THE INTELLIGENCE OF OUR GOD

 

“And the Lord said unto me: These two facts do exist, that there are two spirits, one being more intelligent than the other….I am the Lord thy God, I am more intelligent than they all….I dwell in the midst of them all….wherein my wisdom excelleth them all, for I rule in all wisdom and prudence, over all the intelligences thine eyes have seen from the beginning…..” (Abraham 3:18-21)

“….there are differences in the intelligences that exist…some are more intelligent than others; and God is ‘more intelligent than them all’. I believe that this means more than that God is more intelligent than any other one of the intelligences. It means that He is more intelligent than all of the other intelligences COMBINED.

“….theAll-Wise One will be the Unselfish One, the All-Loving One, the One who desires that which is highest and best; glory, His power, His joy will be enhanced by the uplifting of all, by enlarging them; by increasing their joy, power, and glory. And because this All Intelligent One is all this, and does all this, the other Intelligences worship Him, submit their judgments and their will to His judgment and His will. He knows, and can do that which is best; and this submission of the mind to the Most Intelligent, Wisest – wiser than all – is worship. This is the whole meaning of the doctrine and the life of the Christ expressed in – “Father, not my will but Thy will, be done.”

-          Elder B.H. Roberts, “Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith”, footnote 8,  p 353

The intelligence and wisdom of the Father is un-surpassing. The Saviour, a God in His own right when He descended on this earth, one of innumerable ones He created, recognised this, acknowledged it and submitted to it……despite the agony of Gethsemane and the unfathomable pain of Calvary. This is the path, this is way that would take us to the glory of eternity. He IS the way, no man cometh unto the Father but by Him…..(John 14:6).

You submitted to the Father’s will

To pave the path to glories unseen;

And bowed Your knee

To the greatest of us all

To lift mankind from their Fall.

 

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Advocate by David Bowman)