I asked "How do you define God?" Give me what the Mormons teach about who He is, where He came from.
OK, apparently I took it as a personal question, and you wanted an official pronouncement from teh LDS church, no problem. I pulled this definition straight off of the
lds.org web site.
Here is the link to the specific page I took this definition from. This is what Mormons believe about God and the Godhead. Please note the links to scriptures, which are the basis for each point of belief.
There are three separate persons in the Godhead: God, the Eternal Father; his Son, Jesus Christ; and the Holy Ghost. We believe in each of them (
A of F 1: 1). From latter-day revelation we learn that the Father and the Son have tangible bodies of flesh and bone and that the Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit, without flesh and bone (
D&C 130: 22-23). These three persons are one in perfect unity and harmony of purpose and doctrine (
John 17: 21-23;
2 Ne. 31: 21;
3 Ne. 11: 27, 36).
God the Son: The God known as Jehovah is the Son, Jesus Christ (
Isa. 12: 2;
43: 11;
49: 26;
1 Cor. 10: 1-4;
1 Tim. 1: 1;
Rev. 1: 8;
2 Ne. 22: 2). Jesus works under the direction of the Father and is in complete harmony with him. All mankind are his brothers and sisters, for he is the eldest of the spirit children of Elohim. Some scripture references refer to him by the word God. For example, the scripture says that God created the heaven and the earth (
Gen. 1: 1), but it was actually Jesus who was the Creator under the direction of God the Father (
John 1: 1-3, 10, 14;
Heb. 1: 1-2).
The Lord identified himself as I AM,
Ex. 3: 13-16. I am the Lord [Jehovah], and beside me there is no savior,
Isa. 43: 11 (
Isa. 45: 23). I am the light of the world,
John 8: 12. Before Abraham was, I am,
John 8: 58. The Lord shall minister among men in a tabernacle of clay,
Mosiah 3: 5-10. Abinadi explained how Christ is the Father and the Son,
Mosiah 15: 1-4 (
Ether 3: 14). The Lord appeared to the brother of Jared,
Ether 3. Listen to the words of Christ your Lord and your God,
Moro. 8: 8. Jehovah is the judge of the quick and the dead,
Moro. 10: 34. Jesus appeared to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon,
D&C 76: 20, 23. The Lord Jehovah appeared in the Kirtland Temple,
D&C 110: 1-4. Jehovah spoke to Abraham,
Abr. 1: 16-19. Jesus appeared to Joseph Smith,
JS-H 1: 17.
God the Holy Ghost: The Holy Ghost is also a God and is called the Holy Spirit, the Spirit, and the Spirit of God, among other similar names and titles. With the aid of the Holy Ghost, man can know the will of God the Father and know that Jesus is the Christ (
1 Cor. 12: 3).
OK, apparently I took it as a personal question, and you wanted an official pronouncement from teh LDS church, no problem. Hmmm. Interesting. Considering that you are a Mormon, shouldn't the two definitions (yours, personally, and the official pronouncement) be the same?
From latter-day revelation we learn that the Father and the Son have tangible bodies of flesh and bone and that the Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit, without flesh and bone
The Father has a body? Really? Where in Scripture does it say that?
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Mark 15: 34. You do realize, that Jesus was quoting Scripture, don't you? He was referring to Psalm 22. Since Scripture in those days did not have Chapter and verse specifications, they referred to passages by the first line or two.
The Holy Ghost is also a God ...
The Holy Ghost is a God? How many gods does the LDS recognize? It's separate from the Father and Son? Are the Father and Son separate also?