Gordon B. Hinckley—Chapter 23:
The Blessings of the Holy Temple
Teacher: Careen Walker
“The temple ordinances become the crowning blessings the Church has to offer. ”
· Temples are expressions of our testimony, and they represent the ultimate in our worship.
· Through temple ordinances, we receive the crowning blessings of the gospel.
“[Priesthood] keys were restored in this dispensation by those who held them anciently—through these have come great added blessings, including those unique and remarkable ordinances administered in the house of the Lord. Only in those ordinances is there realized the exercise of “the fulness of the priesthood.”
· The temple is a sanctuary of service where we receive saving ordinances in behalf of those who have died without receiving the gospel.
“This is a sanctuary of service.”
· Great blessings await us as we keep ourselves worthy and go to the temple frequently.
“I am satisfied that every man or woman who goes to the temple in a spirit of sincerity and faith leaves the house of the Lord a better man or woman.”
Weekly Challenge: Attend the temple this week, or spend an hour working on family history or doing some indexing.
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