The Condescension of God 1 Nephi 11:16, 26 16 And he said unto me: Knowest thou the condescension of God? . . . 26 And the angel said unto me again: Look and behold the condescension of God! Elder Gerald N. Lund wrote: “Here was Jesus—a member of the Godhead, the Firstborn of the Father, [...]
“It Is Not the Work of God That Is Frustrated, but the Work of Men” Doctrine and Covenants 3:1–3 1 The works, and the designs, and the purposes of God cannot be frustrated, neither can they come to naught. 2 For God doth not walk in crooked paths, neither doth he turn to the right [...]
The Angel Moroni Appears in Joseph Smith’s Bedroom in Answer to His Prayer Joseph Smith—History 1:30–32 30 While I was thus in the act of calling upon God, I discovered a light appearing in my room, which continued to increase until the room was lighter than at noonday, when immediately a personage appeared at my [...]
Despite Persecution and Opposition, Joseph Smith Would Not Deny the Reality of His Vision of the Father and the Son Joseph Smith—History 1:24–25 24 . . . It was . . . a fact that I had beheld a vision. I have thought since, that I felt much like Paul, when he made his defense [...]
One Result of the Fall Is That We as Mortals Can Learn to Recognize Good and Evil Moses 4:28–30 28 And I, the Lord God, said unto mine Only Begotten: Behold, the man is become as one of us to know good and evil; and now lest he put forth his hand and partake also [...]