Saturday, April 25, 2015

The Premortal and Mortal Savior

John 1:1-14 and 17:1-5


Five Truths of the Pre-mortal Savior:

1. Christ was a glorified being, like God, before coming to earth.
2. In the beginning Christ was with God
3. All things were made by Christ
4. Before coming to earth He already was the life and light to men
5. The "Word" is Jesus

Five Truths of the Mortal Savior:

1. Jesus Christ was sent to earth by God the Father.
2. He was given power over flesh that He could give eternal life to all mankind.
3. Christ glorified God during His time on the earth and completed the work set out for Him.
4. He came into the world, unto His own, and they knew Him not.
5. Christ will return to the glorified state He was in before He descended to the earth.

* One note I found interesting while completing this activity was in the first verse of John. I"n the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." In the LDS Institute Manual in the Commentary for John 1 we read that the Greek word for...word was logos, meaning "expression". Jesus was the word/expression of God to the world. Christ was the messenger for God and declared His word. 
Cool stuff!

~B


New Semester and New Class.

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Student Choice Activities.

Once again I am taking an online religion class! This semester I will be studying the first half of the New Testament. The following posts for the remainder of the semester will be fulfilling one of my online activities. If anyone actually reads these I am grateful for your time and I hope we can learn something together. 

I would also appreciate any KIND comments and questions anyone might have. I'm not looking for an argument or mean to diminish any ones faith, I simply aim to share with you my thoughts and beliefs and the new things I am studying out for myself throughout the duration of this course. 

Thanks All! 

Sincerely, 

~B