Focus on what matters most: The Fathers’ Plan, and the role of Jesus Christ in that plan. With the covenants we make in the House of The Lord for the plan and the Savior’s Atoning Sacrifice! Beautiful 🤍🙏🤍
I live in Helena, MT and our temple is due to be dedicated in a few weeks. To say that our temple is physically small is an understatement as I rather irreverently thought it looked no bigger than a Taco Bell (I think it's actually up to two now, one on top of the other :p ) . However, even as I snickered under my breath the first time the thought occurred to me, I knew and testify now that it could be a broom closet in somebody's basement so long as it is dedicated for the purpose and run by proper priesthood authority. Elder Bednar is right and I would add my own exhortation that, even if the building is small, your blessings will be just as high and eternal as those done in the largest temples in the world. I can't wait to do my first session in my small temple, it will be an honor and a priveledge to return to the house of the Lord.
I think it's important to have a temple accessible to people willing to do the work, but with an appropriate size so it doesn't become a burden among the members in the area. If Montana was more densely populated (with members), I'm sure they would have built a larger one. I'm glad one was built in your area regardless 😊
I grew up in Carbon County in Eastern Utah. What is known as Castle Country, there the counties of Carbon and Emery there's no temple near If there is bad weather the Saints are cut off from temple attendance (it has been a part of the Manti temple district) are not the Members in this area worthy as those in Utah County. If I still lived where I did before I left Utah I could comfortably walk to 2 temples and if I lived before that I lived very close to where new temple in Orem is being completed. I hope to return to Carbon County in the next year or so and plan on 2:35 dedicating my "Senior" years to family history and temple work. I pray for a temple in the Castle Country area of Utah. As I know many of my family and the members there pray as well
One thing about small temples is that it allows temples to be built in areas that dont have enough members to support a large temple. Yes, the ordinances are the same. My temple is small but I love it!
I know for a fact that the temple IS our dedicated house of God because 1.) It's the MOST PEACEFUL place I can be. 2.) I can help others with ordinances they didn't have a chance to do while they lived. I've felt their gratitude at times 🫂💜 That's something the world can't synthesize... THANK GOODNESS ❤
@@jasonroyce295 That's not accurate. General authorities, like other Church members, serve in unpaid positions while dedicating many hours of volunteer work while working at full-time professions and raising families. The unpaid Church service can be quite demanding. They work professionally in various fields, including business, law, education, and the military, for example; President Nelson was a heart surgeon. Later, they are called to full-time Church service, at which point they give up their lucrative professions. At that point, they begin receiving a living allowance; if this was considered "pay", it would be a pay cut. People don't dedicate thousands of hours of unpaid volunteer work and then give up high-paying jobs if they're motivated by financial gain.
"Who cares...?" I love Elder Bednar's way of talking. He will be the president of the Church in like the 2050s and his speech patterns will speak right to my future children and my siblings who are currently 20--somethings as well as the next generations after my children :) :)
....and then yet, we shall have hundreds of thousands of these Temples throughout the globe- each region, area and locale- till then for all the world to hear- then for our Christ.....❤
Size does not matter. If the Lord is in us, we are then large in stature. The Temples are all AMAZING, no mater the square footage. Look to the Lord Jesus Christ. Not to the outward appearance. I love the Temples and what/who they stand for.❤🙏
I thank Thee Father in Heaven for Thy eteternal plan, that Thou hast given to redeem this fallen man. May my faith on Thy Son Thine only begotten increase in my heart that He never be forgotten. That through my obedience may we learn how unto Thy holy presents to return.
I think the Savior, the Covenants, and Ordinances in the Temple is what he said. The size, location, or design of the Temple isn't what's important. The Priesthood authority the Temple was built under is important.
@@pattykake7195 The Church is waaaay too financially prudent to build temples where membership is not growing to support them, and yet temples keep getting built. The Church of Jesus Christ definitely still is growing. Sure, some people are turning away from their faith, but that has always happened. Some turned away from Christ when He was on the Earth, right there with Him. (See John 6:66.) Are you feeling preoccupied with a faith that you've given up? Even if you have distanced yourself from God, you can strengthen your faith through simple things like prayer and scripture study.
@@pattykake7195 "Mormonism" doesn't mean much to me, but I find wonderful truth in the modern Church of Jesus Christ. It is certainly a force for good in my life and the lives of many people I know.
@@00Fisher00 “Dare to be a Mormon. Dare to stand alone. Dare to have a purpose form. Dare to make it known.” -Thomas Monson Don’t worry, I’m not a Mormon either.
@@jamesmerrill613 The term "Mormonism" and the name "Mormon" aren't the same thing. "Mormonism" is not a helpful term because it removes focus from the true center of our worship and it also groups us with offshoot churches with whom we have no affiliation. I appreciate efforts from leaders of the restored Church to help the name of Mormon to have an appropriately positive connotation among people who have otherwise known it as a pejorative, and I especially appreciate President Nelson's more recent reminder to members of the Church of Jesus Christ that we should emphasize our Savior's name. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and I am so very grateful for what God has given me through the Church.
Agree. Melbourne Australia Temple is a wonderful sacred building that radiates the saviours love but is not a large temple. I enjoy visiting and attending many different temples as situations allow they are all special
I get what he means, but I'm still glad that 34 years ago when I got married it was at the Washington DC temple. Size doesn't make a difference in the importance of the covenants or the presence of the Spirit, but it did make it more of a romantic fair tale type wedding. If that's wrong to feel that way, well I guess I'm just not perfect yet.
I don't think that's wrong. If people want the fairytale wedding Temple they can travel to the temple they want for that. Then hopefully be grateful for whatever Temple is closest to them to visit often throughout their life. How wonderful that more and more people have access to temples!
The religious leaders of Jesus day also didn’t understand that when he spoke of the temple, he was not speaking of a brick and mortar building. “The most high dwelleth not in temples built with hands”.
Lately I’ve been calling it the house of the Lord. Often when I come up with some insight that I think is somewhat profound or revelatory, Elder Bednar has to show me up.😂 As we call it the house of the Lord, we might start expecting to see the Lord. Why wouldn’t he be at his?
Jesus Christ’s role is the Heavenly Father’s plan is finished on the cross of Calvary. He fulfilled the live that nobody can live. “God looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God. But no, all have turned away; all have become corrupt. No one does good, not a single one!” Psalms 53:2-3 “Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.” Galatians 5:1 “But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith.” Galatians 3:13-14 “I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.” Galatians 2:21 NLT
What Jesus performed in Gethsemane and on the cross was the Atonement to pay the price for our sins if we repent. Jesus is NOT finished with us. It is still his work and glory to bring to pass the immortality (resurrection, already accomplished) and eternal life (exaltation) of Man. He will NEVER leave us nor forsake us until this world is ended and he then must don the robes of judgement.
Acts 17:24 (KJV) - "God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands" 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (KJV) - "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are."
Your "person", mind, personality everything that makes you YOU, is your spirit. It entered your body when you were conceived. So yes, your body IS a temple, and our spirits were created by God. Hence, we are ALL children of God. Read Romans 8:16-18. I would quote it here but I don't want to deny you the pleasure of reading it from your Bible.
@@ranjanty Well that isn't entirely true. You have to be a member. My question was asking how it blesses the lives of those who aren't members? Can someone please answer that question? Even for members, not all can enter unless you can answer a series of questions and pay tithing. So no it isn't available to all who believe.
@@jc72outdoors anyone can become a member if they choose to and are willing to pay the price . I'm not sure what you are asking? Now in worldly terms if a Temple is built in your neighborhood the real estate value would rise. My thoughts are in order to be blessed by a Temple a person must go through the Temple. If you are trying to make a point that a Temple does nothing for the people in the location they live you are right.
@JC72 Outdoors I think you could say that if they walk the temple grounds they can feel the peace. Families in the church do that with their young children. Helps them want to go there someday. Maybe can't do this at the dinky temples. Could picnic just outside the fence or other perimeter. Temple grounds are always beautiful. If you appreciate beauty, you will appreciate the temple.
Saving ordinances? Did you not read what God commanded Moses to perform with Aaron before Aaron could enter the tabernacle (a temporary, portable temple)? The washings and anointings? the special robes? And didn't Jesus tell Nicodemus that he must be baptized of water and the Spirit or he couldn't enter or even SEE the Kingdom of Heaven? Hmmm. Did Jesus contradict himself?
Jesus Christ spake in parables so the simple minded could understand His teachings. The great and spacious building seen in Lehi's vision was the LARGE amount of people in the world who were mislead by satan and didn't stay on the straight and narrow path leading to the tree of life which bore the most "precious fruit" (also symbolic) meaning the Gospel of Jesus Christ 🫂🕊🙏🏼
Deuteronomy 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
That scripture was added by the prophet of that day. It also says that in the Book of Revelation, but John was referring to the book (scroll) of his revelation. The Bible would not have been assembled until decades after Jesus Christ's death.
We are not adding to God's word, but God is adding to his own word. If we were to go by this verse alone, the rest of the Old Testament shouldn't exist and the New Testament shouldn't exist.
@@chischilisnez7811 This is about commandments not words. This verse is a command! Look for a church that does not break this command! Or Deuteronomy 12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. Also believe what Jesus said! Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
@@elderinisrael This is about commandments not words. This verse is a command! Look for a church that does not break this command! Or Deuteronomy 12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. Also believe what Jesus said! Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Do the math. The millennium, 1000 years do do the temple work for about 120 billion people who have ever lived on earth. 24 hours a day, 6 days a week, 320 days a year. There are now 300 temples, many have 4 endowment rooms. That would make about 50 sessions a day. Do the math. And Christ cannot do that without help.
David Bednar will most likely become the president of the church one day for potentially 20+ years because of his relative young age and seniority in the apostleship. It will be fascinating to see if the Church will survive his tenure because of his dogmatism and orthodoxy.
The rich need temples, the poor can access the covenants in the mountain tops. Perhaps we have not considered that there are more camels going through the eye of a needle than rich latter-day saints entering the kingdom of heaven.
False. All people need the temple. Mountain tops in the Old Testament symbolically represent holy places that are separated from the rest of the world. The House of the Lord is just that place. The temple discriminates in nothing but worthiness and obedience to God's commandments, it's that simple. Riches of this world mean nothing, and our status outside of our obedience to God's commandments means nothing to him. We become richened through the covenants we make that metaphorically and literally bring us closer to God. We'll see you in heaven Prophet Central.
The beauty of the Temple is that all who enter are equal. If you look at those in there in the Temple clothing, you can't tell who is rich and who is poor. I'm a poor man and I love to go to the temple when ever I can.
I'm grateful that so many more saints have access to the temple.
I couldn’t agree more! 😊🥲
Blessed by the name of the Most High God!
The Temple: God still loves the world &. The world always love.❤
Focus on what matters most: The Fathers’ Plan, and the role of Jesus Christ in that plan. With the covenants we make in the House of The Lord for the plan and the Savior’s Atoning Sacrifice! Beautiful 🤍🙏🤍
I live in Helena, MT and our temple is due to be dedicated in a few weeks. To say that our temple is physically small is an understatement as I rather irreverently thought it looked no bigger than a Taco Bell (I think it's actually up to two now, one on top of the other :p ) . However, even as I snickered under my breath the first time the thought occurred to me, I knew and testify now that it could be a broom closet in somebody's basement so long as it is dedicated for the purpose and run by proper priesthood authority. Elder Bednar is right and I would add my own exhortation that, even if the building is small, your blessings will be just as high and eternal as those done in the largest temples in the world. I can't wait to do my first session in my small temple, it will be an honor and a priveledge to return to the house of the Lord.
I think it's important to have a temple accessible to people willing to do the work, but with an appropriate size so it doesn't become a burden among the members in the area. If Montana was more densely populated (with members), I'm sure they would have built a larger one. I'm glad one was built in your area regardless 😊
I grew up in Carbon County in Eastern Utah. What is known as Castle Country, there the counties of Carbon and Emery there's no temple near
If there is bad weather the Saints are cut off from temple attendance (it has been a part of the Manti temple district) are not the Members in this area worthy as those in Utah County. If I still lived where I did before I left Utah I could comfortably walk to 2 temples and if I lived before that I lived very close to where new temple in Orem is being completed. I hope to return to Carbon County in the next year or so and plan on 2:35 dedicating my "Senior" years to family history and temple work. I pray for a temple in the Castle Country area of Utah. As I know many of my family and the members there pray as well
Thank you for sharing your thoughts 💜
One thing about small temples is that it allows temples to be built in areas that dont have enough members to support a large temple. Yes, the ordinances are the same. My temple is small but I love it!
This was a beautiful thing to find today. I felt the truth of these words. Thank you!
I know for a fact that the temple IS our dedicated house of God because 1.) It's the MOST PEACEFUL place I can be. 2.) I can help others with ordinances they didn't have a chance to do while they lived. I've felt their gratitude at times 🫂💜
That's something the world can't synthesize...
THANK GOODNESS ❤
Thank you Elder Bednar for speaking truth. Our relationship with Heavenly Fath and Jesus Christ through our covenants matters most above all else.
It's a great thing when prophets help us to refocus ourselves.
@@pattykake7195 That's funny. If they were after money, they could stay in their former professions.
@@00Fisher00most of these men have worked for the church their whole adult lives.
@@jasonroyce295 That's not accurate. General authorities, like other Church members, serve in unpaid positions while dedicating many hours of volunteer work while working at full-time professions and raising families. The unpaid Church service can be quite demanding. They work professionally in various fields, including business, law, education, and the military, for example; President Nelson was a heart surgeon. Later, they are called to full-time Church service, at which point they give up their lucrative professions. At that point, they begin receiving a living allowance; if this was considered "pay", it would be a pay cut. People don't dedicate thousands of hours of unpaid volunteer work and then give up high-paying jobs if they're motivated by financial gain.
"Who cares...?" I love Elder Bednar's way of talking. He will be the president of the Church in like the 2050s and his speech patterns will speak right to my future children and my siblings who are currently 20--somethings as well as the next generations after my children :) :)
I don't think we will see 2040 before The day of the Lord
@@MrGenejudson Future AI agents will tell your children 😅.
Amen to that. Thank you, Elder Bednar.
Elder Bednar’s comments blew me away. Of course! I’m saving this video to watch again and share.
Beautifully said! Thank you, Elder Bednar, for teaching us about sequences.
....and then yet, we shall have hundreds of thousands of these Temples throughout the globe- each region, area and locale- till then for all the world to hear- then for our Christ.....❤
Size does not matter. If the Lord is in us, we are then large in stature. The Temples are all AMAZING, no mater the square footage. Look to the Lord Jesus Christ. Not to the outward appearance. I love the Temples and what/who they stand for.❤🙏
Gloria et excelcius Dei.
I thank Thee Father in Heaven for Thy eteternal plan, that Thou hast given to redeem this fallen man. May my faith on Thy Son Thine only begotten increase in my heart that He never be forgotten. That through my obedience may we learn how unto Thy holy presents to return.
I think the Savior, the Covenants, and Ordinances in the Temple is what he said. The size, location, or design of the Temple isn't what's important. The Priesthood authority the Temple was built under is important.
Elder Bednar Speaks the words of truth plainly. The Father's Plan, The Son's Atonement, and the Holy Ghost's Witness.
Beautifully said.
A great perspective.
We are so BLESSED to have modern/latter day Apostles to guide us through the mist.
I love this, but why did I get an ad on it! I don't enjoy seeing ads when it has to do with things to do with the temple or the church!
I'm sharing this xxx
As spoken by a duly ordained Apostle, a messenger, of Jesus Christ to us.
Tiny temples everywhere is much better than castle sized temples in only a few places. More heaven on earth!
@@pattykake7195 The Church is waaaay too financially prudent to build temples where membership is not growing to support them, and yet temples keep getting built. The Church of Jesus Christ definitely still is growing. Sure, some people are turning away from their faith, but that has always happened. Some turned away from Christ when He was on the Earth, right there with Him. (See John 6:66.) Are you feeling preoccupied with a faith that you've given up? Even if you have distanced yourself from God, you can strengthen your faith through simple things like prayer and scripture study.
@@pattykake7195 "Mormonism" doesn't mean much to me, but I find wonderful truth in the modern Church of Jesus Christ. It is certainly a force for good in my life and the lives of many people I know.
@@00Fisher00 “Dare to be a Mormon. Dare to stand alone. Dare to have a purpose form. Dare to make it known.” -Thomas Monson
Don’t worry, I’m not a Mormon either.
@@jamesmerrill613 The term "Mormonism" and the name "Mormon" aren't the same thing. "Mormonism" is not a helpful term because it removes focus from the true center of our worship and it also groups us with offshoot churches with whom we have no affiliation. I appreciate efforts from leaders of the restored Church to help the name of Mormon to have an appropriately positive connotation among people who have otherwise known it as a pejorative, and I especially appreciate President Nelson's more recent reminder to members of the Church of Jesus Christ that we should emphasize our Savior's name. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and I am so very grateful for what God has given me through the Church.
Agree. Melbourne Australia Temple is a wonderful sacred building that radiates the saviours love but is not a large temple. I enjoy visiting and attending many different temples as situations allow they are all special
Jesus Christ first, then the covenants and ordinances, and then the temple, in that order.
Because we follow Jesus Christ, we go to the temple to make covenants and perform ordinances, that draw us closer to our Lord and Savior Jesus.
Every Stake centre should have a dedicated Endowment room. Just a thought.🙏🇦🇺👍
In the millennium, all the stake centers will be made into temples.
I get what he means, but I'm still glad that 34 years ago when I got married it was at the Washington DC temple. Size doesn't make a difference in the importance of the covenants or the presence of the Spirit, but it did make it more of a romantic fair tale type wedding. If that's wrong to feel that way, well I guess I'm just not perfect yet.
I don't think that's wrong. If people want the fairytale wedding Temple they can travel to the temple they want for that. Then hopefully be grateful for whatever Temple is closest to them to visit often throughout their life. How wonderful that more and more people have access to temples!
The religious leaders of Jesus day also didn’t understand that when he spoke of the temple, he was not speaking of a brick and mortar building. “The most high dwelleth not in temples built with hands”.
❤️the Gila Valley Temple.
Hi Bonnie! I miss the Gila valley!!
President Hinckley said in 1999 there are small temples.
The temple is a tardis. The building might be small outside, but its importance is huge inside.
Lately I’ve been calling it the house of the Lord. Often when I come up with some insight that I think is somewhat profound or revelatory, Elder Bednar has to show me up.😂
As we call it the house of the Lord, we might start expecting to see the Lord. Why wouldn’t he be at his?
❤
Amen🤙🏽🙏🏼
AMEN!!
Frankly, if the size doesn't matter then why not just use Stake Centers?
❤❤❤
There are no small members of the church...
Jesus Christ’s role is the Heavenly Father’s plan is finished on the cross of Calvary. He fulfilled the live that nobody can live.
“God looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God. But no, all have turned away; all have become corrupt. No one does good, not a single one!”
Psalms 53:2-3
“Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.”
Galatians 5:1
“But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith.”
Galatians 3:13-14
“I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.”
Galatians 2:21 NLT
What Jesus performed in Gethsemane and on the cross was the Atonement to pay the price for our sins if we repent. Jesus is NOT finished with us. It is still his work and glory to bring to pass the immortality (resurrection, already accomplished) and eternal life (exaltation) of Man. He will NEVER leave us nor forsake us until this world is ended and he then must don the robes of judgement.
I’m confused because it’s so simple lol
Amen 🙏🏼🤍🕊🫂
Acts 17:24 (KJV) - "God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands"
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (KJV) - "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are."
Your "person", mind, personality everything that makes you YOU, is your spirit. It entered your body when you were conceived. So yes, your body IS a temple, and our spirits were created by God. Hence, we are ALL children of God. Read Romans 8:16-18. I would quote it here but I don't want to deny you the pleasure of reading it from your Bible.
How does a temple bless the lives of the people who are not of the faith in any given area?
JC72 The Temple is open to all who desire to enter. All you have to do is BELIEVE in Him whose House it is.
@@ranjanty Well that isn't entirely true. You have to be a member. My question was asking how it blesses the lives of those who aren't members? Can someone please answer that question? Even for members, not all can enter unless you can answer a series of questions and pay tithing. So no it isn't available to all who believe.
@@jc72outdoors anyone can become a member if they choose to and are willing to pay the price .
I'm not sure what you are asking? Now in worldly terms if a Temple is built in your neighborhood the real estate value would rise.
My thoughts are in order to be blessed by a Temple a person must go through the Temple.
If you are trying to make a point that a Temple does nothing for the people in the location they live you are right.
@@ranjanty Thank you that is what I'm trying to say. I hear often that a temple being built blesses the lives of those who live there.
@JC72 Outdoors I think you could say that if they walk the temple grounds they can feel the peace. Families in the church do that with their young children. Helps them want to go there someday. Maybe can't do this at the dinky temples. Could picnic just outside the fence or other perimeter. Temple grounds are always beautiful. If you appreciate beauty, you will appreciate the temple.
How does Jesus alone save us if we also have saving ordinances?
Jesus opens the door, we still have to walk through it.
Saving ordinances? Did you not read what God commanded Moses to perform with Aaron before Aaron could enter the tabernacle (a temporary, portable temple)? The washings and anointings? the special robes?
And didn't Jesus tell Nicodemus that he must be baptized of water and the Spirit or he couldn't enter or even SEE the Kingdom of Heaven? Hmmm. Did Jesus contradict himself?
Great and spacious buildings eh?
Jesus Christ spake in parables so the simple minded could understand His teachings.
The great and spacious building seen in Lehi's vision was the LARGE amount of people in the world who were mislead by satan and didn't stay on the straight and narrow path leading to the tree of life which bore the most "precious fruit" (also symbolic) meaning the Gospel of Jesus Christ 🫂🕊🙏🏼
Deuteronomy 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
That scripture was added by the prophet of that day. It also says that in the Book of Revelation, but John was referring to the book (scroll) of his revelation. The Bible would not have been assembled until decades after Jesus Christ's death.
We are not adding to God's word, but God is adding to his own word. If we were to go by this verse alone, the rest of the Old Testament shouldn't exist and the New Testament shouldn't exist.
@@chischilisnez7811 This is about commandments not words. This verse is a command! Look for a church that does not break this command! Or Deuteronomy 12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. Also believe what Jesus said! Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
@@elderinisrael This is about commandments not words. This verse is a command! Look for a church that does not break this command! Or Deuteronomy 12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. Also believe what Jesus said! Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
@@GaryandAlly so God can add or take away from his word when he feels that his children are ready for additional revelation?
Do the math. The millennium, 1000 years do do the temple work for about 120 billion people who have ever lived on earth. 24 hours a day, 6 days a week, 320 days a year. There are now 300 temples, many have 4 endowment rooms. That would make about 50 sessions a day. Do the math. And Christ cannot do that without help.
David Bednar will most likely become the president of the church one day for potentially 20+ years because of his relative young age and seniority in the apostleship. It will be fascinating to see if the Church will survive his tenure because of his dogmatism and orthodoxy.
Critics said the same thing about Spenser Kimball. Just remember, Jesus Christ is leading this Church. It will survive and thrive.
Elder Bednar always tries to redefine the words
Misleading title.
The rich need temples, the poor can access the covenants in the mountain tops. Perhaps we have not considered that there are more camels going through the eye of a needle than rich latter-day saints entering the kingdom of heaven.
False. All people need the temple. Mountain tops in the Old Testament symbolically represent holy places that are separated from the rest of the world. The House of the Lord is just that place. The temple discriminates in nothing but worthiness and obedience to God's commandments, it's that simple. Riches of this world mean nothing, and our status outside of our obedience to God's commandments means nothing to him. We become richened through the covenants we make that metaphorically and literally bring us closer to God. We'll see you in heaven Prophet Central.
Didn't Jesus say, "Judge not that you be not judged, for by what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged."
Just sayin'
The beauty of the Temple is that all who enter are equal. If you look at those in there in the Temple clothing, you can't tell who is rich and who is poor. I'm a poor man and I love to go to the temple when ever I can.
Something is off about this man. he talks smoothly about Jesus but he doesn't have a good spirit about him. Seems arrogant and a bit of a know it all.
Bednar is among the worst of the bunch.
but it IS a small temple!!