Ordinances
A sacred act performed by priesthood authority to teach spiritual truths, often through symbolism.
What is an ordinance?
The definition of a covenant
What is a sacred agreement between God and man?
Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge can be abbreviated.
What is ASK?
Ordained Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdrey to the Aaronic Priesthood.
Who is John the Baptist?
All who serve in the church - men and women - are called under the direction of one who holds priesthood keys.
What is D&C 42:11
Ordinances that are essential to exaltation are called this.
What are saving ordinances?
Which saving ordinances have covenants associated with them?
What is all of them!
The source of all truth.
Who is God?
Group of men who left Kirtland in order to help the Saints in Jackson County, Missouri (Independence). They left Missouri without fighting.
What is Zion's Camp?
The Aaronic Priesthood "holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism".
What is D&C 13:1
First necessary ordinance of the gospel.
What is baptism?
We renew our baptism covenants when we do this.
What is partake of the sacrament worthily?
God's divinely ordained pattern requires that we have an honest desire to know the truth and requires 2 essential steps.
What are study and prayer?
Left the church because of pride and over strippings (cream). He was the first President of the Quorum of the 12.
Who is Thomas B. Marsh?
Priesthood authority can only be exercised in righteousness.
What is D&C 121:36, 41-42
Not a saving ordinance but still important.
What is administering to the sick or the naming and blessing of children (and the sacrament)?
To always have his Spirit to be with us is promised to us when we...
What is keep our baptismal covenants?
There are 3 principles that can guide us as we seek to learn and understand eternal truth and resolve questions or issues.
What are: Act in Faith; Examine concepts and questions with an eternal perspective; Seek further understanding through divinely appointed sources?
Means "in the presence of God". It is the place where Adam, Christ and all of the prophets throughout the ages will meet Together. Following their meeting, all of the Saints both alive and dead will meet for a great Sacrament Meeting there.
What is Adam-ondi-Ahman?
The Melchizedek Priesthood "holds the right of presidency, and has power and authority over all the offices in the church in all ages of the world, to administer in spiritual things".
What is D&C 107:8
3 other saving ordinances other than baptism.
What is receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost (confirmation), Melchizedek priesthood ordination, temple endowment, temple sealing?
The only place where we can obtain the fulness of the priesthood ordinances for the redemption of the living and the dead and make further covenants.
What is the temple?
These 4 ways are what we can do to best help others who come to us asking questions or investigating Church doctrine, practices, or history.
What are: Listen carefully and prayerfully; Teach and testify of gospel truths; Invite them to act in faith; and Follow through.
4 personages who visited Joseph Smith at the Kirtland temple. 3 of them gave Joseph keys of the priesthood.
Who are Christ, Elijah, Elias and Moses.
Jesus Christ lives and is the creator of worlds.
What is D&C 76:22-24
Therefore, in the ordinances thereof, the power of godliness is manifest. And without the ordinance thereof, and the authority of the priesthood, the power of godliness is not manifest unto men in the flesh; For without this no man can see the face of God, even the Father, and live.
D&C 84:20-22
I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise.
What is D&C 82:10
And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith.
What is D&C 88:118?
Originally called "Commerce" but renamed by the Saints. The new name in Hebrew means "Beautiful".
What is Nauvoo?
The First Vision
JS-H 1:15-20