The Godhead

Church Educational System
One evidence of apostasy is the belief that the members of the Godhead are one being. From passages of scripture in the New Testament that say the members of the Godhead are one, some Bible students have concluded that they are one in substance. As recorded in John 17:20–22, Jesus prayed to the Father for his disciples and said:

“Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

“And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one” (emphasis added).

The Book of Mormon clarifies one meaning of this passage. According to 3 Nephi 19:28–29, how were Jesus and the Father one? How did the disciples become one with them? When we strive to become pure and clean, do we not become like them and thus one with them? After we have been purified, we receive the glory and power of Christ in us as Christ received glory and power from his Father.

Book of Mormon Student Manual (1996 Edition)

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