What Do Mormons Believe About God?
Mormons believe in God, or Heavenly Father, the father of everyone’s spirit who has ever lived (or will live) on this earth (including Jesus Christ). He is all powerful, governs all things, and is immortal (cannot die).
Heavenly Father loves and knows each of us individually. We pray to Him with the faith that He listens to every sincere prayer and answers in the way that He sees best (sometimes not in the way we want). Through prayer we can build a relationship with Him. The most important goal of this life is to follow the steps He has laid out for us to have eternal life (live with Him after we die). From a young age, children are taught a song entitled “I Am a Child of God” that emphasizes these principles.
He has a body that looks similar to ours except that it is glorified and perfect. The following passage from the first chapter in the Bible (Genesis 1:26-27) explains:
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Being away from His presence on earth, we are limited in our understanding of His nature. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.” (Isaiah 55:8) But He provides a way for us to learn about Him through prophets and through personal prayer.
For more information:
- God is your loving Heavenly Father
- You lived with God
- God has a plan for your life
- Life after death
- How can I know this is true?
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