D&C 131
D&C 131:1
In the celestial glory there are _____ heavens or degrees.
Three.
(we often refer to receiving the highest degree of glory within the celestial kingdom as exaltation or eternal life. Write the word exaltation on the board. Explain that those who obtain this degree of the celestial glory will live like our Heavenly Father lives.)
D&C 132:4
What is the result of rejecting the new and everlasting covenant?
What is you will be damned.
D&C 132:7
What happens to manmade contracts when people die.
They end at death.
D&C 131:2-4
In order to obtain the highest degree of the celestial kingdom, we must enter into __ ___ ___ ________ ________ __ ______.
the new and everlasting covenant of marriage.
(in vs 4, increase refers to the opportunity to continue to have children in the celestial kingdom.)
D&C 132:4
What is the meaning of damned?
Damned means that a person is stopped in his or her eternal progression.
Principle from D&C 132:7
Unless a covenant is made through the proper priesthood authority and sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise, __ ____ ___ __ _____.
it will end at death.
D&C 131:5
By a more sure word or prophecy, Heavenly Father guarantees what to a person?
Eternal Life.
D&C 132:5
Some of you taught the lesson yesterday in D&C 130. What verse in D&C 130 says basically the same thing as D&C 132:5?
D&C 130:20-21
A more positive way of saying the last principle:
When a covenant is made through the proper priesthood authority and is sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise, __ ____ ____ _______.
it will last forever.
D&C 131:6
We cannot be saved by __________.
ignorance.
(Marion G. Romney: “Knowledge of ‘the only true God, and Jesus Christ’ (John 17:3) is the most important knowledge in the universe; it is the knowledge without which the Prophet Joseph Smith said no man could be saved. The lack of it is the ignorance )
D&C 132:6
What do we receive if we are faithful in the new and everlasting covenant?
The fulness of the Lord’s glory.
(Notice the contrast between
-being prevented from progressing, and
-receiving the fulness of the Lord’s glory.)
What doctrinal mastery passage has the key words
The new and everlasting covenant of marriage.
Doctrine and Covenants 131:1–4
D&C 131:7-8
What are spirits composed of?
All creations are composed of matter, but spirit matter is “more fine or pure.”
D&C 132:7
identify two conditions for covenants to be binding after we die.
* They must be made through priesthood authority
* They must be “entered into and sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise.”
What doctrinal mastery passage has the key words
Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God.
D&C 49:15–17