On this Easter Sunday, we worship together in celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. After the atonement, Jesus was crucified, his spirit left his body, and his body was laid to rest in a sepulcher or tomb. On the first day of the week, Sunday, Jesus’ spirit and body were reunited and He rose.
This High Priesthood, both the male and the female, are led by Jesus Christ, the One High Priest over all the earth.
The Fellowship of Christ ordains all those called of God, per the Book of Avahr. As the Lord told Joseph Smith Sr., “if ye have desires to serve God, ye are called to the work” (Avahr 10:5).
“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” -2 Peter 1:10-11 In the Latter Day Saint movement there are two temple anointings. The “First Anointing” is also known as the “Kirtland endowment” and is given in the Fellowship of Christ as a part of…
Everyone at some point asks the questions, “who am I? why am I here?” This is not a new line of thought, as we see people in the scriptures wrestled with these questions.
“Contend against no church, save it be the church of the devil; take upon you the name of Christ, and speak the truth in soberness, and as many as repent, and are baptized in my name, which is Jesus Christ, and endure to the end, the same shall be saved.” -Doctrines of the Saints 12:35-36, Avahr 25:40 When we discuss differing opinions, it should be remembered that all are welcome to their beliefs in all matters. We cannot expect one’s…
“And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry.” -1 Timothy 1:12 On May 4, 1842 Joseph Smith Jr. introduced on the second floor of his Red Brick Store in Nauvoo, Illinois what some call the Nauvoo Endowment to nine Brethren: James Adams, Patriarch Hyrum Smith, Bishops Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, and Apostles Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards.