The Mormon Church teaches that Jesus Christ created under the direction of Heavenly Father and He did not create the world "out of nothing." The following is what they say. &quot;Under the direction of Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ created the heavens and the earth (see Mosiah 3:8; Moses 2:1). From scripture revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith, we know that in the work of the Creation, the Lord organized elements that had already existed (see Abraham 3:24). He did not create the world “out of nothing,” as some people believe.  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/creation?lang=eng
If Jesus Christ created the heavens and the earth under the direction of God the Father how do they reconcile this with Isaiah 44:24? &quot;Thys says the Lord your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, I, the Lord, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens BY MYSELF, And spreading out the earth ALL ALONE.&quot;
Also, according to the teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints it says, &quot;He/God did not create the world &quot;out of nothing,&quot; as some people believe but God &quot;organized the elements that already existed.'
Notice that at Isaiah 44:24 it says, &quot;I am the maker of all things.&quot; Would that not include the elements? That word &quot;maker&quot; literally means &quot;Fashioner.&quot; The following site/Lexicon explains how the word is used.
https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H3335&amp;t=KJV
Then there is Hebrews 11:3, &quot;By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen WAS NOT MADE OUT OF THINGS WHICH ARE VISIBLE.&quot; I'm basically asking two questions? One, how is Jesus being directed in creating the heavens and the earth when God clearly says He created all alone and by Himself? Two, on what basis do you come to the conclusion that God organized the elements that had already existed? How do you know they already existed?
1. How is Jesus being directed in creating the heavens and the earth when God clearly says He created all alone and by Himself?
Isaiah is specifically speaking to encourage Israel to stop worshipping other divine beings/idols but to worship Yahweh alone.
Isaiah 44:6, 8-10,17,19:

6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.


8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.


9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.


10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?


17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.


19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

At first glance such language as no God beside me might be interpreted by some to mean that no other form of deity exits at all (including exalted man), but considering similar passages in other parts of scripture its clear that this type of interpretation is incorrect. For example in Isaiah 47:8-10 depicts the city of Babyon with the similar phrasing, but there are other cities such as Ninevah (which also has similar phrasing in Zephaniah 2:15):

8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the bloss of children:


9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.


10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.

Isaiah is speaking specifically against idols in the section, not the singularity of being of God.
2. On what basis do you come to the conclusion that God organized the elements that had already existed? How do you know they already existed?
Referencing the same lexicon seems to indicate organizing as opposed to creation ex-nihilo

Root Word: Probably identical with יָצַר (H3334) (through the squeezing into shape)


Outline of Biblical Usage:

to form, fashion frame
(Qal) to form, fashion

of divine activity
of creation


(Niphal) to be formed, be created
(Pual) to be predetermined, be pre-ordained
(Hophal) to be formed



Strong's definition: yatsar; probably identical with H3334 (through the squeezing into shape); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine: earthen, fashion, form, frame, make, potter, purpose

Several scriptures let us know material is eternal:
Abraham 3:24:

24 And there stood one among them that was like unto God, and he said unto those who were with him: We will go down, for there is space there, and we will take of these materials, and we will make an earth whereon these may dwell;

D&amp;C 93:33

33 For man is spirit. The elements are eternal, and spirit and element, inseparably connected, receive a fulness of joy;

Several prophets have stated similar. Joseph Smith in the King Follett Sermon stated:

You ask the learned doctors why they say the world was made out of nothing, and they will answer, “Doesn’t the Bible say he created the world?” And they infer, from the word create, that it must have been made out of nothing. Now, the word create came from the word baurau, which does not mean to create out of nothing; it means to organize; the same as a man would organize materials and build a ship. Hence we infer that God had materials to organize the world out of chaos—chaotic matter, which is element, and in which dwells all the glory. Element had an existence from the time He had. The pure principles of element are principles which can never be destroyed; they may be organized and re-organized, but not destroyed. They had no beginning and can have no end.

Hebrews 11:3 is not about inventing beliefs, but about putting our trust in God, based on what we can see, in order to rely on Him in areas where we cannot see.1 See Hebrews 11:1
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All emphasis added by me