| Re: The Priesthood: Oath and Covenant [message #3706 is a reply to message #3705] |
Fri, 08 November 2019 14:37   |
 |
brrgilbert
Messages: 282
Registered: December 2012
Location: Nampa, Idaho
|
Senior Member |
|
|
Quote:"If a man gets a fullness of the priesthood of God, he has to get it in the same way that Jesus Christ obtained it, and that was by keeping all the commandments and obeying all the ordinances of the house of the Lord. ...
"All men who become heirs of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ will have to receive the fulness of the ordinances of his kingdom; and those who will not receive all the ordinances will come short of the fulness of that glory."
(History of the Church, 5:424; spelling modernized; from a discourse given by Joseph Smith on June 11, 1843, in Nauvoo, Illinois; reported by Wilford Woodruff and Willard Richards.)
Jesus the Christ received His "more sure word of prophecy" at His baptism when Father's voice declared that He was His Son. He would, thereafter, go into the wilderness to be tempted and prove Himself. On the Mount of Transfiguration, He would receive the "fullness of the Priesthood," as witnessed by the Presidency of the Early Church - Peter, James and John, who at that time received their "more sure word of prophecy."
In like manner, Joseph Smith received a "fullness of the Priesthood" when he received the Savior and like visitors in the Kirkland Temple.
The Fullness of the Priesthood involves receiving the Patriarchal Priesthood, as the hearts of the children are turned to the Fathers and the hearts of the Fathers are turned to their children.
"I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies."
The Little Prince by St. Exupery
|
|
|
|
Elliaison.org - Forum
Search
Help
Members
Register
Login
Home
