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CHRIST BEGAN MORTALITY AS MEN Do. Our Savior was a God before he was born into this world, and he brought with him that same status when he came here. He was as much a God when he was born into the world as he was before. But as far as this life is concerned it appears that he had to start just as all other children do and gain his knowledge line upon line. Luke says be "increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man." 32. 46 John records that "he received not of the fulness at the first," but had to progress "from grace to grace, until he received a fulness."32. 47 Paul wrote, "Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered." 32. 48 HOW HE GAINED LIGHT AND TRUTH. Evidently, before he was 12 years old -- for then he astonished the doctors and wise men in the temple -- he had learned a great deal about his Father's business.32. 49 This knowledge could come to him by revelation, by the visitation of angels, or in some other way. But his knowledge, so far as this life was concerned, had to come line upon line and precept upon precept. Without question he was in communication, from time to time, with his Heavenly Father. The Inspired Version tells us: "Jesus grew up with his brethren, and waxed strong, and waited upon the Lord for the time of his ministry to come. And he served under his father, and he spake not as other men, neither could he be taught; for he needed not that any man should teach him. And after many years, the hour of his ministry drew nigh." 32. 50
HOW HE DID WHAT HE HAD SEEN THE FATHER DO. The statement of our Lord that he could do nothing but what he had seen the Father do, 32. 51 means simply that it had been revealed to him what his Father had done. Without doubt, Jesus came into the world subject to the same condition as was required of each of us -- he forgot everything, and he had to grow from grace to grace. His forgetting, or having his former knowledge taken away, would be requisite just as it is in the case of each of us, to complete the present temporal existence. CHRIST GAINED FULNESS AFTER RESURRECTION. The Savior did not have a fulness at first, but after he received his body and the resurrection all power was given unto him both in heaven and in earth.33. 52 Although he was a God, even the Son of God, with power and authority to create this earth and other earths, yet there were some things lacking which he did not receive until after his resurrection. In other words he had not received the fulness until he got a resurrected body, and the same is true with those who through faithfulness become sons of God. Our bodies are essential to the fulness and the continuation of the seeds forever.33. 53
- Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation
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“Christ Worked Out His Own Salvation. Christ began mortality as men do. Our Savior was a God before he was born into this world, and he brought with him that same status when he came here. He was as much a God when he was born into the world as he was before. But as far as this life is concerned it appears that he had to start just as other children do and gain his knowledge line upon line” (Joseph Fielding Smith, Selections from Doctrines of Salvation, p. 23. Bold in original).
CHRIST BEGAN MORTALITY AS MEN Do. Our Savior was a God before he was born into this world, and he brought with him that same status when he came here. He was as much a God when he was born into the world as he was before. But as far as this life is concerned it appears that he had to start just as all other children do and gain his knowledge line upon line. Luke says be "increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man." 32. 46 John records that "he received not of the fulness at the first," but had to progress "from grace to grace, until he received a fulness."32. 47 Paul wrote, "Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered." 32. 48 HOW HE GAINED LIGHT AND TRUTH. Evidently, before he was 12 years old -- for then he astonished the doctors and wise men in the temple -- he had learned a great deal about his Father's business.32. 49 This knowledge could come to him by revelation, by the visitation of angels, or in some other way. But his knowledge, so far as this life was concerned, had to come line upon line and precept upon precept. Without question he was in communication, from time to time, with his Heavenly Father. The Inspired Version tells us: "Jesus grew up with his brethren, and waxed strong, and waited upon the Lord for the time of his ministry to come. And he served under his father, and he spake not as other men, neither could he be taught; for he needed not that any man should teach him. And after many years, the hour of his ministry drew nigh." 32. 50
HOW HE DID WHAT HE HAD SEEN THE FATHER DO. The statement of our Lord that he could do nothing but what he had seen the Father do, 32. 51 means simply that it had been revealed to him what his Father had done. Without doubt, Jesus came into the world subject to the same condition as was required of each of us -- he forgot everything, and he had to grow from grace to grace. His forgetting, or having his former knowledge taken away, would be requisite just as it is in the case of each of us, to complete the present temporal existence. CHRIST GAINED FULNESS AFTER RESURRECTION. The Savior did not have a fulness at first, but after he received his body and the resurrection all power was given unto him both in heaven and in earth.33. 52 Although he was a God, even the Son of God, with power and authority to create this earth and other earths, yet there were some things lacking which he did not receive until after his resurrection. In other words he had not received the fulness until he got a resurrected body, and the same is true with those who through faithfulness become sons of God. Our bodies are essential to the fulness and the continuation of the seeds forever.33. 53
- Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation
Also:
“Christ Worked Out His Own Salvation. Christ began mortality as men do. Our Savior was a God before he was born into this world, and he brought with him that same status when he came here. He was as much a God when he was born into the world as he was before. But as far as this life is concerned it appears that he had to start just as other children do and gain his knowledge line upon line” (Joseph Fielding Smith, Selections from Doctrines of Salvation, p. 23. Bold in original).