Chapter 12--The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood...
"The blessings of the Lord are offered to the Saints and to the world through the ministrations of those who hold his holy priesthood, who represent him."
This lesson couldn't have come at a better time. With all that is going on in the church and the contraversary about certain women wanting to hold the priesthood. I felt that Tanleigh did an excellent job in expressing the feelings of President Joseph Fielding Smith. Tanleigh got a new calling and we are so sad to see her go but she will be teaching the youth in our ward and they couldn't have choosen a better person for the job.
One of the main messages was that the priesthood benefits all of us. We don't hold the priesthood as women but we receive all the blessings that come from it. We hold power to receive revelation for our families and we bear children. We have our very own roles as women and mothers on this earth. Men are not the priesthood, they hold the priesthood. And only through righteous living are they able to have and maintain that blessing of being able to use and bless others with it. Those men that hold the Holy Priesthood can offer all blessings that come from priesthood power to each of us and to the world.
"What a glorious thing it is to know that the Lord has offered to each of us the fullness of the priesthood, and has promised us that if we will receive this priesthood and magnify our callings, we shall gain an everlasting inheritance with him in his kingdom!!"
I suggest you read this lesson if you didn't have the chance to come to church on Sunday. It really does help us all understand the Oath and Covenant of this great power we have here on earth at this great time in history. We are so blessed!!!
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