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Submitted by Jeffrey on Mon, 2005-04-04 09:20
Time: 8:22-9:20
Study: TG Sealing
- Matt 16:19 – Sealed in heaven and earth. [This is also the power to unite heaven and earth by unifyng the social structures to the point of celestializing earth.]
- Hel 10:7-12 – The sealing power enabled Nephi to become a purifying agent with the power to divide and destroy as well as preserve and unite. And this power came because of faithfulness.
- D&C 124:93 – The power to bless and curse.
- D&C 132:46 (41-49) – The power to restructure and to heal, to reward and to create. The power to save, according to the will of God (vs. 48). All this is done for eternity.
- Eph 1:13 – Trust Christ unto belief, then comes the sealing by the “Holy Spirit of Promise”.
- D&C 132:19 – The Final Steps of Exaltation
- Marry by the new and everlasting covenant (by one of authority).
- Be sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise.
- Abide in the covenant.
- Do not shed innocent blood.
- Eph 4:30-32 – Grieve not the sealing Spirit. Put away all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour, and evil speaking. Be kind, tenderhearted, and forgiving. [Eph 4 is a fitting creed of behaviors for a family.]
- D&C 76:51-53 – Steps to Sealing by the Holy Spirit of Promise
- Receive the testimony of Jesus
- Believe on His name
- Are baptized by immersion
- Receive the Holy Ghost by laying on of hands of one in authority
- Overcome by faith
- Are just
- Are true
- Are sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise
