A SITE ADDRESSING GOSPEL PRINCIPLES AND BELIEFS FOUND IN
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS

Monday, May 24, 2010

THE NATURE OF GOD


Who is God?
Many people have this question. Preach My Gospel, the guide missionary service, says:

"God is our Heavenly Father. We are His children. He has a body of flesh and bone that is glorified and perfected. He loves us. He weeps with us when we suffer and rejoices when we do what is right. He wants to communicate with us, and we can communicate with Him through sincere prayer.
He has given us this experience on the earth so we can learn and grow. We can show our love for Him through our choices and our obedience to His commandments.
Heavenly Father has provided us, His children, with a way to be successful in this life and to return to live in His presence. However, we must be pure and clean through obedience in order to do so. Disobedience moves us away from Him. Central to our Father’s plan is Jesus Christ’s Atonement. The Atonement included His suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane as well as His suffering and death on the cross. Through the Atonement we can be freed from the burden of our sins and develop faith and strength to face our trials" (Preach My Gospel Pg. 31-32).

I know that this is true. I know that if you pray and ask God if He knows, loves, and cares about you, like I have done, that you will receive an answer. I know He that does care about you. He sent His Son Jesus Christ so none of us have to suffer. He performed the Atonement for all human kind. The Atonement pays for the penalty of our sins. We can find peace and happiness if we trust in Him. You can know it! But first you have to trust Him!





1 comment:

  1. I love that you put this blog up with your testimony. Thank you for brightning my night!

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