Is Jesus the brother of Satan?

The most heated topic of conversation amongst the anti-Mormon community is the LDS belief that Satan and Jesus are really brothers. This "fact" proves that the Mormons arent Christians, right? Wrong. We must apply practical reasoning to this. Mormons stand in agreement with their Christian brothers and sisters when we state that God created all things, and all things were created for His glory. Mormons further believe that all people were created by God in the Spirit World prior to the formation of this earth. If God is the father of all spirits, then where did Lucifer come from?

Isaiah 14:12-20 tells us that indeed Satan was called Lucifer, which means "A Sont of the Morning". Isaiah further tells us that Lucifer did indeed have power in Heaven. He was an enlightened spirit child with full gospel knowledge. Just after the formation of the earth, a Grand council was called by Heavenly Father, Christ, Lucifer, and other chosen spirits. They discussed who would be the Savior of the earth.

Elder John A. Whitdsoe worte in his book "Evidences and Reconciliations", page 209, the following about Satan. "The story of Lucifer is the most terrible example of such apostasy. Lucifer, son of the morning, through diligent search for truth and the use of it, had become one of the foremost in the assembly of those invited to undertake the experiences of earth. But, in that Great Council, his personal ambition and love of power overcame him. He pitted his own plan and will against the purposes of God. He strove to gain the birthright of his Elder Brother, Jesus the Christ. When his proposition was rejected, he forsook all that he had gained, would not repent of his sin, defied truth, and of necessity lost his place among the followers of God. He was no longer Lucifer, bearer of truth, who walked in light, but Satan, teacher of untruth, who slunk in darkness. He became the enemy of God and of all who try to walk according to the Lord's commandments. One-third of the spirits present in that vast assembly supported Satan and became enemies of the truth that they had formerly cherished. With him these rebellious spirits lost their fellowship with the valiant sons of God. What is more, they lost the privilege of obtaining bodies of flesh and blood, without which they cannot gain full power over the forces of the universe. In the face of that defeat, and that curse, they have sought from Adam to the present time to corrupt mankind and defeat the Lord's purposes."

Elder Neal A. Maxwell wrote in "Deposition of a Disciple", pages 11 and 12, that "Lucifer knew about this plan, and his very pleading was real rebellion. The scriptures tell us plainly that he sought a throne above the stars and God. (2 Nephi 24:13.) Therefore, he was from the beginning a serious rebel. President George Q. Cannon said, "He was our brother, sitting side by side with our Redeemer, having equal opportunities with him. But he rebelled. He turned against the Father because he could not have his own way." This council was no abstract exercise. It reflected a deep, deep difference. Lucifer, by what he did, told us much more about himself than about his so-called offer. Clearly, he was already becoming an outsider, using (and trying to profit from) an insider's information."

To conclude, President Spencer W. Kimball stated in the December 1959 Ensign, "But thank God that there were enough sane and sagacious souls on the side of truth and wisdom and the rebellious souls were vanquished as to the eternal and ultimate program. The principal personalities in this great drama were a Father Elohim, perfect in wisdom, judgment, and person, and two sons, Lucifer and Jehovah. Satan tempted both Christ and Moses. There is another power in this world forceful and vicious. In the wilderness of Judaea, on the temple's pinnacles and on the high mountain, a momentous contest took place between two brothers, Jehovah and Lucifer, sons of Elohim. When physically weak from fasting, Christ was tempted by Lucifer: "If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread." (Luke 4:3.)"