Visiting Teaching
Message April 2017
The more we as sisters understand that the oath and covenant of
the priesthood applies to us personally, the more we will embrace the blessings
and promises of the priesthood.
Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
said, “All who have made sacred covenants with the Lord and who honor those
covenants are eligible to receive personal revelation, to be blessed by the
ministering of angels, to commune with God, to receive the fulness of the
gospel, and, ultimately, to become heirs alongside Jesus
Christ of all our
Father has.”1
The
blessings and promises of the oath and covenant of the priesthood pertain to
both men and women. Sister Sheri L. Dew, former counselor in the Relief
Society General Presidency, said, “The fulness of the priesthood contained in
the highest ordinances of the house of the Lord can be received only by a man
and woman together.”2
Sister
Linda K. Burton, Relief Society General President, has issued this call:
“I invite you to memorize the oath and covenant of the priesthood, which can be
found in Doctrine and Covenants 84:33–44.
By doing so, I promise you that the Holy
Ghost will expand your
understanding of the priesthood and inspire and uplift you in wonderful ways.”3
Joseph
Smith’s instructions to the Relief Society were intended to prepare
women to “come in possession of the privileges & blessings & gifts of
the priesthood.” This would be accomplished through the ordinances of the
temple.
“Temple
ordinances [are] priesthood ordinances, but they [do] not bestow ecclesiastical
office on men or women. [These ordinances fulfill] the Lord’s promise that his
people—women and men—would be ‘endowed with power from on high’ [D&C 38:32].”4
Additional
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Consider This
What can you do to more fully understand and access the promised
blessings of the oath and covenant of the priesthood?
“Worthiness
Entitles”
cji
4/1/17
Children
off to school or play
housework
to be done again
wondering
of each’s safety
having
put them off in prayer
then
alone again to implore
able to
feel the promptings
personal
revelation to each
knowing
needs therefore
worthiness
entitles all now
who’ve
made covenants
with the
Father and Son
to
blessings eternal untold!
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