Jesus is God

The Book of Mormon exists “to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is . . . the Eternal God.”^[1]

Jesus is God, most explicit statements

Title Page; 1Ne 19:7–13; 22:20–21; 2Ne 1:10; 6:9; 9:4–5; 10:3–7; 11:7; 26:12; 31:21; Omni 1:25–26; Mosiah 3:5, 8, 17–18, 21; 4:2; 5:15; 7:27; 13:28, 33–34; 15:1–5; 26:14, 23, 26; Alma 11:44; Hel 8:22–23; 3Ne 11:14; 15:5, 8; 19:18; Morm 3:21; 7:7; Ether 2:12; 3:12, 18; Moro 8:8

Jesus is God, less explicit statements

1Ne 13:41–42; 14:7; Ether 2:12

Jesus is Lord

1Ne 10:7–8, 14; 15:17; 2Ne 6:13; 31:13; Mosiah 3:5, 12, 17–19, 21; 5:2, 15; 16:15; Alma 37:33; 38:8; 46:39; Hel 13:6; 3Ne 7:16, 18; Morm 3:14; Ether 4:7–8; 12:22, 41; Moro 7:2; 8:7–8; 9:26

Jesus is Son of God

1Ne 10:17; 11:6–7, 18, 21, 24, 32; 13:40; 2Ne 25:12, 16, 19; 30:2; 31:16; Jacob 4:5, 11; Mosiah 3:8; 4:2; 15:2–5; Alma 5:48, 50; 6:8; 7:9–10, 13; 9:26; 11:32, 35, 38; 12:33–34; 13:1–2, 5, 7, 9, 16; 14:5; 16:19–20; 21:7; 24:10, 13; 33:11, 13–14, 16–18, 22–23; 34:2, 5, 7, 14; 36:17–18; Hel 3:28; 5:12; 8:14–15, 18, 20; 14:2, 8, 12; 16:18; 3Ne 1:17; 5:13, 26; 9:15; 11:7; 20:31; 21:20; 30:1; Morm 5:14; 7:5; 9:22, 29; Ether 4:7; 12:11, 18; Moro 4:3; 7:48; 8:3

Jesus’ own claims about himself

Did not correct those who called him God, worshipped him, prayed to him

1Ne 11:24; 3Ne 11:17; 19:18, 22, 24–26, 30; 20:9–10 — contrast 1Ne 17:55; Alma 18:18–19

Incommunicable attributes

Omnipotence

Mosiah 3:5, 17–18, 21; 5:2, 15 — cf. Morm 5:23

Names of God

Alpha and Omega

3Ne 9:18

Holy One of Israel

1Ne 19:14–15; 22:21; 2Ne 6:9; 9:12; 25:29; 30:2; Omni 1:26

Inferences

Jesus is creator (of man, heaven & earth, all things)

2Ne 9:5; Mosiah 3:8; 4:2; 26:23; Hel 14:12; 16:18; 3Ne 9:15; Ether 3:14–16 — cf. 2Ne 2:14–15

Jesus has a judgment-seat

Testimony of Three Witnesses; 2Ne 33:7; 3Ne 28:31; Morm 3:20, 22; 6:21; Ether 12:38; Moro 8:21 — cf. 1Ne 10:21; 2Ne 9:15; Mosiah 16:10; Alma 12:12; Morm 9:13

Jesus is the center of the law

2Ne 11:4; 3Ne 15:2–10

1. Book of Mormon title page, paragraph 2. #

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