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Old Testament—Lesson 41-60

Temples

Sacred Temple Clothing

Screen capture from the film Obedience to the Ten Commandments.

Obedience to the Ten Commandments

The difference between chapels, where Latter-day Saints meet for regular Sunday worship, and temples is also explained.

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<![CDATA[ ]]> <![CDATA[When I come to the temple, I think]]> <![CDATA[of Jesus Christ, of His teachings, of His gospel.]]> <![CDATA[And it helps me learn much more about the way He wants]]> <![CDATA[me to be, the way He was, and the teachings that He gave us.]]> <![CDATA[Some people are puzzled by the concept of a temple, which]]> <![CDATA[has a very special place in Mormon life.]]> <![CDATA[We have meetinghouses, where we go every Sunday.]]> <![CDATA[But the temple is different. ]]> <![CDATA[Here we don't have Sunday meetings or anything.]]> <![CDATA[It's closed on Sundays. ]]> <![CDATA[This place, the temple, is a very special place]]> <![CDATA[where we perform sacred ordinances for us.]]> <![CDATA[A temple is a place where members of our Church]]> <![CDATA[can worship God. ]]> <![CDATA[We pray in the temple. ]]> <![CDATA[We make covenants with God. ]]> <![CDATA[We promise to live the commandments]]> <![CDATA[with a greater sense of commitment.]]> <![CDATA[It's also a place where we perform ordinances]]> <![CDATA[such as baptisms for our ancestors]]> <![CDATA[that didn't receive those ordinances while they]]> <![CDATA[were on the earth. ]]> <![CDATA[Today we came to the temple to get married here]]> <![CDATA[by the power and the authority of the priesthood.]]> <![CDATA[The blessings that we receive in the temples]]> <![CDATA[can't be found anywhere else on earth.]]> <![CDATA[It is not a marriage just for the life, the mortal life,]]> <![CDATA[but also for the eternity. ]]> <![CDATA[ ]]> <![CDATA[We know that in ancient Israel, temples were significant.]]> <![CDATA[And temples were important at the time of Christ.]]> <![CDATA[Christ went into the temple to preach and to teach,]]> <![CDATA[and so He wanted temples at the center]]> <![CDATA[of the religious community. ]]> <![CDATA[In fact, temples came even before meetinghouses]]> <![CDATA[in the early Latter-day Saint community.]]> <![CDATA[It was part of the restoration of all of the things]]> <![CDATA[that God had given His children over time.]]> <![CDATA[I feel that the Mormon experience of the temple]]> <![CDATA[has sort of restored that meaning to the word temple.]]> <![CDATA[Temple was the house of God. ]]> <![CDATA[It was where the divine and the human touched.]]> <![CDATA[In the biblical period, the idea of a temple]]> <![CDATA[is a special place where God's presence is always to be found.]]> <![CDATA[1 Corinthians 15, where Paul speaks]]> <![CDATA[about those who baptize themselves for the dead]]> <![CDATA[and obviously takes for granted that a) there]]> <![CDATA[were people who did so, and he has no complaint about it.]]> <![CDATA[Now, with the Mormons, we have it again as a practice.]]> <![CDATA[It's a beautiful thing. ]]> <![CDATA[I could think of myself as taking part in such an act,]]> <![CDATA[extending the blessings that have]]> <![CDATA[come to me in and through Jesus Christ.]]> <![CDATA[That's generous. ]]> <![CDATA[That's beautiful. ]]> <![CDATA[I have never attended the temple but that I]]> <![CDATA[have left feeling inspired, encouraged, and more focused.]]> <![CDATA[And it is in the temples where we can get respite]]> <![CDATA[from the pressures and the activity]]> <![CDATA[and the hustle and bustle of the things in the rest of our lives]]> <![CDATA[and take time out to contemplate,]]> <![CDATA[to reflect, to be instructed, and to serve.]]> <![CDATA[I really enjoy the blessings that you receive in the temple.]]> <![CDATA[I love to be there each time to pour out]]> <![CDATA[my heart to my Father in Heaven. ]]> <![CDATA[The temple has made me a better person.]]> <![CDATA[We will always want to have a temple very close to us]]> <![CDATA[because we know those activities that]]> <![CDATA[go on there improve our lives. ]]> <![CDATA[It improves our lives. ]]> <![CDATA[In the temple here in Hong Kong, people from Mongolia,]]> <![CDATA[people from Thailand, people from southeast Asia,]]> <![CDATA[they can come here for receiving the blessings from the Lord.]]> <![CDATA[It's really blessed that we have a temple in Hong Kong.]]> <![CDATA[We are from India. ]]> <![CDATA[This is my family: my father, my mother,]]> <![CDATA[and these are my sisters. ]]> <![CDATA[And I am so excited just to be here]]> <![CDATA[in this temple, Hong Kong temple.]]> <![CDATA[It is a big blessing for us to be here.]]> <![CDATA[[SPEAKING HINDI] ]]> <![CDATA[We are blessed to come to this Hong Kong temple.]]> <![CDATA[And we feel that God Himself has invited us.]]> <![CDATA[We feel very happy. ]]> <![CDATA[My family, many blessings. ]]> <![CDATA[Very happy. ]]> <![CDATA[ ]]> <![CDATA[God loves us. ]]> <![CDATA[And I can feel His love here in the temple,]]> <![CDATA[and I can understand more His blessings]]> <![CDATA[by giving us an eternal family. ]]> <![CDATA[ ]]> <![CDATA[The temple is truly heaven on earth.]]> <![CDATA[ ]]>

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