Question: I have been reading the book of genesis and it talks about god and Jesus being separate beings. Now my question is why did it have to happen like that? Why couldn't god just do it by himself? I know that Jesus came to atone for us. But why couldn't god just do it himself? Did it have to happen that way?
Answer: Great question. Obviously God the Father could do everything Himself since He is omnipotent and omniscient. However, in Moses 1:39 He states that His work and His glory is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. Therefore all that He does is to give us the experience, to help us develop the attributes, and to teach us the lessons necessary to become what He is.
Joseph Smith said that the Godhead consists of three characters—God the First, the Creator, God the second, the Redeemer, and God the third, the Testator. If we are going to become like God, where better to get the experience in building an earth, than in helping to create the earth on which we live. In Abraham 3:22-24 you will read that the “One, like unto God”—that would be Christ, said to those who were with Him (see previous verse to see that the “them” refers to the “noble and great ones”) that they were all to help create the earth. In Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, page 29 it states that all of us were part of the group labeled “noble and great” ones.
So everything that God assigns us to do here on earth, could easily be done by Himself. However, where would the growth towards godhood be for His spirit children? So the gracious God allows failing mankind to do His work—not because He can’t but in order to help us attain His goal for us—our exaltation.
Bro. Bott
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