Man, Men
Refers to all mankind, both male and female. All men and women are the literal, spiritual offspring of a Heavenly Father. When they are born into mortality, they receive physical, mortal bodies. These bodies were created in God’s image (Gen. 1:26–27). Men and women who are faithful in receiving the necessary ordinances, keeping their covenants, and obeying God’s commands will enter into their exaltation and become as God.
- God created man in his own image:Gen. 1:27; ( Mosiah 7:27; D&C 20:17–18; )
- What is man, that thou art mindful of him?:Ps. 8:4–5;
- Cursed is the man that trusteth in man and maketh flesh his arm:Jer. 17:5; ( 2 Ne. 4:34;
2 Ne. 28:26, 31; ) - When I became a man, I put away childish things:1 Cor. 13:11;
- Men are that they might have joy:2 Ne. 2:25;
- The natural man is an enemy to God:Mosiah 3:19;
- What manner of men ought ye to be?:3 Ne. 27:27;
- The works of man are frustrated, not the works of God:D&C 3:3;
- You should not fear man more than God:D&C 3:7; ( D&C 30:11;
D&C 122:9; ) - All things are made for the benefit and the use of man:D&C 59:18;
- I know that man is nothing:Moses 1:10;
- God’s work and glory is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man:Moses 1:39;
Man, a spirit child of Heavenly Father
- They fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh:Num. 16:22; ( Num. 27:16; )
- Ye are the children of the Lord your God:Deut. 14:1;
- Ye are gods and all of you are children of the Most High:Ps. 82:6;
- Ye are the sons of the living God:Hosea 1:10;
- Have we not all one Father? Hath not one God created us?:Mal. 2:10;
- We are the offspring of God:Acts 17:29;
- The Spirit itself beareth witness that we are the children of God:Rom. 8:16;
- Be in subjection unto the Father of spirits:Heb. 12:9;
- The spirits of all men are taken home to that God who gave them life:Alma 40:11;
- The inhabitants of the worlds are begotten sons and daughters of God:D&C 76:24;
- Man was in the beginning with the Father:D&C 93:23, 29;
- God created all men spiritually, before they were upon the face of the earth:Moses 3:5–7;
- I am God; I made the world, and men before they were in the flesh:Moses 6:51;
Man, potential to become like Heavenly Father
- Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father:Matt. 5:48; ( 3 Ne. 12:48; )
- Is it not written in your law that ye are gods?:John 10:34; ( D&C 76:58; )
- We may become heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ:Rom. 8:17;
- Thou art a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ:Gal. 4:7;
- When he shall appear, we shall be like him:1 Jn. 3:2;
- To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me on my throne:Rev. 3:21;
- To them have I given to become the sons of God:3 Ne. 9:17;
- Those who inherit the celestial kingdom are gods, even the sons of God:D&C 76:50, 58;
- Then shall they be gods, because they have all power:D&C 132:20;
