Jesus and satan
Recently there have been many people who have been concerned with the fact that some Mormons hold that Jesus and satan are brothers. In response to this I will do my best to hold to what most Christians in general believe... or at least to what they say to believe. I refer to the Bible, and to the fact that God is the almighty creator of all things.
As far as I understand, God created all things, including every individual who has ever existed. In what we refer to as the premortal existance (http://scriptures.lds.org/en/tg/m/25) God gave every individual that he created agency, or the ability to choose for themselves. God's creations included Jesus, me, you, and even lucifer, or who we now refer to as satan (http://scriptures.lds.org/en/bd/d/35). Lucifer used his agency to choose to not follow God's plan. He rebelled against God, and was cast out of Heaven. Let me provide some scriptural references to this event.
Jesus and satan are brothers if you use the word "brothers" to signify "having been created by the same source." They are brothers the same way that Eskimos and Englishmen are brothers... they were both created by God, and they were both given agency to choose to do as they desired.
My question to those who dismiss both this fact and what the bible teaches in regards to this subject is: Where did satan come from? Isn't God the creator of ALL things? Could satan have spontaneously come into existence?
As far as I understand, God created all things, including every individual who has ever existed. In what we refer to as the premortal existance (http://scriptures.lds.org/en/tg/m/25) God gave every individual that he created agency, or the ability to choose for themselves. God's creations included Jesus, me, you, and even lucifer, or who we now refer to as satan (http://scriptures.lds.org/en/bd/d/35). Lucifer used his agency to choose to not follow God's plan. He rebelled against God, and was cast out of Heaven. Let me provide some scriptural references to this event.
- 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the amost High.15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to ahell, to the sides of the pit. (http://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?search=Isaiah+14%3A12-15&do=Search)
- 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in aheaven.
Jesus and satan are brothers if you use the word "brothers" to signify "having been created by the same source." They are brothers the same way that Eskimos and Englishmen are brothers... they were both created by God, and they were both given agency to choose to do as they desired.
My question to those who dismiss both this fact and what the bible teaches in regards to this subject is: Where did satan come from? Isn't God the creator of ALL things? Could satan have spontaneously come into existence?
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