What is the LDS stance on John 14:9-10?
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The LDS interpret that scripture the same way we interpret these Book of Mormon Scriptures:
3 Nephi 11:27
27 And after this manner shall ye baptize in my name; for behold, verily I say unto you, that the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost are one; and I am in the Father, and the Father in me, and the Father and I are one.Mosiah 15:4
4 And they are one God, yea, the very Eternal Father of heaven and of earth.3 Nephi 20:35
35 The Father hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of the Father; and the Father and I are one.3 Nephi 11:36
36 And thus will the Father bear record of me, and the Holy Ghost will bear record unto him of the Father and me; for the Father, and I, and the Holy Ghost are one.Mormon 7:7
7 And he hath brought to pass the redemption of the world, whereby he that is found guiltless before him at the judgment day hath it given unto him to dwell in the presence of God in his kingdom, to sing ceaseless praises with the choirs above, unto the Father, and unto the Son, and unto the Holy Ghost, which are one God, in a state of happiness which hath no end.
The Father sent His Son to help us to know, love, and obey our Father in Heaven. God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are indeed separate and distinct beings, but they are perfectly united in purpose; to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.
Christ said in John 6:38:
38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
In all that Jesus came to say and do, including and especially in His atoning suffering and sacrifice, He was showing us who and what God our Eternal Father is like, how completely devoted He is to His children in every age and nation. In word and in deed Jesus was trying to reveal and make personal to us the true nature of His Father, our Father in Heaven.1
By seeing how the Father is, we can learn how to experience pure joy. That is why Christ said that if you have seen him, you have seen the Father, because Christ lived a perfect life, he showed us what the Father was like, and how we could have joy.
3 Nephi 28:10
10 And for this cause ye shall have fulness of joy; and ye shall sit down in the kingdom of my Father; yea, your joy shall be full, even as the Father hath given me fulness of joy; and ye shall be even as I am, and I am even as the Father; and the Father and I are one;
Note in the above scripture, "...ye shall be even as I am, and I am even as the Father, and the Father and I are one."
Christ was speaking to three of his disciples when he spoke these words, he told them that they would be one with Him and the Father.
This was a sure promise that they would be Exalted, like Christ, and the Father. If we choose to live the life Christ showed us to live, the life he showed us was like unto what the Father would live, then we too can be Exalted, we too can be one with the Father and have a fulness of joy.
1 Jeffery R Holland, He That Hath Seen Me Hath Seen The Father, Ensign, 2003
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Some added insight:
John 17:21-26 does a wonderful job of conceptualizing the LDS belief in three seperate divine beings. An excerpt...
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one....
In my opinion, it is regrettable that so many in the world use the many verses where Jesus teaches, "I and the Father are one" to conclude there is a single individual playing multiple roles. Were that true, then according to John, there is only one individual at all playing the role of every (at least believing) person on earth. Again, in my opinion, the reality of the Bible is that it has only ever taught that the Father and the Son, two individuals, are one in purpose --- which resolves every instance of Jesus praying to the Father or the Father speaking in the presence of Jesus, etc.
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