What power do spirits have that resurrected beings do not?
Upvote:3
What an excellent question, as it forced me to really think it through.
I think the disconnect is in the very first lines. You make two assumptions that Mormons would not agree with. The first is that without a physical body a spirit is able to be in more than one place at a time.
Doctrine and Covenants 131:7-8
7 There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but it is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes;8 We cannot see it; but when our bodies are purified we shall see that it is all matter.
the second assumption you made with which Mormons would disagree would be to lump the Holy Ghost in with 'Spirits'. We do have doctrine that states that He is a personage of Spirit without a body of flesh and bone but we know very little about Him. We don't know if He is yet to be born into mortality, already passed through a mortal state, or never to be born at all. We don't know how He accomplishes His divine mission but we don't assume that because the Holy Ghost is capable of it, then all spirits must be equally endowed.
What we do know (what we have doctrines declaring) is that we can become joint heirs with Christ, receiving all that the Father hath. We can become like Him and part of the process includes being resurrected into a glorified physical body. We saw an example of such a body in Jesus Christ and we saw that it (His glorified body) was capable of things which ours are not (see John 20:19).
There is no regression in resurrection.
More post
- 📝 Is it known when and why Christians began to sign themselves and impart blessings with the Cross?
- 📝 What verses in the Bible indicate that Apostles expected Christ to come back very soon?
- 📝 How have Eastern liturgies changed in the past century?
- 📝 In LDS teaching, do gods and goddesses produce spiritual offspring forever?
- 📝 According to Catholicism, can you hit someone in self defence?
- 📝 How Many Disciples in Luke 10---70 or 72?
- 📝 Did St. Augustine think sexual pleasure = concupiscence?
- 📝 Why didn't Protestants argue for traditional marriage by natural reason?
- 📝 What has the LDS Church (Mormons) historically taught about the Curse of Cain and dark skin?
- 📝 If it is better that we have free will than not, then why suggest it is preferable to not?
- 📝 What is the biblical basis for the belief that the spirit of a person remains conscious after death?
- 📝 Is there no Heaven, Hell, or Satan in the Old Testament?
- 📝 If jealousy is sin, how can God be jealous?
- 📝 Sermon on the mount by Jesus Christ
- 📝 How did the Catholic Church function logistically/liturgically prior to the invention of the printing press?
- 📝 Can we treat sin with another sin?
- 📝 Why did the Bishop of Rome accept (and retains until today) the title "Pontifex Maximus" and how were the rights and duties transferred/transformed?
- 📝 Does proclaiming that all non-believers won't be saved count as passing judgement?
- 📝 Mark 5 Jesus encounter with the demons: what is their relationship to Jesus?
- 📝 Do Catholics consider Job to be historical?
- 📝 According to Catholicism, does God actively cause suffering in Hell?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church teach a specific way to pray to the saints?
- 📝 Does "all have sinned" (Rom. 3:23, 5:12) include every single human being?
- 📝 Explain similarities and differences in "sinless from the womb " for James, John the Baptist and Mary
- 📝 How do Mormons understand Revelation 22:3?
- 📝 Are foster children considered covenant children in Presbyterianism?
- 📝 Were the scriptural readings at Mass ever other than Vulgate read at mass pre-Vatican II?
- 📝 Can our own spiritual gifts be given to others?
- 📝 Did the invention of the printing press change Christianity?
- 📝 Will all that are lost be saved?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 What power do spirits have that resurrected beings do not?
- 📝 What is the Biblical basis for the idea that non-Christians do not have access to the power of the Holy Spirit?
- 📝 What does it mean that John's Gospel does not have an account of the institution of the Eucharist?
- 📝 What does Mormonism have to offer in regards to salvation through Jesus Christ that was not already taught in the New Testament?
- 📝 What specifically is in the Pentateuch that later writers could not have known?
- 📝 What is the basis for the belief "It is possible to have free-will and be incapable of sinning, but it is not possible to be created in that state"?
- 📝 What is the biblical basis for saying that Middle East Region will not have peace?
- 📝 Biblically Unitarians claim "the Bible does not teach that Jesus is God." Then by what means do you know or have any experience with Jesus Christ?
- 📝 What is the basis for the argument that Jesus DID NOT have the ability to sin or give in to temptation?
- 📝 What does it mean that Jesus fulfilled the law but did not abolish it?
- 📝 What evidence do we have today about Christian groups not represented at the first four ecumenical councils?
- 📝 What did Jonathan Edwards have to say about the fact that he owned slaves?
- 📝 Is the English translation of "Book of Mormon" ever revised or updated, and if so, on what basis given that the golden plates have disappeared?
- 📝 What is the biblical argument for eating meat, or that vegetarianism is possible but not commanded?
- 📝 What is the basis for believing that the wrath of God is not an accommodation?
- 📝 What is the basis for the belief that the wise men did not arrive in Bethlehem until several months after the birth of Jesus?
- 📝 To what extent does mainstream Christian doctrine teach that knowing a spirit's name gives you power over it?
- 📝 Where does the Catholic tradition that Mary did not have pain giving birth to Jesus come from?
- 📝 What is the basis for arguing that Paul should have been selected as the 12th apostle instead of Matthias?
- 📝 What arguments are given that Ephesians was not written by Paul?
- 📝 What is the Biblical basis for the concept that demons have an odor?
- 📝 What is the Biblical basis for saying that we won't have a second chance to be saved after we die?
- 📝 What do protestants who believe our old bodies will be resurrected think that will look like?
- 📝 What is the origin of the idea that the baby Jesus did not cry?
- 📝 What scriptural arguments are there, if any, that there is hell but it is not eternal?
- 📝 What is the origin of the Orthodox belief that Sts. Joseph and Mary were betrothed but not married?
- 📝 Do these videos represent JW meetings or do they have other secret/sacred meetings that are not available to public?
- 📝 What is the Biblical basis for the belief that Michael is not Jesus?
- 📝 According to Roman Catholic Doctrine, what things have the power to decrease a person's time in purgatory?
- 📝 What evidence is there to show that John Wesley and John Calvin did not believe that Jesus is Michael?