Creation
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Christ was aided in the creation of this earth by many of the noble
and great spirit children of the Father |
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Mormons
say the following thing about the creation of this earth: ‘Christ, acting
under the direction of the Father, was and is the Creator of all things ….
That he was aided in the creation of this earth by ‘many of the noble and
great’ spirit children of the Father is evident from
Abraham’s writings….. Michael or Adam was one of these. Enoch, Noah, Abraham,
Moses, Peter, James, and John, Joseph Smith, and many other ‘noble and great’
ones played a part in the great creative enterprise’ (Bruce McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 1993, page 169) |
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Confutation |
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The
Scripture teaches that God created all things by His Son. Paul says: “For by
Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth”
(Colossians 1:16 – NKJV); the author of the epistle to the Hebrews says that
God has appointed His Son heir of all things “through whom also He made the
worlds” (Hebrews 1:2 – NKJV); and John says: “All things were made through
Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made” (John 1:3 – NKJV). |
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Therefore,
the creation of this earth was not a sort of co-operative venture between
Jesus Christ (under the direction of His Father) and the spirits of certain
pre-existent men, but a work which was made by God the Father through His
Son. |