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Have Children-Parents’ First Commandment is to Have Children

Regarding God's commandment to married couples to have children, Elder Bruce R. McConkie, an apostle of God said,

“Adam and Eve set a proper and righteous pattern for all of their descendants. As husband and wife, married by God himself while yet in the Garden of Eden (Gen. 2:22-25), they became the first family--an eternal family…Adam and Eve added children to their family….parents and children together, comprise an eternal family unit in celestial glory. The same is true of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and [all] the faithful saints [who enter into this holy order of matrimony].” 1

To have children--an eternal commandment to married couples

After God created Adam and Eve and united them in eternal marriage, he gave them a commandment, which he has renewed with every married couple thereafter and which he has never rescinded: “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth….” 2

To have children--the prophet and apostles' proclamation

“The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God's commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force.” 3

Questions about 'Have Children-Parents’ First Commandment is to Have Children'


  • To whom did God first give the commandment to form an eternal family and to have children?


  • Adam and Eve received the commandment to have children. Is that commandment renewed with each couple that is married?


  • What have the prophet and apostles said about a couple's commandment to have children?

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References for 'Have Children-Parents’ First Commandment is to Have Children'

  1. Mormon Doctrine, p.273
  2. Genesis 1:28 – And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
  3. The Family: A Proclamation to the World
 
 

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