25 May 2008

the Only Begotten

Joseph F. Smith: Jesus, however, is the firstborn among all the sons of God—the first begotten in the spirit, and the only begotten in the flesh. He is our elder brother, and we, like Him, are in the image of God. All men and women are in the similitude of the universal Father and Mother and are literally the sons and daughters of Deity.

(Official Declaration: “The Origin of Man,”
Improvement Era, Nov. 1909, pp. 78, 80)