The Temple

Howard W Hunter

• It is the deepest desire of my heart to have every member of the church worthy to enter the temple.

Pres. Hunter's Parent's Story

Nauvoo Site 1994

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Bountiful Temple

1-We are encouraged to establish the temple as the great symbol of our membership.

It is the Lord Himself who, in His revelations to us, has made the temple the great symbol for members of the Church.

Kirtland Temple

“Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God” (D&C 88:119).

The ability to stand by one’s principles, to live with integrity and faith according to one’s belief—that is what matters.

2-Each of us should strive to be worthy to receive a temple recommend.

It is the deepest desire of my heart to have every member of the Church worthy to enter the temple. It would please the Lord if every adult member would be worthy of—and carry—a current temple recommend.

The things that we must do and not do to be worthy of a temple recommend are the very things that ensure we will be happy as individuals and as families.6

“And inasmuch as my people build a house unto me in the name of the Lord, and do not suffer any unclean thing to come into it, that it be not defiled, my glory shall rest upon it; … But if it be defiled I will not come into it, and my glory shall not be there; for I will not come into unholy temples” (D&C 97:15, 17).

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• 1-You must believe in God the Eternal Father, in his Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.

2-You must sustain the General Authorities and local authorities of the Church.

3-You must be morally clean to enter into the holy temple harmony with the teachings of the Church.

4-You must ensure that there is nothing in your relationship with family members that is out of harmony.

5-To enter the temple you must be honest in all of your dealings with others.

6-To qualify for a temple recommend, you should strive to do your duty in the Church, attending your sacrament,

7-To enter the temple you must be a full-tithe payer and live the Word of Wisdom.

These are not matters to be taken lightly. Once having been found worthy to enter the temple, we perform ordinances that are the most sacred administered anywhere on the earth. These ordinances are concerned with the things of eternity.7

3-Doing temple work brings great blessings to individuals and families.

… We should go not only for our kindred dead but also for the personal blessing of temple worship, for the sanctity and safety that are within those hallowed and consecrated walls.

Kirtland Dedicatory Prayer
D&C 110:10-12, 22

4 Let us hasten to the temple

Let us be a temple-attending and a temple-loving people. Let us hasten to the temple as frequently as time and means and personal circumstance allow.

Let us go not only for our kindred dead, but let us also go for the personal blessing of temple worship, for the sanctity and safety which is provided within those hallowed and consecrated walls.

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