Exaltation
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- "... and if you do this, behold I grant unto you eternal life, even if you should be slain."
- Celestial marriage is essential to exaltation in the highest heaven
- Celestial marriage and a continuation of the family unit enable men to become gods.
- Few find exaltation.
- "That through the power and manifestation of the Spirit, while in the flesh, they may be able to bear his presence in the world of glory."
- Joseph Smith, "The King Follett Sermon"
- "The scriptures inform us that 'this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.'"
- "If any man does not know God, and inquires what kind of a being He is—if he will search diligently his own heart—if the declaration of Jesus and the apostles be true, he will realize that he has not eternal life; for there can be eternal life on no other principle."
Notes
The idea that people can become gods is often referred to as "theosis".