Talk:Robert L. Millet

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• " 'Salvation by grace alone and without works,' Elder Bruce R. McConkie explained, 'as it is taught in large segments of Christendom today, is akin to what Lucifer proposed in the pre-existence...They both come from the same source; they are not of God' " -By Grace Are We Saved, pp. 72-73 (1989) [1]
• "As we have seen already, the grace of God is a necessary condition for salvation; there is no way, in time or in eternity, that man could produce the plan of salvation -- create himself, fall, or redeem himself -- for such is the work of the Gods. Therefore, acting alone, the grace of Christ is not sufficient for salvation. The works of man -- the ordinances of salvation, the deeds of service and acts of charity and mercy -- are necessary for salvation...," (By Grace Are We Saved: The necessity of God's grace in addition to man's good works, 1989 ed., p. 70) [2]
• "Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that human beings can grow and progress spiritually until, through the mercy and grace of Christ, they inherit and possess all that the Father has—they can become gods. This doctrine is generally referred to as deification, and was a part of mainstream Christian orthodoxy for centuries before Joseph Smith and other modern prophets taught it. Although Latter-day Saints believe in the ultimate deification of men and women, they do not believe that human beings will ever be independent of God, or that they will ever cease to be subordinate to God. They believe that to become as God means to overcome the world through the atonement of Jesus Christ. Thus the faithful become heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ and will inherit all things just as Christ inherits all things. In order to inherit all things, those who receive eternal life will look like God, receive the inheritance of God, receive the glory of God, be one with God, sit upon the throne of God, and exercise the power and rule of God. As such, they will be called gods, a term that does not reduce or limit the sovereignty of God our Father." -Abstracted from Robert L. Millet, Noel B. Reynolds, “Do Latter-day Saints Believe That Men and Women Can Become Gods?” in Latter-day Christianity: Ten Basic Issues, FARMS 1998, 25–29. [3]
• "Eternal life is a gift (see D&C 6:13; D&C 14:7). People do not earn eternal life-there is no scriptural reference whatsoever to anyone earning the right to go where Gods and angels are. Rather, according to the words of the prophets-it is so attested in the scriptures almost a hundred times-people inherit eternal life. After we have done all that we can do, after we have denied ourselves of ungodliness and worldly lusts, then is the grace of God sufficient for us; then we are sanctified in Christ and eventually made perfect in Christ (see 2 Nephi 25:23; Moroni 10:32)" (Joseph Fielding McConkie and Robert L. Millet, Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon 2:258.)