-- What do you believe concerning God?
VI. All people shall rise again with their own bodies for the final judgment. After this judgment, the godly shall inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, but unbelievers and reprobates shall be tormented in hell with the devil and his angels forever.
The Exposition of the Principles.
I. Question: What is God?
Answer:
GOD is a spirit or a spiritual substance, most wise, most holy, eternal, infinite.
Q: How do you convince yourself that there is such a God?
A: Besides the testimony of the Scriptures, plain reason will show it.
Q: What is one reason?
A: When I consider the wonderful structure of the world, it seems to me that the creatures in it could never have made it, and it could not have made itself. Therefore, in addition to all this, the maker of it must necessarily be God. Just as when a person enters a foreign country and sees beautiful and splendid buildings but finds no living creatures there except birds and beasts, they would not imagine that either birds or beasts constructed those buildings. Instead, they would immediately think that some humans either were or have been there.
Q: What other reason do you have?
A: A person who commits any sin, such as murder, fornication, adultery, blasphemy, etc., even if they conceal the matter so that no one living knows about it, often has a troubling conscience and feels the pangs of hellfire. This is a strong reason to show that there is a God before whose judgment seat they must answer for their actions.
Q: How many Gods are there?
A: No more than one.
Q: How do you conceive this one God in your mind?
A: Not by forming any image of Him in my mind (as ignorant people do, thinking of Him as an old man sitting in heaven), but I conceive
Him by His properties and His works.
Q: What are His chief properties?
A: First, He is most wise, understanding all things rightly and knowing the reasons behind them. Second, He is most holy, evident in His justice and mercy towards His creatures. Third, He is eternal, having neither a beginning nor an end of days. Lastly, He is infinite because He is present in all places and possesses the power to do whatever He wills.
Q: What are the works of God?
A: The creation of the world and everything within it and the preservation of them, which are created by His special providence.
Q: How do you know that God governs every particular thing in the world by His special providence?