The Law of Sacrifice | Covenants in the LDS Temple Endowment
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- In the temple endowment, Latter-day Saints covenant to live the Law of Sacrifice. This may seem odd because Christians, including Latter-day Saints, do not perform animal sacrifices like the ancient Israelites performed in the Bible. In the Book of Mormon, Jesus specifically commanded the Nephites to do away with animal sacrifice, and instead to offer up a “broken heart and a contrite spirit” (3 Nephi 9:19-20).
However, the Law of Sacrifice is an eternal principle that is still alive and relevant today. According to the Church’s handbook, the Law of Sacrifice as outlined in the temple, “means sacrificing to support the Lord’s work and repenting with a broken heart and contrite spirit.”
So in today’s video, we’ll be exploring ways that we can fulfill the Law of Sacrifice, namely offering a broken heart and a contrite spirit, and supporting the Lord’s work. We’ll also cover the most important purposes of the Law of Sacrifice: to build saving faith and to help us come to know Jesus Christ.
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Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Broken Heart and a Contrite Spirit
03:35 - Sustain & Defend the Kingdom of God
07:01 - Sacrifice Builds Saving Faith
09:14 - Come to Know Jesus Christ
11:24 - Conclusion
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Blog Post/Transcript
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Further Reading/Sources
M. Russell Ballard, “The Law of Sacrifice,” Ensign October 1998.
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Book of Mormon Central, “Was the Requirement of a "Broken Heart" Known Before the Time of Christ? (2 Nephi 2:7),” KnoWhy 27 (February 5, 2016).
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Monte J. Brough, “Living the Law of Sacrifice,” Ensign April 2000.
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Bruce R. McConkie, “Obedience, Consecration, and Sacrifice,” General Conference April 1975.
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Stephen D. Ricks, “The Law of Sacrifice,” Ensign June 1998.
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Gloria Jenn Thomas, “Sacrifice,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism (Macmillan, 1992).
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Benson, Ezra Taft. "This Is a Day of Sacrifice." Ensign 9 (May 1979):32-34.
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Robert J. Matthews, “Great Faith Obtained Only through Personal Sacrifice,” in The Lectures on Faith in Historical Perspective, ed. Larry E. Dahl and Charles D. Tate Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1990), 241-62.
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John Gee, “The Great and Last Sacrifice,” in Behold the Lamb of God: An Easter Celebration, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Frank F. Judd Jr., and Thomas A. Wayment (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008), 139-54.
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D. Mick Smith, “Sacrifice and Condescension: Types and Shadows for Latter-day Living,” in The Things Which My Father Saw: Approaches to Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision (2011 Sperry Symposium), ed. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011), 330-46.
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Matthew L. Bowen, “’In the Mount of the Lord It Shall Be Seen’ and ‘Provided’: Theophany and Sacrifice as the Etiological Foundation of the Temple in Israelite and Latter-day Saint Tradition,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 5 (2013): 201-223.
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Blair G. Van Dyke, “Elements of Sacrifice in Abraham’s Time and Our Own,” Religious Educator 10, no. 1 (2009): 51-69.
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Another fantastic video! Thank you!
I totally agree ❤I have given up ALOT to get closer to our heavenly Father and Jesus Christ
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You unpack so much in these little videos! Leaves me pondering about my standing before Heavenly Father. Thank you.
I love this so much. Deep and simple. Just what I needed today. You and the Lord providing daily bread. Thank you.
I'm glad that you speak a little quickly, it keeps my attention as you also have a lot of information to offer with a high-quality video. I enjoy the beautiful or inspiring pictures.
I just had this playing in the background when all the sudden, I heard something that perfectly applied to me. Thank you so much.
Jesus said "Come to me all who are weary and I will give you rest!" Sabbath is Rest. Jesus is the Sabbath. He is our Rest, because in Him we rest from all of our work of trying to cleanse ourselves from our own sins by keeping the law.
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This was very interesting. I am trying to learn more about Mormonism in order to better understand my aunty who recently joined. I see a lot of similarities between the Mormons and my tribe.
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Great video! I think at 7:22 though you meant Matthew 16:25, not Matthew 10:34.
I always thought the law of sacrifice meant paying tithing.
ROMANS 12:1 tells you exactly what you must sacrifice as a Christian. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service, And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is good and acceptable and perfect will of God. No need for an endowment, There was one sacrifice and that is the blood of our Savior Jesus Christ. The only way to God is through Jesus Christ, His grace is sufficient, you need nothing more. If you trusted in Him you would not need all your rules and laws, it is only through grace will you truly know Him.
They are HIS rules and law. He requires, as has he always required of us, obedience and sacrificing our will to His. He said "Come Follow Me". It is only through covenanting with Him that we can be enabled to truly follow Him. He gave us Commandments and law. We love Him, so we do our best to Hear and obey Him :) "What does the Lord require of you? To act justly, and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God" Micah 6:8
It is only by loving Him, will you enter the Kingdom, you must love Him, all else follows, Jesus is enough@TheHappyNarwhals
It's not about we to fulfill the law of sacrifice. Jesus Christ is already fulfill the eternal sacrifice for all of us. Why do we need to add it up? "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians2:8-9
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Doesn’t Jesus ask us to sacrifice? It’s a principle he taught during his ministry.
Is that one of the ordinances Joe lifted from the esteemed Order of the Freemasons…🤫
This is awesome. Thank you so much!