that at the third synod of Toledo (A. D. 589), the clause filioque was added to the confession of faith of the council of Constantinople, and so the dogmatic basis was laid for a schism between the eastern and western churches."-Volume 1, Second Period, Section 94.

Of followers of the Patriarch of Alexandria in Century VI, Mosheim states:

"They denied that each person considered by himself, and in nature, was God; but maintained, that the three persons had a common God or divinity, by an undivided participation of which, each one was God. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, they denominated Hypostases (or persons); and what was common to them, God, substance, and nature." -Part II, chapter V, Section 10.