Gospel Principles
Unit 10: Life after Death
Chapter 47: Exaltation
Concept 3: Blessings of Exaltation
"Our Heavenly Father is perfect. However, he is not jealous of his wisdom and perfection. He glories in the fact that it is possible for his children to become like him. He has said, "This is my work and my glory to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." (Moses 1:39).
Those who receive exaltation in the celestial kingdom through faith in Jesus Christ will receive special blessings. The Lord has promised, "all things are theirs" (D&C 76:59). These are some of the blessings given to exalted people:
1.They will live eternally in the presence of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ (D&C 76).
2.They will become gods.
3.They will have their righteous family members with them and will be able to have spirit children also. These spirit children will have the same relationship to them as we do to our Heavenly Father. They will be an eternal family.
4.They will receive a fulness of joy.
5.They will have everything that our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have--all power, glory, dominion, and knowledge. President Joseph Fielding Smith wrote: "The Father has promised through the Son that all that he has shall be given to those who are obedient to his commandments. They shall increase in knowledge, wisdom, and power, going from grace to grace, until the fulness of the perfect day shall burst upon them." (Doctrines of Salvation, 2:36).
Discussion
List some of the blessings that will be given to those who are exalted."