Latter-day Saints are a chosen people, so appointed in the premortal world….
by pam on Dec.30, 2009, under Quotes
“Latter-day Saints are a chosen people, so appointed in the premortal world, to be in partnership with the Lord for the
“We learn by revelation from the Prophet Joseph Smith that ‘these . . . principles in relation to the dead and the living . . . cannot be lightly passed over, as pertaining to our salvation. For their salvation is necessary and essential to our salvation. . . .
” ‘For we without them cannot be made perfect; neither can they without us be made perfect.’ (D&C 128:15, 18; see also Heb. 11:39-40.)
“It would be difficult for one to find stronger language on a requirement to receive exaltation in the celestial kingdom.
“Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery had received the Melchizedek Priesthood under the hands of Peter, James, and John; however, it was necessary for the prophet Elijah to restore special keys, ‘in order that all the ordinances may be attended to in righteousness.’ (History of the Church, 4:211.) Thus, the sealing powers and ordinances necessary for the dead as well as the living were to be restored. This was accomplished by Elijah’s visit to Joseph and Oliver on April 3, 1836, in the Kirtland Temple.”
David B. Haight, “Temples and Work Therein,” Ensign, Nov. 1990, 59-60