The Nature Of God And The Nature Of Man

The one true God of the universe who is all-powerful, all-knowing, the creator of all things both in heaven and in earth is unchangeable and perfect in every attribute of his character, from eternity to all eternity, with no beginning nor end. These facts are unmistakably clear in light of the word of God. However, the scriptures reveal to us a very different picture of the nature of man, as the following demonstrate:

And now, my son, all men that are in a state of nature, or I would say, in a carnal state, are in the gall of bitterness, and in the bonds of iniquity; they are without God in the world, and they have gone contrary to the nature of God; therefore they are in a state contrary to the nature of happiness. (Alma 41:11 LDS; 19:75 RLDS)

After his own image and in his own likeness created he them, and gave unto them commandments that they should love and serve him the only living and true God, and that he should be the only being whom they should worship.

But by the transgression of these holy laws, man became sensual and devilish, and became fallen man. (D & C 20:19,20 LDS; 17:4 b, c RLDS)

Behold, Satan hath come among the children of men, and tempteth them to worship him; and men have become carnal, sensual, and devilish, and are shut out from the presence of God. (Genesis 6:50 IV; Pearl of Great Price, Moses 6:49)

There could not be a clearer dichotomy between any two things as there is between the nature of the almighty God and the nature of carnal man.