Temples and Covenants Our Identity and Our Destiny | Tad R. Callister | August 2012
Nov 5, 2025
Tad R. Callister, a former member of the Presidency of the Seventy, discusses our divine identity as literal spirit children of God. He contrasts the concepts of creation versus sonship, illustrating how our identity shapes our potential for exaltation. Callister delves into the implications of the Fall for human progression and highlights the role of the Atonement in enabling us to become like God. He also examines scriptural affirmations of our divine potential and emphasizes the importance of spiritual gifts in achieving godhood.
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Driving In Neutral Metaphor
- Callister uses a driving-in-neutral story to illustrate that innocence leaves us unable to progress spiritually.
- Being cast out of Eden shifted humanity from neutral into the moral arena needed for growth.
Perfection Means Divine Likeness
- Scriptural commands to 'be ye therefore perfect' point toward becoming like the Father, not merely relative moral improvement.
- Jesus' prayer for oneness suggests believers can attain divine likeness.
Biblical Witness To Divine Inheritance
- The New Testament teaches believers are children and heirs of God and 'partakers of the divine nature.'
- Early apostolic writings imply the potential for believers to share in Christ's inheritance and throne.
