5:7.) Each of these scriptures states that God breathed into the body of man the breath of life. So also life is eternal, and not created but life, or the vital force, may be infused into organized matter, though the details of the process have not been revealed unto man. God created the earth as an organized sphere but He certainly did not create, in the sense of bringing into primal existence, the ultimate elements of the materials of which the earth consists, for “the elements are eternal” ( D&C 93:33). In the sense so expressed, the Creator is an Organizer. The scriptures plainly and repeatedly affirm that God is the Creator of the earth and the heavens and all things that in them are. It is thought that a printing of this statement will be helpful to members as they study the Old Testament this year. The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles issued the following in 1916 to clarify the meaning of certain scriptures where Jesus Christ, or Jehovah, is designated as the Father. In the early 1900s, some discussion arose among Church members about the roles of God the Father and Jesus Christ.
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