Heavenly Father's Plan

October 15th, 2008
Heavenly Father's Plan
Principle 3: The Atonement of Jesus Christ makes it possible to overcome the obstacles of spiritual and physical death.
Alma 34: 8-10
The great thing of the gospel is that we can live with Heavenly Father once again because of the atonement of Jesus Christ. Through him, all the obstacles can be overcome as long as we obey the commandments. His atonement brought resurrection. If Jesus did not come to earth, we will not resurrect after we die. There will not be postmortal life, therefore, there will not be the plan of salvation.

2 Nephi 2:25-27
These scriptures talk about the Fall. The Fall is actually necessary to Heavenly Father's Plan. Because of the fall, we have physical body and we can have children. Also, we are free to choose between good and evil. Life on the earth is being tested. The fall allows us free to choose liberty and eternal life, or captivity and death. We can only be tested if we can choose. If we follow Heavenly Father's commandments, we will go to eternal life.

Principle 4: Heavenly Father prepared degrees of glory for his children.
John 14:2
Heavenly Father prepared three degrees of glory for us to choose: celestial, terrestrial and telestial Kingdoms. I believe all of us want to live in the celestial Kingdom with both Heavenly Father and Jesus. We are all free to choose. It is our choice to choose which level we are going to live. From the degrees of glory, we can see that Heavenly Father is fair. We go to different Kingdoms according to his judgment.

D&C 98:18
The celestial Kingdom is the highest Kingdom. How will we be able to live there? Through Jesus Christ atonement, all of us have the opportunities to live there. Now, we need to be grateful for Christ's scarf ice. The life on the earth is for men to prepare to go to the celestial Kingdom. As we prepare, we need to repent for our sins, keep all Heavenly Father's commandments. I testify that if we do so, we will go to the celestial Kingdom.