“It hath been said, that there is of nothing so much in hell as of self-will. The which is true, for there is nothing else there than self-will, and if there were no self-will, there would be no Devil and no hell. When it is said that Lucifer fell from Heaven, and turned away from God and the like, it meaneth nothing else than that he would have his own will, and would not be at one with the Eternal Will. So was it likewise with Adam in Paradise. And when we say Self-will, we mean, to will otherwise than as the One and Eternal Will of God willeth.” IfsMeanSaidSelfWould BeHeavenHellEternalDevilGods WillParadiseAdamLuciferSelf Will Author:Martin Luther
“We accept without reservation the scriptural teachings that Christ is the Son of God and that he came into the world to ransom men from the spiritual and temporal death brought into the world by the fall of Adam. No one can state too plainly or emphasize too strongly this eternal truth that salvation is in Christ and that it comes because of his atoning sacrifice. Nor can we set forth too clearly the gospel truth that we also must do certain things to be saved.” MenWorldStatesSpiritualCertainFallChristAcceptingSacrificeTeachingSonEternalSalvationSavedAdamReservationsRansom Author:Joseph Fielding Smith
“The writings of latter-day prophets clearly teach that the sorrows and sufferings endured by Adam and Eve upon their leaving the Garden of Eden were ordained by God and were a necessary part of their-and our-earthly experience. President Howard W. Hunter, then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, taught: "We came to mortal life to encounter resistance. It was part of the plan for our eternal progress. Without temptation, sickness, pain, and sorrow, there could be no goodness, virtue, appreciation for well-being, or joy."” WritingWellsPainJoySufferingPresidentTeachVirtueProgressPlansTaughtSorrowMembersGoodnessEternalGardenLeavingAppreciationResistanceTemptationMortalsWell BeingProphetEncountersSicknessLatterAdamTwelveHuntersApostlesEdenAdam And EveGarden Of EdenLatter DaysPain And Sorrow Author:Daniel K Judd
“Existence came from God; death came by Adam; and immortality and eternal life come through Christ.” ChristExistenceEternalImmortalityAdamEternal Life Author:Bruce R. McConkie
“Woman was given to man as an helpmeet. That complementary association is ideally portrayed in the eternal marriage of our first parents—Adam and Eve. They labored together; they had children together; they prayed together; and they taught their children the gospel together. This is the pattern God would have all righteous men and women imitate.” MenFirstsChildrenTogetherGivenParentTaughtEternalMen And WomenPatternsAdamAssociationRighteousAdam And EveComplementaryRighteous ManEternal Marriage Author:Ezra Taft Benson
“For I have shown from the Scriptures, that no one of the sons of Adam is as to everything, and absolutely, called God, or named Lord. But that He is Himself in His own right, beyond all men who ever lived, God, and Lord, and King Eternal, and the Incarnate Word, proclaimed by all the prophets, the apostles, and by the Spirit Himself, may be seen by all who have attained to even a small portion of the truth. Now the Scriptures would not have testified these things of Him, if, like others, He had been a mere man.” IfsMenMaySpiritJesusChristLordSonKingsEternalJesus ChristMereScriptureProphetAdamPortionsApostles Author:Irenaeus of Lyons
“The purpose of God is the sovereign cause of all that good that is in man, and of all that external, internal and eternal good that comes to man. Not works past, for men are chosen from everlasting; not works present, for Jacob was loved and chosen before he was born; nor works foreseen, for men were all corrupt in Adam. All a believer's present happiness, and all his future happiness springs from the eternal purpose of God.” MenPastPurposeCausesBornEternalSpringElectionBelieverChosenInternalsAdamSovereignEverlastingJacobForeseenPurpose Of GodFuture Happiness Author:Thomas Brooks